Welcome to the May 2002 Site of the Day archives. To see this today's site,
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05/30/02 - ldraw.org - The home of a really cool Lego CAD package. If only I had access to tools like this when I was a kid, image what I could have designed. They are also amassing perhaps the largest public database of Lego parts. (ldraw.org)
05/29/02 - guimp - The world's smallest website. (guimp.com)
05/28/02 - glurge - A website devoted to the burgeoning field of chain lettering. (www.glurge.com)
05/23/02 - refresh - Refresh: The Art of the Screensaver. The works of 22 artists who set out to produce art that is both beautiful and a functional screensaver. (artmuseum.net/Refresh/index.html)
05/22/02 - google labs - Google has just unveiled Google Labs, the Google technology playground. This showcase for emerging search technology includes Google Glossary for definitions of words, phrases and acronyms and Google Sets, where you enter a list of items, and it will attempt to find a larger set that extends your list (try "Toyota", "Ford", "Honda" for example, or "3.14159", "2.71818" for another). As well, you can now phone in your searches using Google Voice Search, and see you're search results displayed online (I warn you that the line is often busy), and finally, Keyboard Shortcuts allow you to easily navigate through searches without using a mouse. I'm very impressed. (labs.google.com)
05/18/02 - acts of gord - Love the Gord, Fear the Gord. The soapbox from which Gord, the proprietor of a Canadian Video Game store rants about his customers, and the rest of the idiots in the world. So much content, wouldn't know where to tell you to start, other than at the beginning, The Book of Annoyances. One of his better pieces is a throough debunking of the "All consoles are sold below cost" myth, found here. He doesn't update all that often, but you will still have tons to read before he next posts and rant. (actsofgord.com)
05/17/02 - need to know - Need to Know is a useful and interesting UK digest of things that happened last week or might happen next week. Updated every Friday, it's a worthwhile read. (www.ntk.net)
05/16/02 - movie-mistakes.com - Often interesting, always pedantic, this catalog of continuity, visible cameras, messed up dialogue and blatant factual errors will show you all that is wrong with all of your favourite films. (Apparently Spider-man is rapidly catching up to the Matrix as the movie with the highest reported mistake rate) (movie-mistakes.com)
05/15/02 - hubblesite - An excellent site built around the Hubble Space Telescope. A fantastic set of Wallpapers, an outline of Discoveries made by Hubble and analysis of Hubble data, News and Views (including some excellent new images every week or so), Games and more. Don't be surprised to spend a long time there. (hubblesite.org)
05/12/02 - m.u.s.c.l.e. revisited - Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere. At this site they have taken it upon themselves to go through every one of those little pink creatures and tell you their story. (i-mockery.com/minimocks/muscle)
05/10/02 - the splitter - An excellent satirical baseball site. I first stumbled across their news bulletin about the declaration of independence by the Expos. (spitter.com)
05/06/02 - johnny glow - This unique product is designed to "help you see where you are going". Never have unfortunate nocturnal bladder relief aiming accidents again. (jonnyglow.com)
05/01/02 - datavaults.com - My colocation provider. Thanks so much to the very kind people who help to ensure that my server is alive. (datavaults.com)
