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Social bookmarking, phone tricks, art studios, violin CD, 5 strange instruments

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January 17, 2008 11:50 am
By Sheila Lennon

Social Bookmarking in Plain English from Common Craft, which hosts several similarly useful intros.


Top 10 Telephone Tricks may be useful.


Studio Visit visits (New York-area) artists' studios and museums, and brings back photos. Thumbnail page gets you started.

Handy for times when you need a visual fix.



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Classical freebie: Tasmin Little, The Naked Violin was recorded January 5 in Surrey, England, and now it's up for you to burn:

Tasmin invites you to download or listen to works by J.S.Bach, Paul Patterson and Eugène Ysaÿe.

All downloads are offered - FREE of CHARGE - and you are welcome to burn them to CD for your private use.

At the bottom of this page you may download and print CD Sleeve inserts for front and back.

She introduces some of the pieces in a delightful British accent; you may add these audio introductions to the CD if you like. I wouldn't, only because I like uninterrupted music, and the stories really are only interesting the first time.


On Music: 5 Peculiar Instruments.

At Mental Floss, hear a Didgeridoo, Glass Armonica, Bonang, Tsabouna and Hang -- all at the same time, if you click quickly.

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