Archive for the 'cool websites' Category

DIY Restaurant Reviews

Friday, October 10th, 2003

addyourown.com is a very nice site that allows people to submit their favorite restaurants and reviews. The really nice feature is that everything is completely editable (ala Wiki) and you can add to/modify anyone else’s information that they submitted.
Right now, addyourown.com covers New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The site just [...]

How Fast Is Your Trigger Finger?

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

The Reflex Tester
This site is addictive…
I can’t get less than 0.26 seconds… Anyone do better?
thanks to the good folks at 37signals

smartplaylists.com

Thursday, October 9th, 2003

While on the topic of iTunes, I just found a new website entitled smartplaylists.com.
The premise of smartplaylists.com is a weblog that offers tips on creating cool “smart playlists”. In case you’re not familiar with “smart playlists”, these are playlists that are auto-updating based on various constraints you pick. This is a very cool [...]

Good Old Fashioned Corn Mazes

Tuesday, October 7th, 2003

Maybe it’s a midwestern thing, but nothing says that autumn is here like a corn maze.
The people at Fairwyn Farms in Lake Geneva, WI have kicked things up a bit and have been making their Corn Mazes look more like crop circles created by Chicago Bears and Green Bay Packers-crazed aliens.
You [...]

Two Great Websites

Wednesday, October 1st, 2003

slatch.com
Music and general pop-culturish goodness
75orless.com
Album reviews in 75 words or less
These sites kick ass.

Now This Is The Way To Spend Your Day!

Friday, September 19th, 2003

I cannot stress how cool http://www.lab360.com/listen/ is… I’m listening to “High Fidelity” as we speak and it’s kick-ass.
“It’s a Cosby Sweater! A Cosby Sweat-ahh!”

Listen To Your Favorite Movies Over The Web

Thursday, September 18th, 2003

So you’re at work and have a hankerin’ to skip out and catch a movie… That’s probably not a good idea.
What’s a better idea? How about clicking on over to http://www.lab360.com/listen/ and stream the audio of your favorite movie!
I swear that the folks over at lab360.com have the same exact DVD [...]

The Art of the 404 Page

Tuesday, September 16th, 2003

Who knew there was such beauty and creativity in some websites 404 pages (the page that automatically appears if you try to hit a web page that is not there)…
http://www.plinko.net/404/
You can also check out the marusin.com error page by going to a page like this: http://www.marusin.com/ithinkthatiamcool (although I would not label it [...]

Journalism At It’s Best

Monday, September 8th, 2003

Steven Frank’s auto-generating newspaper from LiveJournal feeds now has a new home: http://www.ljtimes.com/
Bookmark it and make it your homepage. You’ll never need news from anywhere else! :)

Make Your Own Lava Lamp

Sunday, August 31st, 2003

Check out the “white trash” lava lamp… Cool stuff!
http://oozinggoo.com/howto.html