|
The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #313 8/26/4 |
|
|
Welcome to the 313th issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and interesting sites on the Internet.
- Words
Without Borders
<Editor's Note> A1 Discount Hotels is our primary business. Please support Tricks and Trinkets, by making your next hotel reservation with us. A1 Discount Hotels (an affiliate of Hotels.com), offers discount rooms in over 40,000 hotels worldwide with choices from budget to 5 star hotels. http://www.a1-discount-hotels.com Visit us online or call our operators at 888-511- 5743
Across borders, religions, cultures and oceans, Literature remains a common thread of inspiration that unites and touches people everywhere. "Words Without Borders" is an online magazine that promotes international communication and understanding through the translation of the world's best literature. Select a part of the globe (Americas, Africa, Pacific Rim, Europe, etc.) and discover a vast new world of literature made possible by a great translation of the original works. The selections include a good mix of well-respected foreign authors and poets as well as lesser-known but equally powerful writers. http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/ The Science of Optical Illusions "Lightness Perceptions and Lightness Illusions" is a series of interactive movies based on a paper by Edward H. Adelson of M.I.T. Each Macromedia Flash film demonstrates a different optical phenomenon or illusion. Watch "The Criss-Cross Illusion", "The Haze Illusion", or any of the other quick movies that demonstrate and explain how subtle changes in light and shape can greatly affect our optical perception. After viewing several of Mr. Adelson's fascinating illusions, you will be more likely to agree with the old adage, "Your Eyes Can Be Deceiving". http://web.mit.edu/persci/gaz/gaz-teaching/index.html Real GM Basketball fans rejoice, for the internet has provided yet another haven for the dribble minded. RealGM takes users beyond the simple scores and highlights, and provides in depth news, analysis, and stats that an actual general manager of an NBA team would use. Created with the armchair fanatic in mind, the site has everything from draft, trade, and game simulators, to up to the minute news on salaries, potential free agencies and all sorts of ancillary news that effects the NBA. So wanna be ballers from all over the world can catch up on the latest info on their team, or if they're feeling industrious, visitors can create their own franchise, and run a 'fantasy' game against a current NBA team. How will your GM skills match up against today's best? SHORT TAKES Woodstock revisited Read an up-close account of how the legendary Woodstock concert was born and came to pass. Artie Kornfeld, co-creator and promoter of the most famous rock festival in history, tells his story and shares his memories of the most magical three days of 1969. http://www.artiekornfeld-woodstock.com
http://homepage.mac.com/danielturek/PhotoAlbum50.html
Good at Boggle? Always landing that triple word score before your friends in Scrabble? If so, then this little bit of word play is a solid bookmark. WEBoggle is a simple 5x5 field which contains scrambled letters, and visitors are challenged to find as many words of three letters or more as they can in the allotted time. A nice getaway for the word smiths out there. http://weboggle.shackworks.com/ Enjoy
the newsletter? Tell your friends to subscribe by sending an email to: OR Live This site is not for the feint of heart. If you are an aspiring physician, interested in a particular surgery someone you know might be having, or just curious about medical procedures in general, OR-Live is just what the doctor ordered. Providing live broadcasts of a number of different surgeries, from gastric bypasses to neurosurgery, this site takes visitors live, into the OR, where they can witness operations from start to finish. Specific information on each procedure is available on the site as well, so visitors can get an understanding of what the operation is, and what the doctors are trying to achieve. Again, not for the feint of heart, but fascinating none the less. The Natural Arch and Bridge Society The Natural Arch and Bridge Society is a non-profit organization aimed at supporting the study, appreciation, and preservation of these natural wonders. The organization is made up entirely of volunteers, from scientists to professors to nature enthusiasts, who enjoy and protect what they consider to be "nature's most fascinating and beautiful landforms". Go immediately to the Photo Gallery and you will understand why people are so enthusiastic about these natural arches, as the images from places such as Arizona and Utah are some of the most staggeringly beautiful shapes nature has ever created. In addition to the picture gallery, enthusiasts can subscribe to the NABS newsletter and view the "Big 9", a wonderful virtual tour of longest natural spans on earth. See What You Share on P2P The best things in life are free, or so it is said. But when it comes to P2P file sharing, what was once thought to have been free may have come with a price. See What You Share On P2P is a site devoted to showcasing all sorts of files that were 'found' on P2P networks. Most files featured are fairly embarrassing, and were obviously not meant to be shared. Be it a bank statement, a letter of apology to a loved one, or a $280,000 promissory note, these files make great reading for the nosey, while providing a cold reminder of the risks involved in some P2P networks. http://www.seewhatyoushare.com/ **********Advertisement**************
These cards will make you proud to have a business. Create, personalize, edit, print and order a unique one of a kind business card. http://www.ebusiness-cards.com
What do you get when you mix a seasoned chef with a self-proclaimed Internet geek? Well, you get Luke Knowland and his extremely cool, down-to-earth online cookbook that both desperate bachelors and culinary artists alike will find useful and interesting. Luke's passion for cooking as well as continuing pressure from his well-fed friends prompted him to create his very own virtual cookbook. It contains refined recipes such as Petrale Sole as well as more down-home dishes like Dirty Rice and even the infamous Southern concoction known as "Turducken". Bon Appetite! http://www.comingfordinner.com/ Homestar Runner Homestarrunner.com is paradise for fans of the Internet cartoon hit by the same name. Watch a great selection of these cult toons featuring Homestar, Strong Bad and the rest of their wacky crew. True fans of the series will get a kick out of the HomeStar Museum, which contains "Old Stuff" such as the original Flash animation, pre-flash NES Homestar cartoons, as well as the sketchbook and children's book that started it all. Check out the "Games" section for cool classics such as "Thy Dungeonman" and "Rhino Feeder". http://www.homestarrunner.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 ~ America's Top Direct-Response Copywriter
\\
\\\ | /// // - Leonard Cohen oooO--------(
)----
|
