Things I am interested in…

These are my links for April 21st:

• Wired 9.12: Take The AQ Test –
• Growing Up in New Zealand –
• Google News Timeline –
• Grand Designs: Wednesdays, 9pm, C4 | 4Homes | Channel4.com –
• Google Labs –
• Main Page * BrettspielWelt – Online Portal für Brettspiele –
• Mind and Body Consultants Ltd –
• Mind (National Association for Mental Health) –
• Welcome to Webware 100 Awards 2008 –
• What is a Good Recommendation Algorithm? | blog@CACM | Communications of the ACM –
• Rock, Paper, Shotgun: “Something’s wrong on the internet!” –
• Build a Website – Create a Blog – Squarespace –
• MythTV NZ –
• Firefly Media Server :: Home Page –
• Home Server Hacks –
• Giant In the Playground Games –
• We Got Served | Windows Home Server & Your Digital Home –
• d20radio.com –
• Ocean Quigley –
• Edge Magazine – Video Games, Game News, and Gaming Jobs | Edge Online –
• Mutants & Masterminds Headquarters — MutantsAndMasterminds.com –
• Meanwhile… – d20radio.com –
• Diagnosis and Management of Dementia –
• Comic Book Resources Forums – Powered by vBulletin –
• Your Games Now, Publisher Co-Op –
• NBOS Software Home Page –
• OnlineOCR.net: Online OCR service enables you to convert scanned documents to Text, Word, or PDF files –
• Exchange rates, currency tables, currency converters and historical forex data | rates.cx –
• Russâ??s Blog » Xbox Live NAT info (E.g. why you canâ??t play online) –
• Problems with XBOX 360 Live NAT Settings –
• Lewy Body Dementia Association, Inc. :: Index –
• Paul’s complete guide to installing OSX Leopard on your MSI Wind / Advent 4211 –
• AT&T Labs Text-to-Speech: Demo –
• NAS Devices – Network Attached Storage Guide and Reviews –
• Running Apple’s OS on PCs is a community effort that rewards preparation :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Business –
• The Great Apple Netbook Experiment, Part 1, What to Buy – AppleMatters –
• Web development, web design, online marketing, and electronics blog by Joshua McGinnis –
• MindKits – New Zealand Electronic Robotics –
• Hack a Day –
• Installing Mac OS X on a Dell Mini 9 â?? the easy way (Updated 3x) | The Apple Core | ZDNet.com –
• The Apple Core | ZDNet.com –
• Hans Presto – BLAM design : Textning, kalligrafi, tecknade serier och handskrivning –
• 2000 AD Online – The Official Home of Judge Dredd, Nemesis the Warlock, Rogue Trooper and the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic –
• BrianBolland.net –
• BBC/OU Open2.net – Digital Planet –
• Font Generator – Make Your Own Handwriting Font With Your Fonts –
• FontStruct | Build, Share, Download Fonts –
• PC PRO: IT News & Reviews –
• Programming Tutorials â?¢ Geekpedia –
• Cheap Laptop Battery, Australia and New Zealand –
• Score Hero – Home –
• Hack N Mod – Amazingly Cool Hacks, Mods, and DIY Projects –
• TreeHugger –
• Wireless Routers & WiFi Networks: Indoor and Outdoor Wireless Networks By Meraki –
• Main Page – DD-WRT Wiki –
• TweetDeck: a simple and fast way to experience Twitter –
• Synthesizer and electronic music news, synth and music software reviews and more! –

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 December 18th:

• Propellerhead Software –
• Cloud9 –
• Reasonfreaks :: Reason, Songs, Samples, Refills, Tips, Links, Community, Music, Home Studio –
• ReasonStation :: Songs, Refills, Tutorials & Tools –
• Are the family clichés true? – Independent Online Edition > Science & Tech –
• Sawse – Stir it Up! » Blog Archive » 10 Top Sites for Colo(u)r Lovers – Inspiration, Palettes, Tools and Other Color Resources –
• Color Palette Generator –
• MySpace.com – Daikaiju – Huntsville, Alabama – Rock / Psychedelic / Surf – www.myspace.com/daikaiju –
• Chasing Giants Myspace Page –

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!