The last mango is caught in the branches of Uncle Keith's tree. The birds are eating their way into the seed.

Of course we have seasons! The time of rain, the time of winds, the time of mangos; and now that time ends. Summer begins.

"From melodies to text to DNA, many interesting types of information come in the form of a sequence of symbols."

This is the last of the sequence to grace these pages, from bewitched.com.

The news is filled with DotCom success stories but there's another side to the Internet that's not so well published. Learn what not to do to succeed on the Web from those close to those who haven't. Click on a red letter.

Where the money went: a recent Forrester Research and PaineWebber report provided by The Iconocast can help to shine some light on Website Costs. 

The Investor's Reality Check: Downside's goal is to remind people that we're experiencing a financial bubble, and that financial bubbles always burst. The animation in the sidebar alone is worth the click!

If that's not enough bad news, Brutal.com makes no bones about it; only bad news here, updated daily.

It's enough to make you feel squirrely...  ...or maybe just a little nutz. Maybe you think your truck should have pair of these hanging off the bumper. For those of you who are less, uh, intimidated...there's oo: Maximum Laughter. Minimalist Humour.

Got lucky? Take the short course on, "Waking up after a one-night-stand made simple." If it's a Sunday morning, you could drop by Landover Baptist on the way home for a cathartic. You probably won't need to learn, Everything you wanted to know about sleep but were too tired to ask.™, until Tuesday night anyway. (I'd like to know how they trademarked that sentence!)

America's farmers have had to become much more sophisticated in order to compete in the global marketplace for agricultural products. This banner links to an entry form (contest ends July 31st) at eXtremeAg.com, "Your source for extraordinary farm news." Less extreme, more pastoral but just as informative is the Iowa Farmer Today. 

How do you really know what that tatoo of chinese characters riding on the back of your neck really means? At the Formosa Free Translation Service they'll translate anything for you and email you a graphics file of the script. Perhaps you should use this service before you go under the needle.

How to disable blocking software: your kids already know about this page, it's about time you did too. The owners,"don't accept the excuses for treating minors with fewer rights than convicted felons." You shouldn't either but if you do just pull the plug, you donkey. 
 

Coming to a lunch room near you: it's Green Ketchup. The article's titled "Kids Get Their Wish." Who asked them anyways? Awwww, click on the logo, and say it ain't so Joe.

BoingBoing.net is a Directory Of Wonderful Things. If you vist there, consider clicking on the link to SpyOnIt.com, a free service that will email you when any changes on the site are posted. You saw the same logo on my Local Index page.

"Fair and valid comparisons between hospital providers can be made only to the extent that the risk adjustment methodology considers important differences in patient demographic and clinical characteristics." The folks at HealthGrades have done their homework to bring you a statistical evaluation of over 5000 hospitals and their comparative ability to care for you.

Antlantic Unbound: Coffee Table and elitist Waiting Room staple comes to the Internet. The Atlantic magazine online. Will the New Yorker be far behind or left behind? (The CartoonBank, where you can purchase a license to cartoons featured in New Yorker isn't a step in the right direction.)

MathsPlus: From sundials and compound interest to Adrew Pollock's paint fractals, the application of mathematics in real life. Readable to the point of being enoyable!
 

It's not Saturday Night Fever, but Murray Pfeffer's E-Z 30 Minute Ballroom Dance Course can help to give you the basics before you step out on to the floor. Guys, you don't have to read backwards, his diagrams come in forwards and reverse. "Left, Right, Slide, Together!" Click on a footprint.

You can dance in the dark, but you can't dance in silence and there's much more to music than the sound of it.

"nahe.nahe: Soft, sweet, melodious, as music or a gentle voice..."

Keola Donaghy maintains this site for love, not for money. He speaks of Hawaiian music as a friend to the genre, welcoming all to share the "breath of life", and their opinions, on our local music scene.