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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #303 6/17/4 |
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Welcome to the 303rd issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and interesting sites on the Internet.
- Godchecker
- Your Guide To The Gods
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This is perhaps the holiest site on the World Wide Web. Godchecker.com takes a light-hearted but educational look at the literally thousands of Gods that have been worshipped by Earth's people over the past few millennia. You'll find lots of information on popular Immortals from Greek, Roman and Norse religions, as well as on lesser-known Omniscient Observers from ancient African, Chinese and Incan cultures. In addition to a wealth of historical information, visitors will find a some great features such as the Offerings section that has modern-day tales of mythology and the God Shop, where you can purchase such sacred souvenirs as cups, hats and refrigerator magnets. Epicurious: Learn: Teaching Videos Aspiring chefs, desperate bachelors and culinary mavens alike will all benefit from this great series of cooking videos, produced by one of the premiere food sites on the Net. Epicurious.com is now offering free downloads of these RealPlayer instructional clips that teach cooking classes on just about everything from "Shellfish" to "Baking and Pastry". Each video offers an easy-to-follow table of contents that allows you to choose from a variety of techniques and skills related to the topic. After learning how to prepare perfect scrambled eggs, sumptuous pasta sauces and magnificent meats, visitors can access the main site and its other amazing culinary resources. Bon Appetite!! http://www.epicurious.com/e_eating/e02_videos/main.html Strong Bad's Real 100th E-Mail Courtesy of Mike & Craig at Homestarrunner.com, enjoy this hilarious adventure featuring Strong Bad and the cult cartoon's quirky cast of characters. It marks the 100th 'real E-mail' Strong Bad has returned to his loyal legion of fans. After watching this anniversary installment, check out other 'emails' and episodes courtesy of the Homestarrunner crew. There are also fun games on the site, interviews with each of the unique characters, and an online store where fans can purchase apparel and other cool stuff. http://homestarrunner.com/sbemailahundred.html SHORT TAKES Click and Spell with Elements Developed by Kristen Henry, this is a cool game where players use the symbols on the Periodic Table of the Elements to spell as many words as they can. With a bit of good karma and a bit of luck, we quickly spelled "Healer" using Helium, Aluminum and the lesser-known element Erbium. http://www.galaxygoo.org/games/tabletoy/tabletoy.html <><><><><> Chinese Symbols There are over 80,000 recorded Chinese symbols, from the Zodiac to the Animal Kingdom to those found in traditional Tattoo Art. This easy-to-use site lists the more popular and interesting symbols of the Chinese dictionary by their symbolic meaning, beginning with "aardvark" and ending with "zoo". http://www.chinese-symbols.com/ <><><><><> Rich Little Welcome to the official website of Rich Little, who is widely regarded as the greatest celebrity impersonator of all time. Visitors and fans can listen to audio recordings of Rich's famous impersonations, read his bio and even buy DVD's of some of his best performances. Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: Catching the Light Astrophotographer Jerry Lodriguss brings the mystery and beauty of the furthest reaches of outer space all the way back home to your PC. His online gallery, "Catching the Light", is a series of breathtaking images of stars, galaxies, comets, nebula, meteor showers and other interstellar entities. In addition to the stunning images, visitors can learn how to download the pictures and enhance them in Photoshop. There are also other cool features such as instructions on taking your own space shots, related articles on the growing subject of Astrophotography, as well as 'Top Ten' lists of the best photo subjects in the entire universe. http://www.astropix.com/index.htm The Living Internet We all use it, but how many of us really know what the Internet is and how it has developed into the World Wide Web of business, culture and international communication that it is today? This great free resource is essentially an "Internet's guide to the history of the Internet", a fascinating and educational tour of its creation and evolution. The 'Living Internet' is an indexed guide to the invention of the different facets of the Internet. Learn about the birth, infancy, adolescence and maturity of 'The Web', 'Email', 'Unix', 'Ethernet' and 'Usenet', as well as the brilliant people and processes that created them. http://www.livinginternet.com/ Discover the Ottomans History buffs will relish this site which teaches us about the rich culture of the Ottoman Empire. What may have seemed like just another boring topic in your Ancient History class is truly brought to life and represented as the historically wealthy subject that it is. Go on a 'cultural tour' of this powerful period in history, where you will learn about the militaristic, familial, social and artistic aspects of one of the greatest dynasties of all time. The Empire, which is modern-day Turnkey, thrived from the 13th Century all the way up to the end of World War I. http://www.theottomans.org/english/index.asp **********Advertisement**************
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Vintage car maniacs and mechanics everywhere can use this valuable and free online resource. Created and regularly updated by a group of volunteer car enthusiasts, The Old Car Manual Project is a huge library of car manuals dating back as far as the 1920's. An incomprable tool for the avid car collector, there are manuals for everything from a 1911 Buick to a 1933 De Soto. While most of the service and owners manuals, brochures and engine information are related to American vehicles, you can also find paperwork on German, French and Dutch vehicles. UK Graffiti Art Though less conventional than traditional artwork, graffiti has finally received its well-deserved international acceptance as a legitimate art form. TheyMadeMeDoIt.com, sponsored by the popular clothing brand Ecko Unlimited, is an online platform where the best graffiti artists in the UK can showcase their work. Scroll through the Gallery to see artistic interpretations on a variety of subjects from 'Donnie Darko' to 'Development', all by highly-revered street artists from England. In addition to the artwork, the site functions as a community that lists current events and provides links to a great selection of cool grafitti sites. http://www.theymademedoit.com/ 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 ~ Simpson House Inn - Santa Barbara's best kept secret. ~ Pittypatt's Backcountry Travels
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