site of the day archive for january 2004
- 01/31/04 - snakes - A very cool animated film based on a woodcut by M.C. Escher. (etereaestudios.com/docs_html/snakes_htm/snakes_index.htm)
- 01/30/04 - cords - The Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies covers everything from the basics of space debris, to an extensive collection of reentry data. (www.aero.org/cords)
- 01/29/04 - sharkwars - Another fun text adventure game. An almost lost art if you ask me. (sharkwars.net)
- 01/28/04 - ping pong avalanche - What happens when you take a few hundred thousand ping pong balls and let them lose down the side of a man made hill? (Warning: some of the site is in Japanese) (duvel.lowtem.hokudai.ac.jp/~jim/avalanche/miyanomori/miyanomori.html)
- 01/27/04 - mars exploration multimedia - Some cool videos from the Mars exploration project. (marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/video/challenges.html)
- 01/26/04 - jeffbots.com - A neat little site devoted to homemade robots. (jeffbots.com)
- 01/25/04 - bookcrossing.com - Add a tag to a favourite book, and release it into the wild. When someone finds it, they will be directed back to the bookcrossing site to register that the book found a good home. So far, about one in five released books have been found. (bookcrossing.com)
- 01/24/04 - squalorsurvivors.com - A site devoted to all aspects of messy living. (squalorsurvivors.com)
- 01/23/04 - law & order colouring book - Based on the popular TV series. (brandonbird.com/lno_color.html)
- 01/22/04 - toasters - The fabled history of the electric toaster. (homepage.dtn.ntl.com/paul.linnell/electricity/toasters.html)
- 01/21/04 - jabberwacky.com - A clever instant messaging bot that learns. (jabberwacky.com)
- 01/20/04 - doughnut map of canada - Melissa Edwards has made various interesting maps of Canada. (geist.com/map/map.php)
- 01/19/04 - fiji museum - The Fiji Museum's collection includes archaeological material dating back 3,500 years and cultural objects representing both Fiji's indigenous inhabitants and other communities that have settled in the island group over the past 100 years. (www.fijimuseum.org.fj)
- 01/18/04 - crag x - I'm a proud new member of this climbing gym in Victoria. Can't wait to climb at Squamish this summer. (urbancliffculture.com)
- 01/17/04 - building a balancing scooter - Detailed instructions to build a Segway using easy to get parts. (tlb.org/scooter.html)
- 01/16/04 - dirkon - Instructions on how to build a paper camera. (pinhole.cz/en/pinholecameras/dirkon_01.html)
- 01/15/04 - ask a linguist - Your opportunity to ask a panel of professional linguists a question. If you prefer, check out an archive of questions they have already answered. (linguistlist.org/ask-ling)
- 01/14/04 - dentokogei.com - This site showcases traditional Japanese handicraft. (www.dentokogei.com)
- 01/13/04 - web noise - A fun little soundboard. (zefrank.com/webnoise/noises4.swf)
- 01/12/04 - victoria, bc - I now live in Victoria. Well, technically, if you are reading this at midnight, I will live in Victoria in about an hour and a half. (www.city.victoria.bc.ca)
- 01/11/04 - the amish laptop - Answers to frequently asked questions about the Amish Laptop. (www.mystique.net/faq.html)
- 01/10/04 - how to deconstruct almost anything - An engineer's approach to the world of postmodern literary criticism. (www.info.ucl.ac.be/people/PVR/decon.html)
- 01/09/04 - alterslash.org - The unofficial slashdot digest. (alterslash.org)
- 01/08/04 - acidtrip - A series of nine drawings done by an artist under the unfluence of LSD. (cowboybooks.com.au/html/acidtrip1.html)
- 01/07/04 - cut-the-knot.org - A great collection of mathematical miscellany. (cut-the-knot.org)
- 01/06/04 - old year's quiz - How confident are you of your knowledge of the last year? (ntk.net/2004/01/02/)
- 01/05/04 - speech synthesis - A brief history of speaking machines. (www.ling.su.se/staff/hartmut/kemplne.htm)
- 01/04/04 - euclid's elements - Another fine Java infused edition of Euclid's Elements. (aleph0.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/toc.html)
- 01/03/04 - slow wave - Slow Wave is a collective dream diary authored by different people from around the world, and drawn as a comic strip by Jesse Reklaw. I find them surprisingly compelling. (slowwave.com)
- 01/02/04 - desperado - Santexo pays tribute to Mr Johnny Cash the only way he can: with monkeys. (www.apsv04.dsl.pipex.com/desperado.swf)
- 01/01/04 - the bible according to cheese - Or, a Brie History of Time. Stories told through the medium of cheese. (alltooflat.com/serious/cheese)
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