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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #196 5/30/02 |
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Welcome to the 196th 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: - Philosophy
in Cyberspace ~~~~~ Cool Tricks and Trinkets is made possible by~~~~~~ A1 Discount Hotels offers discount rooms in over 5000 hotels worldwide with choices from budget to 5 star hotels. Bookmark our site for you next trip. Visit us online or call our operators at 888-511-5743 http://www.a1-discount-hotels.com <Editor's Note> A1 Discount Hotels is our primary business and source of income. You can support Tricks and Trinkets, by checking us out the next time you're planning a trip. For personal travel needs, write me at info@a1-discount-hotels.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Philosophy in Cyberspace Actualists
hold the view that there neither are, nor could have been, any objects
that don't exist. At Philosophy in Cyberspace, there appears to be no
philosophy topic that Five
sections categorize the site into branches of philosophy, text sources
like books and journals, organizations, forums and miscellaneous links
(even philosophy humor). Within each section is a plethora of sub-categories,
like aesthetics or existentialism, each leading the user to still more
links to individual philosophers, newsgroups and electronic http://www-personal.monash.edu.au/%7Edey/phil/ Pinhole Spy Cameras Wannabe spooks can join up at Pinhole Spy Camera, where the effects are high-end but the equipment is very low-tech. Duct tape, one screw, some aluminum foil and a needle will get you started, but the site's visuals and audio create enough ambiance to make Maxwell Smart feel at home. Your
first mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a pinhole camera
following the simple instructions and blueprints. Next, visit Cameras,
where the inventory -- from the OTC (oatmeal tin can) to WC (wooden camera)
- is rated on Stealth, Image Quality and Field Performance. Then check
out the Gallery to see images your fellow operatives have snagged before
meeting Jackie Oh, The Beachcomber and the rest of your Web Sites for Dummies Cynics say that those who can't, teach. But at Creating a Web Site, Jessett.com has created a step by step guide that is a model of the common sense design, clean graphics and intuitive navigability it preaches. The
site teaches everything beginners - and many pros - need to create a web
site: good working practices, samples of exemplary sites, quick reference
cards on html tags, hex color charts, css style sheets and more. Also
included is sound advice like "Good design is virtually invisible,"
straight talk like three very specific reasons to avoid using frames,
and tutorials on how to use Dreamweaver, the most popular WYSIWYG editor,
and SHORT TAKES Spider-Man Stuff The opposite of arachnophobia may be Spidermania, now gripping the nation with the release of the long-awaited film. Get manic with everyone's favorite super spider at Weird Marvel Collectibles where Spider-Man's image graces 18 pages worth of odd collectibles, from toilet paper comic-strips to shaving kits and TV trays. http://www.spidermancrawlspace.com/Weird/weird.html <><><><> Antique Illness Hypochondriacs who have run through 20th century aches and pains can dabble in the ailments of the 1800s at Interactive Antique Illness, where visitors are given a pain in the belly and choices: Visit the doc - and which one? Accept Doc Smith's diagnosis and choose the bloodletting, or opt for magnesium sulfate? Along the way, visitors learn about 19th century medicine and its practitioners as they risk making the wrong choice and bringing down the curtain on their virtual self. <><><><> Lightning Stalker A guy who runs toward lightening instead of away from it has to have a story to tell, and David O. Stillings, the Lightning Stalker, tells his in photographs of lightening storms he has shot over the last 20 years as he searches for the ultimate storm. With videos of his adventures, cool storm facts and storm poetry inspired by all that energy he's witnessed. http://www.lightningstalker.com/ Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: Wrecked Exotics The folks at Wrecked Exotics may have uncovered the great equalizer: the fender bender. There's something about seeing a Lamborghini Diablo with its front end smashed up around its 32-bit microprocessor engine management system that brings a smug smile to the face of even the nicest Nissan Sentra driver. Make no mistake, even the best cars go bad - Ferraris, Dodge Vipers, Bugattis and Jags. Here visitors can see photos of them all, post-collision, dangling from the back of tow trucks or squinting out from under an 18-wheeler. It's disturbing, pleasant and a little terrifying: You gotta wonder what the heck got a hold of that Hummer and hope it doesn't find you and your VW. http://www.wreckedexotics.com/ The E-Zine for Oppressed Sysadmins If you always pay extra for software to be delivered next-day air or start shopping online for a new hard drive when your current free space is edging near 200 megs, you've found a home at The Network Administrator. Dedicated to computer professionals, the site plays it straight with articles on the coming clone wars, commentary on whether Linux will be "the bridge that unites us," and lots of discussions about certification. News Line offers current computer-related headlines, and users are invited to submit Bug Reports on software goofs. Sysadmins do have a sense of humor: Just for Laughs includes a Tech Support FAQ for Etch-a-Sketch (How to delete a document on my Etch-a-Sketch? Pick it up and shake it.) http://www.thenetworkadministrator.com/ Codes and Ciphers Many WWII historians would argue that British cryptanalysts' ability to crack German communications changed the course of the war and gave an invaluable advantage to the Allied forces. Bletchley Park, the base of operations for the Allied code breaking, was recently restored and transformed into a museum. This online exhibition contains a detailed introduction to the Enigma machine and how it decoded all of the German Ciphers along with many other cryptanalyst breakthroughs that were kept secret until the early 70's. If you love brain teazers and puzzles, you've met your match with this site. http://www.codesandciphers.org.uk/ **********Advertisement************** THE COOLEST COLOR BUSINESS CARDS These
cards will make you proud to have a business. Create, personalize, http://www.ebusiness-cards.com ******************************** CDC Travelers' Health Avoid bringing home an unwanted memento from your summer travels by paying a visit to Travelers' Health, created by the National Center for Infectious Diseases, before you board that airliner or cruise ship. The site offers current info on disease outbreaks, specific diseases that affect travelers and vaccination recommendations to match your itinerary. Just click on the map and see outbreaks, numbers of cases and special health concerns in the region. Precise information like the inspection scores earned by cruise ships and public health guidelines for airline-exposure to meningococcal disease assure travelers that they're getting info from those who know it best: the CDC. American Mile Markers Just when you thought you had seen it all in travel sites, photographer/engineer Matt Frondorf introduces us to his 35mm mile marker approach to traveling cross country. Taken on the Road is Matt's journey from the Statue of Liberty to the Golden Gate Bridge. But unlike your typical road trip, in true engineer fashion, Matt painstakingly plotted out as straight a line as possible for his route while taking photos precisely at each one mile increment. The result is an unusual chronicle of what would otherwise be an average cross country trip. http://www.kodak.com/US/en/corp/features/onTheRoad If
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