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Cool Web Sites
© 2008 Max Lent
Introduction
All work and no play makes...well you know the story. There are lots of fun Web sites.
Some are total time wasters-like imaginary slots or tic tac toe. Every once in a great while a truly
creative wonderful Web site stands out from the rest. The following Web sites are ones that I believe fall
into the truly exceptional category.
If you wish to recommend a cool Web site for this page please send your recommendation to:
Max Lent.
Cool Web Sites
Design
Identity One. A tastefully designed Web site
from a Web design firm. -
Museum of Fine Arts Houston Inverted Utopias.
It's worth it just to log on and turn the pages of the
books. Try it and you will appreciate what I am
saying.
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Nathan. Web design site that is cool and functional
at the same time.
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Nobody Here. You will find it
challenging to find and explore all of the pages of this site, but it is worth the effort. Recommended by
photographer,
John Humble.
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Plumb Design. Plumb Design has rethought how a
thesaurus should look and how it should work. Once you have seen this program in action you will never think
of a thesaurus in the same way. If you are writer who loves words, be warned. This site occupy hours of
your time. And you will enjoy every minute.
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Praystation. A wonderfully austere brilliantly
designed site with hidden treasures. Explore.
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Russian Web site recommended by Danica Eskind.
Visually rich with lots of hard to find treasures.
Fun
Apple Computer's QuickTime movie trailers.
This site has the highest quality and greatest variety of current movie trailers on the Web. To really enjoy
it you need a broadband connection and QuickTime Pro, but you should have these anyway. Despair, Inc. If you have ever gagged after reading
the teamwork poster behind your manager's desk, this site is for you. Despair, Inc. has the answer to those
saccharine schmaltzy posters. They produce cynical posters more in keeping with the corporate ideals
expressed in Scott Adam's Dilbert cartoons. -
SodaConstructor. "the online toy where you can build and play
with things made out of masses, springs and muscles."
Multimedia
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BBC Radio.
There is no competition for BBC radio when it comes to
reporting the news of the world. They also have
lots of other radio channels with numerous sub-topics
that are archived.
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Reuter's TV News.
What I enjoy most about Reuter's TV is their raw news
feeds from breaking news stories from around the world.
This is where news networks obtain their film clips.
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Soundscape FM.
"...a collaborative sound work which takes place during
the
Garage Festival in Stralsund, Germany from 23 July
to 14 August. It takes the form of an FM radio
broadcast, combined with a user-uploadable database
filled with field recordings taken from all over the
world."
News
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BBC News.
American radio and television journalism, with a few
exceptions, has become the mouthpiece for multinational
corporations and rightwing politicians. It is
also provincial. BBC news is one of the few
places where reporters still ask tough questions.
It is the best place on the Web to go to find out what
is going on in the world.
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G4TechTV.com.
Geek TV on the Web. I enjoy watching their video
clips for the latest geek product reviews and news.
They should be broadcasting over the Web all of the
time.
Tools
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Factcheck.org. "We are a nonpartisan,
nonprofit, "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to
reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S.
politics. We monitor the factual accuracy of what is
said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV
ads, debates, speeches, interviews, and news releases.
Our goal is to apply the best practices of both
journalism and scholarship, and to increase public
knowledge and understanding." Politicians lie.
Factcheck.org doesn't.
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JiWire.com. WiFi hotspot locator for the world.
It is not complete, but it is a great resource.
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Refdesk. All of the online reference
tools you need in one place.
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Shockwave. Some of their animations are crude and
contain foul language. However, this is contemporary creativity unleashed. I especially like to send
their animated greeting cards to friends. My favorite is the birthday movie trailer. Note that you will
need a digitized photo of the birthday person to use this card.
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