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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #191 4/25/02 |
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Welcome to the 191st 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: - Piano
Graphique ~~~~~ Cool Tricks and Trinkets is made possible by~~~~~~ A1 Discount Hotels, an affiliate of HRN We are the highest rated online reservations service providing discount rooms in over 5000 hotels worldwide. We offer great prices and personalized services. Bookmark our site for you next trip. Book online or call our operators at 888-511-5743 http://www.a1-discount-hotels.com <Note> A1 Discount Hotels is my primary business and source of income. Please support Tricks and Trinkets, by checking us out the next time you're making online hotel reservations. For personal travel needs, write me at info@a1-discount-hotels.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Piano Graphique Visitors to Piano Graphique can reward themselves for working at their computer all day by tapping out a musical interlude without ever leaving the keyboard. The interactive Wave site lets users finger their own keyboard to play sophisticated music with orchestral effects or rap scratching, and get matching visuals to boot. First, choose from one of 5 "pianos," ranging from Angular Entropy, a space/fantasy-style, to Rude Boy, with its hip-hop range. Then wait for the keyboard to load and press keys to create the tune, play loops and chords and follow simple instructions to make jacket sleeves for each tune you create. http://www.pianographique.com/ Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts Illumination is the pen-work, colored inks, decorated letters, borders and frames applied to the spaces left blank in medieval manuscripts. At Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts, scholars and the public can view the saints, fabulous animals and themes of civilization depicted in these glorious works, thanks to The Netherlands' Koninklijke Bibliotheek. With
500 illuminated manuscripts containing some 8,000 images, the site offers
a vast collection. Clicking on an image in the Gallery takes visitors
to an enlargement or to more images of a similar theme: church and society,
feasts and holidays, history, the Bible and more. Beginners can start
with a guided tour of the collection with links to the database of http://www.kb.nl/kb/manuscripts/ No Rules Street Photography Point-and-shoot photography without regard to exposure, focus or light is featured at No Rules Street Photography, a collection of images snapped in New York and L.A. by Nitsa, a photographer who is unschooled and doesn't care to be. Forget the rules, all who enter here. Non-photography, says Nitsa, is about energy without concern for excellence, about making pictures free of filters, lenses and f-stop calculations but loaded with enthusiasm to record "the natural pace of street life," including interiors and exteriors at night, near the water, in black and white, in color and enhanced with PhotoShop. A refreshing break for professional photographers and inspiration for beginners who long to color outside the lines. http://www.skylightweb.com/imagine/ SHORT TAKES Virtual Stapler At Virtual Stapler, the indispensable office tool is celebrated as the marvel of engineering it is. Visitors attached to their classic Swingline or Panasonic Electric can visit the gallery of stapler classics and sample stapler poetry, wallpapers and film clips featuring the mighty stapler. http://www.virtualstapler.com/ <><><><><><><><> Etiquette Hell Rude behavior is a competitive playing field these days, and top players are honored at Etiquette Hell, featuring "Bridezilla" and tacky wedding toasts, the faux pas of the year, embarrassing funeral brouhahas and everyday boors like the guy who lives next door and parks his boat on your lawn. <><><><><><><><> Needlepoint Museum A homespun version of string theory -- that needlepoint is an astonishing thing -- is proven at The Needlepoint Museum, where the greatest mystery is why someone would labor tediously for hours to create these goofy cast-offs, like a snail taking shelter from a rainstorm under a red spotted mushroom. But is it art? http://www.hoopla.org/Cabinet/NeedlepointSplash.html Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: Museum of Talking Boards Try to imagine a slumber party without popcorn, scary videos and a Ouija board. For more than a hundred years, kids have sat in the dark across from a friend, whispering "Did you move it!?" and giggling nervously as the gliding triangle moves from letter to letter. The Museum of Talking Boards traces the history of the Ouija board from 1890 to 1950. Here, visitors can view an amazing variety of boards, from the original wooden board made by the Kennard Novelty Company to the Telepah Board created by the Psychic Research Association, consult an interactive board online, even learn how to make their own talking board. http://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/ Sail Away When the Volvo Ocean Race, which started in England in September 2001, ends in Germany in June 2002, teams will have covered 32,700 nautical miles, circumnavigating the globe and racing through four oceans. The Volvo Ocean Race follows the crews through sweltering Doldrums and oceans frozen with icebergs with audio, video and up-to-the minute news from the high seas. In 1973, when fewer than 10 private yachts had so much as rounded Cape Horn in one piece, sailing enthusiasts created the Mt. Everest of sailing races with support from the Royal Navy. Here, visitors can see shots from the high seas in the Gallery, check out the teams, the ports -from Cape Town to Rio - and the play-by-play action. http://www.volvooceanrace.org/homepage.html Hubble: A View to the Edge of Space Imagine going from Los Angeles to New York in 10 minutes-you could if you were traveling at the speed of Hubble, the extraordinary space telescope launched in 1989 that is providing scientists and the rest of us an unparalleled eye on the cosmos. Visitors
can see what the astronomers see in space, peer inside life at Mission
Control, view stunning color photos, see how NASA's image processors transform
raw data to create the images, tour the telescope inside and out and read
the vast stores of information the Hubble is sending back as it continuously
orbits Earth, looking forward and backward http://www.exploratorium.edu/origins/hubble/ **********Advertisement************** THE COOLEST COLOR BUSINESS CARDS These
cards will make you proud to have a business. Create, personalize, http://www.ebusiness-cards.com ******************************** Cooking: Italian Style Any word association game that starts with the word "Italian" has got to end with the response "food!" Miloni Online translates into "millions," as in recipes, ideas, wines, events, tips, culinary secrets, ingredients and cooking classes for Italian cuisine, surely one of the world's favorite ways to eat. Recipes from Almond Cake to Zucchini Loaf are organized by cookbook and ingredient. The food section leaps way beyond pasta to include spices, honey, even truffles; the wine section is organized by type, grape and producer and includes tasting tips. A special Sicilian section describes confections, citrus fruits and cheeses. Available in English and Italian, from the Italian Culinary Institute. If Walls Could Talk One house, five families, 200 years of history are detailed at The Smithsonian's Within These Walls, telling in words, photos and music the story of a Massachusetts house through the families who called it home. History comes to life through family stories as it follows the Choates, a wealthy colonial family in the late 18th century through the Scott family, renters who planted a victory garden in the 1940s. As fascinating as the family stories are the clues: lace-making bobbins from the Civil War, a piano used for anti-slavery sing-alongs in the mid-1800s, a washboard used by early 19th century immigrants. Be a House Detective gives tips and clues that historians use, encouraging site visitors to uncover the history of their own homes. http://www.americanhistory.si.edu/house/ 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 ~John Stoller, CPA - Making IRS problems disappear. ~AGGRESSIVE Bid - Discover the Color Inside Today's Global Markets. ~The Dangerous Practice of Early Clamping of the Umbilical Cord ~Hyster Sisters - Website for Hysterectomy Support.
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