[donspatch] 2009-04-15
- From: "D. E. Crowder" <dondashguitar@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:32:42 -0500
#115 April 15, 2009 from http://www.don-guitar.com
Online version: http://www.don-guitar.com/currentissue.html
Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/donspatch/
First word, from Don:
Bad news: I wound up with a dead battery in the van because
I left the interior lights on. I got a speeding ticket
(first traffic citation in over 20 years) yesterday, I'm
coming down with something (feels like bronchitis).
Richard (the drummer in my band) and Angel (his wife
who is a promising young singer) had their house burn down.
Good news: I have a great set of booster cables in the
van. I played gigs last Friday, Saturday and Sunday
so I've got enough money in my wallet to pay the traffic
fine. We have a medicine chest full of remedies which
will help with whatever it is I'm coming down with. Best
of all, neither Richard nor Angel was hurt in the fire.
Yes, they lost everything but those were just 'things'.
They still have one another and that's all that truly
matters.
For years now, every time I've seem a puppy or a duck I've
struggled to remember a couple of silly little 'alphabets'
I can almost-but-not-quite recall from my childhood. I've
quoted the bits I can remember to Lisa often enough that
she finally insisted I research them on the web. It took
a bit of searching but I found them.
The Puppy Alphabet:
A B C D M puppies?
L M A N O puppies!
O S A R puppies!
C D M P N?
The Duck Alphabet:
M R ducks.
M R not.
M R 2!
C D E D B D feet?
L I B!
M R ducks!
I also found a couple of variations on the theme which
gave us a laugh. Hope you enjoy them too.
M R snakes.
M R not.
O S A R!
C M B D eyes?
L I B!
M R snakes!
M R farmers.
M R not.
O S A R.
C M M T pockets?
L I B!
M R farmers!
Editors note: Just in case you're baffled by these,
pronounce the letters as though they were words.
Enjoy,
Don
Our feedback form and contact info:
http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html
Don at myspace.com http://www.myspace.com/donguitar
Don's blog.
http://don-guitar.blogspot.com/
Lisa at myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/81825549
Lisa's blog.
http://thedirtgoddess.blogspot.com/
Section One by Don.
Blogs have become a plentiful and enjoyable source of
reading matter but you go through a lot of coal to get
to the diamonds. These sites can improve your odds.
http://weblogawards.org/
http://bloggerschoiceawards.com/
http://www.thebestofblogs.com/
http://2009.bloggies.com/
http://blognetawards.com/
If you want to find blogs that deal with a specific
topic they're easy to find. Queries like 'hunting
blogs', 'Canadian blogs', or 'history blogs' will
produce many results and, with luck, you'll be able
to find a category specific awards site enabling
you to further refine the quality of your choices.
Stories and anecdotes about clueless computer users.
http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/
Tech support humor.
http://www.wdell.com/humor/techsupport/
Geek humor. http://www.geekoftheday.com/
Computer humour.
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/humour/humidx.htm
Geek Lite. http://www.g33klite.com/
Social network? Search engine? Um, wudever.
http://linkedwords.com/
I've received this in my email a couple of times now
(why do some folks think it's better to paste the
whole web page into an email instead of simply
sending a link? What's up with that?).
http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html
Ok, it's sort of cool, but come on, what good is it?
http://flipmytext.com/
If you have a multimedia-ready computer and a really
fast connection you can even watch TV on your PC
(is it me or is there really something crazy about that?).
http://www.nosubscriptionrequired.net/
Who remembers the rumor that went around back in
nineteen-mumble about an invention that made cars
run on water? According to the rumor, one of the
'Big Three' bought the invention and buried it in
a secret vault, with many similar inventions.
I guess they were too slow on the uptake this time.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU47blakiiI
End of Section One.
This publication is only mailed to verified
double opt-in subscribers, and is brought
to you by me, Don Crowder, my wife,
Lisa Miller, and //www.freelists.org
Section Two by Lisa
Jason Polan is trying to draw every person in
New York. It could happen...
http://everypersoninnewyork.blogspot.com/
A unique geological formation gave rise
to a natural raceway.
http://www.thingstodo.com/states/UT/blm/bonneville.html
In today's economy, a side business can be a
great idea. http://sidebiz.notlong.com
Who didn't love the drive-in movies?
http://www.driveintheater.com/
Stories to make you smile.
http://homespunhighlights.wordpress.com/
I've listed Robert Niles before, but here he
helps journalists-and the rest of us,
understand the meaning of statistics.
http://www.robertniles.com/stats/
Rachel Ray is popular for good reason,
she shows us how to cook and enjoy!
http://www.rachaelraymag.com/
Every Day Fiction. http://www.everydayfiction.com/
Good lyrics and tabs site, low on ads,
high on content.
http://www.cowboylyrics.com/
Tidbits and Stuff covers a lot of "living stuff"
that interests us all. Nice section on
making extra income.
http://www.tidbitsandstuff.com/
Top 50 cult movies. Is your favorite here?
http://www.filmsite.org/cultfilmsew.html
Vintage gadgets and technology.
http://www.retrothing.com/
End of Section Two.
At the time this issue was posted,
the current subscriber count for
this publication was 373.
This issue's collection of online news, blogs,
magazines, videos and/or other informational
sites. These are chosen for maximum diversity
regardless of 'spin' and in some cases may
have offensive or questionable content.
http://www.idontlikeyouinthatway.com/
http://www.daylife.com/home
http://www.usmagazine.com/
http://www.newstoob.com/
http://volokh.com/
http://www.drewrozell.com/
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/
http://keznews.com/
http://www.dailytech.com/
http://www.infowars.com/
http://online.wsj.com/home-page
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAx-6nHEWbE
http://www.beingtheremag.com/
http://www.ilike.org.uk/
http://www.ellasflashlight.com/
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
http://www.cinestatic.com/infinitethought/
http://www.neworleansradio.com/
http://www.hoboes.com/
http://www.colorlines.com/index.php
http://truthlaidbear.com/
http://www.villagevoice.com/
http://www.sfbg.com/
http://www.amarillobay.org/
http://www.derbay.org/
http://www.dangerouslyirrelevant.org/
http://www.bnet.com/
http://www.crucialminutiae.com/
http://www.sciam.com/
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
http://www.mikelee.org/
http://www.manhattan-institute.org/
http://www.highlandernews.com/
http://newspapertree.com/
http://edina.ac.uk/
http://highwire.stanford.edu/
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/double_exposure/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/justmountains/
Section Three by Don.
A few music videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJKFJBbqJfU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g27EtAYxbhE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAbf8iHbNHg
I'm not suggesting you purchase any
of these but aren't they cool?
http://www.ninestones.com/burntearth.shtml
Sound clips of unusual instruments.
http://www.oddmusic.com/gallery/index.html
Scenario: Someone sent you a file that was
saved in one of Microsoft's new "Open" formats
(which can only be 'opened' by MS products)
and you don't have software to open the file.
One solution is to use an online engine to
convert the file to a format you can open.
http://docx-converter.com/
http://www.zamzar.com/
A growing assortment of sound files.
http://www.freesound.org/index.php
Don't ask me what a 'widget' is, I think I'm
becoming a dinosaur, but if you know what a
widget is and want to make your own, here you go.
http://www.widgetbox.com/
Recycling is once again becoming an important concept
and there are plenty of helpful websites.
http://www.freecycle.net/
http://earth911.com/
http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
http://www.obviously.com/recycle/
http://www.nrc-recycle.org/
http://www.recycle.net/
http://www.rbrc.org/start.php
http://planetgreen.discovery.com/go-green/recycling/
http://www.recycle-steel.org/
http://www.recyclewirelessphones.com/
http://www.recycle.cc/
http://linkasa.com/ec1
http://www.lamprecycle.org/
http://www.recycleforbreastcancer.org/
http://www.wikihow.com/Recycle
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/recycle.htm
http://linkasa.com/fc1
http://www.funbrain.com/recycle/index.html
Conservation of energy is also important
in these economically challenging times.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
http://www.eere.energy.gov/
http://www.energystar.gov/
http://www.need.org/
http://hes.lbl.gov/
http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/
http://www.swenergy.org/
http://www.neep.org/
http://www.nwalliance.org/
http://www.seealliance.org/
http://www.neec.org/
http://www.epa.gov/cleanenergy/energy-programs/napee/
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/eere/index.shtml
http://www.energy.gov/energyefficiency/index.htm
http://www.energysavers.gov/
http://www.buyenergyefficient.org/
http://ase.org/
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/efficiency/
http://www.cee1.org/
http://www.aceee.org/consumerguide/
Conserving your monetary resources matters too.
http://www.everydollarmatters.com/
http://www.kiplinger.com/tools/budget/
http://www.momsbudget.com/
http://linkasa.com/gc1
http://www.moneyinstructor.com/budgeting.asp
http://www.walletpop.com/
http://www.becentsable.net/
http://www.wisebread.com/
http://www.gender-budgets.org/
http://www.mappingyourfuture.org/money/budget.htm
http://www.betterbudgeting.com/
http://www.mint.com/
http://www.budget101.com/
http://www.mymoney.gov/
https://www.budgetpulse.com/
I'm sleeping so much better since I got my CPAP
machine that I considered having a t-shirt made
that says 'I (heart) my CPAP' so, of course, I
had to find places where I could have t-shirts made.
http://www.customink.com/
http://www.uberprints.com/
http://www.bluecotton.com/
End of Section Three.
If you'd like to help promote this
non-commercial publication,
please forward this ezine to
anyone you know who might
appreciate it. To spare them
the forwarding carets (>> these
things) I suggest you copy/paste
the ezine to a new email window,
or save the ezine as a text file to
be inserted, or copy/pasted to a
new email.
If you've received this publication
as a forward and wish to subscribe
you may easily do so from online
forms in either of these two locations:
http://www.don-guitar.com/subsmanager.html
//www.freelists.org/list/donspatch
Section Four by Lisa.
Why men should rethink drinking beer.
http://rethinkbeer.notlong.com
Magazine for Mac geeks.
http://www.maclife.com/
Quotes by everyone about everything.
http://www.quoteland.com/
My new favorite song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuFonaJtHgY
You'll need more than a passport when
travelling to Japan.
http://www.planettokyo.com/
Various arists interpretations of
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein monster.
http://www.geocities.com/orbofnight1816/
The original Frankenstein, or
"A Modern Prometheus".
http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/84
Native American stories and legends.
http://www.indianlegend.com/default.htm
A wide range of how-to guides.
http://quamut.com/
Exploring King Arthur in history,
literature and legend.
http://arthsoc.drruss.net/
http://www.britannia.com/history/h12.html
End of Section Four.
We welcome all comments, suggestions, or
criticism. The form doesn't access your
email client (it's a CGI form), so your
privacy is assured. If you know of a
website that would be a good candidate
for this ezine, please pass it on via
our online feedback form.
http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html
Section Five by Don.
There comes a time when one must say
'no' to prescription drugs as well.
http://www.painfullyobvious.com/
Seems like everyone I know either needs a house or
needs something fixed in the house they have but
nobody has any extra money right now so it's DIY time.
http://www.toolbase.org/
http://www.extremehowto.com/xh/index.asp
http://www.onlinetips.org/
http://ideas.reliableremodeler.com/
http://www.drywallschool.com/
Maybe it's just me but I think the free-for-personal-use
version of AVG has become adware so I've been using,
and recommending, Avast for the past year or so.
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
(instead of) http://free.avg.com/
Someone (I forget who) emailed to ask me how they could
set their wristwatch as accurately as possible.
http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/
http://www.time.gov/
Here's a software option for Windows users...
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/atomic-clock/
...or a clock for your website...
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/clocks/
...and some other goodies on the homepage.
http://www.worldtimeserver.com/
The work of sketch artist John Leech (1841-1864).
http://www.john-leech-archive.org.uk/
By now there's not likely to be anyone left who's
never heard of Open Office dot org ) fully compatible
with files created by Microsoft Office), but, just in
case. http://www.openoffice.org/
If you need help with Open Office here's a place to
start. http://www.oooforum.org/
Adventurous Australian women.
http://www.adventurouswomen.com.au/
Adventurous Canadian women.
http://www.adventurehers.com/
Who remembers 'The Outer Limits'?
http://www.dailymotion.com/group/TheOuterLimitsOriginal
Articles you can obtain from your local library.
http://www.accessmylibrary.com/
Where would you like to go today?
http://www.destination-traveler.com/default.asp
Any math teachers out there? http://www.nctm.org/
Lots of reading, in lots of categories.
http://ezinearticles.com/
End of Section Five.
Archives for this ezine are available online here:
//www.freelists.org/archives/donspatch/
The current issue is also available on our website.
http://www.don-guitar.com/currentissue.html
RSS feed is available via this link.
//www.freelists.org/archives/donspatch/feed.rss
Section Six by Don.
Halls of Fame (continued)
Greater Buffalo (NY) sports.
http://www.buffalosportshallfame.com/
International photography. http://www.iphf.org/
California.
http://www.californiamuseum.org/exhibits/halloffame
Shoeless Joe Jackson. http://www.blackbetsy.com/
Oklahoma jazz. http://www.okjazz.org/
Connecticut Women. http://www.cwhf.org/
Indiana baseball. http://www.indbaseballhalloffame.org/
Hawaiian music. http://www.hawaiimusicmuseum.org/
International gospel music. http://www.igmhf.org/
Pro football enshrinement festival.
http://www.profootballhoffestival.com/
Urban and Regional Information Systems.
http://www.urisa.org/hall_of_fame
Long Island music. http://www.limusichalloffame.org/
Trivia. http://www.triviahalloffame.com/
World figure skating. http://www.worldskatingmuseum.org/
Jewish sports. http://www.jewishsports.org/jewishsports/
Oklahoma music. http://www.oklahomamusichalloffame.com/
Greyhound. http://www.greyhoundhalloffame.com/
Alabama jazz. http://www.jazzhall.com/
(to be continued)
A few sites where you can find wallpaper images.
http://www.eaa.org/wallpaper/
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/Wallpaper_Extras
http://www.ushistory.org/betsy/more/flags.htm
http://www.surfrider.org/wallpaper.asp
http://www.denverzoo.org/kids/wallpaper.asp
http://wwf-wallpaper.notlong.com
End of Section Six.
The Linux Corner.
The Linux Mint blog. http://www.linuxmint.com/blog/
Lots and lots of documentation.
http://www.comptechdoc.org/
Are you a registered Linux user? I'm Linux user #455165.
http://counter.li.org/
BTIP is a pretty cool Linux user group.
http://sites.google.com/site/berkeleytip/
This is, in a sense, a bridge to freedom.
http://opensourcebridge.org/
Ubuntu users, unite! http://www.clububuntu.com/
A very cool interview with Linux Torvalds.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1123917
Randy Noseworthy's Linux blog.
http://randynoseworthy.blogspot.com/
A Little Humor.
The boss of a big company needed to call one of his
employees about an urgent problem with one of the
main computers, dialed the employee's home phone
number and was greeted with a child's whisper, 'Hello.'
'Is your daddy home?' he asked.
'Yes,' whispered the small voice.
'May I talk with him?'
The child whispered, 'No.'
Surprised, and wanting to talk with an adult,
the boss asked, 'Is your mommy there?'
'Yes.'
'May I talk with her?'
Again the small voice whispered, 'No.'
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave
a message, the boss asked, 'Is anybody else there?'
'Yes,' whispered the child, 'a policeman.'
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's
home, the boss asked, 'May I speak with the policeman?'
'No, he's busy', whispered the child.
'Busy doing what?'
'Talking to Daddy and Mommy and
the Fireman', came the whispered answer.
Growing concerned and even worried as he heard what
sounded like a helicopter through the earpiece on
the phone the boss asked, 'What is that noise?'
'A hello-copper' answered the whispering voice.
'What is going on there?' asked the boss, now alarmed.
In an awed whispering voice the child answered, 'The
search team just landed the hello-copper.'
Alarmed, concerned, and even more then just a little
frustrated the boss asked, 'What are they searching for?'
Still whispering, the young voice replied
along with a muffled giggle: 'Me.'
Tips for This Issue.
Tech support. http://www.opentechsupport.net/
Tech info. http://www.techspot.com/
Gardening tips. http://linkasa.com/hc1
Researching the deep web. http://linkasa.com/ic1
Contributions From Our Readers.
Links from readers are always
welcome and you can even write
your own link descriptions if you
like (just tell me when you send
them if that's what you intended).
Guidelines are available here:
http://www.don-guitar.com/descriptivetext.html
From our web-sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
50 people, 1 question. http://fiftypeopleonequestion.com/
The RPM Challenge. http://www.rpmchallenge.com/
A Science Fiction blog. http://sfsignal.com/index.html
Cool vintage advertisements.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/vintage_advertising/pool/
An interesting site for women.
http://www.divinecaroline.com/
Never mind your wallet, what's on your finger?
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/print/198202/diamond
Thumbtack art from weburbanist.com.
http://linkasa.com/jc1
Quite a range of interesting reading. http://www.ft.com/
Chocolate, a food without borders (from NPR).
http://kajoo.notlong.com
Meatloaf cupcakes (from the Chicago Decider).
http://meatloaf-cupcakes.notlong.com
An incredible collection of fonts.
http://www.fontspace.com/
An interesting way to dispose of used lotter tickets.
http://paperhummer.notlong.com
A trucking duck (hey, we aren't making this stuff up).
http://linkasa.com/kc1
Um 'Great' moments in presidential speeches (video).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxkpm7bH7j4
Sort of a DIY Rube Goldberg.
http://inventionatplay.org/playhouse_tinker.html
More cool stuff from the same place.
http://inventionatplay.org/playhouse_main.html
Our web-sibling Vinette DePhillipe says 'Enjoy the ride'.
http://www.lshs64.com/enjoytheride.html
From our web-sibling Jerry Fox.
How do you get Pong from sheep and LEDs?
http://www.slipperybrick.com/2009/03/pong-playing-led-sheep/
World's largest model railway.
http://dvice.com/archives/2009/03/astonishing_mos.php
Like gas in the night, this too will pass.
http://www.duhism.com/
From our 'other brother' Bill (Beeyil) Lanoue.
( Bill's blog http://ncvietvet.blogspot.com/ )
Many things photographic. http://www.amateursnapper.com/
From our web-sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
Playing for change. http://playingforchange.com/
Editor's note: Way cool! I've already ordered the
CD/DVD combination from Amazon.com.
Music and the human brain.
http://musicandthebrain.notlong.com
A terrific world news site. http://www.globalpost.com/
The Remember Song from Tom Rush (very funny).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yN-6PbqAPM
A nice site for legal forms and info.
http://www.nolopress.com/
From our friend, neighbor and
fellow Linux user Steven Scott.
Linus Torvalds' blog. http://torvalds-family.blogspot.com/
...and an article/interview with Linus from Simple-talk.
http://stgeekoftheweek.notlong.com
From our web-sibling Ted Whitford.
Now this 'high-rise' hotel is the real thing for sure.
http://www.hotelicopter.com/
Thanks Jo, Vi, Jerry, Bill, John, Stevie and Ted.
Last word, from Lisa:
It's been a bit of a trial getting my part of the ezine
out this time, but I got in just under the wire. Our
lives are busy but fulfilling.
Our dog Cee Cee had several skin tumors removed
yesterday, her new nickname is "Frankendog", she's
got lots of heavy black stitches on her back. The
lab tests should be back tomorrow, wish her luck.
We try to put a little bit of ourselves into our
opening and closing statements. Please don't forget,
we'd like to hear a bit about you, too.
'Til next time,
Lisa
Our feedback form and contact info:
http://www.don-guitar.com/contactme.html
Lisa at myspace.com. http://www.myspace.com/81825549
Lisa's blog.
http://thedirtgoddess.blogspot.com/
Don at myspace.com http://www.myspace.com/donguitar
Don's blog.
http://don-guitar.blogspot.com/
Don Crowder and Lisa Miller
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
4:30 AM CST - Buchanan Lake Village, Texas, USA
Served by the U.S. Post Office in Tow (rhymes-with-cow), Texas
Privacy: We will never share, sell, or
otherwise compromise your email address.
Privacy Policy on our website.
http://www.don-guitar.com/privacy.html
Freelists.org Privacy Policy.
//www.freelists.org/privacy.html
The most important people on the Internet, for you and
I as computer users, are software developers. The world's
coolest computer, without software, is like a car without
fuel. It might look great, but what can it do?
It doesn't matter who produces the software you love
and use regularly, the developers of that software
need and deserve your support.
A bit of advice from Internet veteran Bayard J. Fox:
New computer users are often in awe of the things you can
get without cost on the Internet. There can be hidden
costs for the unwary. Use a 'throw away' email address to
register, and be constantly on guard against giving away
personal information. Use a firewall, and provide only
the barest minimum of information on questionnaires.
___________________________________________________________
Subscription management for this publication is available
online here: http://www.don-guitar.com/subsmanager.html
or here: //www.freelists.org/list/donspatch
Other related posts:
- » [donspatch] 2009-04-15 - D. E. Crowder
