[donspatch] 2010-09-15
- From: "Don (& Lisa)" <dondashguitar@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Donspatch <Donspatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 23:10:18 -0500
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First word, from Don:
Bill Lanoue is my brother, though we're aren't related by
blood, and he's been after me to do something to show my
patriotism. I don't think Bill and I will ever fully agree
on this but it's not that I don't feel any sense of
patriotism. I defy any American to watch this video with
dry eyes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTb6qdPu8JE
I certainly sat and cried as I watched it. I'm proud of my
heritage as an American and I'm proud of and grateful to
American combat veterans, like Bill, who've put their butts
on the line for all Americans. Nuff said.
---
Lisa's a big believer in homeopathic medicine. I'm a born
skeptic but some of them seem to work quite nicely so I'm
willing to reserve judgement on all of them until I've
actually tried them. I nicked the tip of my left index
finger on the table saw the other day and while it looks
like it's going to heal up just fine, it's really sore and
hurts a lot. I've been using triple antibiotic with pain
killer, tylenol (or ibuprofen) and a homeopathic remedy
called hypericum perforatum. My finger seems to be
healing quickly and hurting less all the time. That being
the desired end result, I'm not prepared to question the
means by which it's happening.
---
I have a terrible memory for birthdays, anniversaries
and/or any other sort of recurring annual event. For
the last couple of years I've used MemoToMe...
http://www.memotome.com/ [really works!]
...to help me remember to mention Talk Like a Pirate
Day... http://www.talklikeapirate.com/ (September 19)
This year it occurred to me that MemoToMe works really
well and has been very reliable so next year I've
programmed it to remind me of Lisa's birthday and our
anniversary. Lisa suggested I add my kids and
grandkids to the reminder list but they're gonna think
something is wrong with me if I start remembering
their birthdays so I'm gonna have to think about it.
My kids usually just call me on their birthdays to
spare me the guilt and embarrassment.
---
Hope everythings well and wonderful in your world
as it mostly is in ours. See you next time.
Don
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Section One by Don.
Got a camera? Here's a project for you.
http://www.100strangers.com/
100 projects for peace.
http://kwd100projectsforpeace.org/
Wanna help change the world?
http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Project wedding. http://www.projectwedding.com/
Project C.U.R.E. http://www.projectcure.org/
Housing that claims to be better, greener, faster and
cheaper. http://www.projectfrog.com/
Slavery still exists in our world.
http://www.polarisproject.org/
Who's not following you back on Twitter? Who are you not
following back? Who are your mutual friends? Find out.
http://friendorfollow.com/
Find out what twitter users are tweeting about.
http://tweetmeme.com/
Movie reviews a la twitter. http://fflick.com/
Tweet search engines.
http://topsy.com/
http://search.twitter.com/
Twitter in plain English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o
Trouble with twitters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2HAroA12w
The twitter guidebook.
http://mashable.com/guidebook/twitter/
Twittervision. http://twittervision.com/
Firefox add-ons for security enthusiasts.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/9609/
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865/
Add music to your facebook or MySpace profile.
http://www.actionext.com/
A tool for frequent flyers. http://flightaware.com/
This is a humorous spoof. http://www.license.shorturl.com/
A haven for karaoke junkies. http://www.singsnap.com/
Kiss a pig (or whatever) for your favorite charity.
http://www.mydunktank.com/
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Section Two by Lisa.
Online guitar magazines.
http://guitarsessions.com/
http://www.guitarplayer.com/
http://www.vintageguitar.com/default.asp
http://www.premierguitar.com/Default.aspx
Travel outside the box.
http://bit.ly/WDuyV
Understanding insurance.
http://www.iii.org/
Printable bizcards, awards,
certificates, stationary.
http://www.documentic.com/
http://www.freeprintablecertificates.net/
Rag rugs are so cool!
http://bit.ly/aiRVzG
What would you love to know?
http://save.lovetoknow.com/
Computer donation program.
http://www.computerswithcauses.org/
How do you find the best pet insurance?
http://www.petinsurancereview.com/
http://bit.ly/d3t8JY
http://bit.ly/bJoASh
The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
(Pullman Porters) had a significant
effect upon American civil rights.
http://bit.ly/zK2FQ
http://bit.ly/9IqbhZ
http://bit.ly/9MzaCi
If you need a Medic Alert Bracelet,
do find a way to wear it. Don't
forget, caregivers need one, too.
http://www.laurenshope.com/
Ahhh, my heart's desire, large
slabs of meat!
http://www.amazingribs.com/
Real Country Western song titles.
http://www.funny2.com/songs.htm
Don't you just love hats?
http://www.top-hats.com/
Useful docs and tools to print.
http://www.pdfpad.com/
http://bit.ly/2Tl3JE
http://www.lenshoods.co.uk/
When will you die?
http://www.deathclock.com/
Diaspora looks good to me.
http://www.joindiaspora.com/project.html
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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.sitetuners.com/
http://gigaom.com/collaboration/
http://www.youtube.com/user/wheezywaiter
http://www.whiterocksun.com/index.php
http://www.whynotrachel.com/
http://www.whynotright.com/
http://willblogforfood.typepad.com/
http://www.wired.com/
http://www.wmpg.org/
http://www.writingraw.com/
http://zenhabits.net/
http://www.writers-edge.info/Blog.html
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/
http://yowpyowp.blogspot.com/
http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/rssjnllist.html
http://www.leonatkinson.com/random/index.php/index.html
http://scienceblogs.com/
http://www.fuelfriendsblog.com/
http://www.clickz.com/
http://tinyurl.com/kn9wy8 [umich dot edu]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lo0oRiEooog
http://hambydammit.wordpress.com/
http://www.moneytalks.net/index.php
http://www.moneytalksnews.com/
http://www.lisnews.org/
http://laughingsquid.com/
http://www.qconline.com/index.php
http://www.newbreedlibrarian.org/
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/
http://www.publicagenda.com/
http://www.digital-scholarship.org/sepb/sepb.html
http://www.journaliststoolbox.com/
http://www.computeruser.com/
http://www.v3.co.uk/
https://www.newsvine.com/
http://robj98168.blogspot.com/
http://bestconstructionmanagementdegree.com/blog/
http://themedicaremom.blogspot.com/
http://wayan.com/
http://www.peacenow.org/
http://lococast.net/
Section Three by Don.
Welding with water!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ceOL83PM24
Ewww (shudder) this site is seriously icky (it's about
spiders). http://www.spiderzrule.com/
A recording studio and eclectic web radio station.
http://offthebeat-n-track.com/radio_show.html
A social media site which reviews Social media sites.
http://www.blippr.com/
A commercial site loaded with images.
http://www.gettyimages.com/
You can go to Las Vegas and blow all your money in a few
days or you can play the investment market and spend years
losing it. http://www.investopedia.com/ (either way you're
gambling but, as a general rule, your chances are better in
the investment market)
Wealth. http://www.wealth.com/
Wealth (by Andrew Carnegie).
http://eweb.furman.edu/~benson/docs/carnegie.htm
Debt, credit, investing and money.
http://www.wealthjunkies.com/
A pretty cool online dictionary which
you can contribute to or just use.
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page
You can now handle PDF forms online without bothering to
download or install the acrobat reader.
https://www.fillanypdf.com/
Lots of pictures, each with it's own ad attached
but you can download the images w/o the ads.
http://www.allbestpictures.com/
Liam's pictures from old books.
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/
Inkscape is a free and Open Source vector drawing app.
http://inkscape.org/
Here's an excellent guide to using Inkscape.
http://tavmjong.free.fr/INKSCAPE/
20 tips for stunning photography.
http://www.artfans.info/?p=917
More where that came from. http://www.artfans.info/
I never heard of Fillabagel but if there's one near you
here's a way to get the kids a free cookie.
http://www.fillabagel.com/color_fill/color_fill.html
Photoshop tutorials (most of which can be
'adjusted' for use with PSP or the Gimp).
http://www.tutorialpark.com/
http://www.tutorialsroom.com/
...and a modest but interesting software collection.
http://software.tutorialsroom.com/
Take a short course in digital photography.
http://www.shortcourses.com/index.html
Who rules America?
http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html
Paul Graham on numerous topics.
http://www.paulgraham.com/index.html
United for a fair economy. http://www.faireconomy.org/
Ralph Waldo Emerson texts. http://www.emersoncentral.com/
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Section Four by Lisa.
Fun with paper toys.
http://www.thetoymaker.com/2Toys.html
http://www.papertoys.com/
http://bit.ly/cOLMdp
Lots of ideas for Halloween.
http://www.squidoo.com/kidcostumes
Catch up on all your favorite comic strips.
http://www.comicstriparchive.com/
Mmmm...must be Fall. I feel like baking!
http://www.joyofbaking.com/
Fuel economy ratings for US cars.
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/
Facebook info. Thanks for the link, Denis.
http://tcrn.ch/bYksQS
Virtual museum and searchable database
of European painting and sculpture from
11th to mid-19th centuries.
http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/search.html
A comprehensive drug index.
http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/hp.asp
Fun facts and trivia.
http://www.amusingfacts.com/
Dinner for under $10.
http://bit.ly/dpo6d5
http://bit.ly/9Nu4nH
http://bit.ly/4y024
Kevin vowed never to have a boring
meal again. Way to go, Kev!
http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/
How's this for musical fusion?
http://bit.ly/bOCAl8
Gluten-free living help and support.
http://bit.ly/dACoi2
http://www.csaceliacs.org/index.php
http://www.celiac.org/
http://chex.com/Recipes/GlutenFree.aspx
http://bit.ly/b70MOd
Continuing with the food theme...
http://bit.ly/kZG08
http://bit.ly/9lIhbz
Songs for teaching.
http://www.songsforteaching.com/index.html
Tool for website information.
http://www.siteaero.com/
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Section Five by Don.
A few interesting videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSIWpFPkYrk
http://www.youtube.com/user/AnnieLennox
http://www.youtube.com/user/mattharding2718
http://tinyurl.com/ykpbtc5 [time dot com]
A host of personality tests. http://similarminds.com/
What happens when you mix eBay, Craigslist, estate sales
and garage sales? http://www.iseliquidator.com/
A friend of mine was grumbling about how much she hated
IM clients (the software for AIM, ICQ, etc.) so I found
her links to assorted ways of using IM without a client.
Yahoo on the web. http://messenger.yahoo.com/
ICQ2go. http://www.icq.com/download/icq2go/
AIM Express. http://www.aim.com/
Or you can use your browser, any browser,
to access IM using iGoogle or Meebo
http://tinyurl.com/23ybdny [google dot com]
http://www.meebo.com/
The story of a chance meeting between a young man and a
young woman (this could be pretty much anyone's story).
http://www.serendipitous.org/
Science with attitude. http://www.scienceagogo.com/
A window on the state of electronic learning.
http://www.elearningpost.com/
William Ellsworth (Dummy) Hoy was a baseball star.
http://www.dummyhoy.com/
Is there anything cuter than baby animals?
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/
So, what do you want to know about the US government?
http://freegovinfo.info/
Still the best and most versatile file compression
utility. http://www.7-zip.org/
The language if French (I think) but the
video is understandable in any language.
http://www.notsonoisy.com/
Who says it doesn't grow on trees? Would you even notice?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsN8FUV9nS4
The power of dreams.
http://dreams.honda.com/#/video_ni
Who want's to have a Geeknic? (unlike blogs, the
chronology of this web page becomes more up-to-date
as you scroll down) http://geeknic.org/
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Section Six by Lisa.
A healthier way to...well, you know.
http://www.naturesplatform.com/faq.html
And in the interest of fairness...;-)
http://bit.ly/HXUd3
How to go green.
http://www.greenlivingtips.com/
Put stickies on any web page,
when you come back, it'll be there.
http://www.mystickies.com/
Track what you eat.
http://www.thedailyplate.com/
Find out more about hospitals
and nursing homes.
http://www.hospital-data.com/
Create and distribute your
document; pictures, newsletters,
papers, magazines or books.
http://issuu.com/
Writer, the Internet typewriter.
http://writer.bighugelabs.com/
What were they thinking?
http://oopsaward.jimdo.com/award-2008/
Free public domain sounds.
http://www.pdsounds.org/
An accupressure facelift.
http://www.healthynewage.com/facelift.html
The story of Knut, the baby polar
bear raised by humans.
http://bit.ly/FrfGM
http://bit.ly/aV9HPf
Family and home organization tools.
http://www.myhomepoint.com/Default.aspx
http://bit.ly/d1tcM5
http://www.chorebuster.net/
Lost treasures from around the world.
http://www.unclaimedbaggage.com/
Dr. Ted's Musical Marvels.
http://www.drteds.com/
Angels on a leash.
http://bit.ly/92XjyU
http://www.angelonaleash.org/
A very talented young lady.
http://bit.ly/andPgN
End of Section Six.
The Linux Corner.
Linux news and info from around the world.
http://www.linuxinsider.com/
Linux cyber-security tips.
http://isc.sans.edu/diary.html?storyid=3514
A wealth of Linux info.
http://www.pctipsbox.com/cat/linux/
Why the Linux myths continue.
http://ostatic.com/blog/why-the-linux-myths-continue
More where that came from. http://ostatic.com/
Will your camera, video camera or scanner
work with Linux? Check the list!
http://www.sane-project.org/sane-mfgs.html
A Little Humor.
A man was driving down the road when a pig fell off a truck
ahead of him. The man stopped and put the pig in his car. A
few minutes later he flagged down a police car. When the
officer approached the man said, 'This pig fell off a truck.
What should I do with him?'
The officer replied, 'Why don't you take him to the zoo.'
'Thanks, that's a great idea!' replied the man and drove
off with the pig.
The next day the officer once again saw the man driving with
the pig in his car. The officer stopped the car and said, 'I
thought you were going to take that pig to the zoo!'
'I did,' replied the man. 'In fact, we had such a good time at
the zoo yesterday that we decided to go to the beach today.'
---
Two buddies Frank and Steve were two of the biggest baseball
fans in America. For their entire adult lives, Frank and Steve
discussed baseball history in the winter and they pored over
every box score during the season. They went to 60 games a
year. They even agreed that whoever died first would try to
come back and tell the other if there was baseball in heaven.
One summer night, Frank passed away in his sleep after
watching the Yankee victory earlier in the evening. He died
happy. A few nights later, his buddy Steve awoke to the sound
of Frank's voice from beyond. 'Frank is that you?' Steve
asked. 'Of course it's me,' Frank replied. 'This is
unbelievable!' Steve exclaimed. 'So tell me, is there baseball in heaven?'
'Well I have some good news and some bad news
for you. Which do you want to hear first?'
'Tell me the good news first.'
'Well, the good news is that, yes,
there is baseball in heaven, Steve.'
'Oh, that is wonderful! So what
could possibly be the bad news?'
'You're pitching tomorrow night.'
Tips for This Issue.
Q and A for power users. http://serverfault.com/
Extensive forums. http://www.techimo.com/
Lots of info for computer users of any expertise level.
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/
http://www.cybertechhelp.com/
http://www.protonic.com/index.php
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From our web-sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
( Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
I sucked at this game. You could say I bombed it.
http://www.freegamesnews.com/en/games/2010/BombChain.php
It's all about old glasses.
http://www.antiquespectacles.com/
Remind me (an animated music video).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-v8WHF4XEI
Coworkers driving you nuts? Let off some steam by
rating them. http://www.ratemycoworkers.com/
David Barringer's dead bug funeral kit.
http://www.davidbarringer.com/bugkit.html
A portal to unusual things.
http://unusual-things.blogspot.com/
Divine Caroline is a social network and online ladies
magazine. http://www.divinecaroline.com/
Positive articles on various aspects of life.
http://www.lyved.com/
Belly button facts.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/lint/facts.htm
More where that came from.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/drkarl/
Still more where that came from.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/default.htm
Serious eats. http://www.seriouseats.com/
Tesla down under. http://tesladownunder.com/
Hard hats.
http://tinyurl.com/327coty ]bullard dot com]
Cowboy hats. http://www.cowboyhatinfo.org/
Entertainment and world news.
http://www.monstersandcritics.com/
Pick a museum, pick a language.
http://www.civilization.ca/splash.html
Purporting to be an irreverent history magazine.
http://www.historyhouse.com/
The vintage fashion guild.
http://www.vintagefashionguild.org/
From web-sibling and old friend Kenneth Hale.
Mr. Cranky rates the movies. http://www.mrcranky.com/
Unusual phenomena (from the U.S. FBI).
http://foia.fbi.gov/unusual.htm
A nice looking meta-search engine.
http://www.infospace.com/
A look at 20th century fads and trends.
http://www.badfads.com/home.html
Who's hungry? http://www.food.com/
Future tech. http://www.futurehorizons.net/
An eclectic news site with a lot of spin on it.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/
The animal odd couple.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBtFTF2ii7U
An update on the story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljcfWFZaYzs
From our 'other brother' Bill (Beeyil) Lanoue.
( Bill's blog http://ncvietvet.blogspot.com/ )
The Patriot Guard Riders is a diverse amalgamation of
riders from across the nation. They have one thing in common
besides motorcycles. They have an unwavering respect for
those who risk their very lives for America’s freedom and
security. If you share this respect, please join them.
http://www.patriotguard.org/
From our web-sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
Reflections of motherhood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taDqKWWPDAY
Assorted wallpapers from vladstudio.
http://www.vladstudio.com/wallpapers/
A machine which converts plastic to oil.
http://www.flixxy.com/convert-plastic-to-oil.htm
A video from Kim Komando.
http://www.tvkim.com/watch/149/kims-picks-rescuing-edie
Over 57,000 historic videos. Try typing in your birth date
and year to get started. http://www.criticalpast.com/
Thank you Jo, Kenneth, Bill and John.
Last word, from Lisa:
Once again, it's been a busy time and we've been
loving (well, liking) it.
Don's had a little run-in with an unforgiving
tool and I've been dosing him with a homeopathic
remedy specifically recommended for deep cuts to
nerve-rich body parts. It's working well and
today's dressing-change was remarkably reassuring.
We were happy to find that our HEB supermarket
has several homeopathic remedies and stocked
up while we were there. A little dinner at
the deli and we were good to go.
For an online resource, I highly recommend
http://www.1-800homeopathy.com/ for education,
help and products.
Life is good, love is wonderful.
Lisa
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