site of the day archive for november 2004
- 11/30/04 - watching grass grow - You heard me right: watching grass grow. If corn is more your thing, look here. (www.komar.org/faq/watching_grass_grow)
- 11/29/04 - ten by ten - This site features a visual representation of one hundred of the most important images and words gathered automatically from RSS newsfeeds every hour. (tenbyten.org)
- 11/28/04 - snow - A very cool computer snow simulation. Watch the video. (www.setpixel.com/content/?ID=snow)
- 11/27/04 - crease patterns - An amazing collection of origami instructions. (design.origami.free.fr/Diagrams/cp.htm)
- 11/26/04 - monster attack - Ahh! My website is under attack! (bunnyherolabs.com/dhtml/monster.php?ref...es.org)
- 11/25/04 - recorderrace.org - An annual race where each car is a modified Walkman. (recorderrace.org)
- 11/24/04 - textbook disclaimer stickers - A collection of stickers to be placed in textbooks to warn of dangerous unfounded ideas such as evolution, that the earth is round, and other disclaimer stickers. (www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/cpurrin1/textbookdisclaimers)
- 11/23/04 - pirate riddles for sophisticates - I'm somewhat ashamed that I found these as funny as I did. (www.mcsweeneys.net/2000/06/14pirates.html)
- 11/22/04 - the linksquare project - Tons of interesting links, each represented by a small square image. (fishbucket.net/linksquare.html)
- 11/21/04 - the zoomquilt - A rather cool piece of interactive art. Click on the image and move up or down to continuously and infinitely zoom in and out. (www.cyphic.net/zoomquilt/zoom.htm)
- 11/20/04 - worldtoilet.org - A little late is better than never. Yesterday was World Toilet Day. (worldtoilet.org)
- 11/19/04 - google scholar - The latest offering from Google Labs, Google Scholar enables you to search specifically for scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts and technical reports from all broad areas of research. (scholar.google.com)
- 11/18/04 - grandtheftendo.com - A tribute to Grand Theft Auto, written for the 8-bit nintendo Entertainment System. (grandtheftendo.com)
- 11/17/04 - the grey video - In 1968 the Beatles release "The white Album", in 2004 Jay-Z releases "The Black Album", and in 2004 DJ Danger Mouse mixes both "The Grey Album". (www.greyvideo.com)
- 11/16/04 - the jones soda holiday pack taste test - An excellent, if revolting, review of the Jones Soda Holiday Pack. (x-entertainment.com/articles/0920)
- 11/15/04 - election result maps - A collection of interest maps that give a much truer account of how the vote broke down in the recent US election. (www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election)
- 11/14/04 - fun with primes - A site featuring a top-knotch collection of algorithms for generating lists of primes. (troubleshooters.a3b3.com/codecorn/primenumbers/primenumbers.htm)
- 11/13/04 - international orangutan awareness week - Today is the last day to celebrate IOAW. Don't forget our endangered cousins. (www.ioaw.org)
- 11/12/04 - sorry everybody - A rapidly growing gallery of apologies from Americans who did all they could in the recent election. (sorryeverybody.com)
- 11/10/04 - the take - Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein's new documentary tells the amazing story of a new economic force that is gaining strength in Argentina. The movie chronicles the successful drive by a group of unemployed auto-parts workers to reopen a shuttered factory under worker control. Check the "now playing" link to see where you can catch it, and if your city is not listed, talk to a theatre and get them to bring it. The only way for amazing documentaries such as this one, The Corporation, and many others will keep being made, is if we go see them. More information can be found here, including a list of benefit screenings across Canada. (thetake.org)
- 11/10/04 - comics! - A collection of syndicated comics from the web in one location. (high5.net/comic)
- 11/09/04 - qrime - The latest addition to a large collection of confusing flash animations. (qrime.com/enter.html)
- 11/08/04 - 20 reasons - 20 reasons why you shouldn't post pictures of yourself on the internet. (www.columbia.edu/~rhee)
- 11/07/04 - evil/live - A very clever edit of the presidential debate where Bush debates himself. (amsterdam.nettime.org/L...-0411/msg00011.html)
- 11/06/04 - hidden pictures - A gallery of photographs carefully doctored to hide a second image. (www.coolbubble.com/features/hiddenpictures)
- 11/05/04 - i lost my frog - A picture story of the saga of a frog lost. (lostfrog.org)
- 11/04/04 - 2004 election results - A detailed breakdown of the US presidential election voting patterns. (www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pa...0/epolls.0.html)
- 11/03/04 - battle of the sexes - Defend the honour of your gender in this epic battle to determine who can better park a car. (adverts.freeloader.com/zurich)
- 11/02/04 - trash cans of india - Interesting trash cans from across India. (sporkopolis.fusioncentral.com/html/trash_cans_of_india.html)
- 11/01/04 - leave it to bush - A short film about Dubyah, featuring ferrets and Gary Busey. I said it was short. (www.thetoiletonline.com/leaveit.htm)
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