Thursday, September 30, 2004

week 17 : 30 Sep 2004

travel & exploration
Greater Dallas Planning Council

The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
 job hunting
Eliyon Technologies
 politics and/or religion
Annenberg Public Policy Center has some interesting survey results, including the item below about The Daily Show (with Jon Stewart)

No Joke: Daily Show Viewers Follow Presidential Race says viewers of Comedy Central's show are more likely to know the issue positions and backgrounds of presidential candidates. Yeah, I know .. I watch every night.

American Forensic Association (real debaters)

eVoteInspector
 just plain weird different
Facts on Farts
 tree huggers environment issues
FDA/CFSAN: Guidance on How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Panel on Food Labels

IN HEAT SCENTS TexasBoars Dripper
 cliff claven would be proud
Anti-Phishing ("Phishing attacks use spoofed e-mails and fraudulent websites designed to fool recipients into divulging personal financial data")

Firehouse Subs (sandwiches, not undersea contraptions)

Kold Vest Mascot Accessory keeps you nice and chilled while wearing that stuffy Giant Chicken Suit

Thursday, September 23, 2004

week 16 : 23 Sep 2004

travel & exploration
North Texas Technology Council is either nttc.ws or hrdpt.com, both of which just roll off the tongue

Dallas Sights has some very cool old Dallas maps and photos (watermelon kid.com)

Preservation Dallas is the group trying to keep old things old
 job hunting
Keep In Touch (KIT) List for people liberated from SGI (Silicon Graphics)
 politics and/or religion
TakeBackTexas.com: Cleaning Up The House For Texas Families
 entertainment
UNCOVERED: The War On Iraq: a film by Robert Greenwald

RatherBiased.com: Documenting Dan Rather and CBS News
 just plain weird different
Rooster Booster poultry lighting, for free range and organic chickens (no relation to the soft drink being sold at Quik Trip
 tree huggers environment issues
Melissa's World: Variety Produce - Organic, Specialty & Recipes
 cliff claven would be proud
Every week or so, I check the Social Security Death Index to make sure I'm still alive.

I've thought about calling the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators to see if they know where I left my sunglasses, or my keys, or ...

I saw somewhere that the Firefox browser is likely to gain even more converts, after Microsoft announced that improvements (read: "bug fixes") will be limited to the Internet Explorer browser that's for Windows XP, and not prior revs. Hmmm. SpreadFirefox.com and mozilla.org are the download sites





When you are Tracking People or Their Stuff, there are Accurint.com (25c/basic search); PublicData.com ($25/year minimum); Urapi.com (Texas law firm centric, $100 minimum).

RipOffReport.com says these two are a waste of time and money: NetDetective.com and WebDetective.com

Here are a few lesser-known search sites:
DocuSearch.com
SearchSystems.net
Lycos People Search
Infospace White Pages




There's an entire category of Campaign Management Software, including Fundraising: Campaign Headquarters; Campaign Office; Complete Campaigns; ELECT; GeoVoter; Trail Blazer Campaign Services; VoterTrack Online and of course, there are the Lists: knowledge.com and Google

Thursday, September 16, 2004

week 15 : 16 Sep 2004

travel & exploration
Jeepney (in the Philippines) and Gerard's Jeepney Collection
 job hunting
Avoid These Mistakes In Your First Few Days after landing a new job

North Texas American Production and Inventory Control Society

Women in Executive Leadership - Dallas

North Dallas American Business Women's Association
 politics and/or religion
Society for Technical Communication - Lone Star Chapter

Dallas Junior Chamber of Commerce
 entertainment
Finding stuff you didn't know you lost is always entertaining, hence these sites:Unclaimed.org; National Unclaimed Property Database; US Treasury - forgotten US Savings Bonds and Missing Money.com
 just plain weird different
George W. Bush Resume (well, maybe the unofficial version)
 tree huggers environment issues
Hitchhiking, Road Travel & subCultural Movement
 Master Yoda would be proud
Genesis Women's Shelter

Flickr - Photo Sharing

BlogFusion - by countersink

BumperArt.com: My blog is so much better than yours. Bumper Sticker

Thursday, September 09, 2004

week 14 : 9 Sep 2004

travel & exploration
Texans going to Iraq to be killed

ePodunk: Profiling more than 25,000 communities across America

International Museum of Cultures in Dallas?!?

Wisconsin State Fair

Northern Michigan University (in Marquette, which is near, uh .. the North Pole, I think)
 job hunting
WorkSource for Dallas County

Worker Profiling Orientation

WorkInTexas.com : Helping Texans Work Better

Dallas Job Net

Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
 politics and/or religion
Bush and Kerry Side By Side

American Civil Liberties Union : In New ACLU Television Ad, Ordinary Americans Urge Curb on Extreme Portions of Patriot Act and Government Gag Exposed: "National Security Letter (NSL)"
 entertainment
*38: circumvent CallerID, for a price
 just plain weird different
no entry
 tree huggers environment issues
Organic Style (magazine)

Natural Resources Defense Council : Guide to Greener Living
 cliff claven would be proud
Beowulf.org: The Beowulf (Linux) Cluster Site

Thursday, September 02, 2004

week 13 : 2 Sep 2004

travel & exploration
Dallas Goethe Center is for those interested in German culture, but don't try looking for a physical center - this one's virtual
 job hunting
Career Transition Workshop (not for those who don't like a dose of religious training in their job hunt)
 politics and/or religion
NotBush.com - - informed talking points from mainstream media

John Kerry Is A Douchebag But Im Voting For Him Anyway.com

Zabihah: your guide to halal eating
 entertainment
DallasBlue - Dallas Technology, Internet, and Entertainment Newsletter
 just plain weird different
Blabble - Thought Parsing
 tree huggers environment issues
American Partnership for Pets: their sole existance appears to be a request of the USPS to reprint the 37c Spay/Neuter stamps
 cliff claven would be proud
This shouldn't have surprised me, given the American seniors who regularly travel to Canada for cheaper prescription drugs. Now pet owners can get cheaper pet meds via Canadian web sites: PetMeds.DoctorSolve.com and PetDrugs.Canada are two of the larger ones.

Try not to confuse the American Library Association [ALA] and the American Translators Association [ATA]