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The Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter #91 5/25/00 |
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This is definitely worth a look. Cool Utility - onepage.com (beta, free service) Nature Explorer is an award-winning site with over 250,000 words of text and 2000 color photographs of animals and their habitats and is one-stop resource for the world of nature. A bookmark special! SHORT TAKES: Browser Shortcut - CTRL+ENTER, adds "http://www." to the beginning and ".com" to end of any text you put in your browser address bar. Just type "tricksandtrinkets", the hit CTRL+ENTER, and you're there. <><><><> Paranoid or Pragmatic? A new email service allows parties exchanging email to be certain of the date that their messages will become unreadable. Each message is encrypted with its own key, so once this key is discarded, the message becomes unreadable. <><><><> Word Perhect presents an idiosyncratic hand drawn interface of word processing software with a set of functioning but strangely altered tools. It offers a light hearted look at one of the most popular software programs. <><><><> Handheld wireless devices are going to be ubiquitous in the very near future. If you're interested in keeping up with the latest information in this field, check out the I-Wireless Digest, an excellent moderated newsletter Recommend This Newsletter To Your Friends! If you like this newsletter, make sure to recommend it your friends! They'll love it and you'll have a chance to win $10,000 and a Sony DVD player. Africans have made important contributions in the world of arts and sciences in America and around the world. This National Museum of Natural History site examines the diversity and global influence of Africa's peoples in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment. The site features multimedia selections from contemporary interviews, literature, proverbs, prayers, folk tales, songs, and oral epics. Did you hear the story about the terrorist who sent a mail bomb with insufficient postage? The package was returned, and the absent minded terrorist opened the package and blew himself up. If dark humor makes you smile, you'll enjoy the Darwin Awards. The Darwin Awards commemorate those who made the ultimate sacrifice by eliminating themselves from the species in an extraordinarily novel fashion, thereby improving our genetic pool. This citation is almost always granted posthumously, preferably before procreating. ~~~~~~~~~Sponsor's Message~~~~~~~~~~~~ Steroids for your Speakers WOW Thing makes tiny speakers sound buff without the harmful side effects. Chicks dig it, too. Attach it to your Computer, Stereo, Home Theater, etc. Only $29.95 (and you can download a demo before purchase) for performance you never dreamed possible. Get it now at http://www.wowthing.com/?CT0525 ~~~~~~~~Please support our sponsor~~~~~~~~ Have you ever sang a song and knew you were butchering the words? Or listened to a song over and over and not understood the lyrics? Not anymore. This site is the Internet's largest database of misheard lyrics to pop songs. Browse by song name or artist, or submit your own. The Archive of Misheard Lyrics Icebox.com produces original animated content and features some of Hollywood's top writers and animators, including the creators and executive producers of Seinfeld, The Simpsons, The X-Files, Dawson's Creek and Party of Five. The site has some of the most innovative and entertaining content we have found on the web. Outrageous Animation (Flash site, some adult content) The Geometry Center at the University of Minnesota was a mathematics research and education center. The Center has been closed for some time, but the research conducted in computer science, mathematical visualization, software development and video animation lives on in this fascinating site. If you're interested in advertising in Cool Tricks and Trinkets send an email to, info@tricksandtrinkets.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 ~Mind Harbor - Over 6000 business tools,job links and discussion boards. <Blazedell@aol.com> ~Excellence in Triviality - Insights into modern living, the lively arts and collegiate sports. <jasondebari@hotmail.com> ~How'd This Get Online? - Very Cool animated children's comedy sketch. <wwfcountry@yahoo.com> ~Myrtle Beach information guide for the benefit of visitors and tourists. <patrish@myrtlebeach.cc> ~SPLASH!!! - Poetry, digital art, an online journal and much more. <shel@macnet.com> ~Useless Graphics - Extensive collection of free animated graphics. <webmaster@uselessgraphics.com> ~Flisha's World - Personal homepage includes music, prose and poetry page. <flisha@jetlink.com.ph> ~Fake U Out Awards - Fake awards, bumper stickers, graphics, backgrounds and borders. <artgekko@earthlink.net> ~Ford-Mobley - The Ford and Mobley family history and the St. Louis Cardinals. <mobley@family-net.net>
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