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Category: Cool Sites
Blogs, wikis and other websites that deserve recognition.
Thank Stephen Colbert
A site has been started to give special recognition to Stephen Colbert.
Thanks to 10,000 Monkies and a Camera for the link!
Picking Colors
There are many color scheme programs online. This is the latest I’ve checked out.
Wishes come true and I bet reality comes crashing down
Boyfriend and girlfriend make a bet. At stake? A threesome! Looks like boy wins but I bet their relationship doesn’t last a week afterwards. Win the battle, lose the war.
So, here’s the story… I said to my girlfriend that any stupid website could get tons of hits, simply because people are bored all the time. She said that I was an idiot and couldn’t make a website that could get tons of hits if I wanted to. After a long argument (mostly centered around the fact that she called me an idiot) we made a bet:
If I could not make a website to get 2,000,000 hits, I would agree that I was an idiot; however, if I could make a website to get 2,000,000 hits, she would have a menage a trois (that’s a threesome to you non french-speakers) with me and another girl. I thought she was kidding at the time, but then she said she was so sure of herself, that she would even put it in writing.
At the time of this post–2,010,891–if you can believe the counter. The impressiveness of it is that not 9 hours ago it was around 600,000. Looks like it is going up at the rate of about 100 hits per second. By the time I finished typing this the numbers reached 2,031,379.
Time to close a window – Parent Resources
This window has 3 tabs. One is for another post and two are parenting related.
Blogtopsites presents the top parenting blogs.
The Exploratorium brings us an invaluable list of hands-on activities! These include:
Miracle Animals
Unbelieveable graphic arts!
I can’t even imagine being this good with Photoshop!
Using Porn to Sell Clothes
Well now. Someone just sent me an interesting link. Apparently an apparrel company, SHAÏ, has decided to use pornography to sell clothing. Their catalog is a flash movie of people having sex but as they disrobe you can roll over the movie with your mouse to get details of the clothing article and add it to your shopping cart. The concept is extremely sharp in that you have models displaying the clothing in, um, interesting ways and that when you see what you like you can purchase the clothing. This could have been done without the sex and I bet we will see this style of catalog in different formats such as an interactive walkway with models displaying the goods. The catalog is NOT WORK SAFE and for adults only. I can’t tell you much about the clothes but I can say that the catalog is explicit enough that some people will blush while others might get a few new ideas.
Today’s Cool Links
- Is MySpace a fad?
- A lot of folks have asked me “What went wrong with Friendster? Why is MySpace any different?” I guess i never directly answered that question, even though i’ve addressed the causes in other talks. Still, i guess it would be helpful to piece some of it together and directly attend to this question.
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MySpace is not the same as Friendster – it will not fade in the same way. Friendster was a fad; MySpace has become far more than that. If it doesn’t evolve, it will fade, but MySpace is far better positioned to evolve than Friendster was. That said, i think we’re seeing a huge shift in social life – negotiating super publics. I kinda suspect that MySpace teens are going to lead the way in figuring this out, just as teens in the 60s and 70s paved the way to figuring out globalized life with TV. I just hope law doesn’t try to stop culture. - Cold War bunker found in Brooklyn Bridge
- (This on the heels of me watching Johnny Mnemonic) NEW YORK (CNN) — New York workers have discovered a trove of Cold War-era supplies within the masonry of the Brooklyn Bridge, a cache meant to aid in survival efforts in the event of nuclear attack. …employees were conducting maintenance on the structure Wednesday when they found the cache on the top floor of a three-floor space inside the bridge’s base… containers were marked with two dates notorious in the annals of the Cold War: 1957 and 1962 and "To be opened after attack by the enemy." "Could it have been a bunker for the mayor? We don’t know."
- Men’s strange requests
- Video of Big Foot
- How NOT to be a man
- (This one will make you mad) Are all of you out there following the story about the smug frat-boy asshat who filed a lawsuit claiming that men have the right not to pay any support for a child they fathered by accident?
- Moore’s Law of Razor Blades
- Expect 14 bladed razors in 2100
Bicycle Pacman Chases Ghost
What a brilliant idea for the wheels of a bicycle!
It’s the Simpsons!
And just incase anyone has been living in a cave for the past week, here’s the incredible video of the Simpsons introduction using live actors instead of animation. And incase your cave is REALLY deep, here’s the Internet Movie Database’s info on The Simpsons.
March Means More Prizes
Here’s a repeat post but Blingo is sooo worth it! And no spam. No negatives. Make sure you sign up through a referral. I participate so does my wife, Barry, Busy Mom, Single Dad, and many other! From Blingo Buzz:
Free USB Key From Microsoft
Gizmodo turns us onto a Microsoft promotion giving away free USB key. Just log in with your .NET passport and answer 4 questions (the answers are on the above link). The key should arrive in 6-8 weeks.
Google Search With Prizes!
From Blingo Buzz:
Pay attention. The Blingo Frenzy is coming.
February 27, 2006 • Blingo FrenzyStarting on March 1st we’re adding more prizes to Blingo and launching a new feature we call the Blingo Frenzy, a short period of time where Blingo gives away prizes like crazy. We might suddenly give away a bunch of iPod Nanos in one hour, or we might give away movie tickets or iTunes every few minutes! You never know what and you never know when.
So, pay attention or you might miss the Frenzy. Oh, and you might want to make sure your Friends are paying attention too.
We have sent Sarah to the movies 4 times for free because of Blingo! No spam. No fine print. Blingo simply returns the exact same search results you would get from Google but they put 3 paid links at the top and 2 at the bottom. They are making all their money from Adsense. If you prefer, sign up with my wife:
Today’s Useful Information for Women and Men
For the ladies, information about a better sports bra. For the guys, simply a cheap thrill. Not safe for work. Guys may find their afternoon bouncing away.
And since we are on the subject of time wasters in the name of a good smile, here’s a safe for work (with sound) video of a European award winning commercial you might not see in the United States.
