Thursday, April 27, 2006

week 99 : 27 April 2006

Agriculture
The Future of Sun Microsystems, Post McNealy: Mark Ivey's Authentic Communications
 Attorney General
Palm Oil Report: the CSPI explains why palm oil is evil
 Commerce
Muenster, Texas Germanfest
 Defense
Great Wisconsin Cheese Fest: in the Village of Little Chute
 Education
University of Münster: the one in Germany, not Texas
 Energy
FW Can Do: Fort Worth, Texans Against Neighborhood Drilling
 Health and Human Services
EAT SMART, BE ACTIVE: and don't shout!
 Homeland Security
Gotham Gazette: a community newspaper in New York City - BYOB [Bring Your Own Batman]
 Housing and Urban Development
Boulder, Colorado Homeless Shelter
 Interior
Queens Chronicle: a community newspaper in a New York City borough
 Labor
AVANCE - Dallas: speako Spanisho, anyone
 State
Texas Gas Prices: Cheap Gas Prices in Texas
 Transportation
Dallas Gas Prices: Cheap Gas Prices in Dallas
 Treasury
US nickels: courtesy of The United States Mint
 Veterans Affairs
CoVision: Accelerating Alignment in Large Groups

Thursday, April 20, 2006

week 98 : 20 Apr 2006

Agriculture
Farmers Markets:
Ferry Building Marketplace: San Francisco, CA

Pike Place Market: Seattle, Washington

Union Square Greenmarket: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, and Staten Island, NY
 Attorney General
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
 Commerce
Budget Casket: Caskets, Urns, Monuments for those living dying in the Fort Worth, Bedford, Houston and the DFW Metroplex
 Defense
Nunchucks: not to be confused with Numnuts
 Education
The Frick Collection: and Frick Art Reference Library
 Energy
USS Clueless: obscure energy sources
 Health and Human Services
Locked-In Syndrome: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
 Homeland Security
Monsters and Critics: "aim is to provide users with a broad source of entertainment news and reviews, as well as coverage of world news, technology, sport and science."
 Housing and Urban Development
Community Council of Greater Dallas
 Interior
Signspotting: What started as an unhealthy fascination with quirky signs in 1992 during a two-and-a-half year round-the-world journey metastasized into a nationally syndicated newspaper feature in 2000
 Labor
Rob Scheer's Lumberjack Shows: including Lumberjack Sports with Ironjack and Ironjills
 State
The Colbert Nation
 Transportation
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration: answers the question "What is the difference between interstate commerce and intrastate commerce?"
 Treasury
Junior League of Plano
 Veterans Affairs
National WWII Memorial

Veterans History Project: at the Library of Congress

Friday, April 07, 2006

week 97 : 13 Apr 2006

Agriculture
Microwave Grape Plasma: have a fire extinguisher nearby
 Attorney General
Evolution Education and the Law: a public resource for understanding the legal issues involved in defending the teaching of evolution in public schools
 Commerce
Fight Telemarketing: Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991
 Defense
Lime Truck: Ads In Motion
 Education
North Texas Mensa: where all the rilly, rilly smart folks hang
 Energy
Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing: aka BOINC
 Health and Human Services
Film Your Issue: deadline 21 May 2006
 Homeland Security
Near-Earth Object Groups: asteroids with Earth in their sights
 Housing and Urban Development
National Alliance to End Homelessness

KnowledgePlex: "implemented by the Fannie Mae Foundation, support efforts in the fields of affordable housing and community development"
 Interior
Chillblast including the Atlantis water-cooled PCs (available in the UK, where they have lots of excess water)
 Labor
Folding@Home: goal is to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases
 State
STxOP: online store for Texas belt buckles, car flags, bumper stickers ...
 Transportation
Answers in Genesis: creation, evolution, Christian apologetics
 Treasury
Gilbert Guide: Your answer to finding the best in long-term care
 Veterans Affairs
Dallas Film Commission: is responsible the promotion of the DFW region to film, television and media professionals

Thursday, April 06, 2006

week 96 : 6 Apr 2006

Agriculture
Wal-Mart Facts: get the facts and latest news about Wal-Mart from Wal-Mart (can you say "manure" "propaganda"?)
 Attorney General
Police Patch Central: U.S. City Patches
 Commerce
International Organization for Migration: we're not talking waterfowl
 Defense
Making Photon Torpedoes: Sci Fi Art
 Education
SMU Daily Campus: Southern Methodist University's online newspaper
 Energy
Plasmoid (Ball Lightning) generation with Microwaves: by Jean-Louis Naudin (thanks, Dave)
 Health and Human Services
Dr Andrew Weil: "America's best-known doctor"
 Homeland Security
OVOLAB's Phlink: can answer telephone calls and identify callers using CallerID and Apple's Address Book
 Housing and Urban Development
Linux Electrons: "Your scene for Linux hardware with breaking news coverage of hardware and software, complete with reviews, howto's, forums and features NO SPIN."
 Interior
Mac OS X vs Windows XP

Watch Mac TV: aka macTV Videocast
 Labor
How to build a Stable Plasmoid at one atmosphere (thanks, Dave)
 State
Microwave Phenomenon Page (thanks, Dave)
 Transportation
Texas Freeway.com: Dallas/Fort Worth

The Newspaper.Com: a journal of the politics of driving, with extensive documentation of issues involved in red light and speed camera enforcement. (can you say "propaganda"?)

US Highways.com
 Treasury
Old Christmas Lights: when you want to stroll down Memory Lane
 Veterans Affairs
Adverblog: advertising and new media marketing