[TBSNews] Issue 6, 2008

[tbsnews at blackstump.com.au]

"The Black Stump" Site Update Report
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Issue 6, 2008

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1. THIS WEEKS NEW SITES
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These new sites are listed at: http://www.blackstump.com.au/new.htm

Musgle
  ....Free music search powered by Google

Guitarworld Tabs
  ....Premium Guitar World tabs and tabs submitted by users

Color Wheel Color Calculator
  ....Color creates audience responses by stimulating emotions

Kuler
  ....Color theme creation and sharing tool

The FAIL Blog
  ....Site for sharing all things that FAIL with the world

World Animal Net
  ....World's largest network of animal protection societies

Convertworld
  ....Converting between currencies, weight, volume, mass, time, 
distance and more

ShipGooder
  ....Search for rates from FedEx, UPS, DHL, Purolator, the U.S. 
Postal Service and local carriers

Track My Shipments
  ....Automatically tracks your shipments with all the major shipping companies

Sacred Contexts
  ....How Judaism, Christianity and Islam have so much in common

DVT Forum
  ....Australia's Digital TV and AV Forum

Royal Academy of Arts
  ....Across a multitude of diverse artistic traditions and practices

Flora of Australia Online
  ....Taxonomic and biological information on species known to occur 
in Australia

Buying Guide for Vegetables
  ....Check the characteristic signs of freshness such as bright, 
lively color and crispness

Recipe Matcher
  ....Type in items in your pantry, and see you what you can make

Dealing With Emergencies
  ....When you are faced with an emergency or injury, you will know 
where to turn

Google Maps Mania
  ....Tracking the websites, mashups and tools being influenced by Google Maps

Top 25 Web 2.0 Search Engines
  ....Traverse the invisible Web and index other previously 
unsearchable research sources

Tweetscan
  ....Real-time search engine for Twitter posts

Teacher Tube
  ....Teach the world via Video


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2. SOFTWARE UPDATES
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Links to Updates  ----> http://www.blackstump.com.au/software.htm#SO

Firefox 2.0.0.12
The Bat! Home 4.0.7
QuickTime 7.4.1
Skype 3.6.0.248
Website Watcher 4.40 Beta-2
Feedreader 3.12
Opera 9.50 Beta Build 9755

Software Listings  ---> http://www.blackstump.com.au/software.htm

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3. OTHER PAGES UPDATED RECENTLY INCLUDE:
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All About Australia  - http://www.blackstump.com.au/all.about.australia.htm
Art & Artists        - http://www.blackstump.com.au/art.htm
Bizarro              - http://www.blackstump.com.au/why.htm
Books                - http://www.blackstump.com.au/books.htm
British              - http://www.blackstump.com.au/british.htm
Environment          - http://www.blackstump.com.au/environment.htm
Finance & Stocks     - http://www.blackstump.com.au/stocks.htm
Freeware             - http://www.blackstump.com.au/freeware.htm
Funny Sites/Humour   - http://www.blackstump.com.au/giggle.htm
Girl's Guide         - http://www.blackstump.com.au/women.htm
Guides and FAQs      - http://www.blackstump.com.au/guides.htm
Homework Helper      - http://www.blackstump.com.au/homework.htm
Music                - http://www.blackstump.com.au/music.htm
Pirate Petes Pick    - http://www.blackstump.com.au/piratepete.htm
Recipes              - http://www.blackstump.com.au/recipes.htm
Teacher              - http://www.blackstump.com.au/teacher.htm
Words/Quotations     - http://www.blackstump.com.au/words.htm

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4. OTHER STUFF
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Beyond The Black Stump Blog at http://btbs.blogspot.com is updated 
daily with more new sites of interest.

All the tabs in the Black Stump banner at the top of every page are 
clickable links e.g. Calculator, Calendar etc....try them..
The Search Engines tabs in the banner (e.g. Google) also pop up 
little windows to make searching your favourite engine a bit easier.

Click on the small red arrow in the left section of the banner and 
the toolbar will load into a separate, small window...give it a 
try....the separate windows are all re-sizeable and customisable for 
your convenience.

If you like what we do please recommend the Black Stump site to your 
friends and spread the word.

Thanks for your support - it is appreciated!

Take it easy !
Pete