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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #292 4/1/4 |
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Welcome to the 292nd 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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in our Daily Lives
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Those who understand compound interest are destined to collect it. Those who don't, are doomed to pay it. "What is compound interest, and why is it so important?" is but one of the fascinating topics covered in +Plus ezine. Created to increase public awareness about the importance of math in everyday life, the current issue features articles on the secret life of fractions and fractal expressionism. It is one of the most interesting sites we have recently reviewed. Paper Veins Project The Paper Veins Project is a multidisciplinary and multicultural group of award-winning artists who create projects about the body, identity, medicine and technology. You can create your own genetic masterpiece of a child in their one-stop baby-making section that allows you to scan your DNA online, review your genetic profile and immediately eliminate any negative characteristics in your unborn child. This is but one of the fascinating sections of this remarkable site. 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! SHORT TAKES Air Traffic Control Command Center If you're taking a flight from a major US airport, this site is a great resource. It has real time information about traffic conditions and potential delays.
If you're driving around our great country and hunger for a special eatery, check out Roodfood.com. Created by noted food columnists and restaurant reviewers, Jane and Michael Stern, it is the only web site devoted exclusively to finding the most memorable local eateries along the highways and back roads of America.
Ever hear a country song that makes you want to hit your head against something hard? Chances are it's here, on the list of worst country song titles. More than 100 titles are listed, like "I Gave Her the Ring, and She Gave Me the Finger." The site creator, clearly a masochist, invites visitors to submit their own painful discoveries. http://www.downstream.sk.ca/country.htm Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: A Game of Words and Whimsy "We all hocked our socks to buy telecom stocks, whose worth is now all but trans-Lucent." That's the sort of rhyme that charms those obsessed with riddles, anagrams and brain teasers at Says You!, the online version of the game of wit from WGBH public radio and NPR, where words are the playground equipment. On air, hosts Tony Kahn and Barry Nolan and their celebrity panelists take on challenges in front of a live audience. Online, you can join in. Send your answer to the current question via e-mail, or submit a question to the program, then listen to hear how the experts do. If your entry is used, you receive a Pitifully Underpriced Prize Package. http://www.wgbh.org/radio/saysyou/ Ticket Stub Stories Every ticket stub tells a story, evoking memories of a 1978 Queen concert or a 1988 trip to the World Trade Center Observation Deck. Better than old snapshots in some ways, stubs bring back the whole story. Visitors to Stories About Ticket Stubs.org can relive their own or take someone else's trip back through time. "Tales of the ephemeral based on the flotsam of life" are found in pants pockets and under seat cushions. Here you can upload scanned images of your own lost-and-found stubs and tell the story of your first rock concert, first prom or how you got that parking ticket in Malta. Read other's stories by country, event, date or just go to the Top Ten Stories. http://stories.about.ticketstubs.org/home.stub 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. **********Advertisement**************
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If you find it hard keeping up with all the amazing medical advancements taking place worldwide, you'll want to bookmark this site. Ivanhoe Broadcast News is the country's largest news gathering organization covering medical breakthroughs, family health and issues important to women. Their site is an excellent resource for top-quality and thought-provoking news stories that offer solutions to problems, tips on staying healthy, and compelling stories. Be the "First to Know" about the latest medical news by signing up for their free weekly e-mail newsletter highlighting the new reports on their site each week. http://www.ivanhoe.com/home/p_home.cfm The Birders Network "Look up, but then look out - it's contagious" seems an apt theme for birders, people who compulsively look for and identify birds. Birders themselves consider their hobby something of an addiction, and it's a habit to be fed at The Birders Network. With high-quality original materials about wild birds, birding, bird watching and birders, the site offers sophisticated online field guides with text, photos, animated sonograms, interactive maps and photo indexes, often integrated with virtual tours of specific birding locales. Simulated birding tours, photo galleries and rare bird alerts make this the perfect nesting spot for birders before they stalk the fields. 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 ~ FocusMicro - Broadband Digital Surveillance ~ FREE & FRUGAL services & tools u will use ~ Oberon
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