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- Email fun - how many of these movies have you seen?
One of thos surveys you got by email from friends with too much time on their hands…how many of these movies have you seen?
I have seen…
Tue, 22 May 2007 00:32:39 +0000
- Paint like Pollock.
This web page lets you paint like Jackson Pollock with your mouse. It’s a simple to use, but wonderfully effective piece of flash programming. Simply move your mouse around the page to draw lines of colour. The longer you hover in one place, the larger the splotch will be. To change the colour of your [...]
Mon, 21 May 2007 17:18:37 +0000
- 10 great websites which have (*sniff) been closed down.
Do you remember OLGA? Ever heard of Lik-Sang?
Websites and online services being closed or threatened with lawsuits is pretty much de rigeur (Youtube, anyone?) nowadays.
The folks over at Mashable have a restrospective of 10 great websites that bit the dust, either at the hand of the long arm of the law, or through dot-com company [...]
Mon, 21 May 2007 16:15:59 +0000
- The best flash games on the web, part 1 of infinity.
Part one : The Three Monkeys by Ferry Halim.
Like most of Ferry Halim’s games, this game has cutesy cartoon graphics, a minimalistic interface and uncomplicated controls.
Like most of Ferry Halim’s games, this game is utterly addictive.
The premise is simple; you control three monkeys, arranged along the bottom of the screen. From the top of the [...]
Sat, 19 May 2007 14:54:53 +0000
- National Anthems on Google Maps.
Another Google Maps - YouTube programming combination. With this one, you can navigate your way around the globe. Click on a national placemarker and you’ll bring up a YouTube video of that country’s national anthem. The selection is by no means exhaustive, but the anthems for approximately thirty countries are currently available.
Click here to go [...]
Thu, 17 May 2007 19:10:45 +0000
- Travel the world with Google Maps and YouTube.
This neat combination of the Google Maps and YouTube APIs allows you to view videos around the world.
It’s a light-weight site with low loading times. At first glance it looks exactly like Google Maps; you can zoom in and out, drag the map around and there are placemarkers dotted liberally around. Click on one of [...]
Thu, 17 May 2007 18:59:36 +0000
- The Hero Machine 2.0.
Create your own super-hero with this flash app from UGO. Pretty much everything is customisable, from animal companions to underwear, beer guts to six-packs.. Add wings, dual katanas, medallions of all shapes and sizes, even extra arms.
My creation is to the left side of your screen. Unfortunately, the only way to save your creation is [...]
Sun, 13 May 2007 11:57:35 +0000
- Sn 2006gy - the brightest supernova ever recorded.
“A massive star around 150 times the size of the Sun has exploded in what is the brightest supernova ever seen, Nasa scientists have said.“
Full BBC story here.
Tue, 08 May 2007 09:24:19 +0000
- Lukla Airport.
Lukla Airport is a small airport in the Town of Lukla in eastern Nepal.
The airport is quite popular as Lukla is the place where most people start their trek to climb Mount Everest.
The paved tarmac is only accessible to helicopters and small fixed wing short takeoff and land (STOL) aircraft such as Twin Otters. There [...]
Mon, 07 May 2007 18:15:25 +0000
- Half an hour of 80’s cartoon intros.
Take a nostalgic visit down memory lane with this video containing 30 minutes of random 80’s cartoon openings. Watch the video and see if you can name them all.
Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:44:32 +0000