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In
this issue:
- Information
Overload
- Folding Paper
- Presidential Portraits
- Short Takes
- The Global Playpen
- Culture Club
- Urban Legends
- Where in the World?
- Make My Day
- Subscribers' Sites
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How
Much Information?
Suffering
from information overload? You don't know the half of it - literally.
The world's total yearly production of print, film, optical and magnetic
content would require roughly 1.5 billion gigabytes of storage, equal
to 250 megabytes per person for every man, woman, and child on earth.
This
site was created as a research project at UC Berkeley, where students
and faculty took off from the idea that soon it will be possible for everyone
to have access to all information. So the natural questions is: How much
information is there? Plenty, as this site clearly demonstrates.
http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/how-much-info/
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here
Joseph
Wu's Origami
Origami
is the Japanese art of folding paper … and the daily newspaper folded
up under your arm doesn't even come close. Looking at these elaborate
designs created from the simplest of materials, it's easy to understand
site creator Joseph Wu's background in computer graphics.
The
creations are wonderful, like an intricate lobster folded from a single
uncut 4-foot square of paper. Here you can find models and designs, paper
treatment techniques, a comprehensive gallery and news and links about
the art - try it yourself or just enjoy.
http://www.origami.vancouver.bc.ca/
click
here
Portraits
of the Presidents
Post-election,(well,
not exactly)it's hard to believe there was a time when we only got to
see what our President looked like via paintings, sculptures or engravings.
The complete collection of presidential mug shots has been preserved by
The National Portrait Gallery and gathered on this web site.
It's
a surprisingly affecting array of images, from George Washington to William
Jefferson Clinton. Check out de Kooning's abstract expressionist JFK,
all color and chaos. Art lovers will enjoy the essay linking artistic
styles to social history, while presidential history buffs will welcome
the biographical essays that accompany the portraits.
http://www.npg.si.edu/exh/travpres/index6.htm
click
here
SHORT
TAKES
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Sell, Hold, or run for cover!
CoolTick
is a scrolling stock ticker, downloadable as a small executable program
-- for free. Customize it with your stocks, get detailed quote pages for
a symbol or add your own web links to scroll with the symbols.
http://www.cooltick.com
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here
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Name
that Neutron
Science
Songs are a six-LP set of science-themed "Atomic Age" folk songs from
the 50s and 60s, rediscovered in 1998 and encoded into MP3. Now you can
hear them over the web and sing along to old favorites like "What Is Gravity?"
and "The Ballad of Sir Isaac Newton."
http://www.acme.com/jef/science_songs click
here
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Presidential
Haiku Presidential Haiku is the world's "most trusted," and probably only,
source for little gems like this one on LBJ: "Big man in trouble/Build
a great society/Sadness on the ranch." You can say it sweet and simple
yourself, then send in your submission.
http://haiku575.blogspot.com/
click
here
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The
Global Playpen
This
site is definitely deep-dish travel. Welcoming you to "enter the global
playpen," it offers reviews of destinations, tips, travel columns, links
and reservations all designed for the traveler who wants to fully immerse
him/herself in foreign places, and not just watch from the bus.
Special
sections tell it all: Get Physical with martial arts, Get Deep with spiritual
retreats, Get Gorgeous at stimulating spas for the mind and body, Get
Down with hedonistic adventures, or Get Smart with cultural study. Flying
Solo features choices for adventurers who like to go it alone.
http://www.traveldish.com/
click
here
Culture
Club
This
web site mirrors the ongoing series of award-winning primetime special
on PBS examining the lives, works and creative processes of "our most
outstanding cultural artists" - from Eugene O'Neill to Lucille Ball to
Bob Marley.
Celebrating
and exploring American creativity, the site features clips from the series'
original film biographies about influential writers, musicians, visual
and performing artists, and filmmakers. Check out the Six Degrees Game
which lets you play with the close connections between our most creative
geniuses.
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/
click
here
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Urban
Legends Reference Page
Do
women who wear purses strapped across their bodies run the risk of being
beheaded by purse snatchers?
Uh,
no. Check out this and other urban legends, formerly known as rumors,
at the San Fernando Valley Folklore Society's Urban Legends Reference
page, where you can get the scoop (as in True or False) on every piece
of scuttlebutt currently circulating.
Here
you can search a database of the latest scams, whether so-called free
products or enticing e-chain letters, bogus product and safety recalls,
and those endless stories about missing children. Plus, if you know the
truth, you can spill it here and help the Society update its files.
http://www.snopes.com/
click
here
Family
Geography Challenge
Quick:
The James Bay Power Project, the largest hydroelectric complex in North
America, uses the abundant water supply of which Canadian province? You
mean, you don't know? From National Geographic, this educational site
is designed to improve geography education with a remarkable array of
teaching resources that make learning about the geo-political world easier,
and certainly a lot more fun, than textbooks.
The
multimedia elements of the site are marvelous, and streamlining audio
and video make the activities come alive to young and old learners. Be
sure to visit the "Map Machine" and the Xpedition Room where visitors
can set fantastic contraptions in motion. The Atlas alone has more than
1,800 ways to "see" the world.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/challenge/cgi-bin/kwquiz.cgi
click
here
Eastwood
This
tribute to the man whose six decades in the public eye have seen him go
from Dirty Harry to the Mayor of Carmel, truly delivers everything Clint
-- even a short biography written in his own words.
There
are lots of highlights here: Real Audio clips of his singing career --
yes, he's done that, too -- a cool radio voice-over promo for "Fistful
of Dollars," the definitive collection of original scores from Sergio
Leone's "Dollars" trilogy - even the Rawhide Theme sung by Frankie Laine.
And, of course, the Eastwood filmography, trivia games and discussion
group/message boards for fan interaction.
http://www.clinteastwood.net/welcome.html
click
here
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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
~Lucky
7 Lotto Weekly Newsletter and Game click
here
~Fish
Doctor - Helping you to diagnose fish illness. click
here
~Corsets
- Back in style again. click
here
~MuseumSpot.com
- Search for the best and most useful museum information. click
here
~Boycott
Fedex! - Designed to protest a new FedEx hub in North Carolina. click
here
~BabyMan
- Predicting the sex of not-yet-born babies with uncanny accuracy. click
here
~Mailmanila.net
- a fast and free web based email service. click
here
~Soberbyker's
Recovery Place. click
here ~A
Collection of Letters click
here
~Programmers
Heaven - A great resource for software designers. click
here
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Have a great weekend.
Charles Kessler
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