Archive for the 'WEBSTUFF' Category

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Sing me a song

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Who said the singing telegram is dead?

Gina or Humphrey — you pick the crooner. Plunk down your lyrics.
Hit play to hear your singing telegram. Then send it along to a friend.
Here’s the singing telegram I created.
There’s also background information on Gina and Humphrey. Hilarious!

You think your weather is bad!

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

The weather sucks right across Canada.
Here on the West Coast, we’re cold and chilly with lots of rain. On the East Coast, they’re sweating out a freak heat wave.
Having said that, we could live on Mars. Here’s a recent snapshot of weather on Mars from the Phoenix Mars Lander.

The Mars weather reports are updated regularly [...]

Lick me

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Put your mug on a Canada Post stamp.

Pictures worth 1000 words

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Here’s a sample from Norman Roberts. His site is brief on words but the images certainly pack a punch.

Chinese Democracy Notebook.

What a View.

Swinging 80s!

157 free software tools

Friday, April 18th, 2008

PC Magazine published a list of 157 software tools.
Why is their list special? All of the software comes with:

No fees.
No expiration dates.
No problems.
Sometimes even no downloads.
No kidding.

Eric Griffith and PC Magazine Staff did the math: If you bought popular apps instead of trying their gratis counter-parts, at the manufacturers’ list prices you’d be out [...]

Random thoughts are never clichés

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early-1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members.
The works feature the element of surprise, unexpected juxtapositions and non sequitur.

Refresh this page to display another
absurd and surreal non sequitur.

Choices we make during our day

Friday, April 4th, 2008

Have you ever counted the number of choices you make in one day? Think you life is pedestrian?
The Simulator gives a glimpse into life’s choices.
Here’s how the site developer’s describe it:
Building The Simulator is an attempt at accenting and exploring the edge between the simulacrum of the internet and banal physical existence.
By reverting physicalness into [...]

Good advice

Saturday, March 15th, 2008

Need I say more? Yes, there really is a
Table of Condiments
That Periodically Go Bad

Disaster comes in many forms

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Are you having one of “those days”? A day when all you want to do is to release some frustration? Here’s your chance to take out your frustration on my weblog.
Don’t be a fraidy cat. If you think you’re having a bad day, just click on the following link to take a look at [...]

Montage and mice

Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Montage-a-google is a simple web-based app that uses Google’s image search to generate a large gridded montage of images based on keywords (search terms) entered by the user.
Not only an interesting way of browsing the net, it can also be used to create desktop pictures or even posters
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