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july 2002
07/31/02 - heroes - Clerks meets Marvel superheroes. Hilarous. "It's not like `throws shields well` looks good on a resume," says Daredevil to Captain America. Silver Surfer and Galactus as Jay and Silent Bob kick ass. (majordamage.org/heroes.swf)
07/30/02 - project cryo - This guy has found a clever mod for his optical mouse that turns it into a cryogenic chamber for one lucky little lego man. (metku.net/cryo)
07/28/02 - mark twain quotations - A huge collection of quotations, newspaper collections and related resources pertaining to Mark Twain. (twainquotes.com)
07/26/02 - airlinemeals.net - Ever wonder what you will be eating on your next flight? Are you sure you want to know? (airlinemeals.net)
07/25/02 - riddles - A large collection of riddles of the type you might be asked at a high tech interview. The urban legend is that a lot of these originated atMicrosoft, though I don't find most of the Microsoft style ones to be all that thrilling. The hard riddles are a ton of fun though (great way to massively reduce office productivity, or put off your thesis). In case these are a bit much, the medium and easy ones are a good place to start. (www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~wwu/riddles/intro.shtml)
07/22/02 - the skeptic's dictionary - A critical survey of questionable therapies, eccentric beliefs, amusing deceptions and dangerous delusions. This site provides a collection of hundreds of writings on all things occult, pseudoscientific and absurd. (skepdic.com)
07/18/02 - a.l.i.c.e. ai foundation - A fairly successful AI group, perhaps best known for their cunning instant messenger bot. This very clever bot has fooled many people I know. (alicebot.org)
07/17/02 - the time travel fund - Ever wanted to travel into the future? Well now is your chance. Under the premise that eventually time travel will be made possible, they will invest 10 dollars in trust, to be spent only when it, along with however many years of accumulated interest have accrued, are sufficient to pay for a trip for you to the future. Just think, at 5 percent interest a 10 dollar investment will be worth nearly four hundred billion dollars. Will that be enough? (timetravelfund.com)
07/13/02 - knucklerap.com - knucklerap.com is a site dedicated to furthering the cause of proper grammar and correct word choice. It's a tough job, but someone has to do it. (knucklerap.com)
07/11/02 - chronic logic - The authors of the popular Bridgebuilder and Pontifex are at it again. This time they've come out with Triptych. As triplets of coloured block fall from the sky, you must rotate and move them so that three of a kind touch. When they do, the blocks will dissapear. but there's a catch, you must cope with gravity, bouncing and twisting blocks. Definitely worth registering for the full version. (chroniclogic.com)
07/08/02 - philosophical humour - A huge collection of philosophical, math and science humour. I still haven't managed to make my way through the whole thing, but a few early highlights include Proofs that P by various philosophers, definitions, a non-philosopher's guide to philosophical terms, and the Postmodernism Generator. You know, if I were smart, I'd just spread out all these links over a week or two. Who ever accused me of being smart? (www.u.arizona.edu/~chalmers/phil-humor.html)
07/04/02 - pixel jam - A clever use of small animated gifs, this site provides animations based on very small gifs, blown up to fill your screen by your browser. (pixeljam.com)
