site of the day archive for june 2008
- 06/30/08 - covering canada - The best, worst and strangest foreign covers of Canadian songs. (www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/06/27/f-covering-canada.html)
- 06/29/08 - hans rosling at ted - A TED talk featuring Hans Rosling, debunking third-world myths with some incredible data visualizations. (ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html)
- 06/28/08 - undersea internet - A map of the undersea cables that connect the internet around the world. (image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg)
- 06/27/08 - lit 101 in three lines or less - Great works of fiction boiled down to three lines of dialogue. (mcsweeneys.net/2008/6/16joseph.html)
- 06/26/08 - isitchristmas.com - With about 6 months to go, it doesn't hurt to be ready. If you can't trust yourself to visit regularly, you can subscribe to their RSS feed. (isitchristmas.com)
- 06/25/08 - the website is down - A short film about the joys of IT support. (Slightly NSFW) (thewebsiteisdown.com)
- 06/24/08 - creative photographs - A gallery of 92 clever photographs. (justcreativedesign.com/2008/04/08/creative-photographs)
- 06/23/08 - capitol words - Fresh from the United States' congressional record to your screen, the most ofter used word in Washington each day. (capitolwords.org)
- 06/22/08 - ;( - Has modern life killed the semicolon? (www.slate.com/id/2194087/pagenum/all)
- 06/21/08 - snow globes - The creepiest snow globes in town. (inventorspot.com/articles/snow_globes_14655)
- 06/20/08 - sorryimissedyourparty.com - Pictures of other people's parties from Flickr. (Some are NSFW) (www.sorryimissedyourparty.com)
- 06/19/08 - sensible units - Convert boring units to real objects as you type. (sensibleunits.com)
- 06/18/08 - idiot test - A simple test to see if you are an idiot. How do you fare? (users.skynet.be/bk258512/idiot_test.swf)
- 06/17/08 - urban prankster - Urban Prankster covers pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors that take place in public places in cities across the world. (urbanprankster.com)
- 06/16/08 - many same - An archive of many pictures of the same objects. (manysame.com)
- 06/15/08 - found in books - The most interesting things found in books. (www.abebooks.com/docs/Community/Featured/found-in-books.shtml)
- 06/14/08 - walken works - A Christopher Walken film review site. (www.walkenworks.com)
- 06/13/08 - restofthemovie.com - Watch streaming movies that are currently in theatres. Check it out now, before it gets shut down. (restofthemovie.com)
- 06/12/08 - good news - News we only wish were true. (www.fugue.com/pics/goodnews.html)
- 06/11/08 - how different groups voted - An interactive breakdown of voting trends by various demographic groupings in the 2008 Democratic Primary. (graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/flash/politics/20080603_MARGINS_GRAPHIC/margins.swf)
- 06/10/08 - guilt & pleasure - Guilt and Pleasure is a quarterly magazine based on the idea that a good argument has become too rare a thing. (guiltandpleasure.com)
- 06/09/08 - pictures from the sky - 50 stunning aerial photographs. (files.kavefish.com/pictures/collections/pictures_from_the_sky/_index-list.html)
- 06/08/08 - the great nyc commuter challenge - An annual race between a cyclist, a transit user, and a car in a typical New York commute. (transalt.org/newsroom/media/2336)
- 06/07/08 - ukecast - The ukulele podcast since 2006. (ukecast.com)
- 06/06/08 - the big picture - News stories in photographs. (boston.com/bigpicture)
- 06/05/08 - free fall research page - Everything you need to to know about falling without a parachute. (greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffresearch.html)
- 06/04/08 - goosh.org - The unofficial Google shell. A text oriented browser-based Google interface. (goosh.org)
- 06/03/08 - t.e.a.l. - The Typo Eradication Advancement League. (www.jeffdeck.com/teal)
- 06/02/08 - tights are not pants - Tights are not pants. (tightsarenotpants.com)
- 06/01/08 - '47 cheval - How the '47 Cheval Blanc, a defective wine from an aberrant year, got so good. (www.slate.com/id/2184371/pagenum/all)
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