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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #285 2/12/4 |
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Welcome to the 285th issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and interesting sites on the Internet.
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Give the gift of infinite knowledge with Guru Net, a reference tool that delivers quick, concise, credible info instead of a long list of links. This guru gives users access to more than 150 top encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference materials. Use the Flash demo to see the Windows software in action (broadband recommended), whether you seek the goods on Iraq, Halle Berry or Chester Nimitz. Read reviews of what USA Today, PC Magazine, The Wall Street Journal and others say about the service. And for that off-to-college kid or the new grad who thinks s/he already knows everything, make Guru Net a gift that really does give all the answers. Choose "Gift" as the option at the online ordering page and provide the lucky recipient's email address and your personalized message; and s/he will receive a gift e-card with installation directions and the complete GuruNet license you've purchased for them. The price is $24 per annual license, with 30-day money-back guarantee. All But Forgotten Oldies You may have forgotten some of the lyrics but you'll never forget the tune. Hear it again, own it again, as you rediscover favorite songs at All But Forgotten Oldies. The site offers a searchable database of links to sound clips for over 4,000 songs (most in Real Audio format) from 1960 to 1975, with over 1, 200 bands and artists featured, so visitors not quite certain what song they seek can browse through the extensive song list to help jog their memories. Whether you've been dogged by a song fragment running through your head and you just can't name that tune, or you've been scouring garage sales for hard-to-find recordings, get help locating out-of-print CDs, finding sheet music, or just naming that long-forgotten tune or one-hit wonder band. Search alphabetically by band and artist or by song title, check out the Most Requested Songs, play Name That Tune, and then find it on CD, sheet music, or vinyl. http://www.allbutforgottenoldies.net/ Sex and the City Scrapbook If the recent departure of Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte and Samantha felt like premature withdrawal, satisfy those "Sex and the City" cravings at HBO's Sex and The City Scrapbook.. Start with Season 1 and Episode 1 and follow the New York City girls' flights of fantasy and friendship through all six seasons and all 94 episodes, complete with plucky-gal soundtrack. For each episode, get story highlights and view their Dating Diary (from Aidan to Mr. Big), The Look (like when Carrie gets tangled in a Calvin Klein silk tank dress), Girl Talk (like chick talk about the "simu-date"), their Address Book (real-time addresses of their favorite bars, clubs and restaurants) and the Inside Scoop (like David Duchovney's comment about an uncomfortable gear shift in Episode 84). http://www.hbo.com/city/swf/scrapbook/scrapbook.html SHORT TAKES How to Deal with Women Since the dawn of man, he's been trying to figure out how to handle a woman. John Ross thinks he's got it right at Understanding Women & "The Rules" For Men, or Think of it Like Driving in England. It's Women 101 at John Ross University and class is now in session, dealing with what Ross refers to as "the default mode of American-born women," like that they process information completely differently than men. http://john-ross.net/advice.htm
Sometimes tradition gets it all wrong. How else to explain why we throw big parties to shower household appliances, dishes and linens on couples who are joining their household goods-when the time people really need this stuff is after they split up and separate their goods, inevitably leaving one former partner without a TV, VCR or saucepan to his name!? At They Took Everything, suddenly singles can register for electronics, kitchen essentials, linens, all the stuff they really need now because the ex- got everything. http://www.theytookeverything.com/
It's the Chinese year of the Monkey, so why not visit Comic Book Gorillarama for comic books and other stuff of a decidedly simian nature, also known as The Temple of Four-color Simian Worship. http://members.shaw.ca/comicbookgorillarama/cbgindex.htm Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: Victorian Robots The Victorian era conjures images of stiff collars, stiff manners and stiff ladies and gentlemen but the stiffest of all Victoriana may be found at Mechanical Marvels of the Nineteenth Century, an extensive collection of images and info on Victorian-era robots. Read illustrated accounts of the world's first robot, the Steam Man created in 1865, Automatic Man built in the late 1880s as a carriage-puller, and Electric man built in 1885. As part of this comprehensive overview of turn-of-the-century robots, both real and imagined, a section is devoted to The Robots of Oz, brought to the page if not the real world by L. Frank Baum, the first English-language author to write about sentient mechanical beings, from cyborgs to robots. http://www.bigredhair.com/robots/index.html Once Upon a Dime Comic fans may explore the roots of comics at Once upon a Dime, created by two grown-up comic fans who have lived and breathed comics for a lifetime. Growing up in Wisconsin, two boys met who knew everything about comics, from DC, Charlton and Amazing Comics, to funny animal books and Timely Comics. They
created their own encyclopedia to answer frequently asked questions and
to indoctrinate novice comic fans, filling it with drawings and essays
and eventually duplicating copies to meet the demand. They named their
home-made newsletter Once upon a Dime, and soon had a growing network
of friends to whom they regularly mailed copies. By the 80's they had
a computer --- and desktop publishing. As adults they opened their own
comics shop, also called Once Upon A Dime, and in 2002 opened this online
version---a greatest hits archive. With Fan Fiction, features on "the Turtle TV If ever you needed evidence that anyone can be a celebrity, consider the lowly turtle. Now he's got an entire web site devoted to turtles on TV, turtles in film and more at the Turtle TV Network. Find tortoise sports, leatherback cinema, turtle kiddie shows, even Slimetime Drama, Snipcoms and turtles in slo-mo. Get your head out, man, and sign up for email alerts to learn when new turtle entertainment is added to this already fast-moving site. http://www.turtletvnetwork.com/ **********Advertisement**************
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Note> Please support us in getting the word out about your new site. How To: By You Know how to do something? Anything? From how to build a campfire to how to make compost, visitors to How To By You can join this sociological project about the study of knowledge in human society and how it differs and changes.Take part by checking out the site regularly for a new topic to be posted-like "how to eat peas," and explain how it's done. No answer is wrong, just stay on topic and impart your knowledge. Current topics are listed A to Z, from automotive (like how to remove a radio from a 1995 Dodge Ram truck) to Daily Chores (like how to wash a hamster), to Techno Babble (like how to make a good mix tape). Even if you don't want to share your knowledge, borrowing others' is fun: Learn how to smile convincingly, ruin a marriage or talk to a ghost. Primer on Ethics & Human Cloning It's high time you seriously pondered the question of human cloning, since legislation is already being enacted and careful consideration of this deeply complex scientific and social issue is fast-becoming a responsibility of good citizenship. At ActionBioScience.org, find a comprehensive article, "Primer on Ethics and Human Cloning," by bio-ethicist Glenn McGee, PhD. Among
the questions to be resolved before considering human cloning as a treatment
for human infertility, are these: Is cloning unnatural self-engineering?
Are failures such as deformed offspring acceptable? Will cloning lead
to designer babies? Do clones have rights and legal protections? McGee
is associate director for education at the Center for Bioethics of the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Here you can learn more
to help resolve these questions for yourself, get involved http://www.actionbioscience.org/biotech/mcgee.html 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 ~Homeowner Insurance Consumer Awareness
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