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Welcome to the 182nd issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter
offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and
interesting sites on the Internet.
In this issue:
- Northern Lights
- File Basket
- Chronicle of the Future
- Short Takes
- The Bosch Universe
- Atomic Cartoons
- TV Tunes Online
- The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk
- The Olympic Storyteller
- Subscribers' Sites
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Northern Lights
Here's a good excuse to visit northern Norway in winter -- plan a Northern
Lights sighting. For centuries, Aurora Borealis has inspired stories, myths
and art to explain its mystery. At Northern Lights, scientists take their
shot, explaining the physics, structure and measuring instruments to
analyze the phenomenon, and more.
The lights themselves are literally an accident, occurring when energized
particles from the sun collide with atmospheric molecules. Whatever science
says, the lights remain remarkable, with fans the world over. Here they
meet to discuss sightings, ask questions, trade tidbits and view marvelous
images of the lights from sites throughout the Northern hemisphere.
http://www.northern-lights.no/
File Basket
Those who devour new software can satisfy their cravings at File Basket,
where a ration of software is served up daily, and where users keep track
of software subscriptions for updates, upgrades, bugs and new releases.
Browse categories from general, network, server and web tools to graphics,
privacy and hobbies, then study product reviews, release dates, prices and
other details and drop your choices into a shopping basket to hold onto
while you shop for more -- or download purchases immediately. The site
automatically detects new versions from author's own web sites, and
software creators can log-in to have their products reviewed, promoted and
sold.
http://www.filebasket.com/
Chronicle of the Future
Take a pharmacologist, a historian, a physicist, a linguist, a media exec
and other headline-making experts, put them all on a panel and ask, "OK,
what's next?" Next is what you get at Chronicle of the Future, where
visitors read tomorrow's headlines today, all the way into 2050.
Scientists and other specialists rely on research, intuition, imagination
and perhaps crystal balls to predict what life will be like decade by
decade for the next 50 years: genetic engineering, nuclear devastation in
Russia, earthquakes in Hollywood and clothes that clean themselves. For
people who like to jump forward to see how the story ends.
http://www.chronicle-future.co.uk/introduction.html
SHORT TAKES
Tails of the City
What would Martha Stewart do with a computer mouse, that bland,
indispensable lump on your desk? Create a cake pedestal topped by a covered
hen dish nestling a Jadeite mouse, of course. At Tails of the City, 125
artists and other big cheeses have redesigned the lowly mouse for a charity
auction. Bid or vote for your favorite or see them on display in San
Francisco at Sony's Metreon Entertainment Center.
http://www.tailsofthecity.org/
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Tolkien Speaks
The lord himself tells what drove him to write "The Hobbit" and describes
his love of language in QuickTime movies available at Tolkien Speaks, where
movie trailers of the cinematic version of the "Lord of the Rings" fantasy
trilogy are on view alongside the venerable J.R.R. Tolkien himself.
http://www.tolkien.co.uk/samples/video.asp
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Asteroid Insurance
Insurance goes galactic at Asteroid Insurance, where for less than 20 bucks
you can buy a $10 million policy that will compensate you if you are hit by
an asteroid, with optional coverage for UFO abductions carrying the
reassuring tagline, "Beam me up! I'm covered!"
http://www.ufo2001.com/asteroid.htm
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The Bosch Universe
If anyone could paint Hell, it was Hieronymus Bosch, the medieval artist
whose infernal fires have lingered in the human imagination for more than
500 years. At The Bosch Universe, visitors enter the artist's fantastic
vision of the superstition and faith, virtue and sin, mystery and death
that lurched through the Dark Ages.
Besides exploring the paintings and famous "triptychs," Bosch's elaborate
three-panel depictions, visitors can play the Bosch Game. Choose an
identity, then meet at the local inn The Swan to wander through Bosch's
paintings as you seek a pure life by resisting temptation and avoiding
Purgatory - or burn in eternal Hell. Jolly fun.
http://www.boschuniverse.org/
Atomic Cartoons
One of Canada's leading animation studios showcases Canadian animators,
Flash artists and directors at Atomic Cartoons, where you can play space
games with Atomic Betty and the Space Invaders or check out Flash projects
currently in production, like Stubby and Cecil, dark versions of Siskel &
Ebert who star in their own film review program, "Thugs on Film."
The site is a design portfolio and requires a fast connection to
appreciate, but once you're there you can heckle Johnny Comedy, an animated
stand-up comic, during his stage show, shop at the Atomic Store for shirts
and mugs, or take a Studio Tour to see how it's all done.
http://www.atomiccartoons.com/
TV Tunes Online
Why you can still sing every verse of the Maverick theme song but can't
remember the formula for finding pi is a mystery you won't solve at TV
Tunes Online. But you will be able to answer whether it was Maude or Mary
who could "take a nothing day and suddenly make it all seem worthwhile."
If the words "schlemezel, schlemazel" still bring a smile, you'll bury
yourself in this digital treasure chest of familiar tunes and jingles, from
westerns as ancient as Jim Bowie to obscure cartoons like Cool McCool.
Also, play trivia games, take pop quizzes, find TV collectibles and send
e-postcards with your favorite old TV stars and theme songs.
http://www.tvtunesonline.com/
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The Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk
Remember when the Internet was called the Information Super Highway? The
Virtual Acquisition Shelf and News Desk takes that phrase as its golden
rule and speeds past all the pretty stuff and the silly stuff on today's
Web to deliver information at lightening speed.
Created for information professionals, the site offers daily synopses
of reports from sources as wide as the Congressional Research Service to
the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the American Publishing
Association, then links you to related articles, tools and the full
text. With archives dating back to March 2001 and to The Virtual Chase,
for legal research on the Web, the site is a comprehensive reference tool
for info professionals.
http://resourceshelf.blogspot.com
Stinkers of the 20th Century
With ticket prices at $8 and climbing, moviegoers shouldn't have to sit
through stinkers. Take a tip from The Ultimate Bad Movie Awards, sequels
are stinkbombs. When the American Film Institute released its Top 100
movies of all time in 1998, the Hastings Bad Cinema Society decided someone
should hold their nose and list the century's 100 worst.
Released in January 2001 after a two-year online poll, The 100 Worst Films
of the 20th Century is dominated by brazen attempts to cash in on success
with bombs like Ace Ventura 2, but some full series, like "Police Academy,"
also took home dishonors. Visitors can read the scathing reviews and vote
for the 2001 list.
http://www.thestinkers.com/100stinkers.html
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