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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #304 6/24/4 |
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Welcome to the 304th 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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Web lovers finally have a weapon to use against their single worst enemy, Spam. Mailinator is a free, revolutionary new email service that provides addresses you can give to dubious contacts and pestering businesses who you feel may misuse your personal email address or sell it to Spam services. There is no sign-up required, and users can make up their password on the spot. Each account is activated as soon as the first email is sent to it, so be sure to choose an original password as anyone with the same password can access the account. All emails are auto-deleted after a few hours, so reserve this great service for those salesman and business you don't really want to hear from ever again. http://www.mailinator.net/mailinator/Welcome.do B Movie Central Lovers of late-night television will enjoy this site, which features past gems from the B-movie genre. "B-movie Central, where the classics come to life all over again" pays tribute to these hilarious films with current updates, DVD reviews, articles and other miscellaneous information. Visitors and fans alike will enjoy reading about such classics as 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians', 'The Giant Spider Invasion' and 'The Brain That Wouldn't Die'. In addition to these updates, you can also buy B-movie merchandise, participate in online discussion groups as well as link to a great list of related sites. The Visual Record The Visual Record is a great website filled to the brim with cool travel photography from all over the world. A homemade site created by a true travel enthusiast, it is regularly updated with professional images of urban and natural landscapes from all over the world. Scroll through the Travel Gallery to see wonderful images of Cuba, Ireland, Southwest China, Greece, Portugal and other beautiful countries. After exploring these foreign lands, check out the section on Landscape Photography to see stunning photographs of Yosemite, the Slot Canyons in Arizona and other areas of natural wonder. http://www.thevisualrecord.com/pages/travelphotography.htm SHORT TAKES 2004 Top Ten Favorite Words Merriam-Webster asks fellow philologists the ultimate question; "What is your favorite word?" Check out the top ten results of this year's survey, which is based on thousands of online submissions. http://www.m-w.com/info/favorite.htm <><><><> What's in Your Purse? "Your Bag is the Mirror of your Soul". An extension of the hit Dutch TV show entitled "Bagladies", this site takes a look into the revealing contents of different women's purses. Do a bit of soul searching by submitting your own purse for a "bag-reading". <><><><> Postmodern Pets Postmodern Pets is a company that caters to the domestic pets (dogs, cats, birds and fish) and their owners who appreciate the sleek style of post-modern and modern design. There is a ton of cool merchandise available including a stylish roller-bed for dogs, designer litter boxes and even a Hanging Fish Pod. http://www.postmodernpets.com/ Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: Shangri La Take a virtual tour of Shangri-La, which was built in 1937 and located in Honolulu Hawaii. This former home and creation of Doris Duke boasts a beautiful collection of Islamic artwork and is one of Hawaii's most distinct architectural treasures. Inspired
by Mrs. Duke's honeymoon through the Middle East, the house was built
from the ground up and decorated personally for over six decades. The
website provides a tour of the 5-acre sanctuary which truly lives up to
its name. All in all, it is home to over 3,500 objects including painted
ceilings, ceramics, intricate mosaic tiling, structural carvings and paintings,
all of which come together to create the place of http://www.shangrilahawaii.org/ Retro Future During the Space Age of the 1950's and 1960's, scientists, sociologists, inventors and other 'futurists' made clairvoyant claims on what life on Earth would be like in the once distant year 2000. Well now that we have transcended the millennial landmark, take a look 'back from the future' to find out which of those Space Age predictions came true and which were, well, a bit off the mark. Retrofuture.com is an awesome insight into the many 'yesterday's tomorrows' that were never realized. Visitors will gain insights into such clairvoyant mishaps as Jacques Cousteau's 'Homo Acquaticus', The US Navy's 'Rocket Mail' (fortunately email filled this need) and Sir Norman Fosters 'Millennium Tower'. The site is a salient reminder that the experts are not always right, or at least not yet anyway. Fresh Yarn Fresh Yarn is an online salon that features the new literary genre known as 'personal essays'. These essays represent a new sub-category of literature where presenters combine virtual spoken word with literary, non-fiction storytelling. The online publication is updated twice a month with work from six new storytellers, a mix of talent that includes directors, producers, performers and other creative personalities. Read through the current essays as well as the archive of past stories, of all which are true and told in a skillful manner that easily conveys their various tones of humor, sentimentality, passion and personal drama.
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Perfected by cheerleaders but enjoyed by amateurs everywhere (especially the editor of this site), human pyramids are both an irresistible photo opportunity and a lot of fun. In the true spirit of the Internet, this website is solely dedicated to displaying photographs of human pyramids in every possible environment and style. The pictures are all jpegs that are divided into categories such as 'Wedding' Pyramids, 'Dinner Party' Pyramids, even 'Exotic Location' Pyramids. This site is a great example of how, through the magic of the Internet, people's hobbies can be brought to life and shared with others. http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/~linderot/fun/humanp.html Posters American Style This is the website behind "Posters American Style", a touring exhibition, sponsored by The Smithsonian American Art Museum. The curator, Therese Heyman, has scoured public and private collections to put together an amazing collection of American graphic images from the last one hundred years. The online poster gallery offers an interesting look into how people have used these images historically to convey their messages of commerce, protest, patriotism and propaganda. In addition to the gallery, visitors can learn about the process of making posters, their impact on American culture and much more. http://americanart.si.edu/collections/exhibits/posters/mainmenu.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
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