"cubistic." http://www.squidoo.com/lensmasters/access2 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:43:13 -0600 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.squidoo.com/aStores 21 AUG 07 - Amazon.com's aStores are one year old today, and to celebrate, Amazon has unveiled a whole new set of features. (Actually a week ago, but why quibble?) Now you can quickly and easily build thousands of Amazon product pages using the unlimited category nesting feature, build your own site navigation, and customize your store's look and feel with CSS. See Associate's Blog article newsandpolitics Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:43:54 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Beginners-Guide This lens isn't finished yet, but a couple of decent modules are ready, so I'm publishing. (When is a lens ever "finished?") computers Tue, 06 May 2008 12:31:25 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/ign..World-of-Warcraft Thanks for making this the #1 IGN group Lens! The Burning Crusade is finally shipping! Order Now! videogames Tue, 06 May 2008 12:33:52 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Stupid-Squidoo-Tricks You can do a lot with the Squidoo resource with a little imagination and some trial and error. Edison said genius was "99% perspiration," but he didn't say whose! Update: "StumbleUpon" computers Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:52:18 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/American-Girl The American Girl® brand was established in 1986 by educator & entrepreneur Pleasant T. Rowland. Mattel acquired American Girl's parent Pleasant Company in 1998. American Girl is the direct marketer of the popular collectible-quality American Girl 18" dolls -- The marketing "hook" for their more widely distributed merchandise tie-ins -- primarily a well-regarded series of books aimed at the 4-13 year old age group. education Tue, 06 May 2008 12:33:26 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Times-Bestsellers The New York Times Bestsellers list may not be the most prestigious award in literature any more than the Billboard top 40 is more covetted than the Grammy. But it's money in the bank for authors. Here are this week's winners. (Updated when Amazon.com gets around to it, usually Monday afternoon.) newsandpolitics Tue, 06 May 2008 12:32:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/NY-Times-Paperback-Nonfiction New! Subscribe by E-Mail! This RSS feed is updated automagically when Amazon.com gets around to it, usually Monday afternoon. E-Mails should arrive Tuesday mornings. Subscribe by Email newsandpolitics Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:52:55 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Classics-Illustrated Classics Illustrated Comics have introduced generations to the world of literature. They include fairly high-quality art, and are reasonably true to their original source material. Some would say they were early versions of the ill-defined graphic novel genre Classics Illustrated Junior began later to introduce a younger audience to favorite fairy tales and legends. sports Tue, 06 May 2008 12:32:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/squidooworkshop101 Squidoo is great for people who have something to say, but aren't web-obsessed enough to learn HTML. Still, you need to know a thing or two about web publishing if you want your creations to be seen. education Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:53:29 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Skip-McGrath Lensmaster Skip McGrath and his wife Karen have been eBay Power sellers for over six years. Skip has written a number of books that will help eBay novices and seasoned sellers alike to maximize their profits as eBay sellers. These books should be of interest to all lensmasters who use the eBay module in their lenses, as well as to eBay sellers generally. business Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:54:04 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Lensmaster-Amazon-Tools As a long-time Amazon associate, I've developed some tools that can help you find specific products. First, there's my Book Category Search. Officially a public "beta," it works fine, but is not yet complete. Secondly, there are the "Top Ten" lists which will keep you on top of what's hot at Amazon.com. Although I originally intended them as a tool to quickly locate popular Amazon products for webmasters, they have proven to be popular with busy shoppers, too.. shopping Tue, 06 May 2008 12:57:33 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Necessity Lumping Frank Zappa's kids into one category and calling it "the Zappa Family" isn't especially good organization, particularly since the Zappas aren't a family act like The Osmonds or The Jackson Five Borrowing a strategem from Capt. von Trapp, we'll just stick to Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention If you like Frank Zappa, you may be a borderline sociopathic cultist who won't like anything else, but you could try Captain Beefheart, The Fugs, Professor Longhair, or Meat Loaf arts Tue, 06 May 2008 12:58:45 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/DVD-Feed A lot of people don't "get" RSS yet, and I confess I'm a relative newbie myself, but the point is that the content on this page changes four times a day (If everything is working) regardless of the "Lens Freshness" data in the sidebar. Come back and visit often, we don't have all the third-party reviews that Amazon.com has, but we link to them and we load faster! shopping Tue, 06 May 2008 13:03:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/npr..Public-Radio National Public Radio supports one of the most cost-effective news organizations in America today, and promotes diversity in musical programming, including a lot of instrumental music, which I find less distracting than earwig lyrics that comandeer the verbal faculties of your brain whether you can understand them or not. We are happy to contribute half the proceeds from this lens to the cause. arts Tue, 06 May 2008 12:59:24 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/WealthofNations Two events made 1776 a remarkable year. The first is the well-known Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress. The other, which ultimately has had a far greater influence on the world in which we live, was the quiet publication of The Wealth of Nations by Scottish philosopher Adam Smith. Calling Smith an economist belies the fact that prior to The Wealth of Nations "economics" did not exist. His book is the foundation of the academic discipline. business Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:51:45 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Felicity-Merriman "Felicity Merriman is an independent, loyal, spirited girl growing up in colonial Virginia in 1774, just before the Revolutionary War. Felicity® is impatient doing the “sitting-down kinds of things” that colonial girls are expected to do. She much prefers to be outdoors, especially riding horses! In her stories, Felicity learns about loyalty and responsibility—to her family, her friends, and her country—and what it means to be truly independent." kids Tue, 06 May 2008 13:07:22 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Hot-Products Looking for great products from Amazon.com to feature on your webpage, blog, or Squidoo lens? We've done the heavy lifting for you! (So give us 5 stars.) education Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:55:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/DnD The barkeep of the Rutting Unicorn jerks his head significantly toward a lone figure in threadbare robes shrouded in the shadows at the far corner of the public house. Nearing, you glimpse Architeuthis' visage, hideously stained vert et gules in magical combat long ago. "I have forseen your coming," he intones in a voice at once soft and hoarse, yet indescribably powerful. "Buy me an ale, and I will fulfill your quest..." shopping Tue, 06 May 2008 12:34:25 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Top-100-Classics It seems that disappearance of the Penguin Classics Complete Collection, an "Amazon exclusive," was a momentary SNAFU. We're leaving these links to the "top 100" titles, as they are, since you can't be too sure what may happen to "screen-scraped" feeds. Who but Amazon.com would offer free shipping on 700 pounds of books? That includes all APO and FPO addresses, too -- so maybe  you'd like to get together a few dozen friends and send one of these to Iraq or Afghanistan. You know how it is in the military: "Hurry up and wait." and many joined to get a college education. Then again, maybe you just need some books for the new lake house... arts Wed, 07 May 2008 16:34:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Line-conditioning Does your computer crash in weird, non-reproducible ways? It may not be a software problem. An inadequate power supply can cause extremely unpredictable operation, and it is one of the most frequently overlooked computer hardware SNAFUs. "Brand name" equipment is as susceptible as home-built and white box units, too. It seems nobody gives the lowly power supply it due, even though every other component in the system depends on it. Let's assume you've had your computer for a while, and you've added a few "upgrades" -- a faster processor, additional RAM, maybe an additional hard drive or CD-ROM burner. Did you consider the addtional power demands those components would place on your power supply? Probably not, and to be fair you should give yourself a break -- most "professional" repair shops don't give it a second thought, either. computers Wed, 07 May 2008 16:42:24 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/NYTimes-Hardcover-Fiction New! Subscribe by E-Mail! This RSS feed is updated automagically when Amazon.com gets around to it, usually Monday afternoon. E-Mails should arrive Tuesday mornings.     See also: Captain Squid's Lenses of Doom newsandpolitics Tue, 06 May 2008 13:07:39 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/david-byrne David Byrne is best known as the lead singer and principal songwriter of the new wave supergroup Talking Heads Byrne is known for his interests beyond music, including film and information theory, and won an academy award for his "Last Emperor" soundtrack. If you like David Byrne, you may also enjoy Brian Eno, David Bowie, Devo, or Peter Gabriel arts Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:38:22 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/CLEP When I started my credit by examination page (years ago) I focussed on the somewhat obscure DSST exams, thinking, "Everybody knows about CLEP." Besides, the DANTES option was a lot cheaper. Well a lot of people know CLEP exists, but the College Board site is hard to navigate, and arbitrarily places a lot of the information students really need in their "teachers and administrators" section. Besides CLEP and DSST cost about the same now. Anyway, the CLEP section isn't nearly as "fleshed out" as the DSST pages, but they contain some valuable links, and I'll be working to get them up to speed in the coming weeks. There are at least a few textbook suggestions, something the College Board neglects. education Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:19 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/espresso-machines Full-bodied, aromatic, and flavorful -- espresso is a delight to the senses and a tonic to the soul. Once the exclusive property of the beat generation, espresso has gained in popularity with the introduction of specialty coffee outlets like Starbuck's. Where a few years ago the would-be home barista would have been hard-pressed to find a serviceable espresso machine, she is now confronted with more options than can be absorbed in a few days. Here are the results of our considerable research into currently available espresso machines and associated paraphernailia: food Wed, 07 May 2008 16:33:19 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/webmd..Nursing-Books I've put a lot of work into this book store, and I certainly hope that the people at Squidoo who put the "under construction" WebMD page online over a year ago AT LEAST don't "mess" up another co-branded page because they don't know the difference between "short-staffed" and "unstaffed". They all need a tour of duty somewhere. See the "humorous" details health Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:25:20 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/amazon "Amazon" is a very popular word referring to a number of things, but they all refer back to the Amazons, a tribe of warrior women most notably found in Greek mythology. If you seek "The Earth's Biggest Bookstore" ... oops!. I'm testing search engines, including the aggressively non-commercial ODP, so this is about everything except what you were looking for. Try "any" search engine, like the Squidoo search at the top of this page. education Thu, 05 Jun 2008 06:54:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Josefina-Montoya "Josefina Montoya is a hopeful, caring, faithful girl. She is growing up in 1824 New Mexico, a place of sweeping big skies and hard work, danger, and dreams. In Josefina’s stories, she and her family watch their old ways cross paths with the new as americano traders arrive from the east. Josefina is lucky to have her family and faith to guide her through all the changes in her life!" kids Tue, 06 May 2008 12:58:24 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/calendar-sales Calendars make great Christmas gifts, and with the increasing popularity of 18-month calendars, they can also be a thoughtful gift year-round! shopping Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:26:40 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Captain-Squid I know that a lot of people use computers for personal networking (as opposed to computer networking, which is another topic.) Accordingly, a lot of attention is paid to avatars and biographies. My primary focus as a webmaster is to generate enough income to quit my day job, and thus have time to devote to personal projects. As a retailer, I'm not so interested in presenting my personal views as I am in trying to put product links in front of people who might be interested in them. entertainment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:14:45 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/My-Squidoo If you haven't heard of Web 2.0 yet, you soon will. Chances are you'll be hearing more about Squidoo in that context, too. One of the first things about Squidoo to attract my attention was it's capability to publish embedded RSS feeds. Now you can have pages that automatically update themselves on a regular basis! computers Tue, 06 May 2008 13:00:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Music-Genres Bands and artists strive to develop their own unique sound, then the music industry pigeonholes them into more-or-less appropriate genres. This page should make it a little easier to find your favorites. shopping Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:42:22 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/social-bookmarks This lens was originally intended to be part of my RSS Feeds & Syndication lens, but it quickly became apparent that it needed it's own space. It's just a bunch of links at the moment, so flame gently, please. I'll be adding commentary RSN. computers Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:24:29 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Browse-Amazon-Books Unless you spend an inordinate amount of time searching for books at Amazon.com, you probably didn't notice that they have recently overhauled their ridiculously inadequate search function. The change is a big improvement overall, but a big step backward for those who prefer browsing through categories over keyword searches. computers Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:22:47 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/NY-Times-Hardcover-Nonfiction New! Subscribe by E-Mail! This RSS feed is updated automagically when Amazon.com gets around to it, usually Monday afternoon. E-Mails should arrive Tuesday mornings. Subscribe by Email newsandpolitics Wed, 07 May 2008 16:40:07 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/americanheart..Low-Salt-Diet Excessive sodium in the form of table salt is not good for the electrolyte balance that helps to regulate nerve impulses in the healthy heart. health Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:35:22 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/misc-feeds Electronic gadgets are here to stay. Besides the obvious computer, audio / video, and portable categories, there are a lot of office and "miscellaneous" devices featured here. shopping Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:40:22 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Book-Listmania-1 Anyone can write a Listmania! list, but Amazon.com's book department editors do an especially good job. Here are their most recent 250 lists. shopping Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:21:09 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Nellie-OMalley American Girl has created some new historical characters since Amazon.com made their American Girl's category. Eventually, this page will expand into a page for each character, but for now, they're all lumped together here, since the associated products can be hard to locate. kids Wed, 07 May 2008 16:40:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Amazon-Deals New and updated!. Find bargains at Amazon.com before they've come and gone! Everybody loves a bargain, and Amazon.com has a lot of them... IF you know where to look! Visit these bargain categories any time, and be sure to stop by The Friday Sale every week! Don't forget to check out the "Top Ten" offers in DVDs, Music & Videos, updated hourly.   shopping Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:24:02 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Kirsten-Larson "Kirsten Larson is a brave, steadfast pioneer girl growing up on the Minnesota prairie in 1854. Her stories begin with her long, dangerous voyage with her family from Sweden to America. At first, Kirsten finds it difficult to get used to this strange new country. But as she makes friends and discovers what her new land has to offer, she learns the true meaning of home—and that love is the same in any language." kids Tue, 06 May 2008 12:59:42 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Levitt-Dubner Economic influences shape our daily lives both overtly and in more subtle ways. Oddly, the subject is often viewed as arcane and unknowable. I'm always glad to see good books like Freakonomics, or Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson demystify this everyday discipline. Steven D. Levitt is a highly respected, albeit unorthodox professor of economics at the University of Chicago. business Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:33:58 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Samantha-Parkington "Samantha Parkington is a bright, compassionate, generous girl being raised by her wealthy grandmother in 1904, during a time of great change. Samantha’s world is filled with frills and finery, parties and play. But Samantha sees that times are not good for everybody. That’s why she tries to make a difference in the life of her friend Nellie, a servant girl whose world is nothing like Samantha’s." kids Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:13:03 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/book-feeds So you're adding some Amazon.com content to your blog (Squidoo makes it easy).  Which books should you feature?  Your own favorites, of course.  Your expertise in the areas you're most interested in is the "value added" part of your Amazon associate marketing efforts. You'll have better luck, though, if you also remember that your customers are most likely to buy titles that are currently popular. People buying these books is what makes them popular. So here through some creative hacking are Amazon.com's bestselling books by category updated hourly. shopping Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:40:42 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Link-Buddies People often tell me, "Banner ads are dead." I admit they can be annoying, they don't often take surfers to useful, relevant pages, and people generally ignore them. But dead? Not really. The thing is you have to use banners correctly and have realistic expectations about their benefits. I like the LinkBuddies program, and I've been using it successfully for some time now. business Tue, 06 May 2008 12:59:03 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Addy-Walker "Addy Walker is a courageous, strong girl growing up in 1864, during the Civil War. Addy’s stories tell of her daring escape with her mother from slavery, and the challenges they face afterward as they try to reunite their family. But Addy’s stories are about much more than hardship. They are full of the love and hope that help her get through the worst of times and keep her dreams alive." kids Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:15:42 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Music_Listmania-1 Anyone can write a Listmania! list, but Amazon.com's music department editors do an especially good job. Here are their most recent 250 lists. music Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:29:25 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Feedburner Feedburner is a great webmaster's resource for resyndicating blogs or other xml or atom sources, that was recently cited by Red Herring as one of their top 100 new technology companies computers Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:23:05 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/groups..American-Girl American Girl Dolls, Books, and Other Products I've noticed quite a few American Girl lenses, so I thought it would be nice to gather them into one place with a group. Any on-topic lens can join. education Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:15:55 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/thecramps The Cramps have gone through numerous personnel changes, since emerging from the early punk scene with lead singer Lux Interior and lead guitarist Poison Ivy as the only constant members. Their music is influenced by early rockabilly, as well as sufer music and punk, and has spawned a genre known as psychobilly which Lux Interior maintains does not describe their style. If you like The Cramps, you might also enjoy music by The Meteors, Gun Club, or The White Stripes. Official Website arts Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:16:56 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/boyscouts..gay-bashing I'm an Eagle Scout, so I not only understand, but heartily approve of the Boy Scouts' desire to instill positive moral values in America's youth. I am not obligated to agree with every decision the BSA Central Office makes. The decision to ban gay boys from Scouts is legally justified on the grounds that Scouting is a private organization free to restrict membership as it sees fit. It is also dead wrong. education Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:43:01 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..John-Steinbeck John Steinbeck is one of my two favorite authors, I suppose. (The other, in no particular order, is Ernest Hemingway.) Steinbeck won both the Nobel and Pulitzer Prizes for literature, which is not bad. arts Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:13:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Molly-McIntire "Molly McIntire is a lively, lovable, patriotic girl growing up in 1944. Her stories describe her life on the home front during World War Two. Molly doesn’t like many of the changes the war has brought, and she especially misses her father, who is away caring for wounded soldiers. But Molly learns the importance of getting along and pulling together—just as her country has to do to win the war!" kids Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:14:58 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/CD-Bookshelf O'Reilly & Associates began publishing computer-related books in 1978 (before the PC revolution) with a small series of highly regarded UNIX® manuals. Their books were frequently better than the "official" documentation, if any such documentation existed at all, and several of their animal cover books like "The Camel Book" and "The Rhino Book" became classics. shopping Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:31:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Medical-Specialties Health care professionals read a lot of books, but they are often too busy to struggle with Amazon.com's mediocre indexing to find what they are looking for, despite the healthy discounts offered there. These books from the Medical Specialties category should be for doctors and medical students, but since Amazon categorizes their books based primarily on keyword search results, that isn't always the case. health Thu, 05 Jun 2008 08:14:54 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Roy-Finamore During his 30-year tenure as a top cookbook editor, Roy Finamore helped guide Martha Stewart, Ina Garten, and Diana Kennedy, among others, to the bestseller lists. One Potato, Two Potato, co-authored with Molly Stevens, gave readers a taste of Finamore's way with a recipe, and with his first solo cookbook, Tasty: Get Great Food on the Table Every Day, Finamore offers a one-stop destination for homecooks looking for simple, sophisticated, easy-to-prepare fare. food Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:30:44 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Penguin-Brit-Lit Amazon.com completed their evil experiments with the "ref=nosim" portion of their links, so the screen-scraped content here should behave normally again. See More Classic British Literature in our bookstore arts Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:03:19 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Greco-Roman-Classics Much of Western Civilization is derived from the works of the ancient Greeks and Romans, so a foundation in the Classics is essential not only for its direct benefits, but to fully understand the modern classics which often refer to them. Amazon apparently has NOT done away with this collection without even the courtesy of leaving the page live for "used & new" sellers -- but the pagehas been AWOL for some time. We're leaving this page up in case Amazon gets their act together and because most people just pick a title or two from the top-sellers list anyway.. arts Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:49:41 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Cherry-Poppin-Daddies Cherry Poppin' Daddies is an American retro swing band known for their part in the swing revival of the 1990s. Their musical influences include swing, ska, and rock. The band is best remembered for their CD & single Zoot Suit Riot, and has been on hiatus since 2000 with front-man Steve Perry working on his degree in molecular biology (!) If you like Cherry Poppin Daddies you might also like: Big Bad Voodo Daddy, Royal Crown Revue, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Squirrel Nut Zippers, or Indigo Swing, arts Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:42:19 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/NY-Times-Paperback-Fiction New! Subscribe by E-Mail! This RSS feed is updated automagically when Amazon.com gets around to it, usually Monday afternoon. E-Mails should arrive Tuesday mornings.     See also: Captain Squid's Lenses of Doom newsandpolitics Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:31:56 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/American-Girl-Index The American Girl® brand was established in 1986 by educator & entrepreneur Pleasant T. Rowland. Mattel acquired American Girl's parent Pleasant Company in 1998. education Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:07:45 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Faerun entertainment Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:35:20 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/magazine-feed These "Top 10" lists are resyndicated every 6 hours via Amazon Web Services and FeedBurner. They are relatively "bullet-proof compared to earlier "screen-scraped" versions. Hey, I'm a "belt and suspenders" kind of guy! education Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:16:44 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/portable-feed Contrary to the "last updated" data in the sidebar to the right, the content of this page is updated hourly. Be sure to come back frequently to see what's new in portable electronics!" shopping Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:13:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/music-feeds Here are Amazon.com's most popular CDs by category, updated hourly. Sorry, Amazon deleted the popular Free Downloads feed, and inexplicably the profitable "Gear & Gadgets feed. shopping Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:59:51 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Historys-Mysteries The History's Mysteries Series from American Girl® carries the stories of familiar characters forward for somewhat older readers, approximately grades 3 - 5. kids Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:58:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/IP-Routers IP routers -- often called broadband routers or just routers -- direct network traffic to its proper destination, and so help to reduce the load on every system in the network. Once the exclusive domain of IT professionals, a wide variety of small but extremely capable routers are now available for the home & small business markets. computers Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:58:58 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Computer-feeds You've got to get up pretty early in the morning to stay abreast of developments in computer hardware and software these days. These feeds of Amazon top sellers can help. Updated hourly. shopping Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:12:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/top-mp3-songs Squidoo excels at displaying RSS feeds like this one from Amazon.com. Who knows if it will meet their undefined "quality" standards? music Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:54:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Amazon4Me If you're one of those who just has to know all about other people's personal details, this is as close as I come to a tell-all. Enjoy. shopping Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:21:13 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Seth-Godin I, for one, am averse to the cult of personality that makes celebrity endorsements such a huge business. (I'm not a Doctor, but I play one on TV). So why would I care what the relatively obscure marketeer Seth Godin has to say? Basically, I don't. Concepts must stand or fall on their own merits. Squidoo will succeed if it fills a need and people embrace it. If not, it will fail. So far, things seem to be going pretty well. Herewith is a brief introduction to "Original Squid" Seth Godin, beginning with the video clip: "All Marketers are Liars" Seth Godin Speaks at Google people Fri, 04 May 2007 06:29:23 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Oprahs-Books-Club Oprah may not like hamburgers, but her book club has done a lot to raise the public awareness of decent literature in recent years. If you like, you can view the FAQ and join Oprah's Books Club®. Book Club members save 10% on selected Amazon Merchandise moviesandtv Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:25:32 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/game-feeds Lensmasters, Amazon associates, and busy shoppers will find Amazon.com's most popular game-related items here. Just find your system in the "Lens Contents" in the right margin. We've developed these tools to help people find products they might like to buy or feature on their pages. shopping Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:44:15 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Andrew-Weil Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D. is one practitioner of modern western medicine who does not subscribe to the notion that there is a pill for every ailment. Rather he advocates a more proactive approach not to the mere absence of identifiable disease, but the promotion of health. education Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:10:56 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/theknot..Bride-Magazines Amazon.com's got all the popular bridal magazines to make your special day just a little easier on everyone. people Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:35:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguin..shakespeare Amazon.com completed their evil experiments with the "ref=nosim" portion of their links, so the screen-scraped content here should behave normally again. arts Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:18:54 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Coffee-Makers The feeds on this page have been reworked using Amazon's Web-Services (AWS) API, making them considerably more "bullet-proof" than the original screen-scraped versions. The jury is still out on whether it's better to show one example product for each feed or to list the titles only for all featured products. Be sure to click on the "View / Subscribe" links to see more products. Unlike standard RSS feeds, these FeedBurner feeds display as normal pages in your browser. food Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:43:33 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Lisa-Randall Lisa Randall is one of the leading young thinkers in particle physics, having become the first tenured woman theoretical physicist at both MIT and Harvard, where she now teaches. education Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:06:33 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/toy-feed Amazon.com lost a court battle with Toys"R"Us, apparently because they hadn't lived up to the "exclusivity" terms of their contract with Geoffry & Co. That really put this page through some changes, but it appears that the dust has settled and everything is working normally now. shopping Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:03:15 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/rolling-Stone-Magazine The Editors of Rolling Stone Magazine wrote 124 lenses, probably imagining that their efforts would be recognized. music Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:59:33 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Elaine-Corvidae Elaine Corvidae is an up-and-coming writer of "Fantasy with Attitude", beginning with her 1996 novel, Wolfkin. Her recent Dragon's Son was awarded the 2006 Eppie Award for fantasy. arts Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:41:42 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Programming-Languages Knuth says programming languages are all alike (OK, he says they have several properties in common.)  Still, it is a lot easier to learn a second or "N+1th" language than it is to learn the first one. Many languages are available, each with strengths and weaknesses -- and fervent fans. Knowing what you intend your progams to do makes picking an appropriate language a lot easier. computers Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:23:15 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/RSS-syndication As with any online page-builder, there are a lot of things you can't do with Squidoo lenses. One thing you can do very easily is to insert RSS feeds into your page without even knowing any HTML. If you are looking for the "Social Bookmarks" section, I finally moved it. computers Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:41:16 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/lisarandall Lisa Randall is one of the leading young thinkers in particle physics, having become the first tenured woman theoretical physicist at both MIT and Harvard, where she now teaches. people Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:46:29 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..penguin I don't suppose people commonly pick a publisher, then a book (unless they have a credit or coupon or something.) Nonetheless, it is useful to be familiar with publishers when evaluating books. Some just have a better reputation than others. Penguin Group is one of the good ones. arts Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:46:01 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/spreadfirefox..feeds Firefox® won't balance the federal budget or bring about peace in our time, but it just may be the best browser for you. As a webmaster, I generally use Internet Explorer, not because I like it, but because it is so prevalent that pages must "work" in IE to be successful. Imagine my chagrin at learning that a whole series of my feeds weren't displaying properly under some versions of Netscape Navigator. (Egad! There goes the Linux crowd!) Firefox is an alternative that so far seems to work. computers Fri, 08 Feb 2008 10:13:43 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Kaya "Kaya is a daring, adventurous Nez Perce girl living in 1764. Her deep love of horses and respect for nature nourish her spirit, as she dreams of becoming a courageous leader for her people. She’s ready to meet whatever the future brings! Kaya draws strength from her family, the legends her elders tell, and the bold warrior woman who is her hero. And she learns that the choices she makes affect all Nez Perce people." kids Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:14:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Jeffery-Deaver Jeffery Deaver, former attorney and folksinger, is the internationally bestselling author of 22 suspense novels, which have sold in 150 countries and been translated into 30 languages. education Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:29:50 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/VHS-feed This "Lens" is not intended to be a shopping page, although the links do click through to Amazon.com, and it can be used that way. Rather it is one of several tools we've developed to help Lensmasters and Amazon associates find products they might like to feature on their pages. We've combined several Amazon.com feeds into one convenient browser-friendly list below. If you see something you'd like to buy feel free, of course. We expect most people will use this page the same way we do though, just to locate products they'd like to feature on a more focussed topical page. shopping Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:19:41 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Video-Games I learned early on that video game lenses get a lot of traffic. (Well, duh!) Unfortunately, I haven't had a lot of time for gaming in the last few years, which is an eternity in the fast-paced world of game development. I do spend a lot of time poking around Amazon.com for cool products, and I found these "hidden" resources that gamers should find interesting, and resyndicated them in a more user-friendly form. videogames Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:43:04 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Goldfrapp Goldfrapp is billed as a duo consisting of lead singer Alison Goldfrapp and composer Will Gregory, so apparently other band members are not considered permanent. The group has enjoyed considerable critical and popular acclaim in Europe, but is relatively unknown in the States, probably because their music doesn't fit neatly into any particular radio "format." music Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:32:53 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Art-History Art History is strictly a humanities subject, and as such it is more about living life than about earning a living. If you have to ask, "What is it for?" you might not enjoy taking such a class, but in that case, the short answer would be: "Three easy credits." By the time I finish fleshing out this outline with links, I should be pretty well-versed in "Art History 101" arts Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:00:27 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/David-Suzuki David Suzuki is an acclaimed scientist, broadcaster, and environmentalist. For over 40 years, he's been educating the public about environmental issues--both in the classroom and over the airwaves as the host of the long-running television program 'The Nature of Things.' education Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:47:43 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/americanheart..Low-Fat-Cookbooks The American Heart Association recommends a "heart healthy" diet featuring moderate amounts of fat and cholesterol. health Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:11:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Childrens-Classics From the title, I expected this to be a collection of picture-books and bed-time stories. There are a few of those, but generally this would be better termed The Teen & Young Adult Collection. Confusion aside, there are a few titles in here I've missed or would like to re-read and I'm not all that young! arts Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:47:15 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/feed43 I've been like a kid with a new toy since I discovered Feed 43, an online service that will (with a little HTML-massage) create an RSS feed from "any" page. The Feed 43 Announcements blog recently (16 JUN 06) unveiled the long-anticipated paid account upgrades. Amazon associates don't make nearly as much as most people seem to think they would, and I keep a very tight grip on the purse-strings -- but I've been very pleased with Feed43's "paid 100" service so far. (Even though they seem to be having some trouble with the Christmas rush.) computers Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:24:10 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Omakase 2006-08-02 Amazon.com announced today in in their associates-only web pages that they were releasing a new "beta" program called Omakase links. The links will combine data from Amazon's associate & customer databases as well as context information from the hosting web page to choose products the customer is most likely to be interested in. Cubistic. business Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:19:11 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Gil-Hildebrand When I first began contributing to Squidoo, I wondered, "Who is Seth Godin?" On the theory that if I'm wondering about something, somewhere, sometime, somehow, somebody else will be wondering about it, too -- I wrote a lens about Seth. I was surprised at the traffic it drew, so I concluded that I should write some short articles on Squidoo staffers. This is one in that series. people Fri, 04 May 2007 07:37:22 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Orphan-Groups Did you write a lens for a "co-branded" group only to be hung out to dry for months? Fortunately, not many did, since these were SO hard to locate. Unfortunately they have remained hard to locate ... til now! newsandpolitics Sun, 09 Sep 2007 08:43:04 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/groups..nationalgeo National Geographic & Related Products To quote Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand: "Good old National Geographic." Any lens featuring books, DVDs, videos, software, or other materials from the National Geographic Society are welcome. I hear they even publish a magazine. newsandpolitics Sat, 27 Jan 2007 11:16:11 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/webhop Originally intended to nudge Google into indexing redirected links, (Huh?) this lens has proven to be a pretty interesting portal for browsing Amazon.com's book categories. Not only does it present a wide variety of specific topics, but both the lens itself and the pages it links to use web 2.0 technology to load really fast. Remember that next Christmas when the "information superhighway" seems more like a cow-path, and Amazon's glacial page-loading makes you wish you were somewhere waiting in line! shopping Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:02:20 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Who-Corey-Brown Corey Brown is an 11 or 12-year internet "veteran" who currently serves as Vice President and Managing Director of Squidoo.   computers Fri, 04 May 2007 07:34:41 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Standards "... As to whether modules are a good idea for someone who doesn't like modules... obviously no. For someone like you, you're pretty better off with a blog or a custom site."                     --Seth Godin in Squidoo Says My Lens Needs Improving computers Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:39:02 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Expert-Guides Amazon.com invites readers to write guides focussing on products for a specific task, e.g. "So you'd like to ..." (escape from the lab and take over the world.) Here are a number of specially commissioned "expert" guides from Amazon. I'm not sure who some of these experts are, but they are probably well-known in their respective fields. people Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:16:21 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/davasobel Maybe I'm a slow learner, but I had to try out Squidoo's automated page generator. This picture of Dava is probably better than the one below, which actually looks a lot more like Albert Einstein. I've removed the empty modules and filled in the "Three Reasons to Love Dava Sobel" module. Otherwise, this is what you get.                               -- access2 people Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:05:17 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/peterbeinart Peter Beinart is an author and syndicated columnist as well as a contributing editor to The New Republic. Peter served as TNR's editor for over 6 years. people Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:00:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguin..index I've resorted to making my own index, since the Penguin Group Group remains "orphaned" arts Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:39:35 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Jane-Goodall Dame Jane Goodall, DBE is best known for her 45-year study of chimpanzee social and family life in Gombe Streams National Park, Tanzania where she subsequently founded the Jane Goodall Institute As her lens, Jane Goodall: The Big Picture shows, her interests include a wide range of environmental issues beyond her specialties of primatology, ethnology, and anthropology. education Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:16:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Anne-dRoids-Dungeon For legal reasons, I must insist that you visit "virtual Springfield". Thank you. My Klingon-inspired space-age 'bots have determined that these products will amaze and delight you. Please do not get fingerprints on the display case. If you can not find an item in the store directory, kindly perform an online search, as I am conducting an inventory of Wonder Woman comics, and I do not wish to be disturbed. shopping Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:33:43 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/politicscentral..Ian-Bremmer U.S. foreign policy, warns Ian Bremmer, is too often based on a simplistic formula: engage America's friends and isolate her enemies. Bremmer's provocative and persuasive new book, The J Curve: A New Way to Understand Why Nations Rise and Fall, reveals why this approach rarely brings the hoped-for result. Tyrants, Bremmer argues, have an interest in isolating their peoples. U.S. policymakers should not be in the business of helping them do it. newsandpolitics Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:30:37 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Top-100-mp3 Squidoo excels at displaying RSS feeds like this one from Amazon.com. Who knows if it will meet their undefined "quality" standards? music Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:29:28 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Dava-Sobel Dava Sobel is an extremely popular writer on astronomy and the solar system education Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:16:54 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/jefferydeaver Jeffery Deaver is a popular writer of detective thrillers, who began his writing career as a journalist. He later became a practicing attorney, then began writing fiction. His first book, Manhattan Is My Beat was published in 1988. people Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:15:35 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/ComicBookFeeds I meant for this lens to be one of several comic book lenses, but other tasks have come up. Look for comic books by publisher and by characters "soon" shopping Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:13:38 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Squidoo-Index I'm so sick and tired of searching for my pages in "lensrank" order that I've broken down and built a Table of Contents! education Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:07:11 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Book-Listmania-251 Anyone can write a Listmania! list, but Amazon.com's book department editors do an especially good job. Here are more of their lists, including some deep discounts. shopping Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:59:16 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Music_Listmania-2 Amazon.com's Music Editors write some very good Listmania(TM) Lists. music Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:54:03 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/politicscentral..Paul-Berman "Paul Berman is one of the American Left's most incisive historians and thinkers, loyal to what he considers its best traditions but passionately critical of its excesses and its willingness to turn a blind eye to totalitarianism when it comes in the clothing of the Left." newsandpolitics Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:49:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Portable The Penguin (Viking) "Portable" Series offers substantial if not complete works by significant authors at bargain prices. They are indispensible volumes for any well-rounded personal library. Buy two to qualify for free shipping. arts Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:29:35 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Testing-1-2-3 I pretty much stole the idea for this lens from Megan Casey, athough my content is much different. I'm testing modules here before publishing them to a "real" lens. Some modules rely on third-party software to select content based on keywords / tags. I'll try these modules out here for a while and make adjustments before their fully public release. computers Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:27:00 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Aeroherpetology Can New Line Cinema recoup the $35 Million they spent filming Snakes on a Plane in Vancouver, BC? I mean, on the first day? Probably. The pre-release excitement / hype is unbelievable. xxxadult Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:08:39 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/EverybodyEats I was surprised that celebrities (or their publicists) were posting on Squidoo's evil cousin MySpace. The idea of a website based around personal profiles just smacks of those desperate "dating" sites. No wonder parents and cops alike are horrified! Anyway, I soon discovered that Rachael Ray (or the editors of her magazine) had a Squidoo page. food Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:40:45 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Whole-Ed-Catalog You can literally skip your freshman year of college in many cases, or at least save A LOT of time and money by passing a few easy credit by examination tests.  At the moment, we're featuring full coverage of the DSST program, but we will "soon" be adding material on the more widely-known CLEP exams, which are surprisingly similar. education Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:44:04 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/nationalgeo..National-Geographic Explore America's national parks with National Geographic. sports Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:43:53 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/politicscentral..Haynes-Johnson For nearly half a century, Haynes Johnson has reported on American history as it happens, including a Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on the civil rights battles in Selma, Alabama, years as a national affairs columnist for the Washington Post and a frequent commentator on PBS, and bestselling books on the Reagan years and the Bay of Pigs. newsandpolitics Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:56:48 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Heath-Row When I first began contributing to Squidoo, I wondered, "Who is Seth Godin?" On the theory that if I'm wondering about something, somewhere, sometime, somehow, somebody else will be wondering about it, too -- I wrote a lens about Seth. I was surprised at the traffic it drew, so I concluded that I should write some short articles on Squidoo staffers. This is one in that series. people Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:05:18 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Leading-Lensmasters This lens contains opinions that cannot currently be verified for 100% accuracy.  I will stipulate that the use of the word "scam" does not imply that Squidoo LLC is currently under indictment for fraud.  computers Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:37:18 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/FamousLensmasters My Everybody Eats! lens has generated a lot more traffic than I ever thought it would, probably because (a.) everybody eats, and (b.) it features the very popular Rachael Ray. In the process of building my new Stupid Squidoo Tricks lens, I found that I could zero in on lensmaster's bio pages, and found some very interesting Squidoodlers there. people Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:36:49 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/benitomussolini People are so negative about Mussolini! people Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:13:55 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Foundations-in-Literature The American literary tradition is so rich and varied that the Penguin Classics editors have grouped the collection into two volumes, with Volume I focused on the novels, short stories, and poetry through the 19th century, and Volume II focused on the political writings, memoirs, and narratives that chronicle the birth and growth of the nation. arts Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:36:15 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Martha-Stewart Martha Stewart opted to serve a five-month sentence for "something" after a lengthy public witch-hunt worthy of Ken Starr failed to produce evidence of alledged insider trading. The charge is currently under appeal, but Martha is now back on the street, baking her dangerously seditious cookies! diy Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:34:58 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Teen-Pleasure-Reading Almost titled this "Summer Reading," but, people read for fun all year long. After a stack of computer and technical books, I'm seldom looking for anything too challenging in the way of diversions.     StumbleUpon this kids Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:34:24 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Webhosting-Options computers Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:30:10 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Afghani-Theater Maybe you won't enlist, but you could lend the army a hand in some small way -- and patting yourself on the back with a stupid yellow ribbon doesn't count. You could perhaps read Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics. Then, if the subject ever comes up, you would know something about it. travel Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:06:21 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/nationalgeo..Kids National Geographic publishes a number of books and magazines specifically for children and teens. kids Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:04:57 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Casino-Games Most free public websites prohibit "promoting gambling" as well as various other activities which may be illegal in some jurisdictions. If I'm not mistaken, Squidoo has such a discalimer This lens DOES NOT promote gambling. We have made no links to online or brick-and-mortar casino websites or anything of the kind. We promote reading, books, and the free exchange of information. What others make of that is their own responsibility. entertainment Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:04:33 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Foundations-of-Democracy The American literary tradition is so rich and varied that the Penguin Classics editors have grouped the collection into two volumes, with Volume I focused on the novels, short stories, and poetry through the 19th century, and Volume II focused on the political writings, memoirs, and narratives that chronicle the birth and growth of the nation. education Sun, 06 Apr 2008 14:58:09 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/politicscentral..Peter-Beinart "Since becoming the editor of The New Republic in 1999 (a position he left this spring to become an editor-at-large at the magazine), Peter Beinart has been one of the sharpest and most influential political writers around, and after 9/11 he was one of a number of leading liberal voices arguing for a strong response to what he calls the totalitarian spirit of radical Islam." newsandpolitics Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:33:10 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/politicscentral..John-Dean John W. Dean, a former counsel to the president of the United States, after recently retiring from the world of business, has turned to writing and lecturing full time about the ways and means of government in Washington. newsandpolitics Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:09:58 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/penguingroup..Kids Penguin publishes a very nice selection of Children's classic literature, much of it unavailable anywhere else Penguin-who-looks-lot-like-Tux appears on his own, without permission from Linus Torvalds or anybody else. arts Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:09:34 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/More-guides Amazon.com invites readers to publish guides on products for a specific purpose, e.g. "So you'd like to ..." win a million dollars and move to Tahiti. Here are Amazon.com's Top 100 Reader's Guides, according to Amazon's own ranking system. shopping Sat, 29 Mar 2008 15:09:15 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/microsoft-vista Vista is the first major upgrade to Microsoft's Windows Operating System in over five years, and it is packed with the new features and capabilities users want most. Still pricey at 40% below its initial cost, even Microsft admits the OS targets manufacturers more than the upgrade market. computers Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:47:25 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/lalechleague..breastfeeding-gear I don't know much about breastfeeding, but displaying obscure products from Amazon.com is my specialty! Personally, I find the third-party recommendations at Amazon.com more credible than the sales pitches of commision-oriented associates anyway! shopping Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:38:02 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Music-News-Feed Read Rolling Stone's Music News, then go to Amazon's Free Music Downloads, or subscribe to your favorite music-related magazines @ Amazon. music Mon, 17 Mar 2008 12:07:50 -0600 http://www.squidoo.com/Rites Children have to obey their parents. Otherwise, they would all waddle out in front of cars or get eaten by lions or worse. Adults are expected to make up their own minds about things and honor the commitments they make. The transition from child to adult is a lot more difficult than most of us old geezers recall. Most cultures mark the event with suitable rites of passage. The community generally gathers to witness the fact that today so-and-so is a man (or woman). We don't really do that, and it's probably a shame. Sure we observe a lot of milestones -- getting a driver's license, graduating high school, 18th birthday, 21st birthday... Those last two mark significant changes in legal status, but we don't typically have any sort of ceremony to mark them. There's probably some kind of party, but nothing solemn or ritualistic. kids Sun, 01 Oct 2006 02:27:00 -0600