50 coolest websites
D | Sunday, September 25, 2005

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Time has posted their 50 Coolest Websites for 2005. Sadly, derekwalden.com is not on the list. I did read the whole thing and here are the links to a few of my favorites.

Orisinal
-Simple and fun online games - incredibly well illustrated. I've played about 10 and they are all great. Not in any sort of witty pun kind of way, I suggest the dogs and the cats. Annoyingly simple - frustratingly addictive.

Overheard in NYC
-Having lived in there (brief as it was), this site is a fabulous idea - people submit overheard conversations and the editors post the funny ones. (Also, check this out this image which is one of their rotating banners. Can anyone identify the locale? I can. ) The quotes - here is my favorite off the front page:

Russian counterlady: You want coffee?
Mexican guy: No coffee. Juice.
Russian counterlady: What?
Mexican guy: Please...juice?
Russian counterlady: Here we are all juice.
--Midwood Kosher bakery

PostSecret
-Nothing to say. Simple and classic.

Opus1 Classicall
-A searchable global database for upcoming classical concerts. Surprisingly, Cincinnati and Cleveland are in the database. The search only netted each local symphony, but for a global database, I didn't think that wasn't too shabby.

TVWOP
-Another classic (not directly mentioned in the Time 50, but too good not to throw up another link). Try last night's WW Recap-let and watch for the summary later in the week. Look up your own favorite show, I dare you.

SushiFinder
-I found a link to this page, and although it doesn't not include any Ohio cities, I still thought it was a neat site. The amount of sushi in NYC is impressive.

Livingto100
-I'm only going to live to be 78.8 years old. If you can finish the 3,000 questions (3/4 which I marked "I don't know") the end number is kinda neat to finally get. Apparently, I should floss more. And not drink beer.

Clusty
-A new search engine which breaks down results into categories on the right hand side of the screen. Interesting idea.

D | 9/25/2005 11:45:00 PM |   Post your comment

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Comments:

Ok so this ball shooting game is way addictive.

Banus
D | September 26, 2005 3:29 PM | permalink
 

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Where's the banner place? Someplace I'll get to see in a week?
Ashley | September 26, 2005 10:10 PM | permalink
 

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Thanks for the link! I just spent 3 hours of class time going through all of them. My favorites are Boing-Boing and the NY Public Library Digital Collection (I added both links to my site - see the new and improved sidebar).
Ruvym | September 27, 2005 4:58 PM | permalink
 

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P.S. You should check out www.explodingdog.com. It has a bunch of cool random pcitures a guy draws based on words and sentences people send him.
Ruvym | September 27, 2005 4:58 PM | permalink
 

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