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Here, I've merged the pages LINK LOG and UNFILED DAILY ENTRIES. I like both of the aforementioned terms ... but I never remember what they actually mean (and I made 'em up). A theme that's been consistent this month — when restructuring my website — is consolidation.

Some Older Stuff That Needs Filing

• Permalink ... the Kottke effect
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permalink
  http://www.kottke.org/00/03/finally-did-you-notice-the
• Kottke draws attention to the Mpemba effect, where hot water freezes faster than cold
  http://www.kottke.org/
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
• NeXTcube - my dream computer back in the day — but it cost too damn much, about $20,000 with parallel processors; it ran the NEXTSTEP operating system and the company, NeXT computers, was founded by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs; the NeXT computer paved the way for the computers we have today
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTcube
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXTSTEP

October 12, 2008

1. Siggraph.org (these folks have something to do with Blender animation software; I've got a highlight reel that has this name on it) - was searching for Mystery House and ran across this - W3D RoundUp Archive article - their mystery house image - to access the work go to lunatic-berlin.com - in case this very nice, informative article gets ripped down (like the link to lunatic-berlin), I've inserted here:
   The task of the Mystery House project was to provide a game-like environment to navigate T-Online's Fun&Action portal site. It was also our aim to demonstrate the competitiveness of Web3D technologies in comparison to other technologies such as Shockwave. We decided to use blaxxun's Contact VRML viewer because of its high-quality rendering capabilities and nice API programming extensions. The client's configuration is checked for the viewer, and download instructions are given if necessary. To avoid the well-known problems with free navigation for 3D-naive (and even 3D-experienced) users, we implemented our own navigation paradigm. The users get "teleported" to hot-spots in the 3D scene as they click on them. However they don't simply "float" to their destination; instead they have the simulated experience of walking to them. Using a synchronized walking sound reinforces the experience. Moreover, by disabling free navigation it is not only possible to get complete control over the user's position and orientation but also to dynamically change the field of view during animation. This makes camera effects like zooming in and out possible. To compensate for the reduced degree of freedom in movement, we increased the degree of look-around freedom. Besides the usual turn to the left and to the right, it is also possible to look up and down, simply by moving the mouse to the appropriate direction in the 3D window. It turned out that being able to look up and down not only increases the 3D experience, but also simplifies orientation in complex environments. The setting of the 3D scene is atmospheric and feature-rich. A warm yet mysterious theme-based mood was intended, in contrast to the well-known techy or indifferent settings that some Web3D scenes show. The unusual format of the 3D window on the one hand helps to emphasize the "special" setting, and on the other hand simply reduces the window's size thereby increasing the 3D performance. The wait-during-download problem was attacked by reducing file sizes as much as possible (less than 850KB altogether) and by implementing an incremental download algorithm. An estimation on the network bandwidth is done based upon the download duration of a first asset group. Dependent on this estimation, successive downloads are triggered at certain spots during scene navigation. The website navigation functionality is provided through clickable objects placed throughout the scene. To be able to keep the links of the 3D scene in synch with the website, a simple web-based editor has been implemented. It enables the web master to associate textural, pictorial and URL information with certain objects in the 3D scene.
2. Sound Recording - The Dark Art of Mastering article - IndieMasters.com.au - there seems to be some good advice for musicians here - an excerpt:
   What's in your mastering chain? We use valve driven equalisation and side-chained optical compression that is performed in the analogue domain. Imaging, harmonics, loudness, dithering and all editing and fades are performed in the digital domain. Our complete mastering chain operates at 96khz sampling with solid 24 bit resolution utilising world-class DA/AD conversion and dithering. Cranesong HEDD 192 mastering harmonic enhancers, Manley Variable-Mu mastering compressor with custom T-bar and HFSC mods, TLA Valve Classics EQ-2 parametrics, Focusrite Platinum spectral opto compressors and eq, RME ADI-4 DD, Lucid DA-96/24 and Cranesong AD/DA 192/24 converters, Pro Tools 7, Wavelab 5, Waves Diamond, AAVIMT Project II Series PC, Alesis and JBL monitoring, a couple of pairs of ears, and more.

These Ain't A New Entries

• Gnome Foresight [W] - Linux-based desktop environment
• GnuPlot [W] - aka Gnu Plot

September 4, 2008

• Ralph Bakshi [W], maker of many adult-oriented animated films; Philip K. Dick's Ubik [W] - it is said that Vanilla Sky (starring Tom Cruise) is Dick rip-off; the article at Wikipedia on the film Vanilla Sky led me down this path

August 25, 2008

• Answers.com - DLL - referred by: Imagemagick.org - Binary Releases (Windows)

   

  McClintock - Home Tour

  GOCR [W] - free optical character recognition program; learned about this from a defeating CAPTCHA [W] article [added July 24, 2008].
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOCR
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA
  http://www.bluehatseo.com/

August 4, 2008

• stamen.com - technologically sophisticated projects
• labs.digg.com/swarm/ - diggers swarm around active stories and make them grow
• Aishwarya Rai - www.aishwarya-forever.com - www.imdb.com/name/nm0706787 - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aishwarya_Rai
• idletogether.com - idletogether.com/ufo/digg - hovers quietly over Digg and gets a snapshot of current news
• www.anewmorning.com/2008/01/30/how-to-create-the-ultimate-windows-xp-installation-cddvd/ - got here from Digg.com
• nlite [W] - official website is www.nliteos.com/ - free program used to create customized installation CDs of Microsoft's Windows 2000, XP, 2003, and Vista - for addons go to www.winaddons.com/
• XnView.com - free multimedia viewer, browser, converter

August 3, 2008

• JingProject.com by Techsmith - JING is free software for creating screen-captured presentations
• MusicMasterWorks.com by Aspire Software - voice-to-note MIDI music editor - for composing sheet music and training your voice - singing_lesson.html - 30-day trial, then 35 bucks

File-Under Topic

• motorcycles - dirtbikes - term: power band [W] (July 19, 2008)

UDEs

COMM

Picture Window - Softpedia

Picture Window - GripSoftware

Friday, April 18, 2008

Web Discoveries

• Infoplease.com - site has potential, but wouldn't recommend -- too many effing pop-up ads
• Wikia.com - similar to Wikipedia; worth checking out

New Operating System - March 21, 2008

Hosting Mini-Applications Known As Widgets

• Dashboard software [W] for Apple Macs
• Konfabulator widget engine [W] for Windows

Free Desktop Environments with Software Development Applications

• Linux - known viruses [W]
• GTK+ - Wikipedia Entry
• Desktop Comparison Information - Wikipedia Entry
• FreeDesktop.org - Wikipedia Entry
• Gnome Desktop - Wikipedia Entry - Ubuntu [W] - Windows Installer [W] concept at Ubuntu and CoLinux [W] - Install Linux from Windows includes link to Download Inslux - Ubuntu Live CD - How to burn ISO - How to check MD5SUM - forums: modprobe abnormal exit
• Wubi [W] - download from wubi-installer.org or sourceforge.net - Installing Linux in Windows, by Chris Pirillo - WubiGuide - 3.2 Installing on a computer with no internet connection
• List of Gnome Applications - Wikipedia Entry
• KDE Desktop - Wikipedia Entry

Ties to Nursery Rhymes [added Feb-18-2008] - Wikipedia Entry

• Wee Willie Winkie - Wikipedia Entry

Drag and Drop Interface [added Feb-18-2008]

• Drag and Drop Interface - Gnome Entry
• Wikipedia Entry
• SourceForge Entry
• Yahoo Utility - rrIV
• Jim Boothe's Visual FoxPro 6.0 Entry
• Visual Studio - Microsoft

Ideas that are already out there

• Kottke Article
• Google Desktop

searchable words: powerband gnomeforesight linux

Featured Item

"The Night Sky" Two-sided Planisphere

©1992, David Chandler. P.O. Box 309, La Verne, CA 91750. Milky Way by Don Davis.

My career in amateur astronomy didn't begin with this item — but it's what lit the fuse on my rocket. This is the best whole-sky chart on the planet. I've had mine for over 10 years, and it's still the single most-useful tool in my astronomy inventory.

Top Links

• Heavens-Above  
  iridium flare predictions, other satellite passovers, sun & moon data, and whole-sky charts
  http://www.heavens-above.com/
• APOD - Astronomy Picture of the Day - NASA Archive   - W
  http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/rjn/apod/archivepix.html
• Astronomy.com
  http://www.astronomy.com/
• Hubble Site.org
  http://hubblesite.org/
• Meteor Obs.org
  http://www.meteorobs.org/
• MeteorShowersOnline.com
  http://meteorshowersonline.com/
• Sky and Telescope.com
  http://www.skyandtelescope.com/
• Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer [W | BIO - FAQ] is a 5-minute TV Show on PBS that informs on the subject of astronomy. The show features as its theme song a lovely electronic interpretation of Claude Debussy's [W] Arabesque No. 1 [My YouTube Playlist] by Isao Tomita [W] from his album Snowflakes Are Dancing
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Horkheimer
  http://www.jackstargazer.com/SHbio.html
  http://www.jackstargazer.com/SHFAQ.html
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isao_Tomita

An Interesting Article

• "I Spy" at Wired Magazine

And the Award Goes to...

Most of these noble folk don't run off revenue generated by advertisements; the few that do, use text-style ads that are non-invasive. They're akin to Frederick S. Clarke, my hero, who created, owned, and operated my favorite magazine Cinefantastique.

Please help me support the best free downloadable content on the web:

1. Firefox Browser - Mozilla Foundation - Mozilla Store (my card got declined when I tried to buy a t-shirt; maybe you'll have better luck)
   $30 per year x 4 years = $120; amount paid so far: $0
   http://www.mozilla.com/
   http://www.mozilla.org/
   http://store.mozilla.org/
2. Wikipedia - the free encyclopedia - Make a Donation - Support Wikipedia by Buying Merchandise at the CafePress.com Store (I suggest you click on the Jigsaw Globe Section)
   $30 per year x 4 years = $120; amount paid so far: $30 (for a blame t-shirt, but worth it)
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
   http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate
   http://www.cafepress.com/wikipedia
3. CMS Made Simple - Make a Donation - CafePress Merchandise
   PHP-scripted, database-driven content management software for building websites - the content you are presently viewing was scripted with their software
   $30 per year x 3 years = $90; amount paid so far: $0
   http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/
   http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/about-link/donations
   http://www.cafepress.com/cmsmadesimple
4. The GIMP - Make a donation - Support GIMP by Buying Merchandise
   image manipulation software - as powerful as Photoshop, but free instead $800
   $30 per year x 3 years = $90; amount paid so far: $0
   http://www.gimp.org/
   http://www.gimp.org/donating/
   http://www.gimp.org/about/merchandise.html
5. Your HTML Source - Support Your HTML Source with a Generous Donation
   Ross Shannon's great set of online tutorials that show you how to write your own webpages
   $30 per year x 1 years = $30; amount paid so far: $20
   http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/
   http://www.yourhtmlsource.com/support/
6. W3 Schools [W] - CSS - Examples
   Best free CSS tutorials for beginners
   http://www.w3schools.com/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W3Schools
   http://www.w3schools.com/css/
   http://www.w3schools.com/css/css_examples.asp
7. Blender Animation [W] - Donate - e-shop (crap; where are the t-shirts?)
   http://www.blender.org/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender_(software)
   http://www.blender.org/blenderorg/blender-foundation/donation-payment/
   http://www.blender3d.org/e-shop/
8. SourceForge.net [W] - Support SourceForge.net with a Generous Donation
   source code repository - owned by SourceForge, Inc. [W]
   http://sourceforge.net/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge.net
   http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php
   http://web.corp.sourceforge.com/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge%2C_Inc.
9. 7-Zip [W]
   a 100% free file archiver
   http://www.7-zip.org/
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7-Zip
10. PeaZip [W] - UTF-8 [W] not fully supported in the GUI [PeaZip Entry] - tar windows utility
    a 100% free file archiver
    http://peazip.sourceforge.net/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeaZip
    http://peazip.sourceforge.net/tar-windows-utility.html
11. WinRAR [W]
    file archiver; shareware (free for 40 days), by Eugene Roshal; a fine program, just isn't free forever, like 7-Zip and PeaZip.
    http://www.win-rar.com/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WinRAR
12. WinMD5Sum [Md5Sum and Md5 at Wikipedia] [NullRiver.com]
    a free checksumming program; used to verify the integrity of files, by calculating and verifying MD5 hashes (aka checksums); this establishes a digital fingerprint for the file, so that a non-legit file cannot be passed off as the real thing.
    http://www.nullriver.com/products
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5sum
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Md5
    http://www.nullriver.com/

searchable words: 7zip awards

Recent Deaths [W]

September 2008

• 26 - Paul Newman [W], 83, American Academy Award-winning actor and philanthropist, cancer; best work: Cool Hand Luke & Nobody's Fool

August 2008

• 10 - Isaac Hayes [W], 65, American soul and funk singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, arranger, composer, and actor; he was one of the main creative forces behind southern soul music label Stax Records, where he served as both an in-house songwriter and producer with partner David Porter during the mid-1960s; composed the score and theme song for the blaxploitation film Shaft, winning an Academy Award; in 1969, he reinterpreted a Burt Bacharach standard "Walk On By" [play at YouTube: short version; long version] (which had been made famous by Dionne Warwick); Hayes was also Scientology activist, appearing in their film Orientation [W]; performed the character "Chef" in Comedy Central's show South Park; found dead by his treadmill, which was still running; presently, his death is thought to be related to a stroke he had back in 2006
• 9 - Bernie Mac [W], 50, American comedian and actor, complications of pneumonia

June 2008

• 29 - Don S. Davis [W], 65, American character actor (Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1, A League of Their Own), heart attack; best known as "General George S. Hammond" on Stargate SG-1
• 22 - George Carlin [W], 71, American comedian and writer, heart failure
• 15 - Stan Winston [W], 62, American Academy Award–winning special effects and make-up artist, multiple myeloma
• 13 - Tim Russert [W], 58, American journalist and television host (Meet the Press), coronary thrombosis
• 9 - Algis Budrys [W], 77, American science fiction writer
• 2 - Bo Diddley [W], 79, American rock and roll and blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, heart failure

May 2008

• 29 - Harvey Korman [W], 81, American actor and comedian (Blazing Saddles, The Carol Burnett Show), abdominal aortic aneurysm
• 26 - Sydney Pollack [W], 73, American film director (The Way We Were, Tootsie, Out of Africa) and actor, cancer
• 16 - Robert Mondavi [W], 94, American winemaker, benefactor of the Mondavi Center, member of the California Hall of Fame

April 2008

• 29 - Albert Hofmann [W], 102, Swiss researcher, chemist and discoverer of LSD, heart attack
• 8 - Stanley Kamel [W], 65, American actor (Monk), heart attack
• 5 - Charlton Heston [W], 84, American Academy Award–winning actor (Ben-Hur, Ten Commandments), NRA president, pneumonia

March 2008

• 24 - Richard Widmark [W], 93, American Academy Award-nominated actor (Kiss of Death, Judgment at Nuremberg), after long illness
• 19 - Sir Arthur C. Clarke [W], 90, Sri Lankan/British science fiction author (2001: A Space Odyssey), heart failure
• 18 - Anthony Minghella [W], 54, British Academy Award-winning director (The English Patient), BFI chairman, post-surgery haemorrhage

February 2008

• 27 - William F. Buckley, Jr. [W], 82, American author, conservative commentator, founder of National Review magazine, emphysema.
• 21 - Robin Moore [W], 82, American author (The French Connection, The Green Berets)
• 10 - Roy Scheider [W], 75, American Academy Award-nominated actor (The French Connection, Jaws), staph infection
• 8 - Phyllis A. Whitney [W], 104, American mystery novelist (A Place for Ann), pneumonia

January 2008

• 22 - Heath Ledger [W], 28, Australian Academy Award-nominated actor (Roar, Brokeback Mountain, Dark Knight), accidental prescription drug overdose
• 19 - Suzanne Pleshette [W], 70, American actress (The Bob Newhart Show, The Birds, Spirited Away), respiratory failure
• 17 - Bobby Fischer [W], 64, American chess grandmaster, world champion (1972–1975), kidney failure
• 15 - Brad Renfro [W], 25, American actor (The Client, Ghost World), accidental heroin overdose

December 2007

• 13 - Floyd Red Crow Westerman [W], 71, American musician, actor (Dances With Wolves) and Native American activist, leukemia

November 2007

• 30 - Robert "Evel" Knievel, Jr. [W], 69, American stunt performer
• 28 - Mali Finn [W], 69, American casting agent, (Titanic, L.A. Confidential, The Matrix), cancer
• 19 - Dick Wilson [W], 91, British-born American actor ("Mr. Whipple"), natural causes

September 2007

• 6 - Luciano Pavarotti [W], 71, Italian operatic tenor, pancreatic cancer
• 3 - Steve Fossett [W], 63, American aviator, sailor and adventurer, declared legally dead (on February 15, 2008) presumably in aircrash on this date

August 2007

• 12 - Merv Griffin [W], 82, American talk show host, real estate tycoon, creator of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, prostate cancer

July 2007

• 30 - Michelangelo Antonioni [W], 94, Italian film director (L'avventura, Blowup, Zabriskie Point)
• 29 - Tom Snyder [W], 71, American talk show host and journalist, complications of leukemia
• 22 - László Kovács [W], 74, Hungarian-born cinematographer (Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Ghostbusters, Say Anything, Radio Flyer)

May 2007

• 25 - Charles Nelson Reilly [W], 76, American Tony-winning actor (Canonball Run II) and Match Game panelist, complications from pneumonia
• 15 - Jerry Falwell [W], 73, American pastor, television evangelist and founder of the Moral Majority, cardiac arrhythmia

April 2007

• 30 - Tom Poston [W], 85, American actor (Newhart); married actress Suzanne Pleshette in 2001
• 14 - Don Ho [W], 76, American Hawaiian musician and entertainer (made guest appearances on television shows such as I Dream of Jeannie, The Brady Bunch, Sanford and Son, Charlie's Angels, and Fantasy Island), heart failure
• 11 - Roscoe Lee Browne [W], 81, American Emmy Award-winning actor (The Cowboys, Logan's Run, The Cosby Show, Soap), cancer
• 11 - Kurt Vonnegut [W], 84, American novelist and social critic, brain injury from a fall
• 7 - Barry Nelson [W], 89, American actor, first to play James Bond on screen (and, to date, the only American ... in the 1954 TV version of Casino Royale)
• 4 - Bob Clark [W], 67, American film director (A Christmas Story, Porky's), car accident

March 2007

• 19 - Calvert DeForest [W], 85, American actor, comedian and David Letterman sidekick known as Larry "Bud" Melman
• 17 - Freddie Francis [W], 89, British film director and two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer (The Elephant Man, Dune, Glory, The Man in the Moon, The Straight Story), stroke
• 15 - Stuart Rosenberg [W], 79, American TV and film director (Cool Hand Luke, The Amityville Horror), heart attack

February 2007

• 8 - Anna Nicole Smith [W], 39, American 1993 Playmate of the Year, widow of J. Howard Marshall, accidental drug overdose

January 2007

• 30 - Sidney Sheldon [W], 89, American author and TV producer (I Dream of Jeannie), complications from pneumonia.
• 16 - Benny Parsons [W], 65, American champion NASCAR driver, won 1973 Winston Cup, complications from lung cancer
• 9 - Carlo Ponti [W], 94, Italian film producer (Doctor Zhivago), pulmonary complications; husband of Italian actress Sophia Loren
• 8 - Yvonne De Carlo [W], 84, Canadian-born American actress (Criss Cross, The Ten Commandments, The Munsters), natural causes
• 8 - Iwao Takamoto [W], 81, Japanese American animator, TV producer and film director, created Scooby-Doo, heart failure

November 2006

• 20 - Robert Altman [W], 81, American film director (MASH, Shortcuts), complications with leukemia
• 10 - Benny Andrews [W], 75, American artist, cancer
• 10 - Jack Palance [W], 87, American actor (Shane, City Slickers), of natural causes
• 9 - Ed Bradley [W], 65, American news Journalist (60 Minutes), leukemia
• 8 - Basil Poledouris [W], 61, American film composer (Conan the Barbarian, Hunt for Red October, Lonesome Dove TV miniseries, RoboCop, Starship Troopers), cancer

July 2006

• 21 - Mako [W], 72, Japanese-American actor (Avatar: The Last Airbender, Conan the Barbarian), esophageal cancer

June 2005

• 27 - John T. Walton [W], 58, son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton; died when his homebuilt experiment plane crashed near Jackson Hole, Wyoming; estimated to be worth $18.2 billion at the time of his death, making him the 4th richest person in the U.S. and the 11th richest in the world
• 13 - Lane Smith [W], 69, American actor (Red Dawn, My Cousin Vinny, Lois & Clark)
• 6 - Anne Bancroft [W], 73, American Oscar-winning actress ("Mrs. Robinson" in 1967's The Graduate, "Ms. Dinsmoor" in 1998's Great Expectations), uterine cancer
• 6 - Dana Elcar [W], 77, American film, stage and television actor; best known as "Peter Thornton" on MacGyver

October 1995

• 25 - Bobby Riggs [W], 77, former World No. 1 tennis player; best known for "Battle of the Sexes" match against Billie Jean King; read 18 Hole Hustler

April 1992

• 5 - Sam Walton [W], 74, founder of Wal-Mart and Sam's Club; he was patriarch of one of the richest families in the world

The items that follow have been sorted A-Z.

Damn if I ain't poppin' up in the oddest places:

• Magnaromagna.com - Video - their tagline: strange news, funny videos - Search Results for SullivanRadley [found on the Italian version of their site on August 5, 2008]
• LinksFactory.net - SM6 - Weekend Special Playlist shows up in their SM6 tagged results - given a 5-star rating; what the...? [found on their site on August 5, 2008]
• Jocurigratis.net multiplayer - radley - I think this site is romanian [found on their site on August 5, 2008]
• Boxxet.com - Dirt Videos - [found on their site on August 5, 2008; on this date, I was in their Top-50 Dirt Videos]
• Markacadey.net - Somalia News and Music - Search results for sullivanradley [found on their site on August 5, 2008; it was filed under "grapes," suggesting to me that Lamont's video was there]

August 22, 2008

• My Humble Abode.com - I was Yahoo-ing — to see if the aforementioned dot-com was already taken — and found the personal blog of Jon Warren. He and I are both photographers; his CATEGORIES on his blog are even a little bit like mine on my RESEARCH site; of course his site is prettier than mine — dirty bastard!
  http://www.myhumbleabode.com/

Marijuana

• Marijuana Library - The Law

Power of Attorney - Financial and Medical (health care)

• Georgia Forms [forms.georgia.gov]
• Power of Attorney for Healthcare [aging.dhr.georgia.gov]
• Georgia Financial Power of Attorney [legis.state.ga.us]
• Georgia Department of Revenue Power of Attorney Form [pdf]
• Georgia Living Wills and Durable Powers of Attorney Forms [at LegalAid-GA.org]

Fair use of Images

Sure you could read the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [G] (hell, few of us can even spell "millennium") ... or you could just follow the example set by the untouchables: Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo!

When you do an image search with the big boys, maximum dimensions are 150x150 pixels. So this is our rule of thumbnail.

Whatever the maximum size is for their thumbnails -- you can be damn sure you can display copyright-protected images of the same size, assuming you do that other important thing they do: immediately below the image, provide a link to the page from which you took the picture.

Current: SullivanRadley at Yahoo Geocities (October 2008)

Older Geocities Sites:

• October 2006
• April 2006
• February 2006
• August 2005

JKRalston at SullivanRadley at Yahoo Geocities (October 2006)

searchable words: my older websites my old website old sites

• Chakra Yoga Center - Mind Over Matter
• Masaru Emoto's Website Diary
• Google water crystal
• Masaru Emoto at Wikipedia

• Plenty of Fish.com
  free online dating site
  MS4 Chick
  Dark Angel

Dot Coms That Have Already Been Taken

• Door.com
• Flat.com - as in apartment [W]
• Fortress.com
• MyFortress.com
• Home.com
• HomeSweetHome.com
• Home2Me.com
• MyHome.com
• Insulae.com - an apartment building in the Roman Empire [W]
• MakeItBe.com
• PersonalSpace.com
• Room.com
• MyRoom.com
• OfficialRoom.com
• Quarters.com
• CQ.com - Congressional Quarterly
• kq.com - Knowledge Quest
• KidsQuarters.com - Furniture for kids
• KidsQuartersOnline.com - Furniture for kids
• MyQuarters.com
• Sanctuary.com
• MySanctuary.com
• myway.com - [W]
• World.com
• MyWorld.com

Dot Coms Available

• CentralQuarters.com
• MySuperFlat.com
• OfficialHome.com - available for $2,000

For those of you who still enjoy 35mm film photography, here's my EXPOSURE GUIDE...

For the printable version, click here; next: click magnifying glass to enlarge; then: FILE, PRINT PREVIEW and change the size to 60 percent.

Grits and Collards on Flickr

Well, kids, I'm really starting to narrow it down:

Best Digital SLR, or Camera That Looks Like A Camera

• The Nikon D70 was the first affordable digital SLR that provided unbelieveable picture quality. So, I had to mention, because it's the father, and what we have now are its descendants, or children, and then there will grandchildren. Without further ado, I give you the excellent descendent of the D70 ... the 10.2-MP Nikon D60, which retails for $700 [Nikon USA] [$640 at newegg]

Best Digital Point-And-Shoot Still Camera (/ Video Camera / Audio Recorder)

• Canon PowerShot
  The sd790is -- this one is da-bomb -- a true pocket camera; a humongous, vivid, gorgeous 3.0-inch screen (which scratches easily); extremely versatile: records 10-MP still images (3,648 x 2,736) at low-light ISO 1600 equivalent; records 60 minutes of 30fps 640x480 LP-mode video onto a 4GB SDHC memory card; this little bugger also records in audio-only mode (I told you it was versatile); you can also mix and match modes on your media card; connects to computer via USB 2.0 - [Canon USA] - [newegg sd770 page - sd790 page] - [CNET review]
  
  Comparing the Canon sd770 and sd790 to our very old 2-MP FujiFilm digital camera (which we still use, by the way, and it's been a great camera; it's been working fine for 8 years now): anyway, the Canon has 5 times the number of pixels and the x-and-y measurements are more than double
  
  Somewhat inaccurate, but still noteworthy: charkuio on flickr has some nice images of a Canon 790 and info on Luxology's modo [W], an $800 3D animation program

Why aren't any conventional film cameras listed here? Well, conventional cameras have become a rich man's game, and I can no longer afford to play.

searchable words and phrases: sd790

Lists of Sexy Women:

• Top 99 at AskMen.com (I'm not recommending this site; too many ads)

And My Sexiest Woman Is...

• Adriana Lima [Lima Strip] [W] [IMDb] - RR: IV
  ranked #1 on the Rigid Roman's Top-200
  http://www.adrianalima.com/
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriana_Lima
  http://imdb.com/name/nm0992596/
  Adrianna Lima.net
  http://www.adriannalima.net/
  DNA Models.com
  http://www.dnamodels.com/
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• Moon Bloodgood [W] Played "Livia Beale" on NBC's Journeyman; was 32 years old at the time. This actress-model is of Dutch, Irish and South Korean descent. In 2007, she ranked 40th on Maxim's Hot-100 list.
• Joy Bryant [W] Ancestry: black. Trade: model and actress. Look for her bikini scene near the end of 3-Way, which also stars Dominic Purcell (John Doe) and Gina Gershon (Show Girls).
• Allyson Felix [Official Website | W] Ancestry: black. Trade: Olympic Athlete | Track and Field. Specialty: 200m. [NBC Olympics Bio]
• Kim Kardashian [myspace.com profile - W - Chickipedia - KimKardashian.net Fan Site - Askmen]
• Stacy Kiebler [Kiebler Strip] [W] Came to appreciate her at the tail-end of her wrestling career and during her stint on Dancing with the Stars (TV show). See her in Stuff Magazine
• Billie Piper [W - Chickipedia - IMDb]
• Sydney Poitier [W] - [Poitier Strip] - legs that go on forever (5ft 11in) - b. November 15, 1973 - daughter of actor Sidney Poitier
• Amy Robach [W] First thought she was pretty when she and Don Imus were in the same studio on MS-NBC; now, he's on RFD-TV, and I guess she moved to regular NBC. Amy is a year younger than me

• Words of My Perfect Teacher website - documentary on Link TV - Link TV.org [added September 22, 2008]
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  http://www.linktv.org/programs/wordsof
  http://www.linktv.org/
• Ian Xel Lungold (d. November 16, 2005) - MayanMajix.com - One Law of the Universe: what you pay attention to, you become conscious of; main topics: intuition (following your heart = integrity); the Mayan Calendar as a "meter of creation"; the mind (lives in the past and the future; just like a film camera: 24 thoughts per second); the progression: recognition of patterns (repeat of pattern; hypnotism; being created); leads to certainty; leads to centeredness; leads to peace of mind; to creating; what to do: just be (being); foundation: pay attention (witnessing); intention; allow everything to happen (bad ... good ... indifferent); don't be part of the resistance; there is nothing you have to do; the mind presents options, the spirit makes the choice; making choices gives you greater options
• A New Earth - [Download from Oprah.com archive] - by Eckhart Tolle [W]
  http://www.oprah.com/obc_classic/webcast/archive/archive_watchnow.jsp
  http://www.eckharttolle.com/
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckhart_Tolle
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology
• The Secret [W; watch the first 20 minutes at youtube.com] - by Rhonda Byrne [W]; inspired by the 1910 book The Science of Getting Rich [W] by Wallace D. Wattles
  http://www.thesecret.tv/
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_%282006_film%29
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b1GKGWJbE8
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhonda_Byrne
  http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Getting_Rich
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Getting_Rich
• Vipassana Meditation
  http://www.dhamma.org/
• Jesus Was a Mushroom
  http://www.freedomdomain.com/relig.htm
• Jubilees -- the deleted portions of the Old Testament [W]
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Cliffnotes version of The Science of Getting Rich [W | read the book] by Wallace D. Wattles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Getting_Rich
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Science_of_Getting_Rich
[This version created by Sully on September 10, 2008.]

Key Expressions

• You will have to do things in a Certain Way.
• Like causes produce like effects.
• Formless Stuff = Original Substance.

Preface, Page 1

• For those whose most pressing need is for money, who wish to get rich first and philosophize later.

Chapter One, Page 1

• The object of all life is development.
• Man's right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all things.
• His fullest mental, spiritual & physical unfoldment = His right to be rich.
• Success in life = Becoming what you want to be.
• The most essential of all knowledge = To understand the science of getting rich.

Chapter One, Page 2

• Three motives for living: body, mind & soul.
• Happiness = Living fully in every function of the body, mind & soul.
• Bodily requirements (or needs) for fullness of living: food, clothing, shelter, freedom from excess toil, and rest & recreation.
• Mental needs: books, and time to study them; opportunity for travel & observation; intellectual companionship & recreations; and objects of art for use & appreciation.
• Soul needs: love (and love is denied expression by poverty).
• Highest Happiness = Giving = The bestowal of benefits on those one loves.
• Nothing to give = Never a husband, nor a father; never a citizen, nor a man. (Therefore, that he should be rich is of supreme importance.)
• To make the most of yourself is to offer the most to all of humanity, even to God.

Chapter Two, Page 2

• Getting rich is an exact science.
• Getting rich involves the necessity of dealing with men, and being where there are people to deal with. (Aside from some general geographic limitations, getting rich is not dependent upon your engaging in some particular business.)

Chapter Three, Page 3

• Three things that want more: life, intelligence & consciousness. (Formless stuff is all these things, and desires to more fully express itself through function.) [Read NASA's Stuff of Life article on dark matter and energy, of which 95% of the universe is made.]
  http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/uni_matter.html

Chapter Four, Page 1

• Thought is the only power which produces tangible riches.

Chapter Four, Page 3

• You will have to acquire the ability to think Truth, regardless of appearances. (To think "appearances" is easy; to think Truth is laborious, requiring greater expenditure of power than any other work.)
• The hardest work — which is a labor most people shrink from — is sustained & consecutive thought.
• The Truth is that there is no disease, only health.
• There is no poverty, only abundance.
• To see these truths requires power. (Acquire this power by getting hold of the basic fact that there is one thinking substance, from which & by which all things are made. Every thought held in this substance becomes a visible thing.)
• Hold to the Truth. (Beware of appearances — such as disease and poverty — in the world: held in your mind, these forms will be manifested in your life.)
• We lose all doubt & fear once we realize that there is ONE THINKING SUBSTANCE from which we create what we want. (Cast aside — as sinful — thoughts that are contrary to this.)

Chapter Four, Page 4

• Do not listen to ideas that contradict this one. (To do so will cause you to lose your faith, and all your efforts will have been in vain.)
• Do not ask why these things are true; do not speculate as to how; simply trust.

Chapter Five, Page 1

• You must get rid of the last vestige that there is a deity that wishes for you to be poor.
• The Intelligent Substance, which is ALL, desires for increase of life, just as a seed in the ground springs into activity.
• The One Substance desires to live more in you; hence it wants you to have all the things you can use.

Chapter Five, Page 2

• It is essential, however that your purpose should harmonize with the purpose that is in All.
• You must want real life, not mere pleasure of sensual gratification ... meaning: without excess in any function.
• To live a life of excess is to live only a partial life, which will never bring satisfaction. Extreme selflessness is no better and no nobler than extreme selfishness; both are mistakes.

[Last edited on September 15, 2008.]

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