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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #262 9/4/3 |
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Welcome to the 262nd issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and interesting sites on the Internet. Our prayers go out Jeanne Lott, one of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets family who was stricken ill recently. Please light a candle in your heart for her. In this issue: - Animation
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If you don't have a high-speed connection, it's a problem viewing most types of multimedia that isn't streamed. Finally, there's a great animation site for the 56k crowd. Animation Express is dedicated to providing entertaining animated shorts for "the rest of us." For those of you who have avoided our high-end media picks, this one's for you. http://www.wired.com/animation/index.html Buying a Digital Camera Many of us are considering buying a digital camera for the instant gratification of downloading pictures to our computers as well as the convenience of having them in digital form for emailing or posting to the web. The Digital Photography Review features the latest in digital camera and imaging news including in-depth reviews, lively discussion forums, and the largest database of digital camera specifications we have seen. A bookmark special! Notes from the Road It's difficult not to get the travel bug when you come across a site like this. I almost packed up the laptop and headed off for Spain. <g> Notes from the Road is one of the best personal travel sites we have reviewed. It is a narrative supplement to the newsletter, "Travels in City and Country" and contains virtual postcards from Yosemite, Central America, the West Indies and the Iberian Peninsula. SHORT TAKES Movie Mistakes: Take Two Have you ever watched a movie and noticed a few inconsistencies, like when an object (a pair of sunglasses, a vase, etc.) suddenly disappears in a scene only to magically reappear in a shot from another angle? Such blunders are now the subject of 'Movie Mistakes', a site that meticulously documents these errors from almost every major film of the last thirty years, including movies that are currently in theatres. Don't miss the famous Star Wars bungle, where an Imperial Stormtrooper bangs his head on a door, nearly rendering himself unconscious. http://www.movie-mistakes.co.uk
Have you ever viewed animated movies while quickly flipping through consecutive photographs in a flip-book format? Welcome to the Post-It Theater, where the movies are all hand-drawn on Post-it® brand notes and scanned. Be sure to check in every week for a new feature. http://www.bigempire.com/postittheater/index.html
While it has not been perfected, translation software has made considerable progress. Grammatical, slang-free text is almost translatable into a foreign language and back to English (note the word 'almost'). Visitors will have a blast experimenting with the unperfected Systran translation software. The bizarre translations are hilarious and unpredictable, as noted in the list of 'Classic Examples'. Just enter a sentence and hit 'Babelize'. http://www.tashian.com/multibabel/ Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: Periodic Table The best teachers have a special gift for putting a fresh face on the same old material. If you found chemistry dull and boring in high school, this site may change your mind. It is one of the most interesting and visually stunning sites we have ever reviewed. The Royal Society of Chemistry has created a fascinating virtual look into the Periodic Table of Elements. The site offers an original artistic interpretation of each element, information on its history, electron configuration and current uses. http://www.chemsoc.org/viselements/pages/periodic_table.html Adventure Divas The Adventure Divas describe themselves as an estrogen-charged, virtual Elks club and feature low-budget travel advice for independently minded women. In their current trip to Cuba they meet an activist, an ex-Black Panther in exile and a Santeria priestess whose talent on the sacred drums has made her a troublemaker/heroine. The site is loaded with travel tips, journal entries, packing suggestions, interview transcripts, and more. Future adventures include excursions to Turkey, Eritrea and Australia. http://www.adventuredivas.com/default.view Internet Theme Park Yesterland is a nostalgic tribute to Disneyland's discontinued attractions and includes descriptions, photos and the history of the rides and exhibits that made it the world's premier theme park. It is one of the happiest sites on the net. As Walt Disney once said, "Disneyland will never be completed as long as there is imagination left in the world." The site owner, Werner Weiss, says "Yesterland, will never be completed as long as there are attractions left to close in Disneyland."
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Way Too Personal With an unending number of startup "dotcommies" and Venture Capital money being pumped into online projects, it's refreshing to come across a site that someone started simply because it felt right. Way Too Personal is a collection of actual e-mails received from internet personal ads, and offers internet dating advice and help. If you have visions of finding that "special someone" online, this site is a must visit. It is not for the faint of heart. http://www.waytoopersonal.com/ Mayan Ruins I have always wanted to visit the Mayan Ruins of Central America. This site offers a virtual tour of this mysterious civilization from the perspective of the architects who built it. Learn about the concerns that went into designing each structure: proper astrological alignment, balancing ceremonial spaces with ritual and political theatre. A fascinating site! 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 ~Kiss Jet - Powered by the people you like. ~Andilinks Information Sector Database
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