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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #306 7/8/4 |
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Welcome to the 306th 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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Destinations
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Aided by instant messaging, GPS, wi-fi technology and mobile phones that do just about everything, people are becoming more and more 'connected' everyday. Despite the obvious benefits of such technology, it can be quite challenging these days to unplug from the chaos of high-tech life and just get lost. Abandon yourself completely using this online guide, which teaches the art of exploring the world by "getting lost". Plan your next 'lost road trip', during which you will take wrong turns, travel without a destination, and rediscover the childhood freedom, excitement and mystery of not knowing where you are. Visitors will find inspiration from the photo gallery and written journals that document the editor's many personal adventures into the unknown neighborhoods of New Jersey, Dallas, Idaho, New Mexico and other American cities. http://www.lostdestinations.com/ Drug Digest Prozac, aspirin, echinacea or all three? Check the interactions of drugs, vitamins and herbs at DrugDigest.org, a one-stop reference on mixing medications, taking medicine correctly and the scientific evidence physicians and pharmacists use. The site is a non-commercial, evidence-based, consumer info resource where visitors can check drug interactions in a database of more than 5,000 drugs and herbals and 11,500 potential interactions. Visit the Drug Library for facts, or compare drugs to see top performers and side effects, searching by health condition or drug name. With easy-to-read overviews of the causes, symptoms, treatments and risk factors of common conditions, News and Reviews offering health news from the past year, and e-Bulletins with breaking health care news. Worth1000 Test your Photoshop skills against the best artists on the Web at Worth1000.com. The site hosts a revolving round of creative competitions where masters of image manipulation compete on a wide range of topics from Flowers to Film. Artists can enter large contests, where they will be reviewed and ranked by site members, or compete in 'one-on-one battles' in which two contestants flex their creative skills on the same photo image. Visitors will also enjoy browsing through the seemingly endless amount of creative talent (there are almost 100,000 images in the gallery). http://www.worth1000.com/default.asp SHORT TAKES How to Make Friends by Telephone Posted by Contact Sheet, this 1940's telephone 'manners book' is far more humorous in the year 2004. It is only a matter of time until we have a similar guide for proper behavior on the Internet.
In the spirit of the cult film "Office Space", the website Rum and Monkey offers this pop quiz to help all of us bored paper pushers determine exactly just which type of 'Office Moron' we are. We are proud to have been deemed as 'The Old-Timer with his eye on the boss's job'. http://rumandmonkey.com/widgets/tests/officemoron/
http://www.dailyzen.com/zencards.asp Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: Stones in My Pathway This poetically titled website displays the personal photography of Bill Steber. Mr. Steber, an award-winning photojournalist based out of Tennessee, has spent years documenting life in the rural South. Tour the gallery to see some of Bill's most striking work, a series of Black and White images focusing on the rural African-American culture that gave birth to the Blues genre and its many great musicians. Accompanying each image are the photographer's well- written descriptions of the subject, giving them a historical context with which to greater appreciate his work. Guinness World Records The
legendary tome of amazing feats and astounding facts can now be enjoyed The site is divided up into familiar categories such as Amazing Feats, The Human Body, Natural World, Sports and Games, etc. Learn incredible tidbits about the oldest living human being, the most chainsaws juggled at one time, and the fastest moving glacier on Earth. http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/ Who's on First This site was created in loving memory of comic geniuses Bud Abbot and Louis Costello. It aims to keep their memory alive with the duo's most famous and lovable skit, "Who's on First". Fans can read the transcript of that unforgettable routine, listen to it on audio or view an actual video clip. The site's goal is to reach 100,000 listeners, so be sure to tell a friend about it and help to preserve this comic gem online for future generations to enjoy.
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Ulysses for Dummies "Ulysses for Dummies" is a self-described parody on both Joyce's famous opus and the IDG series of books "For Dummies". Using stick-figure animation and language simple enough for most ten year-olds the site humorously makes the plot of this considerably intimidating novel accessible to many who may otherwise not dare to try and read it. Follow the stick-figure versions of Stephan Dedalus and Leopold Bloom as they travel along their now famously intertwining paths. Done in this comic book strip with live animation, "Ulysses for Dummies" simplifies Joyce's masterpiece to the point of hilarity. http://www.bway.net/%7Ehunger/ulysses.html The Paul Smith Foundation Struck with Cerebral Palsy at a very young age, Paul Smith never received a formal education. Despite these obvious challenges, the 83-year old man became an excellent chess player and an artist of extraordinary passion and originality. The Paul Smith Foundation was formed to raise money for a permanent gallery to house his artwork, as well as to develop art and learning programs for children with severe disabilities. The Foundation's website was built to honor and spread this inspirational man's life and work, and to assist in fundraising for the charity. After reading about Paul's personal story, visitors can tour the gallery of his 'Typewriter Art', watch a Time-Lapse Demo that shows the evolution of his pieces from start to finish, and make a donation in recognition of this brave and talented individual. http://www.paulsmithfoundation.org/index.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 ~ Tidbits from the Pantry' Ezine - The Internet's Backyard Fence! ~ Spread
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