Jim's Links to Fun Sites

 

Web sites that are just fun to run around on. If you're looking to waste an hour (and the Tappet Brothers are not on the air), check out these sites.

  

These are sites I've had a good time browsing. I hope you do too.

  1. Web cams all over the place
        and ones in San Francisco  
        and Africa
  2. Pencil Carvings - very complex forms from such a simple start. Masterful.  
  3. Bad Designs
  4. Folding Paper Toys - plans!  You need to click around a bit to get it.
  5. KWMap - a graphical way to find related keywords
  6. Optical Illusions on the web
  7. Unworkable Machines
  8. Urban Exploration - the inside of cities
  9. Flong - offers interesting examples in visualization (ex, popular numbers)
  10. Harmless Pranks - also check out his "how much is inside" - excellent
  11. Randi debunking faikers
  12. Make magazine - you should go to their show
  13. Help the search for extraterrestrial life
  14. How will the next Bay Area earthquake affect your house?
  15. Robot Wars in SF every year
  16. Know where to look for satellites in the night sky
  17. My restaurant guide

These are meant to be funny, see if you agree.

  1. The Condiment Museum
  2. Peeps - the research (They appear to be down! Shoot!)
  3. Furby Dissection Information

Fun things to play with

  1. Anti-Tetris - the idea is to build a tall tower
  2. Police Sketch Artist - try to make your own face
  3. Graphical Balls - they mesmerized me
  4. Find your own political compass
  5. Mr. Picasso Head - make your own modern art (search the site for "schrempp")
  6. 20 Questions - the computer is amazing
  7. Vector Park, a time waster; click on the left most one
  8. Incredible java graphics fun
  9. Soda straw drawings
  10. Fireworks all the time, from Nancy B again.

And there are these shockers

  1. Home made cruise missile
  2. Dot Coms becoming Dot Nots
  3. Lookup payphone phone numbers
  4. Web Sites that Suck - he probably thinks mine sucks too
  5. Enter the world of the lounge lizard
  6. The Wizard of Oz vs Pink Floyd
  7. Hate your modem?

Alternative Press Sites of Interest

  1. Atomic Bear Press. Cousin Brian's place.
  2. The Homeless Channel. A well written story.
  3. BikiniKat. I met Flower at APE. She was fun to chat with. There is a lot of potential in her ideas.
  4. Jamaica D. Echoes in the Ashes is a dark goth book. I bought an early issue at APE 2004. This year she's added to the story. Still daaaark.
  5. Some folks don't have a web site yet. I'm waiting for them: Steven Soria; Leslie Bloomfield and Adele Dresner-Moss; Apathy Strikes.

Cool Multimedia Shows

  1. Animusic - computer animated musical instruments
  2. Can a Whale Explode?  

Music Sites with some interest

  1. Launchcast is a great place to listen over the internet
  2. MyRadio plays music via WMA
  3. Audible offers online audio programs
  4. Spinner lets you kind of choose your own music
  5. Songza - listen to any song
  6. An Ontology of Electronic Music, with samples!

Just Interesting

  1. Long Live Estonia!
  2. SplitRock Lighthouse from Jim E

Building Community With the Internet

  1. Bookcrossing - leave a book somewhere and see who picks it up.
  2. Sorry Everybody - a phenomenal spontaneous gathering