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June
2001
(If
you like finding new sites or places of interest, then come back
here daily. I am regularly updating with links to various worthy
hotspots. If I'm not creating... then I'm hunting for somewhere
new and exciting.
The links down the left and across the bottom, are to the pages
within the Dragon's website,
Most of the links within the main section below are to other websites
that have piqued the interest of the Dragon.)
All Gui Gizmos can be found in the downloadz section.

Saturday
30-06-2001

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Thought for
the day:
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If
a fish were to swim into a concrete wall, would it say
"Dam!"?
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Dragon
Tongue has just been voted the "site of
the week" by "The Apple Collection"

Artificially
Intelligent Chat Bots:
I have just added Dragonella to my site....
She is a Chatbot from Zabaware
Here
is an Alicebot
for Macs
and this is the main A.L.I.C.E.bot
centre
At Agentland
you can talk with Cybelle, or Noa, one of their many agents.
The Simon
Lavern site has links and info on almost
every type of bot available
Botspot
also has lotsa good links and info on bots
MegaHal
is a chatbot that learns as it chats
Culture:
The Polynesian
Cultural Centre can show you a little of
the native flavour from the Dragons side of the world.
DragonQuestions:
Q1 How Do You Catch A Unique Rabbit?
Q2. How Do You Catch A Tame Rabbit?
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DragonAnswers:
A1 Unique Up On It
A2 Tame Way, Unique Up On It. |
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Friday
29-06-2001

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Thought for
the day:
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If
anyone can Roast Beef... why can't anyone Pea Soup?
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Gui:
My third K2 scheme was released yesterday.
It is called:
DTSmooth-SteelSkin
Geo:
Looking for an Atlas?
try this one out.
Web:
Need to set up a web page of thumbnails for
your Pictures?
SimpleThumbs
can do it better than Photoshop
Flight:
A very well made site for all things
avionic
Movies:
Duality:
a short Mac made film, set in the StarWars univers
Duality:
the making of.
AI:
the new Spielberg movie
AI:
AIBO:
a little friendly bot
Hi-Fi:
Tone:
the NZ hi-fi magazine
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Wed,
Thursday 27, 28-06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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Do
crazy people take the Psycho-path through the forest?
Do
Eskimos get polaroids from sitting on the ice?
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Gui
people:
Bill Bart, the creator of the BBX K2scheme series has
been distracted from his next scheme. He has landed a job
workin on the promotion of Microsofts Xbox.
Gui:
Creative
box have a few new gui toys
Movies:
The telling of the
Ring of the Lord of interviews
Web:
Xtra (NZ) and Microsoft held hands today... the offspring
is XtraMSN
DVC:
Thinking of buying a Digital Video Camera?
Here is the total range of DVC's.
Here
is how to use it when you get it.
3D:
Here is the Beginners Guide
to using your 3D soft Camera (in any 3D application)
Here is Meshworks,
a modeller for game or net use.
Edu:
Powerschool
is the leading web based student info system
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Mon,
Tuesday 25, 26-06-2001

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Thought for
the day:
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To
Grant your wishes...
would destroy your dreams.
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Gui
people:
Interface Central has closed... Nature has called.
I met a chap at Twists
HL server...
He was called DarkShadow... here
is why.
Gui:
The Theme
Shop no longer has theminator, but does
still have some handy tools
Web:
Kurt
has lotsa free fun Java scripts
ScreamDesign
have some free web stuff
3D:
Lightwave
6.5 is out
Electric
Images new update is fast!
Bryce
5 is comming... from Corel
Beginners Guide
to using your 3D Camera
Pro
Music:
Steinburgs
HALion has landed. Read the
info
Is Digi
001 a cheap Protools?
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Fri,
Sat, Sunday 22, 23, 24-06-2001

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Thought for
the day:
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What
lies behind us, and what lies ahead, are of little importance.
What really matters is what lies within us.
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I have an image of a
new K2
scheme. DTSmooth-SteelSkin will be
released soon.
And my SlickThick-SteelSkin is now available at the KSA
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Dev:
Here are some handy links
to Software developemnt Tools
The Witness
of Teachtext is a handy little site with tools
and a Moose.
Games:
Tomb
Raider Chronicles is released for OSX
StageCast
Creator lets you make games for the net or CD
Fonts:
Fonosaurus has some wild fonts for you

Thursday
21-06-2001

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Thought for
the day:
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I
do not make mistakes,
I successfully find things that do not work.
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Music:
MP3 has a big brother... MP3Pro
The top MP3 downloads are here
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Tuesday,
Wednesday 19, 20-06-2001

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Thought for
the day:
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The
two most common elements in the universe are
hydrogen and stupidity.
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Scheme
number two is complete!
Download
my new"SlickThick-SteelSkin"
K2 scheme from my schemez
section
net:
The FreeNet
project has a future replacement to Napster, and
maybe even the entire Internet.
Here are a couple of new search engines:
virtualfish
and
mamma
3D:
Forge Studio is well worth a wander through...
Curious
Labs have updated their 'Poser Pro Pack', and
'Adobe Atmosphere' a dynamic 3D web environment.

Monday
18 -06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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PC
users think Mac is a four letter word.
We rest our case.
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Yes, I know... I
have been a bit slack here. Making Schemes has taken a lot of
time, and distracted this Dragon from keeping the site up to
date. I have a new version of the SteelSkin scheme almost ready
to go. take a peek at it in my schemes
section.
Here
are some nice links to makeup for my recent slackness:
web:
Apycom have some very good quality Java applets
for you webpage
game:
Aspyr
bring the game Undying, to the Mac
3D:
Here's a cool page for Digital
Animators
And
s ome disgusting textures for lightwave users, from Worley
sound:
Another Napster replacement is AudioGalaxy
gui:
Here's an opinion
on Apples handling of the user-interface modifications
Interface
Central have some nice schemes
movie:
Evolution.
Coming to you soon. Tons of heavy duty SciFi-FX
space:
Want to know anything about Space?
fun:
Switcheroo
Zoo allow you to create your own animals.
future:
Here is a glimps of the future now. A digital
pen
Time
Interactive brings you a veiw of the future

Thursday
14-06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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When
you walk pass a sheep, it goes "Maa..."
when you drive past a sheep,
does the sheep go "Caa.."?
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I have just added a group of new
Desktops for my SteelSkin Kaleidoscope Scheme.
They are accessible from Downloadz / Desktopz / SteelSkin related.
Seen any good
monsters
around lately?
How about any Shreks?
Want to remix some music online? Mixman
Music will let you.

Tuesday,
Wednesday 12, 13-06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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a
scheme so cunning...
you could pin a tail on it, and call it a Dragon.
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I now have my own
slot on K
Scheme Archives
I just made another
important adjustment to my "SteelSkin"
scheme. The single horizontal scrollbar was missing.
Ooops! It is now version 1.0.2
This version now also includes some desktops.
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Monday
11-06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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Two
nuns in a bath:
One
said "Where's the soap?"
The other said "Yes, doesn't it!"
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This chap
has a thought provoking way of
predicting the weather
Macalicious
have a few noteworthy Mac Graphics
Amorphium...
Checkout this 3d netmodler/renderer
A
word of Dragon Advice to wear...
I just made
a slight adjustment to my "SteelSkin" scheme. The desktop
text and its background needed tweeking. It is now version 1.0.1

We,
Th, Fr, Sa, Sunday 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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Nothing
succeeds like...
a bugie with no teeth.
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Woohoo! The "SteelSkin"
K scheme is now ready for download.

This scheming has kept me a bit busy
recently...
I have included some new Desktop/WindowMonkey textures with the
"SteelScheme"

Monday,
Tuesday 4, 5-06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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I
backed up my hard drive yesterday...
Now its hard up against the wall.
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The beta version of "SteelSkin"
K scheme is now up to v 0.8.9 beta.

Macintosh
Customise Junky have some old Gui addons
Exposure
have some weird short movies streamed online
And SciFi.com
have all the right connections

Friday,
Saturday, Sunday 1, 2, 3-06-2001

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Thought
for the day:
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The
secret to success...
is knowing how to hide your sources
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The beta version of "SteelSkin" K scheme
is now up to v 0.7.5 beta.

Tips for designers fron Eyewire
Maybe you are a fan of Stargate?
here are some silly veiws of it
or maybe some silly plots for Babylon5
Would you like to be able to write your name using
Mayan Glyphs?
Some Funny Pictures at JokePics

Ash
and The Dragon

A recent holiday snap

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