site of the day archive for august 2002
- 08/31/02 - lecielestbleu.com : puppet tool - A cool little flash puppetry tool. (lecielestbleu.com/html/puppettool.htm)
- 08/30/02 - crashbonsai - A collection of miniature cars crashing into miniature trees. (crashbonsai.com)
- 08/29/02 - invisible library - The Invisible Library is a collection of books that only appear in other books. Within the library's catalog you will find imaginary books, pseudobiblia, artifictions, fabled tomes, libris phantastica, and all manner of books unwritten, unread, unpublished, and unfound. The have quite an extensive catalog. (www.invisiblelibrary.com)
- 08/28/02 - the wonderful world of mannequins - Learn everything you never realized you wanted to know about mannequins. (nwmanikin.com/wonderful_world_of_mannequins.htm)
- 08/27/02 - disposable planet quiz - This quick quiz from BBCi helps you to measure how many planets the world would need to support a world population that lived as you do today. (news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/in_depth/world/2002/disposable_planet/quiz)
- 08/26/02 - gone and forgotten - A webzine devoted to remembering and honouring some of the unsung hereos of comic books past. Their archives contain a couple dozen articles about old comics perhaps deserving more attention. (ape-law.com/GAF)
- 08/25/02 - snarg(framina); - More snarg strangeness. (snarg.net/blorgzap/snargframina.html)
- 08/24/02 - temple of the lemur - This site has a great collection of time wasting humour. What first caught my attention was Don't Cross The Memes, but I stuck around for the clever Geek Name Generator and much more. (totl.net)
- 08/23/02 - eyetricks.com - Amazing Optical Illusions, 3D Stereograms, and other Mind Teasing Oddities. The Image Galleries have some stunning illusions. They've also got some nice Stereograms and a lot more optical trickery. (eyetricks.com)
- 08/22/02 - una china em mi zapato - A fun little flash game. To win you must navigate your space craft through an asteroid field for 50 seconds. (www.unachinaenmizapato.com)
- 08/21/02 - television without pity - With this site, you'll never need to watch tv again. Mind you, with this site, I'm not so sure you will want to either. With quick (and sometimes very lengthy), not always flattering, updates on all the current network and cable tv shows, Television Without Pity reminds us that there are better things to be doing with our lives. Sadly, it seems that various people around me have spent many hours reading these reviews and synopses today. I have work to do. (televisionwithoutpity.com)
- 08/20/02 - otosan - Can anyone tell me what this is all about? (home.att.ne.jp/delta/akichan/flash/ffile/otosan081.swf)
- 08/19/02 - jeff miller web pages - A cool collection of pages by Jeff Miller. Be sure to look at the History of Mathematical Symbols, the History of Words of Mathematics, Images of Mathematicians on Postage Stamps and a large collection of Word Oddities and Trivia. (members.aol.com/gulfhigh2)
- 08/18/02 - the leonard nimoy should eat more salsa foundation - this is the home of the International Leonard Nimoy Should Eat More Salsa Foundation, an worldwide organization entrusted with the critical mission of ensuring that Leonard Nimoy eats more salsa. Through a series of presentations, and studies, they will demonstrate the critical importance of their mission. (lnsemsf.com)
- 08/17/02 - sazz - A nice collection of flash cartoons. (giantheads.com)
- 08/16/02 - l33t-5p34k generator - Now you can translate all of your important documents into the arkane language of the l337 h4><0R. (geocities.com/mnstr_2000/translate.html)
- 08/15/02 - don't link to us! - An archive of links to websites with stupid linking policies. (www.dontlink.com)
- 08/14/02 - the google art generator - Using carefully crafted usenet messages and google's search term highlighting, you can now create pretty pictures, accessible through newsgroup searches. (kryogenix.org/code/browser/aqgoogle)
- 08/13/02 - top-earning dead celebrities - Forbes magazine has compiled a list of the estates of dead celebrities who are raking in the most money this year. I had no idea that Dr. Seuss was still pulling in over $19 million. (forbes.com/home/2002/08/12/0812deadintro.html)
- 08/12/02 - the big myth - How do people from different cultures view themselves, the world and their origins? (bigmyth.com)
- 08/11/02 - thememoryhole.org - A huge collection of news stories, speeches, and documents that some people would very much rather you forgot ever happened. (thememoryhole.org)
- 08/10/02 - the5k.org winners - The winners of the 5k Web Design Contest have been announced. My favourites so far include the overall winner Frutiger Toy, Wolfenstein 5k (which is playable), the very attractive and eerie Night Waltz, the Scale Model of the Solar System is pretty cool, and the definitely not to be missed minimalist lemmings. (www.the5k.org/winners.asp/y=2002)
- 08/09/02 - purportal.com - The bunk stops here. A clever service intended to help you determine the veracity of claims made in forwarded emails before you send them on, this site allows you to search urban legend, hoax and security databases to find the truth. (purportal.com)
- 08/08/02 - foodporn.com - Bringing you the finest food images and resources on the web. (foodporn.com)
- 08/07/02 - the movie spoiler - I don't want to give to much away about this site, but I will say this, it's devoted to movie spoilers. (themoviespoiler.com)
- 08/06/02 - the linguistic fun page - A plethora of linguistic joys. Though I have yet to make it through the whole site, some of my favourite sections include the translation funnies, the misquotes and a fantastic example demonstrating the importance of "Correct Punctuation". Also check out the links to the lists of oxymora and redundant pleonasms, the Acronym Database, a collection of Collective Nouns and a whole lot of other linguistic goodies. (ojohaven.com/fun)
- 08/05/02 - tick tock toys - A large archive of images of kids' cereal boxes, store displays, fast food, cartoon characters and lots more from the 50s through 70s. (theimaginaryworld.com/page4.html)
- 08/04/02 - moist towelette collection - The number one resource on the internet for moist towelette collectors worldwide. (members.aol.com/MoistTwl/)
- 08/03/02 - switch gates - A new parody of Apple's Switch campaign featuring everyone's favourite billionaire. (www.macboy.com/cartoons/switch/gates)
- 08/02/02 - pull-o-meter - How do you score? This flash based choose your own adventure game will let you know how well you'd do. (www.thesite.org/magazine/pullometer.html)
- 08/01/02 - sportsfilter.com - A community blog devoted to sports. (sportsfilter.com)
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