I'm Sure I Saved This For A Reason

You're welcome, you may have seen some of these links spread around in different seeds. This is where I put links that are useful or funny or topical but not really seedworthy.

...and nice. :)

you might want to clip this page to your private clippings or bookmark. There are a LOT of really good and useful links here as well as lot of fun stuff.

yeah, I'm an old guy who believes that music didn't stop after the 70's.

Glad you found your way here.

umm, that's not me in my avatar. Sorry! Most people who know me know it's Troy Anthony Davis. I've had his as my avatar for about 2 1/2 years now. I pledged to keep him as my avatar till he received a new trial or until the state of Ga. kills him. I'm 60 IRL.

Thanks Minnie, it's a pretty large format too. Easier on older eyes.

Shelterbox

Heck, this is a good idea for anyone. Everyone should have one of these. :)

collapable port-a-potty

I'm not sure if this is for real or not.

Life Straw

These three products,taken together could be a godsend for people in a catastrophe zone. The life straw people make some other good products too.

Modern Survival Retreat.

The peepoo bag.

It's easy to make fun of something like this.

A funny name for a serious attempt to solve a growing global problem, lack of fresh water.

The Lifesaver Bottle. Another way to utilize less than clean water.

I'm always open to good ideas that are low tech and much needed. The Water Cone fills the bill.

It's simple to use, stackable, easy to transport and very durable. It can distill up to 1.5 liters a day from brackish or salt water.

The Life Box

You can get started by simply tearing up the box, planting in soil, and watering. For a more detailed planting guide you can consult the Growing Instructions included with your box—and also available online—where we provide tips to help your Life Box™ flourish.

I like the concept, they are pricey but inpregnating cardboard fiber with tree seeds so all that is needed is to 'tear up, plant and water' seems like something that couldn't hurt and might help.

Mars Homestead Project Let's all go to Mars!

What to do: First Contact with an alien species.

I won't lie to you, I've dreamed of making first contact with an alien species since I read the Voyage to the Mushroom Planet books when I was a kid. Yes, believe it or not, ET was not even close to the first story of a kid making contact with an alien. Not even counting the wonderful 'A Wrinkle in Time."

Tag galaxy

An incredible source for pictures. Remarkable tool.

Not really my thing but some may find it interesting.

YouCube.

Make a cube of your favorite youtube videos. As you rotate the cube with the mouse the music of the videos fade in and out.

Just a jpeg:

"Terrorism is the war of the poor and powerless."

"War is the terrorism of the rich and powerful."

Just say "No to war."

Not a difficult concept. (warning: Pro-choice poster)

Usually I slam the believers but I'll give JHC a little time too.

How to speak to a service representative (or any other service person really)

I'm going to tell a little story here. There was once a large furniture showroom building that had 2 air conditioning compressors that failed at once. On one floor was a group of small dealers with about 5 different dealers in the same area. On one floor was a large dealer who was renting the entire floor, both wings. One of the wings on his floor had no a/c.

The people on the floor with the small dealers were understanding and even helpful while we tried to get their a/c fixed. One of the ladies made lemonade and gave us cookies.

The fellow in charge on the large floor took me to the side and asked that I keep 'that Mexican' off the sales floor. That 'Mexican' being my helper and friend of over 5 years.

Guess who's a/c got fixed right away, and guess who's a/c wasn't fixed till the second day of the furniture market? Not that we couldn't have fixed it, but after I told the other guys what happened we found out that we were missing a part for the second compressor. Efrain had been working there for a long time and was well liked. ;/

Here's a tip, be nice to people if you want them to do something that you really need done.

Say to yourself in the early morning: I shall meet today inquisitive, ungrateful, violent, treacherous, envious, uncharitable men. All these things have come upon them through ignorance of real good and ill.

This Marcus Aurelius still makes sense. My old sales manager, back when I was selling vacuum cleaners door to door, used to tell us something very similar to encourage us to keep on when people were really rude and insulting to us.

He would tell me:
"You're going to meet 3 @!$%#s every single day. It's doesn't mean they're bad people, maybe they're just having a bad day. Don't let them ruin yours."

Our fathers were both rude and bold,
And would not live like brothers;
But we are of a finer mould—
We’re much more like our mothers!

From and anti-war song by H.P. Lovecraft, that's right, the original horror writer.

1. Wealth without work
2. Pleasure without conscience
3. Knowledge without character
4. Commerce without morality
5. Science without humanity
6. Worship without sacrifice
7. Politics without principle

7 Blunders of the World (Mahatma Ghandi)

The 10 Canine Commandments

Number 10 is the toughest one of all, when the time comes.

This is a bit different.

Doggleganger is a website that matches people to dogs based on a photo of the person. Choose a picture, full face, no hats or scarves and doggleganger will match you to your best fit dog breed look-a-like.

I knew that thing was going to be trouble. Better be careful, next thing you know you'll have a house full of pups. :D

"A life of recreational drug use, casual sex and occasional studying gets boring after a while..."

Yeah, right.

Questionable Content is one of my favorite online comics. I've been reading it for a couple of years now.

I'm not ashamed to say it:

Thank goodness I'm not the woman!

Seriously, my hat's off to the mothers of the world.I really like Surviving the World. It's my favorite photo comic.

This one made me laugh for real. :)

Loldwell.com

The Vine for news, the Net for the Comics. Who needs newspapers?

Once Upon a Saturday

Don't look if you're a true believer. :)

Jesus already came twice, what do you think happened to Atlantis?

SMBC

Another one true believers might not appreciate.

This one isn't an online comic. It's a link to 22 Salinger short stories. JD Salinger is one of my favorite writers of all time.

LBJ's ghost, Obama's future?

On the 7th Day God Rested...and he never got off his fat ass again.

Happle Tea

Burden Of Proof

GodBlock is a web filter that blocks religious content. It is targeted at parents and schools who wish to protect their kids from the often violent, sexual, and psychologically harmful material in many holy texts, and from being indoctrinated into any religion before they are of the age to make such decisions.

Another good reason to support gay marriage.

It's a Dog's Life. Charlie the dog has it too, too tough. :)

Funny and too true. Believers with no sense of humor might want to skip this one.

war and peace...and war...and peace.

That's what I'm talking about.

"Poor is the new black."

Aint it the truth?!

Dark Science.

The Devil's Panties by Jennie Breeden, hompage.

A couple of my favorites:

"At least they're not doing it for you." Read the next few after this one too. Her take on God and the Devil is unusual.

"I said no such thing!"

what's your world view? This little chart just might help your refine it.

Her:

"You know I'm filthy rich, yeah?"

Him:

"Yeah. I love your car. Tell me if you ever want a kept man."

Her:

"Oh, I never buy them. But sometimes I test drive the hell out of one."

A Girl and Her Fed.

Tom the Dancing Bug, satirical comic strip.

This one kind of says it all;

Let Your Kids Develop Their Own Opinions

Sandi, exactly. The metaphor of branding is rather horribly exact isn't it?

Insofar as I may be heard by anything, which may or may not care what I say, I ask, if it matters, that you be forgiven for anything you may have done or failed to do which requires forgiveness. Conversely, if not forgiveness but something else may be required to insure any possible benefit for which you may be eligible after the destruction of your body, I ask that this, whatever it may be, be granted or withheld, as the case may be, in such a manner as to insure your receiving said benefit. I ask this in my capacity as your elected intermediary between yourself and that which may not be yourself, but which may have an interest in the matter of your receiving as much as it is possible for you to receive of this thing, and which may in some way be influenced by this ceremony. Amen.

Atheist's Prayer

Creatures of Light and Darkness (Roger Zelazny)

mail order husbands together with conjugal harmony it looks open and shut. :)

OK, I realized I had shirked a very important part of the population, Zombies!!

Zombie Harmony, a dating service for zombies. No need to spend eternal damnation alone.

printable Zombie targets:

Zombie Targets

Did more soldiers die during Bill Clinton's administration than during the Bush Administration.

The answer is no. This is a response from fact check.org about an email making the rounds.

graph of national debt by year I thought the dems were supposed to be the big spenders.

Purged Documents of the Civil Rights Commission. What do you do with something like this?

nsa.gov That's what it says anyway.

Internet health report

What the heck is this?

Websites of US embassies around the world also consulates and diplomatic missions.

email and fax numbers of all U. S. Congressmen and Govenors.

How to easily delete online accounts. With ever increasing concerns about how much of your personal info is kept and/or traded by online sites like Facebook or Skype, more and more people are opting out. This site can ease the task.

Document Corrupter. It's not what you think...or maybe it is. Got an unreasonable deadline to get that school assignment or work assignment done. This site will provide a document that is corrupted and can't be opened. That can give a day or 2 breathing time to finish your report.

We have all been in the situation where we have half-finished work due tomorrow. You can upload a unfinished word document and this tool will modify it so that it cannot be opened. You can send the corrupted file instead to buy yourself some extra time.

Keep me OUT!!

Addicted to a website? Wanting to cut down on your visits?
Make a bookmark for the website with us and store it in your browser.
Using the bookmark will prevent you from visiting the website too often!

Check Usernames.

A handy little site that will let you know in advance if the screen name you want is available on any of about 150 social sites...including the Vine.

Free Information Society...take a look. Free ebooks, articles, media clips.

It's a good site, there is a TON of stuff there.

Tor Project: Anonymity Online

With all the identity theft and online invasions of privacy we all read about every day it's never a bad idea to consider increasing anonymity.

Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues.

A collection of links concerning copyright laws.

I knew it was a good one to share as soon as I found it.

Emergency IP list:

So if these bastards in DC decide to ruin the internet, here’s how to access your favorite sites in the event of a DNS takedown

tumblr.com 174.121.194.34
wikipedia.org 208.80.152.201

# News
bbc.co.uk 212.58.241.131
aljazeera.com 198.78.201.252

# Social media
reddit.com 72.247.244.88
imgur.com 173.231.140.219
google.com 74.125.157.99
youtube.com 74.125.65.91
yahoo.com 98.137.149.56
hotmail.com 65.55.72.135
bing.com 65.55.175.254
digg.com 64.191.203.30
theonion.com 97.107.137.164
hush.com 65.39.178.43
gamespot.com 216.239.113.172
ign.com 69.10.25.46
cracked.com 98.124.248.77
sidereel.com 144.198.29.112
github.com 207.97.227.239

# Torrent sites
thepiratebay.org 194.71.107.15
mininova.com 80.94.76.5
btjunkie.com 93.158.65.211
demonoid.com 62.149.24.66
demonoid.me 62.149.24.67

# Social networking
facebook.com 69.171.224.11
twitter.com 199.59.149.230
tumblr.com 174.121.194.34
livejournal.com 209.200.154.225
dreamwidth.org 69.174.244.50

# Live Streaming Content
stickam.com 67.201.54.151
blogtv.com 84.22.170.149
justin.tv 199.9.249.21
chatroulette.com 184.173.141.231
omegle.com 97.107.132.144
own3d.tv 208.94.146.80
megavideo.com 174.140.154.32

# Television
gorillavid.com 178.17.165.74
videoweed.com 91.220.176.248
novamov.com 91.220.176.248
tvlinks.com 208.223.219.206
1channel.com 208.87.33.151

# Shopping
amazon.com 72.21.211.176
newegg.com 216.52.208.187
frys.com 209.31.22.39

# File Sharing
mediafire.com 205.196.120.13
megaupload.com 174.140.154.20
fileshare.com 208.87.33.151
multiupload.com 95.211.149.7
uploading.com 195.191.207.40
warez-bb.org 31.7.57.13
hotfile.com 199.7.177.218
gamespy.com 69.10.25.46
what.cd 67.21.232.223
warez.ag 178.162.238.136
putlocker.com 89.238.130.247
uploaded.to 95.211.143.200
dropbox.com 199.47.217.179
pastebin.com 69.65.13.216

Check out the link. Might want to save a copy locally, might want to add some of your own to the list.

Tell me what you think.

Block Poster

Make a poster a block at a time. Create a large wall poster. check it out.

This one is kind of low tech and old fashioned, but it might be useful to someone.

Quartermaster General Manual of Pack Transportation

Just click the cover and pages. It's a book about knots and tying loads on pack mules produced by the U. S. Army. Would be better as a pdf.

North American Street Newspaper Assn.

This is an interesting notion. I sent off for their newsletter. I'm going to check it out.

Occupygeorge.com

Check this one out. Seriously, if you're an OWS's supporter, if you're just fed up with the lies from the rich. Templates and stamps to put the truth out there where it counts...right on the money!!!

Ok, I sent off for the street paper guide. It's a 38 page pdf, fairly short as these things go. Some interesting ideas. I'd never really seen anything like this, but the little village I live in has only got a weekly paper anyway, and it's printed in another town! :)

I like the concept of the street paper. Could be workable project for a club or some other social organization.

If I could figure out how to seed the PDF to the Vine I would. If you decide to send for it, include your zip code and if there are already any street papers in operation in your area. (Yes, they'll ask, that's why I said go ahead and do it. Saves time.) They're very nice, got my Guide and 2 page pdf about the basics yesterday.

there's no telling how many men-hours of apology something like this could save! :)

these two go together like coffee and cake.

woomba

Feminine hygiene product, from the makers of the Roomba.

(This is so wrong and so funny)

Ok, this one is just funny, but apparently it's for real too.

The Off Road Commode.

Keyboard for Blondes...offered without further comment.

Because patriotism comes in all colors. :)

Camel Toe Preventer.

'nuff said.

That's too bad. It was a truly EPIC, raving, lunatic, off-the-wall-hormonal rant left on a gynecologist's answering machine by a patient. A lot of these links are years old. I keep up with and have updated some of them, but a lot were just novelties that seem to have expired.

Sorry bout that.

A very interesting and helpful site about how the budget is split up.

The 2009 Federal Discretionary Budget(Death and Taxes)

Very interesting graphic presentation of the proposed budget, Bush's last as president.

"Death and Taxes" is a large representational graph and poster of the federal budget. It contains over 500 programs and departments and almost every program that receives over 200 million dollars annually. The data is straight from the president's 2009 budget request and will be debated, amended, and approved by Congress to begin the fiscal year. All of the item circles are proportional in size to their spending totals and the percentage change from 2008 is included to spot trends and disproportion.

What is it really?

"Death and Taxes" is more than just numbers. It is a uniquely revealing look at our national priorities, that fluctuate yearly, according to the wishes of the President, the power of Congress, and the will of the people. Thousands of pages of raw data have been boiled down to one poster that provides the most open and accessible record of our nations' spending than ever before. If you pay taxes, then you have paid for a small part of everything in the poster. "Death and Taxes" is an essential poster for any responsible citizen or information junkie.

The REAL site for free credit reports. Annual credit report.com. The real site for a once a year free credit report.

Here's then number of the National Do Not Call Registry.

888-382-1222

Do it online here. Do Not Call. gov

american prisoners, slavery in America

Bayes? There are some people on NV who remind me of Mark. I try not to be him.

Federalist paper #10 James Madison. This is so relevant to what's happening now that I was shocked when I first scanned it. I read the whole thing, it's long. Madison discusses factions and their effects in a way that is still applicable today. I'll certainly be going back and reading this one again.

OSS rumor manual A guideline for the OSS on how to concoct a successful rumor. Very interesting.

The role of Zabalaza Books is to make Anarchist literature cheaply available to working and poor people

In answer to a growing swell of interest in realistic responses to the excesses of the present American empire, The Middlebury Institute has been launched by a group of activists and professionals to promote the serious study of separatism, secession, self-determination and similar devolutionary trends and developments, on both national and international scales.
We believe that, of the options open to those who would dissent from the actions and institutions of a government grown too big and unwieldy and its handmaiden corporate sponsors grown too powerful and corrupt, the only comprehensive and practical one is some form of separatism.

"Banned Book?"

This is a remarkable compendium of difficult to find (or in some cases even understand) books, essays and articles that are banned on torrent sites.

Survival Guide for Civilians in a Revolution.

10 ways to fight hate: A Community Response.

Democracy in America, Alexis de Tocqueville

Emma Goldman, Anarchy and other Essays.

I'm no anarchist, but I can sense the allure of it.

Liberalism (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Social Justice Wiki

Go Rin No Sho (book of 5 rings)

U.S. Army Counter Insurgency Manual. (PDF)

Free (Astronomy) Books Online. (some for download, some can be read online)

Beyond Weird.com

Astral Workings, Alchemy, The Art of True Healing...huh?

side by side comparison of ID and the Scientific Method

pop. stats of believers and atheists

ANOMALOUS MENTAL PHENOMENA
RESEARCH IN RUSSIA AND
THE FORMER SOVIET UNION:
A FOLLOW UP

An interesting pdf about psychic research in the Former Soviet Union.

An interesting and scary little site. Hit the Earth with an asteroid.

Why We Protest.org

The basis of the anonymous movement explained. How it came to start, why they focused on Scientology, etc.

private dicks.org

Anonymous website with pictures of private detectives hired by CoS to investigate Anonymous.

you tube video about scientology

Operation SeaArrrgh

The name has been chosen, the date has been set! In honor of the Sea Org, we will be protesting the church on Sunday June 15th (note, this is a day after most other protests worldwide). The Sea Org is Scientology's wannabe Navy, which also perpetuates atrocities such as forced labor, coerced abortions, and cancer spreading. The Sea Org is the Scientology organization that requires members to sign a billion year contract pledging their lives, plus their "future lives," to service in the Sea Org. (Strangely, there have been no reports of any reincarnated Sea Org members signing up for their second lifetime.)

Anonymous is getting ready for a big protest on June 15th.

a scientology victim's story.

Telling you not to look didn't work with the other one did it?

Fun Facts about Farts.

I can attest to the placing of Labs on the 'Heaviest Farters' list. My lab can gag a maggot with her farts.

"Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends."
Ä Tom Waits

Bill to re-legalize marijuana

Anti-drug war ad

US Patent 6630507 - Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants

Very interesting, not sure what to make of it though.

18 Rules For Living