KSFO's Web Wanderer

The Links for November 22, 2003

I thought The Smoking Gun was worth a mention.

The Smoking Gun is best known for is "Mug Shot Mania". Any time a celebrity get arrested, the next day you can see their mugshot on this site. It's a place where you can see the famous Nick Nolte mugshot.

Another popular feature - put online the riders for contracts used by 134 acts - "everyone from Frank Sinatra and the Rolling Stones to Kenny G and KC & the Sunshine Band." The riders cover things like:

power requirements
forklifts
number of dressing rooms
catering requirements (for the star, the band, onstage, etc.)

Another popular feature - legal documents.

A rather unique site - worth checking out.

FileSearching Driver Search - Dyno Don

Dyno Don says: "Can't recall this being posted and didn't find it on WW's site so here goes: I've been looking at this site for finding drivers. It's a search engine that searches FTP-servers. It's a fairly simple site but what a source of info. It offers a "driver" list so you can narrow your search a little. Oddly under printers HP is not listed. Lots of HP stuff if you do a search but apparently not much in the way of HP drivers on FTP sites, weird. As explained on the site what's cool is you end up finding the actual file not just a description of the file.

From the site: FileSearch is the search engine allowing you to find a file among millions of files located on FTP-servers. The search engine database contains the regularly updated information on the contents of thousands FTP-servers worldwide.

As Don noticed - there are some holes here. It's menu driven - but menus are incomplete. I am looking at 2 monitors right now - an HP Pavilion and a Sharp. Neither are listed under the monitor category. Neither is my Diamond Supra modem.

But - if you hit what you want, you're in like gold. I selected my printer (Epson), clicked on the model number, and got results - two links right to the ftp file. Now - one was 2.7M (Epson site), the other 667.4K (Russian site), and both had the same name!

If they list the product you need drivers for, it's a great engine. Hopefully, they'll expand the menus - that would make the site killer.

Thanks, Don!

Rotten Tomatoes - Santa Rosa Steve

Santa Rosa Steve says: "OVER 2.7 MILLION READERS CAN'T BE WRONG

About Rotten Tomatoes: "Created by movie-buff Senh Duong in 1998, Rotten Tomatoes has grown to become a premier destination for both casual movie-goers and film buffs alike. With accolades from the Chicago Sun-Times, The New Yorker, USA Today, and many more for its unique approach to movie reviews, Rotten Tomatoes offers a full range of services, features, and community for its users."

Over 2.7 million readers each month use Rotten Tomatoes!

Video game, and Video/DVD reviews too."

From the site: "Over 2.7 million readers each month use Rotten Tomatoes as a dependable resource and objective coverage of movies and videos. And no wonder. With more than 100,000 titles and 360,000 review links in its ever-growing database, Rotten Tomatoes offers a fun and informative way to discover the critical reaction on movies from the nation's top print and online film critics, neatly summarized via the Tomatometer™. And with features such as integrated price comparison for DVDs, soundtracks, video products, and more, Rotten Tomatoes is committed to saving its readers time and money."

Look up a movie, like "Matrix Revolutions". The overall rating is Rotten, around 37%. There are 169 reviews, each with a quote. Click on the quote - get the whole review.

A must-visit for movie fans. Check it out.

Thanks, Steve!

The British Library - Charles in San Francisco

Charles in San Francisco found the British Library.

It's actually more like a cross between a Library and a museum. I mean, you can take a peek at the DaVinci Notebbooks, and other historical documents.

Great site - thanks, Charles!

Ready-to-go DHTML Scripts & Javascripts - Santa Rosa Steve

Santa Rosa Steve says: ""Select the function you're interested in and follow the instructions of each DHTML script. We have included ready-to-go DHTML scripts, Javascripts and VB scripts. You'll also find some experimental DHTML scripts, that you can use to learn the language of DHTML scripting. We are constantly adding more DHTML scripts and DHTML tutorial information, so keep looking for new things to appear. As DHTML technology grows up, this Dynamic HTML (DHTML) script library will surely become one of your most treasured possessions."

You'll find:

Animation scripts
Background scripts
Bookmark scripts
Buttons scripts
Calculator scripts
Cookie scripts
Data handling scripts
Detect/redirect scripts
E-mail scripts
Enhancement scripts
Form scripts
Image rotation scripts
Menu scripts
Message scripts
Miscellaneous scripts
Music scripts
Password protection
Scroller scripts
Table scripts
Time & date scripts

Free For All!

"Free For All" picks are hot, FREE items or services. It can be software, online services, you name it - but it's got to be free, with no strings attached.

Sleipnir Tabbed Browser - Andantino

Andantino says: "I've been using IE exclusively but this tabbed browser from a Japanese developer looks impressive featurewise"

Sleipnir Tabbed Browser has the following features:

A tool bar, the powerful customize function of a menu
All shortcut keys can be changed.
Automation/expansion of the processing in a script
Shortcut reference which excludes the change of a search engine
Favorite reference of an address bar which is automatic and opens the most suitable favorite
Change of the icon of a tool bar, a status bar, and a tab is possible.
The original favorite rearranged according to visit frequency
The mouse gesture function which can be customized
A proxy can be easily changed from a menu.
Security can be easily changed from a menu.

Restore Desktop - Santa Rosa Steve

Santa Rosa Steve says: "Restore Desktop v2.0 for Windows 98/Me/NT4/2000/XP is a Windows Context Menu addition, which automatically saves and restores the icons' positions on the Windows desktop after a resolution change.