Things I am interested in…

These are my links for August 21st:

• Sully Dog home page –
• Screen Space: A blog & podcast about users, texts, and technology –
• Hack&Dev | Bringing Linux to the Embedded World –
• FrontPage – Handhelds.org MoinMoin Wiki –
• TamsPalm – the Palm OS Blog –
• PlmPowerups –
• SCOTTEVEST/SeV® iPod Clothing and Travel Clothing Solutionsâ?¢ –
• Green Laser Pointer from Wicked Lasers. –
• Pink Tentacle –
• Webmonkey: the Web Developers Resource –
• Exclusive: A robot with a biological brain | Emerging Technology Trends | ZDNet.com –
• Cetus GPS – N 55° 23´ E 10° 26´ –
• Main Page – Wikihowto: a howto site anyone can edit –
• Just Mobile – Accessories for PDA, Smartphones and Handheld Devices –
• Freedom Input Ltd – Home –
• MP3 Player Cases PDA Cases Smartphone â?? iPod Cases PDA Cables Accessories â?? Protective Case Manufacturer â?? Proporta.com –
• All About Symbian – News, Reviews, and Software for Symbian, Series 60 (S60) and UIQ phones –
• Resetting your device (Soft, System/Warm, Hard, In-Cradle, Power Down, Battery Disconnect, Zero Out) –
• Louie Mantia –
• Free Photoshop Tutorials | PhotoshopStar –
• World of development economics Warcraft – How the World Works – Salon.com –
• Macenstein –
• The Permission Problem: Financial Page: The New Yorker –
• Drop.io attobrute – My drop!
• Switzerland Network Testing Tool | Electronic Frontier Foundation –
• PriceMe – Online Shopping & Price Comparison –
• Reviews from Epinions –
• Home Page – Television Tropes & Idioms –
• The Roxx Climbing Centre –
• Drop.io: Simple Private Sharing –
• Quietpc.co.nz for a Quiet PC – Silence the noise! –
• Build a Silent PC – Home –
• silentpcreview.com | Everything about Silent / Quiet Computers –
• Google Calendar: How to Sync Any Desktop Calendar with Google Calendar –
• Booksthatmakeyoudumb –
• GCALSYNC – synchronize your phone with Google Calendar –
• SuperGenPass: A Free Bookmarklet Password Generator. –
• The New England Skeptical Society –
• Free Gamer – open source games –
• Travian Toolbox : Homepage –
• NerdyShirts :: Funny T-Shirts, Retro Shirts and Nostalgic Tees –
• Internet T-Shirts, Fashion, And Accessories –
• The Mothership! The Apple Lisa and Early Macintosh Archive! –
• FreeIndie.Com –
• freezepop –
• Tesla Motors –
• AutoblogGreen –
• Evo – Supercar and performance car reviews –
• allmusic –
• PopMatters –
• Text To Picture (TXT2PIC) – Write Text On Any Picture Or Choose Image Template –
• The Official Xpadder Homepage –
• Solve Puzzles for Science | Foldit –

These are my links for April 20th:

• Home Recording, MIDI, Soundfonts, Karaoke, VST, Samples @ HomeMusician.Net –
• Royal Jordanian Airlines –
• Air Emirates –
• Lonely Planet Guidebooks –
• Search and Find Cheap Flights and Airline Tickets – dohop.com –
• The Escapist –
• Diggnation ? Revision3 –
• DailyLit: Read books by email and RSS. –
• TheBeebBlog.com –
• Podiobooks.com – Serialized audio books in podcast form –
• Dvorak – The Nomic Card Game System –
• The TWiT Netcast Network with Leo Laporte –
• STAR WARS Technical Commentaries –
• DDH Software –
• Snorg Tees – New Funny T-Shirts Every Week (Vintage T-Shirt, Cool Graphic Tee Shirts) - –
• Game Rankings – Video Game Reviews, Release Dates, Cheat Codes –
• Gamasutra – The Art & Business of Making Games –
• Frets On Fire –

These are my links for November 19th:

• Rational New Zealand -
• Tor and Forge Books: Podcasts -
• Deputy-Dog.com -
• Slapyo.com » Blog Archive » WordPress Plugin: Fix Database -

These are my links for October 17th:

• MP3 Player Edition – The Latest MP3 Players, Accessories, News, Reviews, Updates & More –
• Marc Andreessen’s Blog –
• Ning – Create your own Social Networks! –
• Techmeme –
• New Zealand Medical Association –
• Digg – Sex is Fun Theater –
• O2.co.uk –

Beef – it’s what’s for dinner!

Today I found the website of the US Cattlemen’s Beef Board and National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. How did I achieve this remarkable feat?!

The story began when I was listening to a podcast from the BBC – Digital Planet – while riding the inter hospital shuttle bus. One of the stories was about a classical music website, where one can listen to various types of classical music and decide what one likes. Once I arrived back at work I checked this website out, and eventually came across Aaron Copland. I have been interested in his work for years, but only recognise the most famous – Fanfare for the Common Man. Desirous of learning more, I did what I usually do in circumstances where I’m looking for more information about something quickly, and happen to be sitting in front of a computer – I went to Wikipedia…

General enquiry about Copland, led to specific investigation of one of his ballets (Rodeo, 1942). The most famous piece of music from Rodeo is the “Hoe-Down”. I wondered if I had ever heard this piece before (actually, I though I must have, but just didn’t know it was called Hoe-Down), so I scanned down the Wikipedia entry about this, and there it was!

“Hoe-Down”, the ballet’s final section, was prominently used by the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association for television commercials in the US.

Instant connection…

There are a million strange and serendipitous web-surfing stories in the naked city… this has been one of them!