April Foolishness
So who says your 'net time needs to be all serious and work related? What everyone needs is a little mindless entertainment - some place that is just relaxing, maybe even foolish. A place to let your mind just float. So in the best tradition of April Foolishness get out there and enjoy yourself. Kill some 'net time. Indulge the grey matter in a bit of pure amusement. Let the internet be your Spring break.
Quote Database
http://www.bash.org
It is simple, basic and insanely addictive. Text based stupidity at its finest! The Quote Database a.k.a. Bash.org is the receptacle for thousands of user submitted IRC conversational quotes.
The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? #4753
Ok - ok. Half the humor here is sophomoric, but believe me, you won't be able to stop reading. It's like watching a wreck in slow motion, you gotta see what is happening next.
ThatIsDamnGood: Stupidity is an inexhaustible natural resource. Someday we'll learn to generate electrical power from it. And it will change the world #152844
And the next time you are on the IRC? Well you will be looking over your shoulder to make sure you're not being submitted to Bash.org
Urban Legends
http://www.snopes.com
Hands down Urban Legends a.k.a. Snopes.com is one of my favorite sites. Everything is in there. From toxic chopsticks to a moose at McDonalds, the weird, the odd and the just plain foolish. Head straight for the "What's New" section. If you have recently heard something and thought "humm too good to be true" yup, it is in there Try one of my favorites, Save Toby. Ah - an urban legend at its best, the sick and twisted variety!
Satan's Laundromat
http://www.satanslaundromat.com
A web photo log at its finest. The website description says it best," This is a photolog of New York, with an emphasis on urban decay, strange signage, and general weirdness". Oh yea! For me Satan's Laundromat is a visual vacation. It's been around for a few years, always with an eye towards the visually austere. These are not "pretty" photos, but they are rich and intriguing and this is very much the real world. Haunting serene, the photos teeter on that Zen twilight of timeless decay. A wonderful place to relax and let your mind just float.
The Strand - Venice
http://www.strandvenice.com
Crank up your high-speed connection, plop your on feet on the sofa. Webisodes are here. (Sorry if you have dial-up, don't even attempt this one. The download could be brutal.) From the director of the Blair Witch project, Daniel Myrick, comes his latest pseudo-documentary. Filmed in his signature low-tech edgy style The Strand - Venice explores the strangely intersecting lives of a cast of quirky characters in and around the beachfront area of Venice Beach, CA. Running on BitPass technology, the first webisode is free, but after that, it will be a pay-per-view at .99 per download. The theory here is, that distribution thru the internet gives both the director and audience more interaction and contact than would be possible thru more traditional corporate channels. It leaves the door open for audience driven scripting responses from the director. Is the internet ready for this? Who knows? But try the first webisode, it is just enough of a tease, introducing the cast, that you will be able to get a feel for where the series is headed.
Until next time.
Veritatem dies aperit.
LA. Judge