Yesterday was Movie-A-Minute; today is Book-A-Minute. Some examples: A CHRISTMAS CAROL Ebenezer Scrooge Bah, humbug. You’ll work thirty-eight hours on Christmas Day, keep the heat at five degrees, and like it. Ghost of Jacob Marley Ebenezer Scrooge, three ghosts of Christmas will come and tell you you’re mean. Three Ghosts of Christmas You’re mean. Ebenezer Scrooge At last, I have … Read More
The Arrow Of Time
A photograph of family members, every June 17th, since 1976. P.S.: I might add, this isn’t exactly the happiest looking family I’ve seen.
I have to confess — I never really understood Twitter. For those of you who don’t know, Twitter is a website — one growing in popularity — that allows users (no fee, it’s free to join) to post what they are doing right now. This isn’t like a blog, where the user might write lengthy posts about what they’re doing … Read More
PostSecret – Blog Of The Year
The winners 2007 Bloggies have just been announced and it’s all very interesting. The Blog of The Year is a site I’ve mentioned before: PostSecret. PostSecret is an ad-free community weblog in which anybody, even you, can send in your anonymous secrets by postcard (or, in these days, electronic postcard). The site has proven so popular, it has inspired a … Read More
What’s In A Name?
HowManyOfMe.com There are:49people with my namein the U.S.A. How many have your name?
The Nietzche Family Circus
I like this site: it pairs random Family Circle drawings with random Nietzche quotes. Example: "To predict the behavior of ordinary people in advance, you only have to assume that they will always try to escape a disagreeable situation with the smallest possible expenditure of intelligence." Another one: "There are no facts, only interpretations." Okay, one more: Has a woman … Read More
Name That Tune
Got a tune stuck in your head, but can’t identify it? Go to this site, hum 15 seconds (you’ll need a microphone hooked up to your computer), and it’ll tell you the song. Of course, your results may vary depending on how well you hum. Still, it’s a cool idea.
A Better(?) Search Engine
Google is boring. Yahoo search is boring. At least compared to Ms. Dewey. CNET explains: A sultry woman who makes wisecracks related to the keywords that are typed in. The search results appear as a long, scrolling list in a window that pops up on the upper right. Set against a futuristic cityscape background, Ms. Dewey–with her hair pulled back–probably … Read More
Facebook Open To All, Starting Today
Go there. Here’s why it’s better than myspace: Facebook is clean; you can’t add stupid music videos or sparkly lights or huge text to your profile. It’s much more professional-looking, and the features are quite useful. MySpace, on the other hand, feels like the internet circa-1997. Sure, the kids love it, but it’s uglier than anything else on the net. … Read More
Something Which May Make MySpace Bearable
There are a lot of reasons I hate Myspace, but mostly I hate the idea of it. It’s like one huge crowded online pickup bar, except with tacky decor, no booze, and a high school cafeteria mentality. It’s easy to understand why college students abandon Myspace and go to something like Facebook. And why adults prefer Blogger or Typepad or … Read More
eHow
This is a great website: eHow. What’s on it? Simply this: "Clear Instructions on How To Do (just about) Everything". Cool.
Oral Fixation
On Flickr, the photo-sharing website, some user named "toothpastery" is publishing photos of her toothpaste. Twice a day. Every day. Along with a description of the toothpaste. Apparently, it’s art. The profile of "toothpastery" (which identifies her real name as "Joanna") explains: For the most part, I’m probably just objectifying toothpaste in an unhealthy way. These images are methodically captured, … Read More
What We’re Surfing For
These are the top viewed pages at Wikipedia for the past 4 days. It sort of serves as a good bookmark of what people are interested in as they surf for information on the internets. My only question is: why all the interest in Irukandji jellyfish? Views per day Percent Title 1700750 ± 20% 4.1629% 1. Main Page 56000 ± … Read More
“Beautiful Dead Girls”
Since the media is once again obsessed with the death of adorable little Jon-Benet Ramsey, Kos diarist "hrh" thought he would shine the spotlight on some other beautiful dead girls — the ones the media doesn’t talk about. Read it. RELATED: Juan Cole has thoughts of his own, comparing the saturation news coverage of Jon-Benet Ramsey with another case: But … Read More