[donspatch] 2009-11-15
- From: Don Crowder <dondashguitar@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Donspatch <Donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:44:47 -0600
#129 November 15, 2009 from http://www.don-guitar.com
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First word, from Don:
With Google Voice giving us incredibly affordable long
distance telephone service (free in the US and Canada
and very inexpensive throughout most of the world) we're
looking forward to making holiday phone calls this year.
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Lisa and I seem to have established what I've heard called
a 'Brush Fire' lifestyle. It wasn't deliberate, it just
sort of crept up on us but it seems to suit us. There are
times when it's stressful but mostly we have a lot of fun.
I remember a little poem I heard once.
When in trouble
or in doubt
run in circles
scream and shout.
I still smile when I remember this because it's not so far
off the mark. Sometimes we do run in circles, screaming
and shouting, but in the end we get with the program and
solve the problem.
Life is good, love is wonderful and, so far, the
challenging moments haven't been so bad. Bring it on.
Don
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Section One by Don.
A young Jewish fellow from San Francisco (CA) asked, on
Aardvark, where he could meet a nice Jewish girl. I
replied: On the incredibly small chance that you aren't
kidding, here are a few Jewish singles sites.
http://www.jpeoplemeet.com/
http://www.jdate.com/
http://www.jewishmingle.com/
http://www.jsingles.com/
http://www.jewishcafe.com/index.jsp
http://jewishamericansingles.com/
http://jsoulmate.com/
http://nicejewish.com/
http://www.singlejew.com/
http://www.yjew.com/
http://www.frumster.com/
http://www.worldofsingles.com/
http://www.jewishmatch.com/
http://www.jswsn.org/
http://www.jewishandsingle.com/
http://www.spiritjewishsingles.com/
If you have no luck with these,
try this annual Jewish singles party.
http://sanfrancisco.letmypeoplego.com/jewish-singles.html
If that's a bust, do some volunteer work for the Jewish
Community Relations Council of San Francisco; there's
bound to be some single Jewish women there. Incidentally
I love the nickname they've given themselves. Nobody
does Jewish humor better than Jews.
http://oybay.wordpress.com/
I get a nifty little magazine named 'Remedy' every so often
which is chock full of useful health information. It's full
of advertising but that's offset by the fact that it doesn't
cost anything. Check it out here:
http://www.remedylife.com
Here are a few links I gleaned from the most recent issue.
http://www.johnshopkinshealthalerts.com/white_papers/
http://www.johshopkinshealthalerts.com/
http://www.healthcommunities.com/
http://www.knowmybones.com/
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/default.htm
https://www.acurian.com/
http://iknowdiabetes.org/
http://diabetestencitychallenge.com/
http://www.cardiologychannel.com/
http://www.wellnessletter.com/
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Section Two by Lisa
The holidays are coming, do you have
enough chocolate truffles?
http://snipurl.com/t8863 [www_foodnetwork_com]
Here's a dairy-free version, yum!
http://snipurl.com/t8884 [www_vegetariantimes_com]
The best virtual pets I've seen, really cute!
http://snipurl.com/t872m [www_foopets_com]
Design is a part of everything.
The before and after pics are amazing.
http://www.designspongeonline.com/
We're still awaiting our invitations to Google
Wave. In the meantime, I'm studying up with
this 'Google Wave: A Complete Guide'.
http://mashable.com/2009/05/28/google-wave-guide/
I like Martha; I also like Not Martha.
http://www.notmartha.org/
This commercial site has lots of cool
vintage and antique eyeglasses.
http://www.allynscura.com/index.htm
Kevin Kelly's beautiful photography of Asia.
http://www.asiagrace.com/mtset.php?s=1
This is one of those eclectic blogs, meaning
I don't know quite what it's about and it's cool.
http://theinvisibleagent.wordpress.com/
Knit or crochet your little heart out.
https://www.ravelry.com/account/login
Odd, unusual and occasionally
inappropriate gift ideas.
http://www.mcphee.com/shop/
Add some extra fun to food.
http://www.chow.com/
30 days to a more accessible website.
http://diveintoaccessibility.org/
End of Section Two.
At the time this issue was posted,
the current subscriber count for
this publication was 374.
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.mommywantsvodka.com/
http://notyouraveragesinglemomma.com/
http://purpleslinky.com/
http://gwendabond.typepad.com/bondgirl/read-stuff-free.html
http://www.ojr.org/
http://www.racialicious.com/
http://imnotbenny.blogspot.com/
http://www.wanttoknow.info/
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/
http://www.blogs.com/
http://www.nature.com/
http://www.harpers.org/index/
http://www.learningwithoutfrontiers.com/
http://ejournal.uvka.de/spatialconcepts/
http://www.self-archiving.me/
http://web.fumsi.com/go/article/share/4219
http://www.roughtype.com/
http://rsscloud.org/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/geology/
http://www.flickr.com/groups/rockart/
Section Three by Don.
A few religious thoughts.
http://www.religiousworlds.com/
http://www.faithnet.org/
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/
http://www.spiritualforums.com/vb/
A lyrics search engine. http://findmeatune.com/
Flu trends. http://www.google.org/flutrends/
I hated the ads but the the concept is interesting.
http://www.famouswhy.com/
A few guitar related goodies.
http://www.betterguitar.com/
http://www.buildyourguitar.com/index.html
http://www.learnclassicalguitar.com/
A goodie for Mac users.
http://paintbrush.en.softonic.com/mac
Sean Morey...
http://www.seanmorey.com/
... who became famous on the web in the mid 90's for
The Man Song... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Y0I91rubg
(which is often incorrectly credited to Rodney Carrington)
...also wrote a cute little tune called the ADD Song.
http://www.seanmorey.com/01_THE_ADD_SONG.mp3
When it comes to stopping burglers, I want this lady on my
team. http://snipurl.com/t86t8 [www_cbsnews_com]
Video how-to's. http://www.videojug.com/
Geeky fun. http://www.nerdtests.com/
Teaching American history.
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/
I"m not sure what this is...
http://www.elsewares.com/commerce/index.php
...but it reminds me of etsy.
http://www.etsy.com/
Roofing for fun and groceries?
http://www.greenroof.se/?pid=1
A nice pack (group?) of gardeners.
http://www.islingtongardeners.org.uk/new/
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Section Four by Lisa.
Have you heard about the Hidden Children?
http://www.adl.org/hidden/default.asp
Cooking is a manly art.
http://snipurl.com/t88h0 [www_adl_org]
http://kitchencomplicated.blogspot.com/
Ever spill liquid on your laptop?
Here's what to do.
http://snipurl.com/t88he [www_thesimpledollar_com]
A personal finance community.
http://www.cashcommons.com/
I knew you'd want some ice cream recipes.
http://www.ice-cream-recipes.com/
Good Heavens! Is Sophia really 75?
http://snipurl.com/t88ij [www_dailymail_co_uk]
An invention by a sixteen-year-old
can be a help to many people.
http://snipurl.com/t88n2 [www_dailymail_co_uk]
And here's how to get one.
http://www.stairsteady.net/
Learn to draw.
http://toadhollowstudio.com/drawing_and_inspiration.html
http://www.teachartathome.com/NewFreeLessons.html
http://www.drawspace.com/
http://freedrawinglesson.blogspot.com/
Slovak and Czech genealogy.
http://www.iarelative.com/
Many people have heard the term CSS. Is there
a simple explanation? You bet.
http://snipurl.com/t88px [css-tricks_com]
End of Section Four.
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Section Five by Don.
Coupon codes. http://www.couponmountain.com/
A tech take on getting green. http://keenforgreen.com/
Are you looking for a home to rent or buy in the UK?
http://www.findaproperty.com/
Need any car parts? http://www.rockauto.com/
English as a foreign language (in Korea).
http://eflgeek.com/index.php
Laugh and learn English.
http://www.laughandlearnenglish.com/
101 reasons to stop writing.
http://101reasonstostopwriting.com/
Isaac Asimov home page. http://www.asimovonline.com/
Purveyors of doom and gloom. http://www.malthusia.com/
Unusual animals.
http://snipurl.com/t8mlu [purpleslinky_com]
http://snipurl.com/t8mmd [webecoist_com]
Trying to remember the name and author of that book you loved as a
kid? One of these sites may help.
http://www.loganberrybooks.com/stump-form.html
http://www.abebooks.com/docs/Community/BookSleuth/
http://www.whatsthatbook.com/http://bookclubs.barnesandnoble.com/t5/Lost-Books/bd-p/lostbooks
http://www.biblio.com/
http://books.google.com/
Social networking for avid readers.
http://www.anobii.com/
http://openlibrary.org/
http://www.jandysbooks.com/
http://www.librarything.com/
A nice RPG site. http://www.penandpapergames.com/
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Section Six by Lisa.
I want to age like this.
http://snipurl.com/t88s8 [www_dailymail_co_uk]
http://snipurl.com/t88sg [www_dailymail_co_uk]
Great writing skills? Need at-home employment?
Perhaps Helium is for you.
http://www.helium.com/
Realage.com has become a comprehensive
health site. Very informative and useful.
http://www.realage.com/
There's a lot more to GMail than email.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about_whatsnew.html
Over 35,000 e-books.
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
A comprehensive list of credit card offers.
http://www.indexcreditcards.com/
The Edgar Allen Poe Museum.
http://www.poemuseum.org/
13 things a burglar won't tell you.
http://snipurl.com/t88ye [www_rd_com]
A collection of Zen stories.
http://snipurl.com/t88yk [www-usr_rider_edu]
A wine-lover's page.
http://www.wineloverspage.com/
Johannes Sebastian Bach, life and works.
http://www.jsbach.org/
A fun and informative site on puppets.
http://www.puppetuniverse.com/
End of Section Six.
A Little Humor.
'Unix was not designed to stop people from doing stupid
things,because that would also stop them from doing clever
things.' - Doug Gwyn
'Programming today is a race between software engineers
striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs,
and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better
idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.' - Rich Cook
'True research is like fumbling in the dark for the right
switches. Once you've turned the light on everyone can
see.' - unknown
'An idiot with a computer is a faster,
better idiot' - Rich Julius
'Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it
correct, not tried it.' - Donald Knuth
'C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++
makes it harder, but when you do, it blows away your
whole leg.' - Bjarne Stroustrup
'I've never met a human being who would want to read 17,000
pages of documentation, and if there was, I'd kill him to
get him out of the gene pool.'
- Joseph Costello, President of Cadence
'The primary purpose of the DATA statement is to give names
to constants; instead of referring to pi as
3.141592653589793 at every appearance, the variable pi can
be given that value with a DATA statement and used instead
of the longer form of the constant. This also simplifies
modifying the program, should the value of pi change.'
- FORTRAN manual for Xerox computers
'The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its
teaching should,therefore, be regarded as
a criminal offence.'- E. W. Dijkstra
'It is practically impossible to teach good programming
style to students that [sic] have had prior exposure to
BASIC; as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated
beyond hope of regeneration.' - E. W. Dijkstra
'A system admin's life is a sorry one. The only advantage
he has over Emergency Room doctors is that malpractice
suits are rare. On the other hand, ER doctors never have
to deal with patients installing new versions of their own
innards!' - Michael O'Brien
'The C Programming Language is a language which combines
the flexibility of assembly language with the power of
assembly language.'
'Pascal is a programming language named after a man who
would turn over in his grave if he knew about it.'
PROGRAM: n., a magic spell cast over a computer allowing it
to turn one's input into error messages.
Tips for This Issue.
Gardening tips for blind or visually impaired persons.
http://www.kab.org.uk/gardening.htm
XP tips. http://www.xp-tips.com/
A general tips portal. http://www.usefultipsguide.com/
A tips blog. http://tipvista.com/
An excellent collection of useful information.
http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/index.htm
For Windows users. http://etc.usf.edu/te_win/index.html
Contributions From Our Readers.
Links from readers are always
welcome and you can even write
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like (just tell me when you send
them if that's what you intended).
Guidelines are available here:
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From our web-sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
Weird Asia news. http://www.weirdasianews.com/
Curious expeditions. http://curiousexpeditions.org/
Dan Fogelberg's website. http://www.danfogelberg.com/
No, it doesn't do anything else, it just jiggles.
http://www.jellotime.com/
The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/
Strange maps (a blog). http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
Fearless cooking from a tiny kitchen in New York City.
http://smittenkitchen.com/
Another social networking site for book lovers.
http://www.22books.com/
Shoppers with attitude. http://consumerist.com/
An interesting blog. http://tailotherat.blogspot.com/
From our web-sibling Herb Cee, an eclectic internet
radio station. http://www.kpig.com/
From our web-sibling Vinette (Vi) DePhillipe, some holiday
knitting patterns. http://knittingonthenet.com/holxmas.htm
My other-brother Beeyil (Bill) Lanoue, who just completed
a lengthy, debilitating chemotherapy series and is
beginning to feel almost human again (God bless you Bill),
is already getting into the spirit of the holidays.
http://www.northpole.com/
From our web-sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
Last word, from Lisa:
A NASA video on 'Einstein's Cosmic Speed Limit'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mkKhn53L68
Games for the brain. http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/
An overview of TubeRadio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlivXnrWR9A
TubeRadio. http://www.tuberadio.fm/
An interesting observation from Fred Langa's blog.
http://snipurl.com/t8oca [fredlanga_blogspot_com]
Thank you Jo, Herb, Vi, Bill and John.
Last word, from Lisa:
I used to think bad luck came in threes. Well, it's
not so. The past week ganged up on us and smacked us
on the chin. No one thing was really devastating, but
one of those weeks where we simply were stymied at every
turn. One by one, we tackled and solved the dilemmas
and are headed into a busy, yet relaxing weekend.
Through it all, we settled down in the evenings,
de-stressed by surfing the web for links we found
to share, and spent some time writing the ezine.
We finished the week the same way you eat an
elephant (one bite at a time).
'Til next time,
Lisa
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
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