[donspatch] 2010-07-01
- From: "Don (& Lisa)" <dondashguitar@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 00:28:48 -0500
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First word, from Don:
Some of my happiest memories are of times in my life when
I was incredibly busy and desperately trying to 'keep up'
with events. That's how I know I'm currently living in
the soon-to-be-best-ever good-old days. I'm a very busy
fellow and am enjoying it very much. I'm mowing a lawn
every week, fixing computers for my neighbors, banging
on my guitar at all hours of the day and night, and trying
to learn how to be a recording engineer. So far I'm not
too good at it but ya gotta crawl before you can walk,
right? I'll let you know how I'm doing as soon as I've
managed to produce a viable recording.
Hope all is well and wonderful in your world and our thanks
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Section One by Don.
Enhancing freedom of choice through reliable
health information. http://www.ncahf.org/
A resource for DIY music. http://www.tonepad.com/
The American Civil War. http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/
How accessible is your website?
http://achecker.ca/checker/index.php
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
http://www.hsp.org/
Travel the world by webcam. http://www.camvista.com/
An In-Depth Directory of Cartoon classics & animated films.
http://www.bcdb.com/
The health-related risks of owning and caring for animals.
http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/
Kids stuff.
http://www.kids.gov/
http://www.janbrett.com/
http://www.thebubblegumhouse.net/
http://cust.idl.com.au/boyd/fun.html
The museum of food. http://www.foodmuseum.com/
A collection of costless software for Windows.
http://www.freewarepub.net/Freeware.htm
The hair archives. http://www.hairarchives.com/
Specialized, explosive demolition.
http://www.implosionworld.com/
What strange things did you believe when you were
a kid? http://www.iusedtobelieve.com/
All things Jewish. http://www.aish.com/
Lionel Hampton, his life and legasy.
http://www.uiweb.uidaho.edu/hampton/
The Mediterranean Garden Society.
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/
Multimedia educational resource for learning and online
teaching. http://www.merlot.org/
Visit the Museum of Modern Art via your computer.
http://www.moma.org/
Bringing television to visually impaired persons.
http://www.narrativetv.com/
The blog of librarian Jenny Levine.
http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/
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Section Two by Lisa.
Read a book in a minute (or less).
http://bit.ly/j8T5
Rules for all card games.
http://www.pagat.com/
5 proven secrets to longevity.
http://www.drlam.com/5provensecrets.asp
Reynold's Company has a lot of
great info about food-and recipes!
http://bit.ly/gkptx
A quick dip into sartorial splendor,
mmm...refreshing!!!
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
Remember the Spirograph?
http://bit.ly/cTo7X5
All the rules. http://www.everyrule.com/
Instructions for life.
http://basicinstructions.net/
A helpful world currency site.
http://www.xe.com/
It can be difficult to find royalty-free
plays. Here are some places to start.
http://www.singlelane.com/proplay/
http://bit.ly/dfnODh
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/pdwilson/
http://bit.ly/dnvh1Y
Alexander Calder changed our perceptions
of art-and invented the mobile.
http://calder.org/
Make a Calder-style mobile. Olivia will
show you how. http://bit.ly/cNs6eh
More cool stuff you can make with Olivia.
http://www.bigredhat.com/index-art.html
Following your heart isn't easy,
but you just might change the world.
http://nyti.ms/i9SN
Miss out on basic cooking lessons?
Start here, you'll be glad you did.
http://startcooking.com/
Exercise makes you happy.
http://nyti.ms/i9SN
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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.thecommondenominator.com/
http://www.contentmatters.info/content_matters/
http://www.copyblogger.com/
http://www.counterpunch.org/
http://www.creditslips.org/
http://crookedtimber.org/
http://www.dailyfinance.com/
http://www.dailykos.com/
http://www.destructoid.com/
http://www.dipity.com/
http://www.dropjack.com/
http://drownedinsound.com/
http://earth2tech.com/
http://www.economist.com/
http://www.ecosalon.com/
http://www.educationvotes.nea.org/
http://firmuhment.tumblr.com/
http://www.fool.com/
http://gadgetwise.blogs.nytimes.com/
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/
http://causematters.wordpress.com/
http://www.terkko.helsinki.fi/feednavigator/
http://fresnobeehive.com/
http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Section Three by Don.
An informational website designed to help the elderly and
their families. http://www.nursinghomealert.com/
I maintain one page of freeware favorites on my website and
it's about all I can do to keep it current. I both admire
and sympathise with anyone who's trying to maintain a
portal. http://freeware.intrastar.net/
'Creating student scientists, not just science students.
http://pathfinderscience.net/
I've no aptitude at all for arts or crafts but this stuff
seems pretty cool to me. Check out the faux pearls.
http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/
Resources for teachers.
http://www.sitesforteachers.com/
http://www.teacher.com/
http://www.teachnet.com/
http://www.teach-nology.com/
http://www.hummingbirded.com/
Mike Reynolds' SquirrelNet is a search engine resource for
educators. http://www.squirrelnet.com/default.asp
Pass this on to your teenagers.
http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/
San Francisco's Fillmore museum.
http://amacord.com/fillmore/museum/
The Wizard of Oz. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oz/
An open collection of book reviews written by kids.
http://worldreading.org/
There's a fungus among us.
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/
Getcher moon atlas here. http://ap-i.net/avl/en/start
A virtual museum and searchable database of European
painting and sculpture of the Romanesque, Gothic,
Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Romanticism periods.
http://www.wga.hu/
This looks a bit like a IM client on steroids.
http://www.gcn.cx/
I honestly don't have much use for sites like this one but
I know folks who just love them. Mine is not to question
why... http://www.omgitsfree.com/
All sorts of good info for traveling folks.
http://www.dot.gov/citizen_services/index.html
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov////////trafficinfo/index.htm
These two albums of the Edinburgh Calotype Club, the first
photographic club in the world, are among the earliest
photograph albums in the world ever assembled.
http://www.nls.uk/pencilsoflight/index.html
Baseball resources.
http://strikethree.com/
http://www.baseballscorecard.com/
This big waste of space looks like an interesting place
to explore. http://www.bigwaste.com/
Four word film reviews. http://www.fwfr.com/
All about helicopters. http://www.helicopterpage.com/
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Section Four by Lisa.
Tech news and blogs for geeks.
http://geekshuiliving.com/
It's sold out but it's cool.
http://milliondollarhomepage.com/
Better living through uncertainty.
http://tylertervooren.com/
Needlework tips and techniques.
http://bit.ly/cRvfeN
Misheard songs and music.
http://www.amiright.com/
Worm composting is great fun.
http://bit.ly/bDuPMY
June Carter Cash was an important
influence in country music.
http://bit.ly/bNulLE
Poet Gwendolyn Brooks was the first
African-American Pulitzer prize winner
for poetry, among many other accomplishments.
http://bit.ly/92Wpol
What do you know about bees?
http://bit.ly/c4mmnF
Sam Cooke; beautiful voice, courageous
spirit, a 'crossover' in many ways.
http://bit.ly/525o2g
Old enamel signs and advertising.
http://www.advertisingantiques.co.uk/
A helpful site for the management
of anxiety.
http://anxieties.com/
The value of patience.
http://bit.ly/cvFied
120 pounds and 5 feet tall, Edward Leedskalnin
built Coral Castle. No one knows how he did it.
http://bit.ly/a0wzHF
http://www.crystalinks.com/coralcastle.html
http://coralcastle.com/
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Section Five by Don.
Dr. LeBeau's Suzanne website for teachers, students
and curious adults. http://www.suelebeau.com/
An amazing collection and what a cool way to show it
off! http://www.silverbookmarks.com/
A couple of slightly different takes
on saving bookmarks online.
http://www.blinklist.com/
http://faves.com/home
Internet news... on steroids.
http://www.fark.com/
There are folks who like to take the art and/or
photography of others and combine them with the
music of still others and create a visual
presentation. I've seen many such on youtube
and, frankly, found them less than impressive.
That is, until I discovered this fellow; he
seems to be really good at it.
http://www.youtube.com/user/Thespadecaller
Someone on aardvark (vark.com) asked 'How does
a telephone work' so I researched it.
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-does-a-telephone-work.htm
http://www.letusfindout.com/how-does-the-telephone-work/
http://communication.howstuffworks.com/telephone.htm
http://www.blurtit.com/q571614.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_did_the_first_telephone_work
http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4563968_a-telephone-work.html
Teachers, students, books, authors.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/home.jsp
How to get some idea of a value of a used object.
http://www.usedprice.com/
Some of this stuff actually is quite interesting.
http://www.damninteresting.com/
There's money in oregami. No, seriously.
http://members.cox.net/crandall11/money/
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/money-origami.html
http://www.origami-resource-center.com/money.html
http://www.lisashea.com/japan/origami/index.html
http://www.instructables.com/id/Money-Origami/
I'd really love to hang out with a whale, how about you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1EYxG7cJxE
I got an email recently from a reader who was having
serious problems with Outlook Express. Of course I
recommend using just about any other email client but
one must go with the flow so I began by giving him some
input on ways of fixing Outlook Express.
http://tinyurl.com/qdl8z [about dot com]
http://tinyurl.com/zhsqf [microsoft dot com]
http://www.theeldergeek.com/repair_reinstall_ie_and_oe_6.htm
http://www.tweakxp.com/article37512.aspx
Then I gave him some information on alternative clients.
* Thunderbird.
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/
* Seamonkey. http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
* iScribe is small, fast, and totally non-fancy.
http://www.memecode.com/scribe.php
* Pegasus has been around forever and lots of folks have
been very happy with it. http://www.pmail.com/
* Kaufman Mail Warrior is an 'oldie but a goodie'.
http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?ID=133
* YAMC is another one which has been around for a while.
http://tinyurl.com/27mxj5l [softpedia dot com]
* Eudora is in the process of being overhauled but you can
get a beta version if you're willing to put up with the
possibility of a few bugs. http://www.eudora.com/betas/
* My favorite email client in Linux is
Claws, because it's very fast and trouble
free. http://www.claws-mail.org/win32/
Claws lacks spell-checking in
Windows but you can use tinyspell.
http://tinyspell.numerit.com/
D.I.Y. catsup.
http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1710,148186-253199,00.html
http://tinyurl.com/2foannb [cookadvice dot com]
http://tinyurl.com/2exhxml [associatedcontent dot com]
Smart phone plus google and you've got a to-do list.
http://mail.google.com/mail/help/tasks/
Who's up for a guitar lesson?
http://www.guitarforanyone.com/
A hypertext encyclopedia of toons (not just to the animated
kind, but also comic books, newspaper strips, magazine
cartoons, etc). http://www.toonopedia.com/
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Section Six by Lisa.
A display of public ephemeral art.
http://www.woostercollective.com/
Poems out loud.
http://poemsoutloud.net/
Technology related news and blogs.
http://geekshuiliving.com/
The classic Cat User's Manual.
http://www.andreas.com/catman.html
Online educational resources.
http://www.academicinfo.net/
Kodak has tips, tricks and
interesting projects.
http://bit.ly/9ehT7r
Literal answers to rhetorical questions.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/gradgrind.html
Jehad Nga, photographer.
http://www.jehadnga.com/
Your one-stop novelty shopping center.
Must.have.nacho.mints.
http://www.accoutrements.com/shop/
Lose yourself at Nymphemberg Porcelain.
http://www.nymphenburg.com/us/nymphenburg/
A site dedicated to the Chevrolet Corvair.
http://www.corvair.ca/
Dr. Temple Grandin is listed as one
of twenty-five "Heroes" of 2010.
http://www.templegrandin.com/
http://bit.ly/bxjnoA
Website traffic, datasearch analytics,
demographics, and more for websites.
http://www.alexa.com/
Ever have a really bad boss?
You could enter a contest!
http://bit.ly/dqRg7m
Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel.
http://bit.ly/2qDW07
End of Section Six.
The Linux Corner.
A guide the the Linux Operating System.
http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/
A few cute Linux wallpapers.
http://tinyurl.com/nsqj6s [howtogeek dot com]
Linux malware. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_malware
Ubuntu Linux tutorials,howtos,tips & news.
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/
Accelerate your Linux learning. http://tuxradar.com/
The geek stuff. http://www.thegeekstuff.com/
A Little Humor.
Snagged from JoAnn Burton's ezine.
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
Where to Properly Place New Employees
Put 400 bricks in a closed room.
Put your new employees in the room and close the door.
Leave them alone and come back after 6 hours.
If they are counting the bricks
put them in the Accounting Department.
If they are recounting them, put them in Auditing.
If they have messed up the whole place with
the bricks, put them in Engineering.
If they are arranging the bricks in
some strange order, put them in Planning.
If they are throwing the bricks at
each other, put them in Operations.
If they are sleeping, put them in Security.
If they have broken the bricks into
pieces, put them in Information Technology.
If they are sitting idle, put them in Human Resources.
If they say they have tried different combinations and are
looking for more, yet not a brick has been moved, put them
in Sales.
If they have already left for
the day put them in Marketing.
If they are staring out of the window,
put them in Strategic Planning.
If they are talking to each other, and not a single brick
has been moved, congratulate them and put them in Top
Management.
If they have surrounded themselves with bricks in such a
way that they can neither be seen nor heard from, suggest
they apply for employment with the Government.
Tips for This Issue.
A web-dev resource. http://www.webteacher.ws/
Using Linux to repair Windows.
http://tinyurl.com/27uahw6 [linuxjournal dot com]
http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS4076782266.html
ttp://trinityhome.org/
http://tinyurl.com/ccf6l4 [Avira's free-av dot com]
Real knowledge (computer tips and support).
http://www.real-knowledge.com/
Contributions From Our Readers.
Links from readers are always
welcome and you can even write
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From our web-sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
Travel tips. http://trifter.com/
Neat pictures. http://www.freakingnews.com/
A, um, gaggle of collective nouns.
http://www.rinkworks.com/words/collective.shtml
more where that came from. http://www.rinkworks.com/
Things of visual interest. http://funhight.blogspot.com/
Strange maps. http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/
Mistakes happen. http://www.regrettheerror.com/
More intelligent life. http://moreintelligentlife.com/
Vanity Fair. http://www.vanityfair.com/
The Independent Film Channel. http://www.ifc.com/
Luxurious oddities. http://www.funforever.net/
Joanne Casey, internet caretaker.
http://joannecasey.blogspot.com/
From our good friend Dee Jordan, a cool
new tune from the Bellamy Brothers.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4j_9IQ6wzk
From our web-sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
The U.S. electrical grid is a precarious thing.
http://tinyurl.com/2weyqr6 [nationalgeographic dot com]
Thanks Jo, Dee and John.
Last word, from Lisa:
As usual, things have been hectic and fun
this past two weeks. Lots of work, music
and hanging out with friends. I'm trying
to make it much more of a habit to connect
with people who mean a lot to me. Not to
be too morbid, but you never know when the
opportunity to be with the people you care
for will simply slip away.
Note to self: Take care of the real stuff.
'Til next time y'all,
Lisa
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