site of the day archive for august 2008

august 2008

• 08/31/08 - nine inch noels - A Nine Inch Nails Christmas. (badgods.com/nineinchnoels.html)
• 08/30/08 - pixifoods - Pixifood (PIKZ-ee-food), noun: Any food substance that is highly pleasant to the taste as a child and tastes shockingly unpleasant once you become an adult. (joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/07/29/pixifoods-part-i)
• 08/29/08 - how not to get laid - A compendium of coitus rejectus. (hntgl.com)
• 08/28/08 - 30 minutes before - A 360 degree panorama of Beijing Olympics Stadium about 30 minutes before the men's 100m final. (www.karikuukka.com/peking2008/100m)
• 08/27/08 - dimensions: a walk through mathematics - An excellent series of short films introducing the field of geometry. (dimensions-math.org/Dim_E.htm)
• 08/26/08 - physics savvy - A quick 40 question test on basic physics. How well do you do? (intuitor.com/physics_test/PhysicsSavvy.html)
• 08/25/08 - beforeidieiwantto.org - Polaroids of people along with one thing they want to do before they die. (beforeidieiwantto.org)
• 08/24/08 - music fleshmap - A chart that shows the frequency with which different body parts are mentioned in various genres of music (Not safe for work). (fleshmap.com/listen/music.html)
• 08/23/08 - food porn daily - click, drool, repeat -- Mouth watering photographs of food every day. (foodporndaily.com)
• 08/22/08 - the empire poster quiz - Can you guess the movie from just one letter? (www.empireonline.com/features/posterletters)
• 08/21/08 - olympic branding - The design and branding history of the modern Olympics. (www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/08/18/design-and-branding-trends-olympic-games)
• 08/20/08 - the moon and the torch - An incredible picture of the Olympic Torch set against the moon. One of many great photos, along with the back story from the photographers posted daily to the BBC website. (news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7567746.stm)
• 08/19/08 - death probabilities - A graphic representing the number of men in the United States who will die in 2008 as a result of various means. (www.russellheimlich.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/death_probabilities.jpg)
• 08/18/08 - video enhancement - A demo of a technique to enhance video using sill images under development at the University of Washington. (grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/videoenhancement/videoEnhancement.htm)
• 08/17/08 - found money - What happens when you post on Craigslist that you found some cash. (cockeyed.com/citizen/found/found.php)
• 08/16/08 - idle.slashdot.org - Slashdot's new offtopic discussion board. For that rare moment when you want to waste time. (idle.slashdot.org)
• 08/15/08 - summer exam schedule - My class writes their final this morning. Then I'm free! (registrar.uvic.ca/undergrad/registration/exams/examss.html)
• 08/14/08 - fivethirtyeight.com - U.S. electoral projections done right. (fivethirtyeight.com)
• 08/13/08 - springfield punx - Fan art depictions of superheroes and stars as Simpsons characters. (springfieldpunx.blogspot.com)
• 08/12/08 - confusingwords.com - A collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. (confusingwords.com)
• 08/11/08 - the orwell prize - George Orwell's diaries posted as a blog exactly 70 years after the original entries were written. (orwelldiaries.wordpress.com)
• 08/10/08 - in the first person - An index to letters, diaries, oral histories, and personal narratives. (inthefirstperson.com)
• 08/09/08 - dogs of war - Satirical maps of World War I Europe. (bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/08/dogs-of-war.html)
• 08/08/08 - internet memes - An extensive timeline of internet memes from 1992 to today. (www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes)
• 08/07/08 - influential indie albums - A list of influential indie albums from the days when indie meant something. (biolog.jamsbio.com/2008/08/01/most-influential-indie-albums-of-the-80s-90s)
• 08/06/08 - jeremymayer.com - Sculptures made from typewriter parts. (jeremymayer.com)
• 08/05/08 - 34x25x36 - A short film about mannequins and making the perfect woman. (youtube.com/watch?v=uM-0nUy7Ye0)
• 08/04/08 - photos of tv - Mike Sacks' photos of television. (mikesacks.com/wp/photos-of-tv)
• 08/03/08 - moisttowelettemuseum.com - The moist towletter museum. (moisttowelettemuseum.com)
• 08/02/08 - fantasy cartography - It happens all the time. You're reading one of your favorite novels, and you wish you had a good map to use as a reference. Here you will find a collection of maps from various fantasy and science fiction works for your viewing. I might also include other goodies from literature, the Bible (not fiction), or television programs, movies, and video games. (fantasymaps.wordpress.com)
• 08/01/08 - light photography - The light photography of Alan Jaras. (neublack.com/art-design/alan-jaras-light-photography)

Sun Sep 7 15:17:25 2008