My Bookmarks

TO WORK ON

READ goals -- http://lifehacker.com/software/top/list-your-ambitions-with-the-goal-setting-toolkit-228204.php

READ designers -- http://www.designersmind.com/articles/freelancing-success-tips/

Battery trick -- http://www.wisebread.com/the-40-hidden-inside-a-12v-battery

Hamilton -150K -- Hamilton MLS

S.Ont 4+ acres -- *Cottage*

Hamilton tax sales -- http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/CityDepartments/CorporateServices/FinanceBudgetTaxes/PropertyInformationTaxes/

Hamilton tax sales 2 -- http://www.myhamilton.ca/myhamilton/CityandGovernment/CityDepartments/PlanningEcDev/RealEstate/PropertySale.htm

Hamilton biz mentoring -- http://www.investinhamilton.ca/mentoringprograms.asp

My Sites

Weekly Fliers

Carrington’s blog -- http://www.carringtonvanston.net/

Dooce -- http://www.dooce.com/

PostSecret -- http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

Kevin Kelly Cool Tools -- http://www.kk.org/cooltools/

MetaEfficient -- http://www.metaefficient.com

Colour Lovers -- http://www.colourlovers.com/blog/

Pepys' Diar... uh, blog -- http://www.pepysdiary.com/

Free Will Astrology -- http://www.freewillastrology.com/horoscopes/

Green Fairy -- http://www.greenfairy.com/

5ives -- http://www.5ives.com/

Reference

Employment Opportunities

Monster -- http://www.monster.ca

Workopolis -- http://www.workopolis.com

UofT Students -- https://www.careers.utoronto.ca/st/welcome.asp?tr=

UofT -- http://www.utoronto.ca/jobopps/jobext/external.htm

McMaster Jobs -- http://www.workingatmcmaster.ca/careers/employmentopps.php

Ryerson Jobs -- http://www.ryerson.ca/working/careers/

Government of Ontario -- http://www.gojobs.gov.on.ca

Charity Village -- http://charityvillage.ca/cv/main.asp

City of Toronto jobs -- http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/hr/jobs.nsf/$defaultview?openview&Count=500

Public Service Commission Jobs S054118 -- http://jobs.gc.ca/menu/alljobs_e.htm/

ROM Jobs -- http://www.rom.on.ca/about/romjobs.php

COC Jobs -- http://www.coc.ca/company/jobs.php

Canadian Museum Assoc. -- http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/BASIS/forum/user/e_cma/SDF?TYPE=Career&FORMFL_OB=Date+Submitted&FORM_SO=Descend

Government of Canada Job Bank -- http://www.jobbank.gc.ca/Intro_en.asp/

Possibilities Project -- http://www.possibilitiesproject.com/user/loginform.asp?page=/verc/index.asp

Canadian Youth -- http://www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/youth/menu-en.asp

Resumes, Articles

*Times Change Career Planning -- http://timeschange.org/order_en.html/

Monster Self-Assessment -- http://assessment.monster.ca/articles/born_todo//

Resume Place -- http://www.resume-place.com/info/links.html

iVillage -- http://www.ivillage.com/work/?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=1&pba=adid=7027471

Govt Can Resume Writing -- http://www.jobsetc.ca/category_drilldown.jsp?category_id=106&crumb=1&crumb=34

Govt Can Jobs Etc. -- https://www.jobsetc.ca/

The Hidden Job Market -- http://www.jobsetc.ca/content_pieces.jsp?category_id=298〈=e

Business

Canadian trademarks -- http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/sc_mrksv/cipo/welcome/welcom-e.html

Business ideas -- http://www.cbsc.org/osbw/session1/concepts.cfm/

COMMISSION JUNCTION eBay links -- http://pages.ebay.com/affiliate/cjflexiblelink.html/

Pet Workers Guild -- http://www.pijaccanada.com/English/home.cfm/

PET SITTING? -- http://www.ivillage.com/work/wfh/features/articles/0,,187811_406789,00.html?arrivalSA=1&cobrandRef=0&arrival_freqCap=2

Pet Sitters International -- http://www.petsit.com/petsitters/default.asp

Pet Sitters' Resources -- http://www.petsitters.com/faq/

Pet Sitters' Products -- http://www.pattimoran.com/products/fpage-Tools-of-the-Trade.htm

PR Ideas/Neat Stuff To Try

Moo -- http://www.moo.com/

Cheapo PR ideas -- http://www.theswitchboards.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=140/

Press kit ideas -- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=6679.0/

What to send besides a press release? -- http://www.theswitchboards.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=457/

U of T Clubs -- http://www.library.utoronto.ca/directory/activities.html/

CD pressing/packaging -- http://www.mmsdirect.com/prices/cdn_prices_cd.html/

Button Making -- http://www.buttonsonline.com/model100.html/

Spot98 custom plastisol printing -- http://www.spot98.net/office/whatwedo.html/

RASTERBATOR -- http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/wizard.gas?Phase=1

Fortune Cookie promotional ideas -- http://www.craftster.org/yabbse/index.php?board=58;action=display;threadid=307

What makes a good print ad? -- http://www.theswitchboards.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=955&highlight=/

Sticker Guy -- http://www.stickerguy.com/priclist.htm#BW/

Button O Matic -- http://www.busybeaver.net/soandso//

Guerrilla Drive In Movies -- http://www.gizmodo.com/gadgets/entertainment/guerilla-driveins-124118.php/

House Concerts -- www.houseconcerts.org/hc.html/

Beaver Corp. Vending Machines -- http://www.beavervending.com/product-catalog/gumball-and-candy-machines/index.cfm?c=115/

Gift Baskets -- http://www.theswitchboards.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=235&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30/

Computers/Techy

Language

Events/Courses

Art/Artists

Crafters/Crafts

Silkscreening -- http://www.howstuffworks.com/question322.htm

Soap Scope -- http://www.soapscope.com

Craftster -- http://www.craftster.org/yabbse/index.php

Switchboards -- http://www.theswitchboards.com/switchboards_home.html

Get Crafty -- http://www.getcrafty.com/

Crafter's Community -- http://crafterscommunity.net/index.php/2

Sew Geeky -- http://www.sewgeeky.com/

Oh My Stars -- http://www.ohmystars.net/craft/index.htm

Plain Mabel -- http://www.plainmabel.com/

Fork Fashion -- http://www.forkfashion.com/

Silkscreening discussion -- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=41;action=display;threadid=290;start=45

Mittenmaker -- http://www.mittenmaker.com/

Jejune -- http://www.jejune.net/bits/

Craftastic -- http://www.craftastic.com/

Get Crafty -- http://www.getcrafty.com/

Metro Retro hipster -- http://www.metroretro.com/card_cases/form.shtml

Sublime Stitching Great Patterns! -- http://www.sublimestitching.com/research.html

Not Martha -- http://megan.scatterbrain.org/notmartha/

Montreal Zine Distro -- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=9823.0/

Bejeezus zine (good for ads?) -- http://www.bejeezuszine.com./

Craft Show 101 -- http://www.loosetooth.com/Art/Work/renegade2003.htm

Renegade Craft Fair -- http://www.renegadecraft.com/

Crafters Corner -- http://www.paperzone.com/cornerbaby.html

Mirkwood Crafts -- http://www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/templates.htm

Quilting Basics -- http://hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_quilting/0,1788,HGTV_3298,00.html

How to build a light tent -- http://www.creativepro.com/story/feature/19002.html

Quilting Advice for novices -- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=6260.0

Mexican Sugar Skulls -- http://www.mexicansugarskull.com/

Soapmaking -- http://www.meltandpour.com

Mass-producing suggestions -- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?board=58;action=display;threadid=3519

Mass-producing company -- http://www.belfastaccessory.com/faq.htm

Bottlecap Table -- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=2157.0

Stencil Revolution -- http://www.stencilrevolution.com/homepage.php

Beading patterns -- http://shalas_beads.tripod.com/Patterns/beadpat1.htm

Subversive Needlepoint -- http://www.subversivecrossstitch.com/

IPRC zine house -- http://iprc.org/links.php

Antique papercraft for kids -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/taffeta/sets/72157601156433867/

Kool Aid Nylon dyeing -- http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=202566.msg2157652#msg2157652

Web Design/Writing/Writers

Character charts -- http://www.simegen.com/romance/charchart.html

Brands, Promos & Shopping

Music/Radio

Billy Bragg -- http://www.billybragg.co.uk

Jonathan Coulton -- http://www.jonathancoulton.com

CBC Radio -- http://www.cbc.ca/radioguide/index.jsp

Opera Libretti -- http://www.r-ds.com/opera/resource.htm#synopses

KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic -- http://kcrw.org/show/mb

BBC 7 (Comedy) -- http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/

The Space (CT venue) --http://www.thespace.tk

Promotion Music Online -- http://www.sean.co.uk/a/musicjournalism/var/index.shtm/

This American Life -- http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Record Store Employees -- http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_07.31.03/op/oped.html

Karaoke Revolution challenge -- http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,4364,1390942,00.asp

CANADIAN RECORD LABELS -- http://www.overhear.com/indierecordlabels.htm

CANADIAN RECORD LABELS -- http://www.kickinthehead.com/Labels/

CANADIAN RECORD LABELS -- http://www.1212.com/labels/can/home.html

CANADIAN RECORD LABELS -- http://www.canehdian.com/industry/labels.html

Glasgow Street Songs -- http://www.glesga.ukpals.com/MemoryLane%20Songs.htm

Playground Poetry -- http://www.odps.org/glossword/index.php?a=list&d=3

60 Second Get Together -- http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/s/sixtysecondgettogether.shtml/

Folk song lyrics --http://www.su.nottingham.ac.uk/~ramsoc/about/songs_st.htm

Food/Recipes

Farming/Gardening/Clean Living

Habitat for Humanity Re-Stores -- http://www.torontorestores.com/

Building Materials Reuse Association -- http://www.buildingreuse.org/directory/ontario

Richters’ Herbs -- http://www.richters.com

Make a rainwater collection barrel -- http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/how-to/how-to-make-a-rainwater-collection-barrel-043903

Fiasco Goat Farming -- http://www.fiascofarm.com/

Monticello's Garden -- http://www.twinleaf.org/

Simple Living -- http://www.simpleliving.net/

Solar Sense -- http://www.solarsense.com/Products/Products.html

The Not So Big House -- http://www.notsobighouse.com/index.asp

Glidehouse - prefab houses -- http://mkarchitecture.com/fabhouse/

FabPreFab - prefab houses -- http://www.fabprefab.com/

Container homes - prefab houses -- http://www.architectureandhygiene.com/quikHouse_main.html

Coop Housing Federation of Canada -- http://www.chfc.ca/eng/chf/home.htm

Coop Housing American Association -- http://www.coophousing.org/50plus_ways.shtml

Guerrilla Solar -- http://www.homepower.com/magazine/guerrilla.cfm

Community Bike Network -- http://www.communitybicyclenetwork.org/

Green Power -- http://www.torontohydro.com/energyservices/green_power/index.cfm

Green household cleaners -- http://www.msue.msu.edu/genesee/natres/hhw.htm#whatishazard/

Go Bag -- http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/readynewyork/prep_gobag.html

Hurricane/Emergency Preparedness -- http://keysnews.com/stormcentral/prepare.html

Walking for Health -- http://walking.about.com/cs/howtoloseweight/a/blhowcalsched.htm/

Apartment Therapy -- http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/main/archives/000210.html

MetaEfficient -- http://www.metaefficient.com

Our Cool House -- http://www.ourcoolhouse.com/

Mother Earth News -- http://www.motherearthnews.com/

Modern Homestead (great articles!) -- http://www.themodernhomestead.us

Companion Planting List -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companion_plants

SPIN Farming -- http://www.spinfarming.com/

Spin farming example -- http://www.newfarm.org/features/2006/0606/somertontanks/sullivan.shtml

Rainwater harvesting systems -- http://www.braewater.com/

OMAFRA auctions -- http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/inspection/meatinsp/lscsa_list.htm

Articles/News/History/Environment/Society

Sports/Games

Animals/Aquaria

MacQuaria -- http://www.techquarium.com/aquaria/

TV aquarium -- http://www.vafishfreek.com/TVhowto.htmlcraft/

Marine Aquariums -- http://www.northcoastmarines.com/starting_a_tank.htm/

Seahorses -- http://www.oceanrider.com/seahorsesdetail.asp?Variety_ID=2

More seahorses -- http://www.marinedepotlive.com

Flame Angel -- http://marinedepotlive.com/324234.html

** Knobby Seahorse -- http://marinedepotlive.com/trshtuberculatus4.html

Octopus -- http://marinedepotlive.com/1133514.html

Red & Black Cucumber -- http://marinedepotlive.com/1183574.html

** African Red-Knob Starfish -- http://marinedepotlive.com/1304034.html

Choc Chip Starfish -- http://marinedepotlive.com/1303634.html

Marble Starfish -- http://marinedepotlive.com/1303774.html