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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #234 2/20/3 |
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Welcome to the 234th 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: - Qrime Cool Tricks and Trinkets is made possible by A1 Discount Hotels A1 Discount Hotels (an affiliate of Hotels.com) offer discount rooms in over 20,000 hotels worldwide with choices from budget to 5 star hotels. Bookmark our site for you next trip. http://www.a1-discount-hotels.com Group and Corporate Travel Services are also available. <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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Qrime A set of short animations for the web depict a view of crime in modern society as an intractable primitive motive that lives on today, in a spare but aggressive visual style at Qrime.com. Freelance designer Motomichi Nakamura, whose work appears on scifi.com and in many electronic design exhibitions, contemplated the words of authors whose work has contributed to our concept of violence. Then he created themes of primitive legends and myths, on view at his web site and through a QuickTime video, as a clickable, oddly disturbing showcase of violent crime in all its varieties, from the Bacchae of Euripedes to a contemporary apartment building setting. http://www.qrime.com/index2.html Sushi Portal Funamori or futomaki? Saki with sushi or sashimi? And is it rude to add wasabi to a soy dish? How to behave well and eat well when bellying up to the sushi bar is the appeal of the World-Wide Sushi Restaurant Reference, where the main attraction is a vast listing of sushi restaurants, grouped by country, state and city. Sushi diners comment, a glossary explains Japanese sushi terms, and recipes help identify that pink and white roll on your plate. With etiquette and tips for beginners, and a list of sushi societies for those who are really hooked and would like to join fellow-sushites for local dining forays. Underwater Discovery Keep your head above water while discovering the intriguing secrets under the sea with The Franck Goddio Society, revealing lost cities, submerged lands and ancient shipwrecks at Underwater Discovery.org. French
underwater archaeologist Goddio has discovered more than 10 historically
important underwater sites, through which history is preserved and reconstructed
by search and excavation projects. With news of current projects and views
of past recoveries, like Napoleon's sunken fleet, with photos, mission
reports and maps. Galleries show artifacts, exploration http://www.underwaterdiscovery.org/ SHORT TAKES A Girl's Guide to Geek Guys While some girls take their shot on reality TV shows, there may be an easier way to land a millionaire. Get yours while he's young, smart and overlooked in Silicon Valley. In short, get yourself a loveable geek with help from Antioch College's Guide to Geek Guys. http://college.antioch.edu/~totally/geek.html <><><><> Art By Elephants Elephants paint!? They've been doing it for years, and in 1997, two Russian artists with a passion for art and elephants started an elephant art project, inspiring an elephant art academy, home to these pachy-artists whose work exhibits in galleries. See the art, buy the art, learn how they do it at Art By Elephants. http://www.artbyelephants.com/ <><><><> Weights and Measures Instantly turn inches into millimeters or hectometers into feet at the miraculous Weights and Measures page of Yahoo.com, where someone else took the trouble to learn metric. Enter a value numeral, a Convert From and a Convert To measure or weight, then click the button and be a genius by any measure. http://education.yahoo.com/reference/weights_and_measures/ Enjoy the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: cool-tricks-join-request@list.adventive.com Intelligent Technology Keeping up with tech means more than de-bugging your computer system. At the SciTech Daily Review, explore the premature death of Dolly the cloned sheep, the FBI-sanctioned geeks and hackers project, and the recent Columbia explosion. This daily journal offers informed science and technology coverage and analysis from a wide range of writers and publications. Scientists, scholars and artists debate topics at Closer To Truth. "Portholes" - emphasizing a narrow subject view but great depth of field - guide visitors to further links on science and technology today. The interactive HyperForum offers intelligent discussions, like one on the US government's plans to use a web of data-gathering technologies to collect information. The Simpson's Archive Remember 1987's "Burp Contest," or Season 14's "Pray Anything"? As America's favorite animated family celebrates its 300th episode, turn to The Simpsons Archive at snpp.com, for news and info maintained by fans of the longest-running animated prime time show in history. In
addition to news like the show's Golden Globe nomination and episode capsules,
the archive guides you to a just released Simpson's sheet music compilation,
featuring those wild musical parodies and songs like "Do the Bartman"
and "Happy Birthday Lisa," both written by Michael Jackson under
a pseudonym. Find out what's showing tomorrow, next week, or next month, Great Speeches Finding the right words at the right time is an art that lives in history - and, sometimes, the art changes the world as much as it does the words that become charged with new impact. Think Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech or Lou Gehrig's farewell to baseball. The History Channel.com's Great Speeches collection presents the most famous broadcasts and recordings of the 20th century. Search politics and government, science and technology, arts and culture, war and diplomacy to hear such gems as Prime Minister Tony Blair's remarks on the loss of the "people's princess," and Anita Bryant's 1977 forgiveness speech after being hit in the face with a pie by a gay rights activist. http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/index.html **********Advertisement************** THE COOLEST COLOR BUSINESS CARDS These cards will make you proud to have a business. Create, personalize, edit, print and order a unique one of a kind business card. http://www.ebusiness-cards.com
Attack Of The Killer Tomatoes Everyone remembers where they were when President Kennedy was shot, when the Challenger exploded and when they first saw "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes." Or so say the creators of KillerTomatoes.com, on the theory that everyone remembers memorable disasters. This
Halloween, the cult film with the award-winning title turns 25 with a
celebration of international events, live worldwide television coverage
and a special collector's DVD, with commentary from the director, the
stars, and creator Costa Dillon, lost footage, outtakes, and moments of
inspired Cyber Hitchhiker's Guide Don't
panic! If you are in search of advice good enough to live by, check out
this 'pocketbook to life, the universe and everything in between'. The
Online Guide to the BBC's classic radio and TV program, Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy, includes video and audio clips of the late Doug Adam's
two-headed hero Zaphod Beeblebrox, stuffy earthman Arthur Dent and the
incomparable cast of characters on their incomparable trip through the Learn why a towel is the most important item in the universe, and why it's so hard to get a good cup of tea in the galaxy. The original guide is here, from A to Z, and the guide to the guide leads you through the twists and turns, wacky characters, nutty planets, sleek spaceships and comic computers. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/ 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 ~Banner Dog - Custom Website banners and links. ~Litterbox's second video release - "bag of bones"
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