[donspatch] 2007-12-15
- From: Don Crowder <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 17:16:41 -0600
Don's Patch #84, December 15, 2007 from http://www.don-guitar.com
First word, from Don:
Merry Christmas, happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanzaa (however
you care to spell it) and/or happy whatever-other-holiday you
happen to be celebrating. Everyone I know seems to have their
own special take on what we're celebrating at this time of year
and what it means in the greater scheme of things but they all
seem to agree that this is a time to cherish those we hold most
dear and renew the bonds of love which, if they don't define
our very humanity, certainly make us more than just another
of the planet's diversified life forms.
Don
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Section One by Don.
An exploration of Christmas, part one:
Merry Christmas in multiple languages.
http://www.flw.com/merry.htm
http://www.santas.net/howmerrychristmasissaid.htm
Christmas portals.
http://www.allthingschristmas.com/
http://www.teacherhelp.org/chris.htm
http://www.worldofchristmas.net/
http://www.cvc.org/christmas/
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/xmas/index.html
http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/
http://northpole.net/
http://www.holidays.net/christmas/
http://www.merry-christmas.com/
Christmas around the world.
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/christmas/
http://www.brama.com/art/christmas.html
http://virtual.finland.fi/xmas/
http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas.htm
Christmas gnoshes (food).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/christmas/
http://www.christmas-cookies.com/
http://allrecipes.com/Recipes/Holidays-and-Events/Christmas/
http://www.epicurious.com/recipesmenus/holidays/christmas/recipes/
http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/minisite/christmas-main/
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Section Two by Lisa
Finally, answers to life's vexing cooking questions.
http://www.ochef.com/
A blog for and about writers and writing.
http://www.bigbadbookblog.com/
There's really something very wrong with artificial sweeteners.
We know this, right? http://splendatoo.notlong.com
Marketing strategy has changed a lot with the Internet. One of
my favorite ploys is to give away stuff people really want-books!
http://giveawaybook.notlong.com
Costless books from Wu Ming Foundation. Very cool.
http://www.wumingfoundation.com/english/englishmenu.htm
Educational resources for teachers. http://www.teacherfiles.com/
Forbes.com's Best Blogs report. http://forbesblogs.notlong.com
Understanding the common cold.
http://www.commoncold.org/undrstn3.htm
Resources for kids, parents and teachers on Internet Safety.
http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/
http://www.safekids.com/
http://www.netsmartz.org/
"Remember The Milk" is an easy, intuitive online to-do list
and task manager. http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
You know that little doohickey that gives you something to look
at while a page is loading? That's a 'loading .gif generator' and
here's where to get them. http://www.ajaxload.info/
We've recently become personally interested in the subject of asthma,
its triggers and how to treat it. Of course, right at our fingertips is
the library we've always dreamed of, so here's a start.
http://www.epa.gov/asthma/triggers.html
http://cleanerair.notlong.com
http://airpur.notlong.com
A wonderful home-sewing site, with costless patterns, ideas, tutorials and
projects. First-rate! http://www.sewing.org/enthusiast/enthusiast.html
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/
End of Section Two.
At the time this issue was posted,
the current subscriber count for
this publication was 394.
This issue's collection of news,
magazine, and/or informational
sites (chosen for maximum
diversity regardless of "spin" ).
http://thispublicaddress.com/
http://www.paradoxicallystrange.co.uk/index.asp
http://www.townhall.com/
http://www.fresnobeehive.com/
http://www.online-information.co.uk/online07/downloadable_content.html
http://www.reviewforreligious.org/new.html
http://www.hollowear.com/
http://www.nimblespirit.com/index.htm
http://www.therevealer.org/
http://www.christiananswers.net/
http://www.cssr.org/
http://www.somareview.com/
http://www.yesmagazine.org/default.asp
Section Three by Don.
An exploration of Christmas, part two:
Christmas stuff for kids.
http://www.blackdog.net/holiday/christmas/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/christms/chgames.htm
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/christmas/games.htm
Alternate views on Christmas.
http://www.buynothingchristmas.org/
http://www.xmasresistance.org/
http://adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd//bnxmas/
Christmas music and song.
http://www.christmas-carols.net/
http://www.carols.org.uk/
http://www.the-north-pole.com/carols/index.htm
http://www.accuradio.com/holidays/
http://www.catholic.net/christmas_songs/
http://www.nevada.edu/~blake/Christmas.songs.html
http://www.snopes.com/photos/arts/xmaslights.asp
Tongue-in-cheek Christmas.
http://www.fluffytails.ca/christmas.asp
Email Santa.
http://www.emailsanta.com/
Christmas stories.
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dKbrown/christmas.html
http://www.history.com/minisites/christmas/
http://www.soon.org.uk/christmas.htm
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/christmastruce.htm
A charitable Christmas.
http://www.samaritanspurse.org/OCC.asp?MPGID=1
http://www.opchristmas.org/
Christmas stuff for teachers.
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/christmas/
http://edhelper.com/Christmas.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson041.shtml
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Section Four by Lisa.
Cordell Jackson, the "Rockin' Granny" was crankin' when Elvis was in
diapers. This revolutionary woman had the oldest continuously
operating label in Memphis and "Crazy-fast bony little hands of fury."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtZjK8x5kGU
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordell_Jackson
The Apartment Therapy Fall Colors Contest.
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/fall-colors-2007/
Now, for the Art Corner.
Sarah Wimperis http://www.sarahwimperis.co.uk/index.htm
Kevin Mack http://kevinmackart.com/index.html
Michael Naples http://michaelnaples.blogspot.com/
Open Source based online shop e-commerce solution.
http://www.oscommerce.com/
I often hear "The Writer's Almanac" on PBS and am amazed at the
quality of content. I usually go home and read what I've heard.
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/
WordPress is the most trusted open-source costless blogging
software. Should you have trouble installing it, there is a
community of WordPress experts available to help you.
http://install4free.wordpress.net/
Neat Kaleidescope toy. http://www.zefrank.com/indexkal.html
An unusual gentleman with an equally unusual site.
http://www.zefrank.com/
Trish's Escape From Hardware Hell, a vast and informative site.
http://hardwarehell.com/index.shtml
This commercial site has good tips for healthy computing.
http://healthycomputing.com/
As always, Heloise is there to help you.
http://www.heloise.com/
Costless computer help, technical support, tutorials, and spyware
removal in non-geek-speak. http://www.help2go.com/
Help with aging-related legal and care issues.
http://www.help4srs.com/
Educational resources for teens.
http://highschoolace.com/ace/ace.cfm
Rana's World mystery links page.
http://www.ranas-world.com/mlinks.html
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Section Five by Don.
An exploration of Christmas, part three:
Interesting Christmas miscellany.
http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/
http://www.christmas-graphics.com/
http://www.humormatters.com/holidays/xmas.htm
http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/christmas_movie.html
http://www.topix.com/holidays/christmas
http://www.triviapark.com/quizzes/xmasquiz.html
http://www.alharris.com/holidays/
http://www.coloring-page.net/christmas.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/holiday/2006/index.html
http://www.growley.com/cmas/
http://www.auburn.edu/~vestmon/xmas_cnt.htm
http://www.thekoala.com/christmas.htm
http://www.noradsanta.org/
http://organizedchristmas.com/
http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/tree/index.html
http://wilstar.com/xmas/xmassymb.htm
http://www.imagitek.com/xmas/crafts/
http://www.pncchristmaspriceindex.com/
http://www.uglychristmaslights.com/
http://www.victoriana.com/christmas/
http://whychristmas.com/
Christmas animation or video.
http://www.toonedin.com/movies/WhiteTrashXmas.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owK5tHjL0aE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmgf60CI_ks
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Section Six by Lisa.
And now a few words from the Left;
http://www.nibs.com/Left-hand%20writers.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/lspeak.html
http://www.lefthandersday.com/
http://www.crochet.org/lessons/lessonl/lessonl.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/142514.stm
A couple of nice apps from Really Effective.
http://www.reallyeffective.co.uk/
Programs and code samples for advanced Visual Basic
programmers. http://btmtz.mvps.org/
Lots of costless and shareware programs from RJL.
http://www.rjlsoftware.com/software.shtml
Learn about conventional weapons and secret weapons.
http://www.secretweapon.com/
The Society of Professional Journalists.
https://www.spj.org/
PHP, Python, CSS, XML and general web development.
http://simonwillison.net/
Learning to do more with less.
http://www.simpleliving.net/main/
SimpleOCR, a costless Optical Character
Recognition program. http://www.simpleocr.com/
Lots of costless apps from Solway.
http://www.theabsolute.net/sware/
Therapy Dogs, sharing smiles and joy.
http://therapydogs.com/
Tools and apps of the geeky kind, very useful.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~angus/foxpro/freeware.html
A very nice weather site. http://www2.weatherforyou.com/
Resources and fun for kids, parents and teachers.
http://www.kaboose.com/
End of Section Six.
The Linux Corner.
The only friend open-source vendors have is the customer.
http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9821140-16.html
In Linux "Man" is short for "Manual".
http://linux.die.net/man/
http://www.penguin-soft.com/penguin/manpages.jsp
The Linux Foundation.
http://www.linux-foundation.org/en/Main_Page
Linux self-help. http://www.linuxselfhelp.com/
Konqueror is the coolest thing about KDE.
http://Konqueror.notlong.com
The NonProfit Open Source Initiative. http://nosi.net/
Linux lessons.
http://www.linux.org/lessons/
http://www.howtoforge.com/
Linux beginner's forums. http://www.linux-noob.com/
Linux search, by Google. http://www.google.com/linux
Different strokes for different folks.
http://www.linux.com/distributions/
There are several very small Linux distros which will fit on one or two
floppy disks. http://users.skynet.be/hugocoolens/linux/linuxone.html
A Little Humor.
"I don't want to achieve immortality through my work.
I want to achieve it through not dying." (Woody Allen)
Q: How do you make a turkey float?
A: A couple of scoops of ice cream, some root beer, and a lot of turkey!
Q: What do you call the fear of a fat
man in a red suit in a confined space?
A: Santaclaustrophobia.
The two rules for success in business are:
(1) Never tell them everything you know.
"Life is a near-death experience." (George Carlin)
Q: What do you get when you divide the
circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter?
A: Pumpkin pi.
"I suffer from two phobias:
(1) Phobia-phobia -- the fear you're unable to get scared, and
(2) Xylophataquieopiaphobia;
the fear of not pronouncing words correctly." (Brad Stine)
Tips for This Issue.
Help with Windows. http://www.helpwithwindows.com/
What the Tech forums. http://forums.whatthetech.com/forums.html
Knowledge is the best online security tool.
http://www.malwarehelp.org/
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From our web sibling Patrick Barden.
( http://rrwbushangel.blogspot.com/ )
R2D2 translator. http://www.r2d2translator.com/
Patrick created an interesting challenge for his scrapbooking group.
http://www.scrapbookflair.com/groups/For_One_More_Day
This site is all lit up. http://www.lindsaylights.com/
Oral legacy meets internet technology. http://www.storycorps.net/
From our web sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
Neglected books. http://www.neglectedbooks.com/
Peanut butter recipes. http://www.pbloco.com/concoctions.asp
Strange auctions. http://www.wayoutauctions.com/
Bad, bad bird. http://www.utahbirds.org/BirdStory.htm
Sacred places. http://www.sacred-destinations.com/
These guys are nuts. http://www.planters.com/
Food facts and fun. http://www.foodfunandfacts.com/
Annenberg's teacher's lab. http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/
Ok this is cool, but, I just can't give up google.
http://www.goodsearch.com/
DIY on steroids. http://www.knowledgehound.com/
It's about time. http://www.playingwithtime.org/
Forget about reading the language, just check out all the images
created with apples. http://www.applemarknaden.se/appletavlor.html
Some Christmas goodies from our web sibling Vinette (Vi) DePhillipe:
( Vi's site: http://360.yahoo.com/vinette1 )
http://www.thecompassgroup.biz/merryxmas.swf
http://www.jacquielawson.com/cards_christmas.asp
From our web sibling Jerry Fox. Scroll down and watch the video.
http://www.thisistrue.com/blog-shift_happens.html
Join in the conversation. http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/
A tongue-in-cheek Christmas video.
http://www.citizenlink.org/Stoplight/A000005834.cfm
From our web sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
Earth Shots - photo of the day contest. http://www.earthshots.org/
Merriam-Webster's visual dictionary. http://visual.merriam-webster.com
John says he's taken so many CPR classes that it's second nature to him
and he believes everyone should learn how to administer CPR.
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3007873
Here's a youtube video of Monk's Dream performed by the McCoy
Tyner Trio. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwMPZ7BU73Q
From our friend Terri Martin-Goin.
OpenSUSE didn't install so well on a chocolate laptop.
http://en.opensuse.org/Installation_on_Chocolate_Laptop
Acupressure points for relieving asthma and breathing difficulties.
http://www.herbalshop.com/Acupressure/Acupressure_48.html
OfficeMax can help you "Elf yourself" for Christmas...
http://www.elfyourself.com/
...or, if you're a 'bah humbug' sort of person you can "Scrooge yourself".
http://www.scroogeyourself.com/
Here's an English pronunciation dictionary, with sound clips, from
our friend Jon Reed. http://www.howjsay.com/
Thank you Patrick, Jo, Vi, Jerry, John, Terri and Jon.
Last word, from Lisa:
This is a time of year that's quiet and peaceful for us. We don't do the
traditional Christmas like we did in years gone by. Seems that nowadays
there's rather a lot of that going on, many people are deciding what's
best for them and making the holidays their own. I think that's a good
thing. We've decided to buck the traditional buying spree and buy
nothing until well after the holiday season. I like the concept of 'voting
with your wallet'. I'm voting for less stress, less shopping, less guilt,
less
worry, less pressure. I'm for more friends, more family, more food, more
fun...
more peace on earth to you and yours,
Lisa
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