site of the day

Check back here every day for a new site of the day. Sometimes funny, sometimes useful, always new, every day at midnight. Email sotd@someonewhocares.org or post a note on the message board, if you know of a site that should be added. This page has the last six months of sites, click here for the full archive.

this month's archive

10/07/08 - avaaz.ca - Avaaz.ca is the 300,000 strong Canadian community with a simple democratic mission: to close the gap between the world we have, and the world most people everywhere want. (avaaz.ca)

10/06/08 - don't mess with tricky dr. green - One colour, many shades of meaning. (www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20081004.WORD04/TPStory/SpecialEvents/columnists)

10/05/08 - worldmapper.org - Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. (worldmapper.org)

10/04/08 - 100 important skills - Popular Mechanic's list of 100 skills everyone should know. (popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to/4284709.html)

10/03/08 - photoblogs - 30 photoblogs worth a look. (10000words.net/2008/09/30-amazing-photoblogs-and-few-tips-for.html)

10/02/08 - pano sphere - A cleverly designed 180 degree panorama with camera movement. (barcinski-jeanjean.com/entries/pano)

10/01/08 - garbage pail kids - A gallery containing the first set of Garbage Pail Kids. (geepeekay.com/gallery_os1.html)

september 2008

09/30/08 - taming light - Lensless photography at its best. (flickr.com/photos/alanjaras/sets/72157594422498771)

09/29/08 - democratic space - Seat projections in the Canadian Federal Election updated daily. (democraticspace.com/canada2008)

09/28/08 - taco gallery - Taco art. (henderob.com/taco_gallery.php)

09/27/08 - mock the vote - Colbert and Stewart on the election and the media circus surrounding it. (ew.com/ew/article/0,,20228603_1,00.html?print)

09/26/08 - things not to do on facebook - A list of 15 things you should never do on Facebook. (techradar.com/news/internet/web/top-15-things-you-should-never-do-on-facebook-470875)

09/25/08 - zen and now - Mark Richardson is riding his Harley-Davidson to the West Coast, on tour for his new book Zen and Now, which retraces the journey in the literary classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. (thestar.blogs.com/zenandnow)

09/24/08 - rifflandia reviews - A series of reviews of last month's Rifflandia music festival in Victoria. (themetropolitan.ca/story_chrislong_rifflandia.php)

09/23/08 - the complete intereview - A profile of a profile of Charlie Kaufman. (blog.wired.com/storyboard/2008/09/the-complete-in.html)

09/22/08 - the quest for every beard type - One man's attempt to grow every type of facial hair. (dyers.org/blog/beards/beard-types)

09/21/08 - typographunnies - Corny typography jokes. (type.salsen.com)

09/20/08 - deletionpedia - Deletionpedia is an archive of about 63,555 pages which have been deleted from the English-language Wikipedia. (deletionpedia.dbatley.com)

09/19/08 - is barack obama muslin - This site will settle the debate once and for all: is Barack Obama muslin? (Did you mean Muslim?) (isbarackobamamuslin.com)

09/18/08 - hurricane ike - Before and after pictures demonstrating the devastation from hurricane Ike. (coastal.er.usgs.gov/hurricanes/ike/photo-comparisons/bolivar.html)

09/17/08 - born to run - An article from Discover Magazine on the hypothesis that the ability to run long distances drove human evolution. (discovermagazine.com/2006/may/tramps-like-us)

09/16/08 - stopforwarding.us - A site that lets you politely and anonymously ask your friends to stop sending spam to your inbox. (stopforwarding.us)

09/15/08 - mystery of the real 3d mandelbrot fractal - Probably no eye has ever seen the wonders of the 3D Mandelbrot set. This page goes in search of the elusive beast - and what could be considered by some to be the Holy Grail of fractals. (skytopia.com/project/fractal/mandelbrot.html)

09/14/08 - the manipulator - The (touched up) photography of Jill Greenberg. (manipulator.com)

09/13/08 - craigslistindex.org - Data visualization drawn from Craigslist postings. (craigslistindex.org)

09/12/08 - the longest list of the longest stuff at the longest domain name - Long. (thelongestlistofthelongeststuffatthelongestdomainnameatlonglast.com)

09/11/08 - has the lhc destroyed the earth? - In case you were wondering if the LHC has caused a blackhole to swallow the known universe, they even provide a convenient RSS feed. There's also a convenient webcam with a live feed from the facility. (hasthelhcdestroyedtheearth.com)

09/10/08 - umbrella today? - "It's like totally the simplest weather report ever, Julie." Receive a text message to your phone letting you know if you need to bring an umbrella today. (U.S. Only.) (umbrellatoday.com)

09/09/08 - baboons are simply too small for leopard bait - The 10 oddest travel guides ever published. (slate.com/id/2196353/pagenum/all)

09/08/08 - curta mechanical calculator - The story of the first portable mechanical calculator. (darkroastedblend.com/2008/09/stunningly-intricate-curta-mechanical.html)

09/07/08 - how buildings learn - What happens after buildings are built? Why do some buildings get better over time and others get demolished? Stewart Brand says architecture is a prediction, and all predictions are wrong, so the more monumental the architecture, the more wrong the building is. An excellent series of videos to accompany Stewart Brand's book How Buildings Learn. An incredible read, and definitely worth watching if you are interested in design. (truefilms.com/archives/2008/08/how_buildings_l.php)

09/06/08 - words they used - The words that speakers used at the two political conventions show the themes that the parties have highlighted. Republican speakers have talked about reform and character far more frequently than the Democrats. And Republicans were more likely to talk about businesses and taxes, while Democrats were more likely to mention jobs or the economy. (www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/04/us/politics/20080905_WORDS_GRAPHIC.html)

09/05/08 - preparing to rescue hubble - A photo essay about the shuttle preparations for the mission to rescue the Hubble space telescope. (boston.com/bigpicture/2008/09/preparing_to_rescue_hubble.html)

09/04/08 - microgravity menticulation - A partial answer to the question of what happens when you add Mentos to Diet Coke in microgravity. (rjwoodhead.blogspot.com/2008/08/menticulation-of-diet-coke-in.html)

09/03/08 - vpilf.com - Just a heartbeat away from being a PILF! (vpilf.com)

09/02/08 - spc - The self-portrait challenge. User contributed self-portraits on a variety of themes. (selfportraitchallenge.net)

09/01/08 - oddstrument.com - A blog dedicated to odd instruments, music, and sounds from around the world. (oddstrument.com)

august 2008

08/31/08 - nine inch noels - A Nine Inch Nails Christmas. (badgods.com/nineinchnoels.html)

08/30/08 - pixifoods - Pixifood (PIKZ-ee-food), noun: Any food substance that is highly pleasant to the taste as a child and tastes shockingly unpleasant once you become an adult. (joeposnanski.com/JoeBlog/2008/07/29/pixifoods-part-i)

08/29/08 - how not to get laid - A compendium of coitus rejectus. (hntgl.com)

08/28/08 - 30 minutes before - A 360 degree panorama of Beijing Olympics Stadium about 30 minutes before the men's 100m final. (www.karikuukka.com/peking2008/100m)

08/27/08 - dimensions: a walk through mathematics - An excellent series of short films introducing the field of geometry. (dimensions-math.org/Dim_E.htm)

08/26/08 - physics savvy - A quick 40 question test on basic physics. How well do you do? (intuitor.com/physics_test/PhysicsSavvy.html)

08/25/08 - beforeidieiwantto.org - Polaroids of people along with one thing they want to do before they die. (beforeidieiwantto.org)

08/24/08 - music fleshmap - A chart that shows the frequency with which different body parts are mentioned in various genres of music (Not safe for work). (fleshmap.com/listen/music.html)

08/23/08 - food porn daily - click, drool, repeat -- Mouth watering photographs of food every day. (foodporndaily.com)

08/22/08 - the empire poster quiz - Can you guess the movie from just one letter? (www.empireonline.com/features/posterletters)

08/21/08 - olympic branding - The design and branding history of the modern Olympics. (www.colourlovers.com/blog/2008/08/18/design-and-branding-trends-olympic-games)

08/20/08 - the moon and the torch - An incredible picture of the Olympic Torch set against the moon. One of many great photos, along with the back story from the photographers posted daily to the BBC website. (news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/7567746.stm)

08/19/08 - death probabilities - A graphic representing the number of men in the United States who will die in 2008 as a result of various means. (www.russellheimlich.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/death_probabilities.jpg)

08/18/08 - video enhancement - A demo of a technique to enhance video using sill images under development at the University of Washington. (grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/videoenhancement/videoEnhancement.htm)

08/17/08 - found money - What happens when you post on Craigslist that you found some cash. (cockeyed.com/citizen/found/found.php)

08/16/08 - idle.slashdot.org - Slashdot's new offtopic discussion board. For that rare moment when you want to waste time. (idle.slashdot.org)

08/15/08 - summer exam schedule - My class writes their final this morning. Then I'm free! (registrar.uvic.ca/undergrad/registration/exams/examss.html)

08/14/08 - fivethirtyeight.com - U.S. electoral projections done right. (fivethirtyeight.com)

08/13/08 - springfield punx - Fan art depictions of superheroes and stars as Simpsons characters. (springfieldpunx.blogspot.com)

08/12/08 - confusingwords.com - A collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused. (confusingwords.com)

08/11/08 - the orwell prize - George Orwell's diaries posted as a blog exactly 70 years after the original entries were written. (orwelldiaries.wordpress.com)

08/10/08 - in the first person - An index to letters, diaries, oral histories, and personal narratives. (inthefirstperson.com)

08/09/08 - dogs of war - Satirical maps of World War I Europe. (bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2008/08/dogs-of-war.html)

08/08/08 - internet memes - An extensive timeline of internet memes from 1992 to today. (www.dipity.com/user/tatercakes/timeline/Internet_Memes)

08/07/08 - influential indie albums - A list of influential indie albums from the days when indie meant something. (biolog.jamsbio.com/2008/08/01/most-influential-indie-albums-of-the-80s-90s)

08/06/08 - jeremymayer.com - Sculptures made from typewriter parts. (jeremymayer.com)

08/05/08 - 34x25x36 - A short film about mannequins and making the perfect woman. (youtube.com/watch?v=uM-0nUy7Ye0)

08/04/08 - photos of tv - Mike Sacks' photos of television. (mikesacks.com/wp/photos-of-tv)

08/03/08 - moisttowelettemuseum.com - The moist towletter museum. (moisttowelettemuseum.com)

08/02/08 - fantasy cartography - It happens all the time. You're reading one of your favorite novels, and you wish you had a good map to use as a reference. Here you will find a collection of maps from various fantasy and science fiction works for your viewing. I might also include other goodies from literature, the Bible (not fiction), or television programs, movies, and video games. (fantasymaps.wordpress.com)

08/01/08 - light photography - The light photography of Alan Jaras. (neublack.com/art-design/alan-jaras-light-photography)

july 2008

07/31/08 - 12 glowing men - 12 angry men, plus glowing. (12glowingmen.com)

07/30/08 - liars - The science of sniffing out liars. (discovermagazine.com/2008/aug/28-the-science-of-sniffing-out-liars)

07/29/08 - hatsofmeat.com - Remembering the past, cherishing the present, and celebrating the future of meat hats! (hatsofmeat.com)

07/28/08 - this week's finds - For about five years, John Baez has presented his weekly finds in mathematical physics. (math.ucr.edu/home/baez/TWF.html)

07/27/08 - nfb beta - Watch quality Canadian documentary, animation, and fiction from the National Film Board. (beta.nfb.ca/index-en)

07/26/08 - zombieharmony.com - One of the best free dating sites for zombies. (zombieharmony.com)

07/25/08 - everybody in - beating the heat - From swimming pools to rivers, wave pools, ocean beaches and more, here are some recent photos of people around the world having fun, competing and keeping cool in the water. (boston.com/bigpicture/2008/07/everybody_in_beating_the_heat.html)

07/24/08 - the "blog" of "unnecessary" quotation marks - misinterpreting bad pnctuation since 2005. (quotation-marks.blogspot.com)

07/23/08 - fivedollarcomparison.org - What can you buy for five dollars? (fivedollarcomparison.org)

07/22/08 - passwordchart.com - A tool to help make secure passwords. (passwordchart.com)

07/21/08 - great moments in internet history - A timeline of some of the greatest moments in the history of the internet. (www.utahwebservices.com/utahseoblog/great-moments-internet)

07/20/08 - condiments - Mental Floss takes a look at the origins of your favourite condiments. (mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/16531)

07/19/08 - smoke plume - An amazing, yet confusing, photograph with an explanation for what's going on. (earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=4706)

07/18/08 - thingsyoungerthanmccain.com - Things that are younger than McCain. (thingsyoungerthanmccain.com)

07/17/08 - my gastronomy - A food and beverage blog from Hungary (in English). (mygastronomy.blogspot.com)

07/16/08 - sci-fi at home - Strangely compelling photos of sci-fi enthusiasts in costume in their homes. (steveschofield.co.uk/gallery_scifi.html)

07/15/08 - the apathy party - Vote Apathy Party in 2008. Whatever. (apathyparty08.com)

07/14/08 - exterminus - A boy meets a girl on a train. Then things get weird. (bustedwonder.com/exterminus)

07/13/08 - rifflandia - Tickets are now on sale for the newest music festival in Victoria, BC. Check it out. (rifflandia.com)

07/12/08 - hollywood puppets - Celebrities and their muppet twins. (photos.tmz.com/galleries/hollywood_muppets)

07/11/08 - dr. sbaitso - A short piece entitled "Dr. Sbaitso was my only friend". (x-entertainment.com/articles/0952)

07/10/08 - this isn't england - An interesting look at the variations of the way that the UK is presented on world maps. (noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/design/2008/07/this-isnt-engla.html)

07/09/08 - southpaws - Why does baseball favour lefties? (www.livescience.com/strangenews/070707-baseball-lefties.html)

07/08/08 - pocket calculator show - A collection and celebration of personal memories of all integrated circuit-based consumer products from the electronics revolution of the 1970s and 1980s. (pocketcalculatorshow.com)

07/07/08 - wordchamp - Wordchamp lets you view foreign-language web pages with definitions in your language as mouseovers. (wordchamp.com)

07/06/08 - x-ray photography - Nick Veasey uses x-ray technology to create mesmerizing and intriguing art. (nickveasey.com)

07/05/08 - franz kafka - The travels of Franz Kafka. (franzkafka.info/main.html)

07/04/08 - bitfilm - The 2008 Bitfilm digital film festival. (bitfilm.com/festival)

07/03/08 - the fulgurator - Julius von Bismarck's 'Image Fulgurator' projects stealth images into the photographs of strangers, while keeping those images invisible to human eyes. (blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/06/exclusive-inter.html)

07/02/08 - one post wonder - A collection of amazing blogs that have one post. (1post1der.blogspot.com)

07/01/08 - explore alberta - A Greenpeace tourism campaign for the best of Alberta's environmental disasaters. (travelingalberta.com)

june 2008

06/30/08 - covering canada - The best, worst and strangest foreign covers of Canadian songs. (www.cbc.ca/arts/music/story/2008/06/27/f-covering-canada.html)

06/29/08 - hans rosling at ted - A TED talk featuring Hans Rosling, debunking third-world myths with some incredible data visualizations. (ted.com/index.php/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html)

06/28/08 - undersea internet - A map of the undersea cables that connect the internet around the world. (image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Technology/Pix/pictures/2008/02/01/SeaCableHi.jpg)

06/27/08 - lit 101 in three lines or less - Great works of fiction boiled down to three lines of dialogue. (mcsweeneys.net/2008/6/16joseph.html)

06/26/08 - isitchristmas.com - With about 6 months to go, it doesn't hurt to be ready. If you can't trust yourself to visit regularly, you can subscribe to their RSS feed. (isitchristmas.com)

06/25/08 - the website is down - A short film about the joys of IT support. (Slightly NSFW) (thewebsiteisdown.com)

06/24/08 - creative photographs - A gallery of 92 clever photographs. (justcreativedesign.com/2008/04/08/creative-photographs)

06/23/08 - capitol words - Fresh from the United States' congressional record to your screen, the most ofter used word in Washington each day. (capitolwords.org)

06/22/08 - ;( - Has modern life killed the semicolon? (www.slate.com/id/2194087/pagenum/all)

06/21/08 - snow globes - The creepiest snow globes in town. (inventorspot.com/articles/snow_globes_14655)

06/20/08 - sorryimissedyourparty.com - Pictures of other people's parties from Flickr. (Some are NSFW) (www.sorryimissedyourparty.com)

06/19/08 - sensible units - Convert boring units to real objects as you type. (sensibleunits.com)

06/18/08 - idiot test - A simple test to see if you are an idiot. How do you fare? (users.skynet.be/bk258512/idiot_test.swf)

06/17/08 - urban prankster - Urban Prankster covers pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors that take place in public places in cities across the world. (urbanprankster.com)

06/16/08 - many same - An archive of many pictures of the same objects. (manysame.com)

06/15/08 - found in books - The most interesting things found in books. (www.abebooks.com/docs/Community/Featured/found-in-books.shtml)

06/14/08 - walken works - A Christopher Walken film review site. (www.walkenworks.com)

06/13/08 - restofthemovie.com - Watch streaming movies that are currently in theatres. Check it out now, before it gets shut down. (restofthemovie.com)

06/12/08 - good news - News we only wish were true. (www.fugue.com/pics/goodnews.html)

06/11/08 - how different groups voted - An interactive breakdown of voting trends by various demographic groupings in the 2008 Democratic Primary. (graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/flash/politics/20080603_MARGINS_GRAPHIC/margins.swf)

06/10/08 - guilt & pleasure - Guilt and Pleasure is a quarterly magazine based on the idea that a good argument has become too rare a thing. (guiltandpleasure.com)

06/09/08 - pictures from the sky - 50 stunning aerial photographs. (files.kavefish.com/pictures/collections/pictures_from_the_sky/_index-list.html)

06/08/08 - the great nyc commuter challenge - An annual race between a cyclist, a transit user, and a car in a typical New York commute. (transalt.org/newsroom/media/2336)

06/07/08 - ukecast - The ukulele podcast since 2006. (ukecast.com)

06/06/08 - the big picture - News stories in photographs. (boston.com/bigpicture)

06/05/08 - free fall research page - Everything you need to to know about falling without a parachute. (greenharbor.com/fffolder/ffresearch.html)

06/04/08 - goosh.org - The unofficial Google shell. A text oriented browser-based Google interface. (goosh.org)

06/03/08 - t.e.a.l. - The Typo Eradication Advancement League. (www.jeffdeck.com/teal)

06/02/08 - tights are not pants - Tights are not pants. (tightsarenotpants.com)

06/01/08 - '47 cheval - How the '47 Cheval Blanc, a defective wine from an aberrant year, got so good. (www.slate.com/id/2184371/pagenum/all)

may 2008

05/31/08 - howtocleanstuff.net - How to clean almost anything. (howtocleanstuff.net)

05/30/08 - supercook - An intelligent recipe search engine. (supercook.com)

05/29/08 - true romance - A Maxim article celebrating the 15th anniversary of the film. (maxim.com/Trueromance15yearslater/articles/1/24494.aspx)

05/28/08 - crosswordese - Crosswordese is the language of words frequently found in crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. (crosswordese.com)

05/27/08 - replacementdocs.com - The original web archive of game manuals. (www.replacementdocs.com)

05/26/08 - biggest drawing in the world - With the help of a GPS device and DHL, the artist has drawn a self portrait on the world using a gps device inside a briefcase as a pen. (biggestdrawingintheworld.com/drawing.aspx)

05/25/08 - pork and beans - The video for Weezer's latest single, as well as links to all viral video references. (valleywag.com/392972/weezer-undestands-how-to-work-youtube)

05/24/08 - tag galaxy - A 3D visualization of Flickr tags. (taggalaxy.de)

05/23/08 - ditch - The new online home of my local record shop. (ditchrecords.com)

05/22/08 - urban exploration resources - A collection of 30 great sites devoted to urban exploration. (weburbanist.com/2008/05/18/30-awesome-websites-for-adv...)

05/21/08 - radiolab - An amazing documentary series on NPR about science and culture. Each episode of Radio Lab is an investigation -- a patchwork of people, sounds, stories and experiences centered around One Big Idea. I should warn you, after you listen to the 20 episodes in the archive, you'll have a lot of trouble waiting until November for the next season. Well worth the wait. (www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab)

05/20/08 - analogy - Analogy is a typographic clock which explores the numerical and spatial qualities of digital and analogue clocks. (www.jessonyip.com)

05/19/08 - cannibalism is healthy - Some amazing food scultptures. (fabulously40.com/article/2293/Cannibalism-Is-Healthy)

05/18/08 - anime physics - The 46 laws of anime physics. (everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1394377)

05/17/08 - us election logos - A collection of US election logos from 1960 to 2008. (logoblink.com/2008/03/23/usa-polit-logos-2008-1960)

05/16/08 - youngme/nowme - A collection of pairs of photos. Users submit a picture from their childhood, and a modern day recreation. (colorwar2008.com/submissions/youngnow)

05/15/08 - 9/11 tv archive - An almost complete archive of news coverage over the course of September 11, 2001. (www.archive.org/details/sept_11_tv_archive)

05/14/08 - epb - In case of emergency, press the Emergency Party Button. (plasma2002.com/epb)

05/13/08 - ny times crossword drawings - Every day Emily Jocureton posts a picture inspired by the NY Times Crossword puzzle. (emilyjocureton.com/follies)

05/12/08 - trackingtransience.net - If Big Brother wanted proof of your coordinates, why not surveil yourself? After Hasan Elahi was taken for a terrorist, he implanted a GPS-enabled device in his cellphone, art and life merged. (trackingtransience.net)

05/11/08 - timetube - Interactive timelines of the appearance of keywords on YouTube. (www.dipity.com/mashups/timetube)

05/10/08 - tank on empty - How far can your car go after the gas light comes on? (tankonempty.com)

05/09/08 - atomic bomb pamphlet - A "Protection from the Atomic Bomb" pamphlet from the Civil Defense Agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. (community.livejournal.com/vintage_ads/958113.html)

05/08/08 - the penultimate - The making of a deep cut vertex turning icosahedron puzzle in the style of a a Rubik's Cube. (puzzleforge.com/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=54)

05/07/08 - draw yourself as a teenager - Davario asks you to draw yourself as a teen, and new meme is born. (davario.livejournal.com/30861.html)

05/06/08 - commercial parodies - the top fifty commercial padodies (according to Nerve.com). (www.nerve.com/dispatches/nerveeditors/50greatestcommercialparodies/01)

05/05/08 - perfect pitch - The game of perfect pitch. (detrave.net/nblume/perfect-pitch)

05/04/08 - videosift - Members submit videos from the best video hosts from around the Net to be voted on by other Sifters with only the best being "sifted" up to the front page. (videosift.com)

05/03/08 - euphoria - A demo of an amazing physics and character engine. (naturalmotion.com/euphoria.htm)

05/02/08 - 50waystohelp.com - 50 ways to help the planet. (50waystohelp.com)

05/01/08 - computer languages and facial hair - Investigations into the deep connection between the success of computer languages and the facial hair of their inventors. (blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/.../computer-languages-and-facial-hair-take-two.aspx)

Tue Oct 7 00:38:06 2008