Fun On the Web

Just a matter of balance

2004-12-27T14:31:17Z

I thought this Bad Day series of photos was interesting, though I am not sure if the last one isn't fake.

Yeti and Penguin

2004-05-15T22:49:07Z

Here are more penguin games YETI SPORTS by chris hilgert powered by edelweiss medienwerkst.at. This appears to be the source of the pengiun baseball I linked to earlier.

Baby Names

2004-05-15T22:13:45Z

Ever wondered about Popular baby names
? Check it out and see where you fall.

Well Done funny flash animation

2004-05-15T21:53:54Z

A newsletter I subscribe to sent a link to this Bug this guy with your cursor.

Very cool use of flash animation.

Source of Dialect Data

2004-02-21T14:26:45Z

If you took the quiz, go to the Dialect Survey Results to see many other dialect differences.

You sound like you're from...

2004-02-21T14:16:48Z

Take the Yankee or Dixie quiz and learn where your pronunciation makes you sound like you are from.

Penguin Ball

2004-01-24T00:35:12Z

My brother sent me a link to an addictive little web game at smack the pingu!!! (Yes i ripped it). In it you control a Yeti that is hitting a penguin like a baseball for distance.

Seems it is a new internet phenomenom. I found that it is also at smack the pingu!!!. I wonder where it originated?

My longest distances are 490 in the air and 588.3 with a skipping penguin.

Top X Lists

2003-12-23T22:47:44Z

Go to (((oooo))) Fimoculous.com: Feeding Time for as complete a list of top lists of the year as you are likely to find.

I enjoyed reviewing many of them.

Interesting Airplane Insight

2003-12-17T18:42:10Z

While browsing the web, I found a link to Watch World War II Aircraft Videos Live On Line at the Zenoplex.

I have always been fascinated by WWII aircraft. It is cool to see some of the details that the pilots had to know to fly them.

Great Architectural Photographs

2003-09-02T23:21:32Z

A good friend of mine has a subsection of the Smithsonian's website devoted to a series of pages she created using photographs she took of the old Patent Office building that is being restored. Please take some time to go see Amy Boles' pictures of "A Different Light".

Chess in the computer age

2003-08-29T16:56:21Z

This page, Blizzard Chess, very accurately demonstrates what would happen to chess if it were owned by a video game company.

For non-gamers, it is important to know that many video game companies release program changes called patches. While some patches are used to correct program errors, often they are use to change the game to make it more "balanced."

Great Comic Strip

2003-08-25T14:01:20Z

Check out this new web based political cartoon at Day By Day by Chris Muir.

4th of July

2003-07-02T21:50:54Z

My brother sent me a link, Lady Liberty Fireworks that is fun to play with. Try it for yourself.

Microsimulation of road traffic

2003-06-25T19:30:23Z

I really like the simulation of traffic flow at Microsimulation of road traffic.

Settlers of Catan

2003-06-10T20:57:21Z

Here is a link to an online version of a great boardgame:
Java Settlers of Catan - BETA