Welcome to the 124th issue of Cool Tricks and Trinkets offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and interesting sites on the Internet.

In this issue:

- Travel Your Dreams
- MP3 Liquid Burn
- Secrets of the Ice
- Short Takes
- Capture The Moment
- The Modern Word
- Supercalafragalistic.com
- How Stuff Works
- Triviastic
- Subscribers' Sites


Travel Your Dreams

Planning a visit to the birthplace of Don Juan and El Cid, or experiencing intriguing medieval walled villages tucked away in a spectacular European landscape? If you've been aching to travel, and haven't the slightest idea where to start, Karen Brown's Guides are just the ticket.

This site outlines delightful accommodations, sightseeing highlights and itineraries in regions considered of prime interest, allowing visitors to explore old towns and friendly villages with cozy cottages, quaint country inns and ancient castles.

http://www.karenbrown.com/

MP3 Liquid Burn

MP3s may have provided the world with an endless amount of free music, but
the format is ripe with problems. In converting MP3s to CD's, varying sound quality can wreak havoc on your favorite tunes. So how can one make a decent mixed CD these days? "It's the software stupid."

MP3 Liquid Burn software, a totally new overhaul from the last 1.3 version,
gives users a more hands on experience with their CD-Roms and MP3s. Create
clean audio CDs and rip new MP3s with this powerful program. Useful configurations include a variable time gap between tracks and a feature that allows you to add a digital base to a track.

http://www.orionstudios.net/liquidburn/

Secrets of the Ice

Now you can explore the Old World of Antarctica and unlock the secrets of the ice that have covered the continent for the last 5 million years.

Secret's of the Ice focuses on the geography of the continent and its importance as a scientific laboratory by bringing visitors up to date information on current global change research. Interact with the eleven scientists and adventurers as they collect ice cores across the continent and study Antartica's untamed Wilderness.

http://www.secretsoftheice.org/

SHORT TAKES:

Could this be true?

"Truth is stranger than fiction, because fiction has to make sense." Words from a wise man indeed. Funny guy Randy Cassingham gives true reports on bizarre-but-true news items from legitimate newspapers from around the world. National Enquirer, eat your heart out.

http://www.thisistrue.com

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Dining Out

Got an insatiable passion for food? Menus.com provides useful, reliable online information about restaurants big or small, fancy or inexpensive, in the U.S., the U.K. and beyond.

http://www.menus.com

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Movie-A-Minute

So many movies to see, so little time!

Worried about dropping the $9 on a movie that might be a marginal rental at best? Well, now you can relax, because Movie-A-Minute has got you covered. With ultra-condensed versions of your favorite movies, you can experience the breadth of the film in just one minute.

http://www.rinkworks.com/movieaminute/

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Capture The Moment

Go back in time and travel through sixty years of Pulitzer Prize winning photography. Examine over 100 unforgettable photos that have been taken
since 1941 which are featured on this fascinating online exhibition.

Newseum Online presents a simple, photo by photo exhibit complete with a photographer's bio outlining the experiences and stories behind these
breathtaking images. Be sure to check out Carol Guzy's, Volcanic Mudslide
in Colombia (1985), Bill Foley's, Angry Scene at Sabra (1982, or Thomas Kelly's, Tragedy on Sanatoga Rd. (1978), among others.

http://www.newseum.org/pulitzer/

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The Modern Word

For literary aficionados, The Modern Word is a Mecca. Click on the Libyrinth link and you'll find yourself getting lost in a sea of author sites. You can even catch the latest schedules for book releases and romantic operas. Visit the Gallery of paintings, from Ulysses to the Sirens and the beautiful Penelope, truly worth a thousand words.

Visitors will definitely enjoy poring through every nook and cranny this site has to offer (I know I did). It's postmodern art's literary heaven.

http://www.themodernword.com

Supercalafragalistic.com

Supercalafragalisticexpialidocious, even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. Mary Poppins was a movie I've loved since I was 3 years old. For any movie fanatic, this site is something you'll truly enjoy.

If you're used to newspaper and magazine reviews, John Venable's bohemian style with voiceovers, music and animation will keep you coming back for more details on upcoming movies and current releases. Register your email address to get movie reviews straight to your inbox.

http://www.supercalafragalistic.com/

How Stuff Works

Have you ever wondered about how caffeine, or chess computers, or guitars, or solar cells work? Not to worry, this award winning site has all the answers. The expression, "content is king", was never more aptly applied.

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Triviastic

Did you know that 007 got the title "The World is Not Enough" from his great granddaddy Sir Thomas Bond back in the 1700s? Or that Coca-Cola in the US tastes different from other countries? Or that aside from humans, only pigs get sunburned?

Triviastic is home to over 800 of the most unbelievable, interesting and obscure trivia facts that make you go hmmm. If you have a juicy tidbit of your own, just Register and add it to the database.

http://triviastic.com

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Have a great weekend.

Charles Kessler