[donspatch] 2008-05-15
- From: Don Crowder <don@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 22:19:15 -0500
Don's Patch #94, May 15, 2008 from http://www.don-guitar.com
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First word, from Don:
I've been after Lisa, who's far more artistically inclined than I am,
to redesign our website for the last couple of years but she's naturally
been giving a priority to her paying clients and was having trouble
developing an idea she liked so when our friend and reader Roy
complained for the second time in four years about having trouble
reading some things on the site (he's such a crab, you know? :)
I sat down and redesigned it myself. Let me know what you think
Roy. If it sucks, write to Lisa, ok? *grin*
I'm typing as fast as I can and there's a big old storm brewing
outside. We've been under a tornado watch all evening. Anybody
with any sense would shut off his computer and finish tomorrow
but I don't know it won't be storming tomorrow so I'm pushing my
luck here. Anyhow, it's time for me to git out'a hyar.
Don
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Section One by Don.
Before a computer gets an operating system it must have a bios.
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/bios.htm
http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahtz.html
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-bios.htm
Now that we've established what the bios is,
here are some interesting bios related sites.
http://www.pcengines.ch/tinybios.htm
http://openbios.info/Welcome_to_OpenBIOS
http://www.coreboot.org/Welcome_to_coreboot
...and now, for something completely different (also called
bios). http://www.bios.net/
The news in pictures. A very cool BBC site.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/
An odd video that Mac users might like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBJQ5085kSo
If the earth is simply an enormous starship upon which
we're all traveling through the void, it's possible that our
intercom will soon me ready.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0%2C2933%2C347212%2C00.html
Playing with images. http://www.imagechef.com/
Release your virtual artist. http://offtype.net/painter.html
Create yourself as a Southpart character.
http://images.southparkstudios.com/games/create/
I did this one. http://www.don-guitar.com/photos/donsp.jpg
Randomly interesting. http://www.random.org/
It's about computer hardware. http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/
House o'groove. http://houseogroove.com/
This place is going to the dogs. http://www.detectordog.com/
Lifehacker's top 10 underhyped webapps.
http://lifehacker.com/342765/top-10-underhyped-webapps
Social networking con(with) video. http://www.milkandcookies.com/
(The U.S.) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/index.cfm
Blooging about books, but not about their content.
http://nytimesbooks.blogspot.com/
Virtually strange (I like the eleven-on-a-side foosball table though).
http://fullygeek.com/
Architectural blog. http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/
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Section Two by Lisa
Beautiful custom airbrushed mailboxes.
http://www.geocities.com/airbrushbobby/mail.html
News from Sweden.
http://www.thelocal.se/11378/20080427/
Top ten men knitters.
http://www.knitty.com/ISSUEsummer05/FEATtopten.html
The US Secret Service. The history of the Service
is quite fascinating. http://www.secretservice.gov/
Using bugs to aid legal investigations.
http://www.forensicentomology.com/definition.htm
A crash course in copyright.
http://copyright6.notlong.com
Flaco Jimenez, a gifted musician in a specialized
field. http://copyright6.notlong.com
What do you know about the Air Force ROTC?
http://www.afrotc.com/
Ask and answer questions about anything.
http://www.irecognisethat.com/
Pulse Magazine, for General Pracitioners and
anyone who likes to read medical information.
http://www.pulsetoday.co.uk/landingpage.asp
Ever wonder what motivates Jack LaLanne?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8TGjcxojgk&NR=1
Dictionary for artists, collectors, students and
educators. http://www.artlex.com/
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund. http://www.sweetrelief.org/
National parks of the American Southwest.
http://www.americansouthwest.net/index.shtml
Patient Advocate Foundation Co-Pay Relief Program.
http://www.copays.org/
The easiest way to find great quotes.
http://thinkexist.com/
Major League Baseball. http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp
Major League Eating. http://www.majorleagueeating.com/
End of Section Two.
At the time this issue was posted,
the current subscriber count for
this publication was 392.
This issue's collection of online news, blogs,
magazines, videos and/or other
informational sites (chosen for maximum
diversity regardless of "spin" ).
http://www.ncvaonline.org/
http://www.useit.com/
http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/
http://www.usnews.com/
http://www.newsobserver.com/
http://polipundit.com/
http://www.realtor.org/home/index
http://www.moneycontrol.com/stocksmarketsindia/
http://www.wmagazine.com/
http://www.mywire.com/
http://www.workingmother.com/
http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/
http://independent.com/
Section Three by Don.
I thought this was totally cool.
http://www.google.com/doodle4google/
A bookish blog. http://indiamos.wordpress.com/
The unofficial Apple blog. http://www.tuaw.com/
Is the message worth the media? You decide.
http://www.gcycle.org/
This is probably my official favorite "bring your lunch"
website. Likely to keep you busy for hours.
http://freewarehome.com/
I like the notion. http://www.stopbadware.org/
Helping young people in Australia.
http://www.reachout.com.au/home.asp
A similar American site.
http://www.thecoolspot.gov/
I realize that young people need information such as
is published here but it just seems like too much
information (TMI) to me. Does that make me an old
Fuddy Duddy? http://www.iwannaknow.org/
Girl power, from Australia. http://www.girl.com.au/
"Fooling yourself" for good reasons.
http://www.hypnosisdownloads.com/
Educational safety books. http://www.safetyawareness.biz/
Art, with, in some cases, commercial implications.
http://www.notcot.org/
Andrew and the whale (a cartoon).
http://www.andrewandthewhale.com/index.htm
Community built headlines. http://you.presscue.com/top
Social networking via cartoons.
http://www.toondoo.com/Home.toon
Magic of math (for young folks).
http://www.magicofmath.org/
Human fuel is way-less expensive than gasoline.
http://www.backpackers.com/
For Senior Citizens their children & caregivers.
http://seniors-site.com/
Marketplace from American Public Media.
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/
Law enforcement forums. http://forums.officer.com/
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Section Four by Lisa.
Scottish events in North America.
http://scotsevents.notlong.com
The earth changes every day. Keep up with the
US Geological Survey. http://www.usgs.gov/
Journalist and web site editor Robers Niles.
http://www.robertniles.com/
We all use math every day. http://usemath.notlong.com
New York Magazine. http://nymag.com/
Over 7,500 roses and 2,700 photos.
http://www.everyrose.com/everyrose/index.lasso
Solve Sudoku puzzles without even thinking.
http://solveit.notlong.com
CSS tips, tricks and tutorials. http://css-tricks.com/
Daily updates from National Geographic.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/index.html
The "Lifesaver" water purification bottle
and where to get one.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,354735,00.html
http://www.lifesaversystems.com/index.html
Helping teachers use the Internet effectively.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/
Help and guidance for learning English as a second
language on the Web. http://www.rong-chang.com/
This will just take a minute.
http://www.60secondscience.com/
Open-source, multi-user satellite tracking
and orbital prediction program.
http://www.qsl.net/kd2bd/predict.html
Helping heroes move on.
http://www.operationsecondchance.org/
Hydroponics gardening guide.
http://www.howtohydroponics.com/
Lots of costless lesson plans.
http://www.lessonplanspage.com/
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Section Five by Don.
Peanut butter.
http://www.peanutbutterlovers.com/
http://www.members.kconline.com/kerr/pb.htm
http://www.jif.com/home.asp
http://www.smuckers.com/fg/pds/default.asp?groupid=2
http://www.peanutbutter.com/index.asp
http://www.betternpeanutbutter.com/
http://www.projectpeanutbutter.org/
http://www.pbjcampaign.org/
http://www.peanutbutterboy.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Carver
Polls and info. http://www.sodahead.com/
A nice alternative to the Acrobat reader.
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
Poetry and quotations. http://www.poems-and-quotes.com/
Save stories, photos, and videos on a collaborative timeline.
http://www.ourstory.com/
The word is flautist which has nothing to do
with flatulence and these videos are very cool.
http://www.youtube.com/user/freedomworksfilms
http://www.youtube.com/user/ninaflute
Yet another social networking site.
http://multiply.com/
Luminotes is a WYSIWYG personal wiki notebook for
organizing your notes and ideas. http://luminotes.com/
Psych out. http://allpsych.com/
Need a gig in England? https://www.apprenticeshipsonline.org/
Start on your biography now in case you become famous.
http://www.biographicon.com/
A publishing alternative for writers.
http://www.booksurge.com/
A book club in the UK. http://www.unrefinedbookclub.co.uk/
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Section Six by Lisa.
(What great cooks eat; Every Day With Rachel Ray.
http://www.rachaelraymag.com/
Blank music paper to print out.
http://people.virginia.edu/~pdr4h/musicpaper/
What does your doodle really mean?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A256466
National Earthquake Information Center.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/neic/
Two nice sewing blogs.
http://thesewingdivas.wordpress.com/
http://behindtheseams.wordpress.com/
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.
http://www.aopa.org/
Of course one can be Goth *and* well-mannered.
http://gothic-charm-school.com/
Climateprediction.net is the largest experiment
to try and produce a forecast of the climate
in the 21st century.
http://climateprediction.net/index.php
Taking a trip? Figure out your gas cost
with the AAA Fuel Cost Calculator.
http://www.fuelcostcalculator.com/
Encourage young people to vote.
http://www.rockthevote.com/voting-is-easy/
Relax. Make a paper airplane.
http://www.paperplane.org/
Car-care tips that save gas.
http://savegas.notlong.com
Give or get; recording for the blind and dyslexic.
http://www.rfbd.org/
Ever wonder why sitting makes you tired?
http://www.acmandal.com/
An online source for recalls.
http://www.recalls.gov/
Submarine technology and tactics were developed
in Germany and used in WW1. http://www.uboat.net/
Miss Vickie's pressure cooker recipes.
http://missvickie.com/index.html
End of Section Six.
The Linux Corner.
Whoa! This seems spooky to me, one click, no thinking
about it. http://goodbye-microsoft.com/
Digital standards. http://www.digistan.org/hague-declaration:en
Odd, in some cases tasteless, Linux wall hangings.
http://bandcamp.tv/linux-demotivators/
I think this is actually a blog. http://www.linuxscrew.com/
Pro-Linux podcasts. http://www.linuxactionshow.com/
I've tried so many distros it's hard for me to keep up with them but
I keep finding new distros I'd like to try. Here's yet another.
http://www.foresightlinux.com/index.html
Run Windows and Linux without virtualization.
http://www.linux.com/feature/131753
Both Fedora and Ubuntu have new versions "on the street".
http://fedoraproject.org/
http://www.ubuntu.com/
These both use the Gnome desktop but the Fedora installable live CD
is available in a KDE version while Ubuntu changes it's name with
different desktop environments.:
Kubuntu (KDE): http://www.kubuntu.org/
Xubuntu (Xfce): http://www.xubuntu.org/
Fluxbuntu (Fluxbox): http://fluxbuntu.org/
A few extra versions of Fedora, some of which are quite specialized,
are available here: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/
Just as there are several versions of Ubuntu, there are now several
versions of PCLinuxOS. I haven't tried them all but one I did try
is PCFluxboxOS and it ran beautifully on an old 466 MHz HP Pavilion.
http://pcfluxboxos.wikidot.com/
The latest SaxenOS is built on PCLinuxOS and, while I haven't tried it,
I have high expectations for it. http://saxenos.de/sx/index.php
A Little Humor.
An unemployed handyman looking for work jobs knocks on the front
door of a house. When the owner answers, the handyman asks if
there are any odd jobs the owner needs done. The owner says, "well,
I was just about to paint my porch around back. I'd pay you good
money to do it for me." The handyman agrees, and the owner gives
him a bucket of green paint and a clean paint brush. A little while
later the handyman knocks on the front door again and announces
that he's done. "But there's something you should know," he says.
"That car of yours isn't a Porche, it's a BMW."
A neutron goes into a bar and orders a drink. When the drink
arrives, the neutron asks how much he owes. The bartender
says, "for you, no charge."
Rene Descartes is drinking with friends in a bar. At the last call,
the bartender asks him if he'd like another drink. Descartes says,
"I think not" -- and disappears.
A 92-year-old man and his 90-year-old wife go to their lawyer's
office. The lawyer is astounded when they tell him they want
to get a divorce. "But you've been married for 70 years! What in
the world could make you want a divorce at this stage in your
lives?" "Well," says the wife, "we've been thinking about this
for years, but wanted to wait until the children were dead."
Tips for This Issue.
Western Digital (hard disk drive) support.
http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp
7 hidden pages for Firefox.
http://www.pctipsbox.com/7-hidden-pages-for-firefox/
How to really reduce the memory usage in Firefox.
http://memoryNfirefox.notlong.com
Doug Knox. http://www.dougknox.com/
Contributions From Our Readers.
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From our web sibling Patrick Barden.
( http://rrwbushangel.blogspot.com/ )
Wallpaper from Patrick.
http://www.don-guitar.com/romanrw.html
Flame warriors.
http://redwing.hutman.net/~mreed/index.htm
Origami database. http://db.origami.com/index.asp
Hide stuff or find stuff. http://www.geocaching.com/
From our web sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
Dumb, the game. http://www.dumbthegame.com/
Cooking for engineers. http://www.cookingforengineers.com/
A baseball blog. http://baseballcrank.com/
PeaceBlogs. http://www.peaceblogs.org/
Virtual Finland. http://virtual.finland.fi/
Meow Mix (media intense). http://www.meowmix.com/
Constantine Kermes art gallery.
http://members.aol.com/KermesArt/index.html
The joy of soup. http://suzette.typepad.com/the_joy_of_soup/
Fast food news. http://www.foodfacts.info/blog/
Grow-a-brain (a blog).
http://growabrain.typepad.com/growabrain/
The art of Catherine Mouet and Gilles Trehin.
http://trehinp.dyndns.org/urville/English/index%20english.html
The laughing librarian. http://www.laughinglibrarian.com/
From our web sibling Jerry Fox.
A moving music video.
http://www.greatdanepromilitary.com/Battle%20Hymn/index.htm
A joke. http://blogs.edmunds.com/Straightline/4138
From our "other brother" Bill (Beeyil) Lanoue.
( Bill's blog http://ncvietvet.blogspot.com/ )
The truth about middle age. http://eons-momgoose.notlong.com
The history of it. http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamterm.html
On its 30th anniversary.
http://www.templetons.com/brad/spam/spam25.html
The first one and reactions to it.
http://www.templetons.com/brad/spamreact.html
From our web sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
The GI Bill, revisited. http://www.gibill2008.org/
Twenty questions. http://www.20q.net/
Writing classes. http://www.writingclasses.com/
Kurt Vonnegut's 8 basics of creative writing.
http://k-vonnegut.notlong.com
Our friend Cranz Nichols is a ham radio operator,
computer geek, member of the Highland Lakes
Linux Users Group and describes himself as
"The meanest man on Emeralds Drive.". Of this link
he said "tinfoil hat not included" from which I conclude
that he thinks this one's a little "over the top". What do
you think?
http://www.audioadvisor.com/prodinfo.asp?number=KKPK10PAL
Our friend and neighbor, Stevie Scott says this is a good site for
Open Source info. http://www.thesourceshow.org/
Thank you Patrick, Jo, Jerry, Beeyil, John, Cranz and Stevie.
Last word, from Lisa:
Once again, I have to say we pack about three days into
every one, and I wouldn't have it any other way. This
weekend will be a very special treat, we're attending
a music-based get-together and fish-fry. Lots of
musicians will come and play as they please, hang
around with friends, bring and eat food. Some old and
dear friends will be visiting from afar and we're very
excited to see them again. Relatives will be coming
to take care of Mom so we're free to relax and have fun.
Of course we have a few more things to do but it's
so worthwhile.
Now excuse me while I go clean something...
'Til next time,
Lisa
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Don Crowder and Lisa Miller
Thursday, May 14, 2008
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