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Welcome to the 449th issue of the Cool Tricks and Trinkets Newsletter
offering weekly insights into new, cool, useful, fun, unusual and
interesting sites on the Internet.

- New York City Public Library Digital Gallery
- The History of Vegas
- Chow Down
- Short Takes
- Classic Surf Posters
- 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year
- Ancient Bibles
- Nursery Rhyme Lyrics
- Mac Spoofs
- Subscribers' Sites

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New York City Public Library Digital Gallery

Bookworms don't need to live in Manhattan to explore the city's legendary
public library. The digital gallery of the New York Public Library (NYPL)
provides readers and researchers from all over the world with access to
over half a million digitized images from its extensive collection.

Visitors can search the website by topical sections, which include "Culture
& Society", "History & Geography", "Nature & Science", "Industry &
Technology", and more. You will also find other rarities from the NYPL
archives such as printed ephemera, rare prints, historical maps,
illuminated manuscripts, and illustrated books. And you don't have to
whisper either!

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/
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The History of Vegas

Las Vegas is a veritable amusement park for adults, as well as an
incessantly popular travel destination for families, singles, gamblers, and
tourists. EarlyVegas.Com is a virtual tribute to the century of
construction and urbanization that turned a small, unknown desert town into
one of the fastest growing cities in the world.

This site is filled with colorful, historic images from the dawn of Las
Vegas, a photographic timeline that demonstrates the evolution of the town
over the course of the 20th Century. Browse through the image gallery and
find photos that depict the city's humble beginnings, its legendary hotels,
the waves of constant renovations and reinventions, and its many cultural
phases from the old days of Rat Pack glamour to the mainstream Casino
Culture of today.

http://www.earlyvegas.com/
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Chow Down

Foodies will want to bookmark this delectable website, which is dutifully
dedicated to all things culinary. With its straight-forward slogan of
"Food. Drink. Fun", Chow.Com represents a new generation of food websites
that cover a wide range of gastronomic topics for people of all tastes.

Whether you are a dedicated gourmet who dines out regularly, an ethnic-food
junkie, or a domestic chef making homemade delicacies, you will enjoy
getting great tips, recipes, and articles delivered to you through
well-written articles, audio, and streaming video. The site also has tons
of other cool features, including "Kitchen Confessional" by Nigel Slater,
fun blogs about rare delicacies and other unique topics, and helpful
"how-to" videos for beginner cooks.

http://www.chow.com/
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SHORT TAKES

Pig Latin Translator

A favorite "language" among young people, Pig Latin has been spoken for
decades by kids when they want to talk publicly about secret
topics. Parents and non-speakers can decode this schoolyard jargon with
the help of this fun online translator.

http://www.snowcrest.net/donnelly/piglatin.html

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Ethical Philosophy Selector

Many of us pride ourselves on having developed our own, unique personal
philosophy on life. This cool website boasts an "Ethical Philosophy
Selector", a series of morality-based questions that visitors can answer to
determine how their personal code of ethics matches up with the beliefs of
established philosophical thinkers.

http://selectsmart.com/philosophy/

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Random Website

With so many interesting sites on the Internet these days, it can be
overwhelming to try and choose which of them are worthy of your precious
"surfing" time. Bored browsers can put their trust in RandomWebsite.Com, a
virtual smorgasbord of links to random sites that opens a new window every
time you click your mouse.

http://www.randomwebsite.com/

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Classic Surf Posters

Surfers as well as movie and pop-culture buffs will want to dive into this
cool website. Maynard's Surf Classics is an online museum that celebrates
the vintage surf movie posters of the 1960's.

Visitors can browse through the gallery of over 200 movie posters and lobby
cards from the heyday of the surf genre, including such classics as "Have
Board Will Travel", "Endless Summer", and "Plastic Fantastic Machine". In
addition to the poster gallery, there are other related features including
a bibliography of books on surfing, a guide to the sport's collectibles,
and a short history of Surf Movie Posters. Hang Ten!

http://www.surfclassics.com/
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100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year

BBC News Magazine presents this fun article, which is essentially an annual
summary of new and interesting information. Entitled "100 Things We Didn't
Know Last Year", the piece is an entertaining listing of facts,
revelations, words and other tidbits of odd data to come out of the past
year in news.

Cruise down the BBC's list of "things we now know" as a result of 2006 and
uncover gems like Barbie's full name, the British Prime Minister's favorite
meal, and the fact that, according to a professor of phonetics, cows
actually have regional accents. For those who find their curiosity peaked,
each listing has a link to "More Details" where you can read further
explanations to such recent eye-openers like "the egg came first" and "the
Pope's been known to wear Red Prada shoes."

http://redirx.com/?7xca
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Ancient Bibles

The Bible is one of the most often read books on Earth, with reverent
readers of various races, nations, and denominations from all around the
world. "In the Beginning: Bibles before the Year 1000" is an interesting
exhibition that explores the historical and cultural development of the
many texts that evolved into today's Modern Bible.

Read about the original Hebrew Scriptures, the Torah, the Greek translation
of the Bible, the earliest Christian Scriptures, scrolls and codex. This
is a fascinating study into the various versions of The Holy Book, from
different languages, empires, and cultures that played a part in sculpting
the modern version of The Bible.

http://redirx.com/?7xca

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Nursery Rhyme Lyrics

Nursery Rhymes are one of those wonderfully nostalgic aspects of childhood,
but what do we really know about the origins of the witty wordplay we sing
to our kids? Rhymes.Org is a British website that explores the often
shocking origins of popular nursery rhymes, which despite their sweet
sounds often have harsher foundations in historical events

Read about the obscure history of popular nursery rhymes such as "London
Bridge", "Old Mother Hubbard", and "Ring a Ring o Rosies", and how many of
these rhymes were actually used as clandestine vehicles for political
dissent and to parody royal and religious leaders of the day. While the
hidden meanings behind these seemingly innocent rhymes may be more
profound, somber, or sinister, we still think they are a wonderfully
comforting way to lull the kids to sleep.

http://www.rhymes.org.uk/
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Mac Spoofs

The top-selling Ipod, the simple yet brilliant "Mac vs. PC" ad campaign,
the extensive press about the infamous "Hillary Clinton 1984" viral video,
and impeccable design and marketing strategies have sent Apple surging back
into the public consciousness. With the motto "We Tease Because We Love",
this fun blog reinforces Mac's cult following with a growing collection of
surprisingly creative parodies on the companies' trademark commercials.

Scroll through the list of Mac Spoofs and you will find video parodies of
the popular TV ads that feature comedian John Hodgeman of "The Daily Show"
as a "PC" and actor Justin Long as a "MAC". Highlights include "Mac the
Stoner", "Once you go Mac…", and the Novell Linux commercials, as well as
hilarious videos made by dedicated PC users dubbing over the original spots.

http://www.macspoofs.com/
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