• Use a lot of sarcasm and off-beat humor in your email – It is hard to tell the difference between humor/sarcasm and sincerity without the facial expressions, body language, and tone. So yuk it up. This works especially well with people with whom you have little personal contact or who are extremely sensitive.
• Use email to deliver bad news – It gets you out of that uncomfortable face-to-face situation when you have to give someone bad news. Who wants to hear all that crying anyway?
• Send a flame message quickly – When letting someone have it, send your flame fast. Get it there while the feelings are still hot. You might not want to send it tomorrow.

Great tips on how to use Amazon in multiple ways to market your self-published book, CD, or DVD. From Kevin Kelly.

Does Internet = Social Isolation?

Stanford researchers think so.

"Compared to those who do not use the Internet frequently, those who do—31 percent of the U.S. population, according to the study—spend a whopping 70 minutes less daily interacting with family, 25 minutes less sleeping and 30 minutes less watching television."

I'm always looking out for you. Allrecipes.com is a great cooking site on the net. They have recipes for every need, including quick and easy, vegetarian, low-salt, and suggestions for a well-stocked pantry.

New York Places Image Library Online

The New York Public Library has uploaded most of its image archives (over a hundred thousand photos) into a digital gallery. Some terrific photographs and illustrations here.

I wish I could copy these pictures in a clearer format. But anyways, here are snapshots of people having a terrible time at Disneyworld. Thanks sThig.

I thought everyone knew their Myers-Briggs Type. You know, Introvert/Extrovert, Feeling/Thinking etc. Why would I think that? I don't know. I guess because I am intuitive, and sometimes that allows me to draw (incorrect) conclusions without full knowledge of the facts. At least that's what I just read on this site that you should check out.

These sixteen personality types are based on Carl Jung's personality theories. Anyways, if you don't know yours and would like to find out, or... if you took the test a long time ago and would like to see if you changed at all, surf on over to Humanmetrics.com. The Q&A takes from 5-10 minutes to fill out. Definitely worthwhile, with links to the descriptions of all 16 types.

This is my favorite site posted so far on the Daily Pick.

Chickenhead.com had compiled a list of the 50 Worst Titles for Children's Books. My favorites include:

A great addition to the net. The Russian Photography Collection includes images from 1917-45, including many from the sieges of Leningrad and Stalingrad.

Also, a recording of a Tasmanian Devil. This is the worst sound I have ever heard in my life. You've been warned.

Give Some, Get Some. Freecycle is a cool site where you can get free stuff or give away free stuff. It's like a cyber yard sale, but without money involved. You don't even have to trade for things. It's like a socialist Ebay.

This is a wonderfully sarcastic and warm artistic project. Jason Yungbluth has taken a children's book called My Little Golden Book about God, and turned it in to something called The Cuddly Menace by simply replacing the text. The Cuddly concerns an alien race called Zogg that has arrived to take over our planet.

New York City subway announcements are not unintelligible almost 75% of the time. Up from 2/3rds of the time in 2003.

Video Site: IFilm

IFilm has all sorts of short videos of recent famous and infamous events. Everything from Fidel Castro breaking his knee, to a Red Sox fan flashing her breasts during a pitch, to George W's one-fingered salute. You'll need Windows Media, Real Player, or Quicktime. The best, by far, is Triumph: Poop Valhalla. Triumph the dog takes on the spin doctors at the Presidential debate. Don't drink milk during this video. It will come out your nose.

Need a random number? How about one number between one and ten? Or, perhaps 10,000 of them between one and 100,000,000,000? Check out random.org.

 On an "average day" in 2003, persons in the U.S. age 15 and over slept
about 8.6 hours, spent 5.1 hours doing leisure and sports activities,
worked for 3.7 hours, and spent 1.8 hours doing household activities.  The
remaining 4.8 hours were spent in a variety of other activities, including
eating and drinking, attending school, and shopping.  The average day
measures for the entire population reflect the average distribution of time
across all persons, whether or not each person engaged in that activity on
their diary day. 

Photos from U.S. Army Soldier

Hello From Iraq. Photos and e-postcards from Pat, a U.S. soldier in Iraq. From Rich Buchanon's Happy Robot site.