[donspatch] 2012-06-01
- From: "Don (& Lisa)" <dondashguitar@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 01:20:43 -0500
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First word, from Don:
We're not exactly moving forward by leaps and bounds on the
house but progress is being made. The latest project I've
completed is a concrete footing for a rock retaining wall
(to hold the extra fill we brought in to level the outside
shop/shed area). http://goo.gl/2sJAO (scroll down)
Still feeling a little frustrated by not being able to quite
finish anything. Every project seems to be hanging fire
on one or another minor snag but I know that's at least
partially because every project I actually finish disappears
from my mind so all I can remember is the unfinished
projects but I'm starting to wonder if every project I
finish doesn't spawn two new unfinished projects.
I'm telling you, they may be out to get me. 0_0
:P~
See you next time,
Don
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Section One by Don.
This gentleman hates the thought of wasting paper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=2FMBSblpcrc
A not-so-small collection of potentially useful apps.
http://www.max2k.com/all.php?cat=11
Everything you ever wanted to know about WD-40.
http://www.wd40.com/faqs/
Who remembers the SETI Institute? http://www.seti.org/
When I first heard about seti@home I was new to the web and
using Windows 98SE. Basically it works like a screen saver,
running when you aren't using your computer, making your
computer a component in the ongoing search for (no kidding!)
extraterrestrial intelligence. Is that awesome or what?
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/
A strange and unusual artist.
http://www.evl.uic.edu/caylor/site4sore_iii.html
How serious is world population pressure?
http://www.ined.fr/en/everything_about_population/
For armchair pilots who can't afford an airplane.
http://www.surclaro.com/
Aircraft info.
http://www.joebaugher.com/uscombataircraft.html
http://airpower.callihan.cc/
Do-It-Yourself laptop and notebook repair tips and tricks.
http://www.insidemylaptop.com/
Lennon and Maisy are totally awesome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=7_aJHJdCHAo
& more. http://www.youtube.com/user/lennonandmaisy/videos
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Section Two by Lisa.
Google is being proactive in warning us about
a new and devastating malware and its removal.
http://goo.gl/AQJMw
http://goo.gl/f3Ewk
If you're seeing ads on Wikipedia,
you probably have a malware.
http://goo.gl/ZtdiR
Ideas for a better world.
http://goo.gl/rZGYv
http://www.thevenusproject.com/
Watch this and try to stay in a bad mood.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLJsdqxnZb0
Beatiful art from an unusual resource.
http://goo.gl/rZg5Z
I hate to tell you how much I love these.
http://www.crookedbrains.net/2008/04/finger-art.html
http://www.designzzz.com/photographs-finger-art-funny/
Amazingly amazing.
http://goo.gl/rfqGL
How memes work.
http://goo.gl/9YOyH
Olde English is pretty cool. Let's use more
of these crazy words, I beseech thee.
http://www.ibequeaththee.com/oldenglish.html
I was trying to think of a description for this,
but settled on using the title;
'time displacement experimental video'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2MsDogV4g4
We got a lot of good advice on sheetrocking
from this site, there's plenty more.
http://www.hometime.com/home.html
Here's what I do when I need a little boost.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoaazVGPtuQ
Things happy people do differently.
http://goo.gl/WtRc5
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This issue's collection of online news, blogs,
magazines, videos and/or other media related
sites. These are chosen for maximum diversity
regardless of 'spin' and in some cases may
have offensive or questionable content.
Section Three by Don.
I'm not a fan of yahoo news (or yahoo in general for
that matter) but this piece, on a new concept in
digital imaging is very interesting.
http://goo.gl/fQ9JH [yahoo dot com]
Right now the influx of tiny computers is interesting...
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/75259.html
...but not yet of any real practical use. That will change
as more and more full featured services become available
in "the cloud". It won't be long before most people won't
understand the difference between a computer and a browser.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing
This is a very biased quiz. Unless you're an American
who's over five decades old, it'll be meaningless to you.
http://www.bbhq.com/sixquz.htm
A guide to prehistoric amimals (very cool).
http://www.palaeocritti.com/paleo-news
Yet another sharing gizmo. http://dropmark.com/
Has anyone noticed the incredible revolution occuring in
the music industry? Traditional methods of producing and
promoting music are falling by the wayside at a phenomenal
rate. Amanda Palmer raised over a million (US) dollars
to produce and promote her latest album via Kickstarter.
http://www.kickstarter.com/ This is just a site that
collects money from people like you and me but it's not
a simple donation; you get something in return for your
money (which varies depending on how much you invested).
CDBaby is a site where you can buy music from hundreds
(perhaps thousands?) of independent artists.
http://www.cdbaby.com/
Sites like fandalism, http://fandalism.com/
SoundCloud, http://soundcloud.com/
and Melodious.me, http://www.melodious.me/
can be valuable resources for any musician, amateur or
professional. Studio quality recordings can be produced
by total amateurs using Open Source software like
Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
or ardour http://ardour.org/
and, once the material is "in the can" companies like
Disk Makers can bring the music one step closer to reality.
http://www.discmakers.com/ (and if you don't like their
rates, they have hundreds of competitors.)
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Section Four by Lisa.
I need bathouses.
http://goo.gl/qG7yZ
An incredible baseball photo.
http://goo.gl/Xndm1
How much of your body is really 'you'?
Turns out not much.
http://goo.gl/DX2Wi
Learn where you can do some good.
http://www.allforgood.org/
An interesting color test.
http://color.method.ac/
Great idea for all those rechargers.
http://goo.gl/5KRzn
How does your email get where it's going?
http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend/desktop/
20 free photography ebooks.
http://goo.gl/bsREk
A compelling narrative by a man who couldn't eat.
http://www.esquire.com/features/chrons-disease-diet-0909
Free ebooks, including those expensive textbooks.
http://bookboon.com/
Take it easy with those 'healthy' green smoothies.
http://goo.gl/V5Saf
What does a sonic boom look like?
http://goo.gl/Dhvxd
A smart, beautiful designer's blog.
http://www.swiss-miss.com/
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Section Five by Don.
Serendipity can be so awesome. I recently discovered
Julia Nunes while looking for something else on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/user/jaaaaaaa
41 questions anyone? http://www.41q.com/
Don't know what to call this. I guess it's a museum of
sorts. http://www.publiccollectors.org/index.htm
Mozilla has been making a lot of noise (advertising)
about their new Webmaster.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/webmaker/
What is it? They have videos about that.
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/webmaker/videos/
Secunia is a software which helps enhance your system's
security (I first mentioned them back in 2007).
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/
They also offer an online scan.
http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/
Computer tips from the U.S. government.
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/
Computer versus the brain.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C001501/the_saga/compare.htm
Exploring the extraordinary power of the internet.
http://goo.gl/HJTG8 [bbc dot co dot uk]
The power of the internet over depression (very cool).
http://goo.gl/Prl9k [utexas dot edu]
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Section Six by Lisa.
Plumbing is not hard.
http://toiletcademy.com/
This has happened to me, but not lately.
http://goo.gl/IJBYP
There are plans in the works to control
or shut down Internet access to the
public. Here's a backup plan.
http://internetdefenseleague.org/
Amazing, beautiful, and even functional
business cards.
http://goo.gl/YNbd5
An underwater sculptor and his work.
http://www.underwatersculpture.com/
How the manufacturing world changed.
http://www.strategosinc.com/just_in_time.htm
This past Memorial Day reminded me that
there are proper ways to repair and dispose
of unservicable American flags.
http://www.united-states-flag.com/flag-disposal.html
How to be happier at work.
http://goo.gl/J8Nzb
10 TV episodes that changed television.
http://goo.gl/OBYya
Talk like a Texan.
http://www.rice.edu/armadillo/Texas/talk.html
End of Section Six.
The Linux Corner.
The 2012 top seven best Linux distros.
http://goo.gl/Wuwwe [linux dot com]
Fifty Unix/Linux Sysadmin tutorials (most of these are
fairly "nerdy" but a few might be useful to everyday
users. http://goo.gl/Y91kI [thegeekstuff dot com]
Ten outstanding Linux backup utilities.
http://goo.gl/Ql3q9 [techrepublic dot com]
A Little Humor.
Humor for this issue is provided by Tom Hanks.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPLWKBWkn3s
Tips for This Issue.
Computer tips. http://tips4pc.com/
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From our web-sibling Patrick Barden, here's an add-on for
the Google Chrome browser which he likes very much.
http://goo.gl/v0d3c [google dot com]
From our web-sibling Jo-Ann (Jo) Burton:
(Jo's site: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sharinglinks2/ )
This site is about the most elusive and rare animals
(cryptids); Bigfoot, Yeti, Chupacabra, Ivory Billed
Woodpecker, Nessie, Yowie, and more.
http://www.cryptomundo.com/
Ads of the world. http://adsoftheworld.com/
Answer some questions, feed some folks.
http://www.freeflour.com/
Awfully specialized isn't it?
http://www.catsthatlooklikehitler.com/cgi-bin/seigmiaow.pl
How to drive like a moron. http://www.doggiesnot.com/
Wonderful images. http://freshome.com/
A site for connoisseurs of the NYT crossword puzzle.
http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/
A very colorful site. http://www.colourlovers.com/
All about the Hollywood sign.
http://www.hollywoodsign.org/
Maze design.
http://www.cgl.uwaterloo.ca/~csk/projects/mazes/
Garfield minus Garfield. This is just weird. :)
http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/
Celebrating women in history.
http://www.biography.com/people/groups/womens-history
http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/
http://search.eb.com/women/
http://www.history.com/topics/womens-history-month
http://www.nwhm.org/
http://www.nwhp.org/
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/women/womensbook.asp
http://www.greatwomen.org/
From our web-sibling Vinette (Vi) DePhillipe,
what else would you name a brilliant parrot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=nbrTOcUnjNY
From our web-sibling John Lepse.
( John's blog: http://hucknjim.blogspot.com/ )
I find it an interesting coincidence that both Patrick
and John are internet paranoids. :) John describes
himself as a secure-anoid. At any rate, they both
sent links to similar (but not identical) softwares.
http://www.abine.com/dntdetail.php?
Patch My PC is a small portable application that updates
third party applications and Windows updates.
http://www.patchmypc.net/
How to protect your online privacy.
http://goo.gl/5UxNs [techsupportalert dot com]
Tempest Milky Way (an awesome video).
http://vimeo.com/28040685
Osprey, the ultimate fisher (video).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=nA3LtXnNIto
John has discovered the PianoGuys (of whom Lisa and I are
also avid fans). These videos should demonstrate why.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cgovv8jWETM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgaTQ5-XfMM&;
You like? Treat yourself to their channel.
http://www.youtube.com/user/ThePianoGuys/videos
From our web-sibling Randi Simon-Serey.
( http://s182.photobucket.com/albums/x53/chowchowgrl/ )
The art of Dean Russo.
http://www.deanrussoart.bigcartel.com/
Thank you Patrick, Jo, Vi, John and Randi.
Last word, from Lisa:
Well, it's been a month, so of course I'm trying
something completely different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0WOIwlXE9g
I've applied for a PMR-Postmaster Relief position,
which consists of a 4-hour shift on Saturday
mornings and covering sick days, emergencies
and holidays for the regular Postmaster. I was
accepted for the job and still need to fill out
paperwork, attend orientation and be trained.
Should be an interesting gig. I won't be quitting
any of my cleaning clients, though, that wouldn't
be wise at the moment, USPS is going through
some serious reorganization and who knows how it
will all shake out.
Hoping you're always doing something new and
completely different. As usual, the adventure
continues...
Lisa
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