Greetings,

I hope this finds you in the best of health and spirits.

In this issue:

- Quiet Times
- Court's in Session 24/7
- Dedicated to the One You Love
- Short Takes
- Digital Imagery
- Wonders of Africa
- Read My Lips
- Some Like it Scary
- Tech Takes
- Subscribers' Sites

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On occasion, I am blown away by the energy, content and style of someone's personal website. This amazing site was designed by a San Francisco graphic designer/writer and employs a mixture of prose and visuals to convey a whim or a thought.

Quiet-foxes is the name of the magazine and Quiet-time is the graphic design company. Check out the site map on the homepage for a complete overview.

ARTISTIC IMPRESSION - quiet-time.com

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We all know that it is just a matter of time until every imaginable service becomes available online, and right on schedule comes I-Courthouse. If you have a dispute, don't take the law into your own hands, take 'em to I-court.

The I-courthouse system resembles procedures found at traditional courthouses save that online justice moves swiftly and surely. Justice here is more egalitarian, more democratic and, actually, rather enjoyable. Soon we will have virtual jails!

ALL RISE (the Honorable WWW Presiding) - i-courthouse.com

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As a teenager, I used to enjoy being romantic, by selecting and playing
songs to deliver a message to my girlfriend. The internet has given this
activity a high tech twist.

At ededication, you can write a personal message, attach to it one of
400,000 popular music clips and dedicate it to the one you love.

MUSICAL MESSAGE - eDedication.com

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SHORT TAKES:

In her book, "Women," Annie Leibovitz portrays a cross-section of women in the U.S. and encompasses a broad spectrum of subjects. This New York Times site features photos of 21 diverse females, young and old, mothers and daughters, victims, Supreme Court justices, baseball pitchers and poets famous.

CHERCHE LA FEMMEl

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Every year billions of dollars are turned over to the government by companies who cannot locate the rightful U.S. owners. Unclaimed property takes many forms including forgotten savings and checking accounts, un-cashed payroll checks, stock, utility and rental deposits.

I checked and found there was money owed to Charles Kessler, but not me. What to do? Just accept.

UNCLAIMED WEALTH

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If you're a technology lover, you'll want to check out this year's "Popular Science" picks for top achievements in science and technology. Vote for your favorites from 10 categories of products ranging from digital cameras to robot pets.

POPULAR SCIENCE: 1999 BEST OF WHAT'S NEW

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Most of us have an innate love of nature and wild creatures but are too busy to read whole books or articles about wildlife. This Cincinnati Zoo has created a site offering wildlife information in 90 second bytes.

ONLINE NATURALIST - 90 Second Naturalist

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Soulflare is a provocative virtual museum of digital imagery that collects the works of unknown artists striving to stretch the boundaries of what art is and what it can do with the aid of a computer.

The site presents a cavalcade of color and emotions dressed in pixel and ascii. Be sure to visit the current exhibition and check out "For You".

AMAZING ART - Soulflare.com

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The mention of the name, Africa, elicits thoughts of war, strife, inhumanity, poverty, famine and flies. Most of us know little about the truly great ancient African civilizations.

This extraordinary PBS site offers a journey from Zanzibar to Timbuktu, the Nile River Valley to Great Zimbabwe, the slave coast of Guinea to the medieval monasteries of Ethiopia in search of the lost wonders of the African world.

THE DARK CONTINENT - Wonders of the African World
http://www.pbs.org/wonders/

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If you want to stay on top of the race for the presidency and congressional
seats, bookmark this site.

FreedomChannel.com is a free, nonpartisan site that introduces video-on-demand into American politics. This site offers voters and the media the first-ever one-stop shop for the video views of candidates and issue groups. No spin doctors, no pundits, no commentary allowed.

READ THEIR LIPS - Freedom Channel
http://www.freedomchannel.com/about/index.html

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If you are interested in advertising in Cool Tricks and Trinkets please
contact me at info@tricksandtrinkets.com

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Fandom is an information resource and commerce site for followers of science fiction, horror and fantasy entertainment. It offers visitors an interactive online environment, combining content, commerce and community in a unique way.

Key features of include a widely stocked online store, in-depth original news and features, fan generated content, and a dynamic 3-D virtual community.

SCI-FI SANCTUARY -fandom.com

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TECH TAKES:

INDONESIA'S Y2K CONTINGENCY PLAN:

According to the Tasty Bits from the Technology Front, (http://tbtf.com), a local newspaper asked a member of the Indonesia's PLN National Electric Board about their Y2K plans and got this answer.

"We can observe what happens [at midnight on 12/31/99] in Western Samoa, New Zealand and Australia, and still have 6 hours to make plans."

What me worry?

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PALM PILOT EXPANDABLE KEYBOARD:

If you love your Palm Pilot but wished it had a keyboard for easier data entry, check out the Stowaway Portable Keyboard. It is the first 100% full-size keyboard that fits in your pocket.

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WEB EFFECTS:

If you could use a really good laugh, go to the following website. Wait for it to load completely, and just point your mouse over different parts of the picture. Do NOT click your mouse, just move it around.

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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>

~ World Wildlife Fund - Working together, we can leave our children a living planet.

~ Dr. Labush's Links - Learning and fun links for parents, students, andteachers.

~ Steps To Insanity - "Genius or Madman? The line is thin.

~ Cyber Steve's Web Hideout - Cool links fun games mystery.

~ The Online Church at Lake Eufaula

~ Erich's Packing Center - Efficiently filling the space.

~ X Filing Cabinet - X files resource.

- Pearl's Page - Family History and Genealogy mainly with reference to New Zealand


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Warm regards,

Charles Kessler
Online marketing since 1994