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Welcome to the 427th issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter
offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and
interesting sites on the Internet.

- Mr. Doubletalk
- Photos: Pictures that Lie
- The Complete Work of Charles Darwin
- Short Takes
- The 25 Worst Web Sites
- Mac Spoofs
- Artopia
- Pub Crawls
- College Basketball Archive
- Subscribers' Sites

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Mr. Doubletalk

Durwood Fincher, aka Dr. Robert Payne, is a comic and doubletalk expert who
specializes in ambushing unsuspecting corporate audiences. Known as "Mr.
Doubletalk", Fincher's well-honed comedy schtick has brought smiles and
laughter to thousands of stressed-out suits across America.

The website, DoubleTalk.Com, is an introduction into the wonderfully warped
world of this unique comic entertainer. Watch video clips of Dr. Robert
Payne in action, read testimonials, learn about his wacky style of
corporate comedy, and tell your boss to book him for your next event.

http://doubletalk.com/
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Photos: Pictures that Lie

A picture is worth a thousand words, unless of course, it is a fake
one. "Pictures that Lie", a cool segment by Cnet,, exposes examples of
media photographs that have been doctored, altered, or otherwise
manipulated before being publicly released.

Scroll through the gallery of images and you will find shocking examples of
doctored photos. Highlights include an image from Reuters of Beirut where
the smoke from bombs had been 'darkened and increased', a photo of Katie
Couric that had 'slimmed her down', and touch-ups by Newsweek, National
Geographic, and other popular magazines.

http://news.com.com/2300-1026_3-6033210-1.html
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The Complete Work of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin was one of the most influential people of the last two
centuries, whose life's work has had a profound influence on Science,
Religion, and Culture. Welcome to The Complete Work of Charles Darwin
Online, the largest collection of Darwin's writings ever assembled in one
place.

Visitors will spend hours going through the vast collection of
Publications, Manuscripts, audio MP3's of his work, as well as ancillary
texts including reference works, reviews, obituaries, descriptions of
specimens and much more. With over fifty thousand text pages and forty
thousand images, this is easily the most extensive resource online for all
things Darwinian.

http://darwin-online.org.uk/
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SHORT TAKES

Mullet Mania

Few hairstyles are as memorable as the ironically fashionable mullet. This
fun website invites you to "join the Mullitia", and serves as a guide for
the classification and hunting of the mullet haircut.

www.mulletsgalore.com

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A Dress A Day

Fashionable girls will get a kick out of this blog, entitled "A Dress A
Day". Check out the daily updates on cool fabrics and dresses, read "The
Secret Lives of Dresses", and browse through the archives of this cool blog.

http://www.dressaday.com/dressaday.html

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50 Albums that Changed Music

This fun article by the UK's Guardian newspaper lists the 50 albums that
changed the course of music forever. Artists whose albums made the list
include The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, Kraftwerk, Joni Mitchell,
Miles Davis, as well as many other modern legends of music.

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1821196,00.html
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The 25 Worst Web Sites

The Internet boom has generated a lot of fascinating and useful websites,
and left it's fair share of duds, disasters, and dumb dot-coms along the
way. This fun piece by PCWorld.Com showcases the 25 Worst Web Sites, the
inedible and spoiled fare on the vast menu that is the World Wide Web.

Scroll through the list, which features former cult sites such as
IKissYou.Org, dot bombs like WebVan.Com and Boo.Com, and unforgettable
treasures of modernity such as Neuticles.Com. While we won't reveal the
"Worst Site' on the Web, we promise visitors will be surprised by PC
World's choice.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,127116-page,1-c,sites/article.html
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Mac Spoofs

Apple is known for its sleek design, effective marketing campaigns, and
memorable advertising. Mac Spoofs is a fun site that lovingly makes fun of
the fast-growing culture of the Mac.

There are a lot of fun things to explore on this site, mainly the great
spoofs of the current "Mac vs. PC" TV ads that are out right now. In
addition to the mock ads, you will also find vintage Apple commercials from
1984, as well as other creative Apple commercial spoofs.

http://www.macspoofs.com/
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Artopia

Welcome to Artopia, a "comprehensive Web-based arts experience" that is
aimed at middle school students and teachers. The site is great for
students who want to learn all about important works of art, as well the
styles and processes behind different art forms.

Choose from one of the many site's sections, which include "Sculpture",
Painting", "Dance", "Theater", "Music", and "Media Arts". Once inside you
will find a ton of cool features that will immerse students in their chosen
medium. There is also a special area of the site for teachers, complete
with downloadable lesson plans and classroom materials.

http://cfmedia.scetv.org/artopia/

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Pub Crawls

There are few things that are as charming and relaxing as a good old
fashioned English pub. This site, entitled BeerInTheEvening.Com, is a
comprehensive list of the best pubs in all of England.

Whether you are a local or a tourist, this website will help you to find
the best pub in your area, and also warn you about below par watering
holes, bad service, poor snacks and other hazards of the evening pub
crawl. Read through the list of the Top 10 pubs, find the "Pub of the
Year", browse by county, and get suggestions for planning your own great
pub crawl.

http://www.beerintheevening.com
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College Basketball Archive

NCAA College Basketball is one of the most exciting sports in the
country. Researchers and basketball fans will want to bookmark The College
Basketball Archive, an online resource of newspaper articles about the
college game.

The archive has over 50,000 historical newspaper pages about college
basketball, taken from papers from between 1759-2006. This is a great
online tool for researching the history of one of our country's oldest, and
most exciting sports.

http://www.collegebasketballarchive.com/
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It Cannot Cripple Love
It Cannot Shatter Hope
It Cannot Corrode Faith
It Cannot Destroy Peace
It Cannot Kill Friendship
It Cannot Suppress Memories
It Cannot Silence Courage
It Cannot Invade The Soul
It Cannot Steal Eternal Life
It Cannot Conquer The Spirit
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