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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #261 8/28/3 |
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Welcome to the 261st 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: - 80s
Nostalgia
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Remember the 1980's? Reagan, Gorbachev, tax shelters, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, Joe Montana, Magic Johnson, the Iran Contra Affair, Mt St Helen's erupting, the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, boys dressing like girls, girls dressing for power and big shoulder pads everywhere. This site offers a look back at the 80's with a glossary (Yuppies, chillin, Radical, No Way and to the Max), classic TV shows, computer games and gadgets including the Betamax, Rubix Cube and Garbage Pail Kids. There is also a discussion board for reliving the past, community style. Early Audio Recordings Long before MP3's, wav files, CD's and tapes, sound was stored on wax cylinder records. This site traces early audio recordings including antique phonographs, recording methods, excerpts of old-time marching band music, and rare vintage photos. Whether you're a newcomer or are familiar with the old-time sounds, you'll enjoy this voyage into the wonderful recordings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Love Police
The Love Police empowers visitor to issue free Citations to arrest love criminals when they commit a love crime, such as Failure to Appear for a Date, Speeding thru Foreplay, Impersonating a Human, or any one of 150 different violations listed in the crime menus. The Offender is also able to respond with a Plea, and Post Bail in the Department of Corrections. SHORT TAKES Junk Store Cameras If you have an old camera in your attic, and would like to know more about it, visit this fascinating site. It contains pictures of old Brownies, Kodak's, and Polaroid's along with useful information about their history and uses. http://www.merrillphoto.com/JunkStoreCameras.htm
The Breakfast Cereal Character guide contains a detailed reference for some of the most memorable cereal box characters from the early 1900's to the present. It's full of great images and information on characters such as Tony the Tiger, Captain Crunch, Snap Crackle and Pop, and Dig 'Em. http://www.lavasurfer.com/cereal-guide.html
Ever gone to the kitchen for a snack and returned to find that your computer had crashed or had newly damaged files? Could your cat be the culprit? http://www.bitboost.com/pawsense/index.html Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: America at Work, School and Play If you long for more simple times, check out the American Memory Collection, which offers a glimpse of America at work, school and play around the turn of the 20th century. These historical film collections are the key contribution of the Library of Congress to the National Digital Library. From Vaudeville shows including animal acts, burlesque, dance, comic sketches and more through Society Ballooning and Shooting the Chutes at Coney Island, this site offers up a wonderful plate of nostalgia. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awlhtml Return to Gilligan's Island Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port aboard this tiny ship. Nostalgia Time! All aboard this tiny site and get ready for a three hour tour... Come and spend some time with the original "Survivors": Gilligan, the Skipper, Mary Anne, Ginger, and the Howels at this hilarious and heart felt site devoted to Gilligan's Island. The Bob Denver Fan Site includes everything from behind the scenes photos, to info on his current weekly radio show with his wife, "Denver and Denver". Be sure to check out "Gourmet Gilligan" for some great recipes the castaways used. Politics and Culture We normally think that popular culture including TV, art, film, style, advertising and music exist in a separate sphere from town halls, state houses, courts and the other privileged places where we confront social, economic and political issues. PopPolitics is an online magazine that covers the blending of popular and political culture through commentary, discussions and more. Great content! **********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
The Sport's Cliche List We've all witnessed the post game interview from the losing team's locker room and heard the oft -repeated killer clichés like, "we beat ourselves", "we didn't get the job done" and the classic, "they wanted it more than we did". This searchable list has been accumulated from countless interviews by sports writers and announcers, and is divided into sections including Pre-Game, During the Game, Post-Game, Losing Locker Room and Fired Coaches. After visiting you will not be at a loss for words or excuses. Britney Splits the Atom Many of us are familiar with the Britney Spear's, the pop star, but very few of us know Britney, the semiconductor physicist. Hit that radioactive transistor one more time at this hilarious site, in which Ms. Spears explains everything from edge emitting lasers to the Fermi-Dirac distribution function. Bored? Inspirational pics of Britney will support you on your way to becoming an expert in semiconductor physics! http://www.britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm 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 ~Bidrank - Managing all your search engine bids. ~The J Site - Jewish Education and Entertainment ~XPLANA.COM - Exploring how we can learn and teach with technology. ~ShinySpeak: Unplugged and Unmedicated blog.
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