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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #114 11/2/00 |
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In this issue: - Math+Art
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click here End Daylight Savings If daylight savings time (DLT) just means it's a little darker when you get home from work, you may not appreciate the aggravation DLT causes the folks at standardtime.com. They really, really hate it, they protest it, they petition against it and apparently one of them has gone to court to stop it, filing a petition for injunctive relief in the US District Court to challenge the observation of Daylight Saving Time in Southern Indiana as illegal. This site tells why. http://www.standardtime.com/
click here Nitpickers Nitpicks are mistakes made by moviemakers and caught by moviegoers -- anything from historical inaccuracies to visible lift wires -- spotted and reported to this site by nitpickers. Here, the boo-boos are catalogued, argued, discussed and, well, picked at endlessly. http://www.nitpickers.com/ click here Like this newsletter? Tell a friend and you could win $10,000! Just click here, click here Time Out: The World's Living Guide Time Out, a hip, high-end travel guide, has many of the usual travel guide features: current listings of concerts, exhibits, clubs, hotels, restaurants and shopping, plus such practical info as how much your money will buy and the easiest way to get around. The difference is in its style and attitude. For example, the London Guide includes Green London, an urban spin on enviro-travel. Featured Las Vegas entertainment is more likely to be a neo-metal band like Godsmack than the usual Siegfried and Roy fare. Time Out Magazine's 30 years of interviews are celebrated in a mini-site, and an online literary magazine gives you interviews and short stories. http://www.timeout.com/ click here The Virtual Body The virtual body is a visual, auditory and interactive exploration of parts of the body, including the brain, skeleton, heart and digestive tract. While the info here isn't especially comprehensive, it is attractively presented with skillful animated illustrations. Scroll your mouse over the heart, for example, and see its parts labeled with pop-out descriptions. Or watch how blood pulsates through an animated heart as you select either a fast, medium or slow blood rate. The Brain section offers a detailed guide to brain facts and functions, a close-up view of parts of the brain and a narrated tour of the brain processes. http://www.ehc.com/vbody.asp click here *******Advertiser********** DISCOUNT HOTEL RESERVATIONS (up to 65% off) A1 discount hotels offers fast online reservations for 40 cities in the U.S, Canada and Europe. It is quick, convenient, and easy. Book online or call our operators at 888-511-5743. http://www.a1-discount-hotels.com http://www.jayskids.com click here http://www.lileks.com/institute/index.html click here http://www.bugbios.com/ click here If you're interested in advertising in Cool Tricks and Trinkets, email info@tricksandtrinkets.com SUBSCRIBERS' SITES - Many of our subscribers have fascinating on-line projects. This weekly section will introduce you to some of these sites. Please let me know about your project so that I might mention it in this section. Write me at info@tricksandtrinkets.com. ~Guerrilla Marketing Coaching - Jay Conrad Levinson will help increase your profits. click here ~The Hornet's Nest - Fun with a little education thrown in. click here ~Doll-Doings Newsletter click here ~QUARTZ VIEW Meat Company click here ~Welcome to VKGP Online click here ~TreasureNC Antiquities and Ethnographica click here ~Mary'S
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