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Saturday, November 30, 2002 (comments?)
These virtual panoramas from around the world are just cool. QuickTime 5 required. [via the presurfer]

Here are some much less impressive virtual tours.

Explore Mars Now, another virtual tour. (Not using real photographs, of course.)

SciFan.com: Books & Links for the Science Fiction Fan.

What Sex is Your Brain? Apparently, I think like both a male and a female. Interesting.

Turkeys' revenge. Heh.

50 Coldest Stars in Hollywood.

Shakespeare meets Seuss.

Lots of survival skills to be learned from 'Survivor': "If you are going somewhere where you know you are going to be wearing scanty clothing, for God's sake take a look in the mirror - front and back." Hee.

Friday, November 29, 2002 (comments?)
Thanksgiving was wonderful. I do have a lot to be thankful for. I hope all my American readers had a great time yesterday, and enjoyed their friends, family, and food! ;)

Slime Volley Ballm. Harder than it looks. [via mefi]

Dumpster Diving: Dusted Off and Fondled:

I am obsessed with other people’s trash. I pull over for garbage cans and Dumpsters and yard sales (which sometimes turn out to be nothing more than messy lawns). I thrill at the hunt, the discovery, the freeness of it all. If I see a curbside pile of castoffs, I can’t help myself. I have to look. As much as I like to find reusable appliances and furniture with potential (upholstery can be replaced, but good bones are forever), I am also diving into a fantasy world pegged, object by object, to reality and actual lives.

Freedom To Tinker: "Freedom to understand, discuss, repair, and modify the technological devices you own."

Dusty Info.: Old and Obscure, Almost Forgotten, But Important Information.

Online Film Critics Society Names Greatest Screen Villains. Darth Vader is #1.

Please tell me that this is a joke...

Tuesday, November 26, 2002 (comments?)
Colorwize is a rather cool personality test, that suppossedly can tell you what sort of career is the best for your based on what colors you like. My results were fairly accurate, I think. My top three colors: 1)Blue green 2) Green 3) Yellow green.

November 29 is Buy Nothing Day. I'm not sure if I'll participate in the non-consumerism, but I still think it's an idea worth looking into. The UK's Buy Nothing Day is November 30. [More info. here]

50 Reasons why Lord of the Rings sucks. Heh. [via quiddity]

Sunday, November 24, 2002 (comments?)
Right now it's currently 76 ° Farenheit here in South Texas. It's a beautiful sunny day. I'm not complaining about that, but it should be cooler than this!
*Keeping fingers crossed that it will actually get cool this winter*

Recommended Reading is a neat tool. You put in your homepage (or favorite webpage) and it recommends sites that you might enjoy.

New Math: "Danica McKellar used to play Winnie Cooper, Fred Savage's childhood love interest on 'The Wonder Years.' Now she could star in a remake of 'Good Will Hunting,' and she wouldn't have to act. McKellar, 24, is an honest-to-goodness math whiz, and the UCLA grad has earned what might be dubbed the Oscar of the numbers game: her own theorem."

Bwahahaha! Well, it's funny at first, then it just gets depressing.

Dearborn teens create antigravity machine. Click here to see a video of the machine.

This is ridiculous: Lawsuit claims McDonald's burgers and fries are making kids fat.

How Buzz Lightyear led police to shoplifter. That just struck my funny bone.

Saturday, November 23, 2002 (comments?)
New layout. I've tested it in IE 5.5 and Netscape 7.0. If you're using another browser and are having troubles with my new layout, let me know. October entries archived here.

Thistles or pine cones? Whatever they are, they're cute. I want the Miss Kitty! [via supah]

I've linked the TerraServer before, but it's just so cool. Check out your neighborhood from a satellite view!

Take a virtual tour of the White House.

This LOTR spoof was made for one of MTV's award show; I'm not sure which one. It's crude (What else can you expect from Jack Black?), but funny.

Uhm, I think this (wo)man was not allowed to play with his/her food when (s)he was young. Bizarre.

Eviltron Super Puzzlecube. I haven't had time to really check it out, but it looks intriguing.

Friday, November 22, 2002 (comments?)
Church groups: 'What would Jesus drive?' According to this site, he could have driven a Plymouth Fury, a Pontiac, a Geo, or an Accord. Heh.

Speaking of cars, this quiz says I should be driving Herbie The Love Bug.

Gender Bending: Changing gender of celebrities. Some of those are rather funny!

Where are all the lightning storms? Use the Lightning Explorer to find them.

More archaeological collages, kind of like the one I linked on Tuesday: Seattle and Montana. [Both links via MeFi]

8 Mile leads to a rash of bad white boy rap. Hee.

An amazing sun spot photo. Make to check out the large version.

Despite the furor surrounding it, I'd still like to see Nancy Burson's Human Race Machine. It sounds like an interesting idea. [HRM's creator's site]

Also from Nancy Burson: Jesus Guys.

This gave me a good laugh.

MSNBC's Weblog Central: Blogspotting.

A vegetarian Thanksgiving feast.

Rockin Gift Wrap 101: Fancy gift wrap ideas for the lazy at heart.

Tuesday, November 19, 2002 (comments?)
Can your site be accessed in China? Mine can be accessed, but Mefi can't be accessed, nor can Google, nor Fark, nor tons of other sites.

I love stuff like this: Archaeological Collages. (Shockwave required.) The collages are rather eerie. [via mollyblog]

I haven't read any of the Harry Potter books, or seen any of the movies; but this list of differences in words published in the British and American version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is still interesting to me, since I love words and slang. I really think they shouldn't have published two versions of the book. Don't they know that half of the fun that comes from reading a book by an author from another country is trying to decipher their slang? I know I would have enjoyed the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis a lot less when I was younger if they had "Americanized" it. [via pcjm]

Sunday, November 17, 2002 (comments?)
I only watched the first chapter of The Ninjai, The Little Ninja, but it looks interesting, albeit a bit violent. I'll probably check it out more later.

"Visualizing huge numbers can be very difficult. People regularly talk about millions of miles, billions of bytes, or trillions of dollars, yet it's still hard to grasp just how much a "billion" really is. The MegaPenny Project aims to help by taking one small everyday item, the U.S. penny, and building on that to answer the question: 'What would a billion (or a trillion) pennies look like?'"

Genetic engineering gone horribly wrong? No, they're just Daniel Lee's human/animal morphs.

Cormac, who lives in Ireland and is visiting the U.S. soon, wishes to "experience every stereotypical facet of American culture." He's listed 27 (well, 26, actually) sterotypical American things to do, but I bet we can help him think of even more!

Unfortunate Cards. This birthday card is bizarre; as is this one; this one is just awful. The captions are hilarious, though: The unfortunate Valentine's cards captions had me laughing out loud.

Traffic Signs of the World.

Journeywoman: The Premier Travel Resource for Women.

More travel-related stuff: Family Life Abroad.

Mrs. Cleaver's Fabulous Monkey Pie. She has some nice, inexpensive hemp jewelry.

I haven't been watching much TV lately, but I still think this is interesting. FootnoteTV: Examining the issues behind your favorite TV shows.

Lost Liners: Honoring the Golden Age of Ocean Travel.

"The Invisible Library is a collection of books that only appear in other books. Within the library's catalog you will find imaginary books, pseudobiblia, artifictions, fabled tomes, libris phantastica, and all manner of books unwritten, unread, unpublished, and unfound."

Endless Agony "is an entertainment site where you can post problems or issues for the world at large to read and comment on."

The American Project: Radio Documentaries by Alix Spiegel.

Lord of the Rings in Lego and Peeps.

Saturday, November 16, 2002 (comments?)
I haven't updated since Monday? Yikes! It's been a busy week for me. Yesterday was my mom's birthday. Happy belated birthday, Mom!

You can expect an update sometime this weekend. Thanks for your patience! :)

Monday, November 11, 2002 (comments?)
Listening to: Kind and Generous, by Natalie Merchant

Thanks for all the birthday wishes, everyone! I had an extraordinary birthday, even better than I could have imagined!

Freaky waves: Danger on the seas as walls of water sink tankers.

Hackysack as sport? There's even a footbag (hackysack's official title, I guess) world wide information service.

Sorry about the short update; I've got to get to work!

Friday, November 8, 2002 (comments?)
Tomorrow is my 22nd birthday, and I doubt I'll be updating; so I decided I'd say an early "happy birthday" today to some people who share a birthday with me: Kimmie, Wingd, and Jen. Happy birthday, all!

Speaking of tomorrow, did you know it's "Chaos Never Dies Day?" I didn't, until I found out on BizarreNews.com.

Congratulations to my brother, Benjamin Blackwell, for winning a Katie Award for the the graphic design he did for Coastal Bend Communities. He's only nineteen, so his win is quite impressive. Of course, I knew all along he had it in him. You rock, Ben! :)

Build a hot air balloon that is propelled by birthday candles.

Pictures like these just make you go, "Awww..." [via pcjm]

'Stupid' Author Snared in Sex Scandal: "The 61-year-old author of The Story of Stupidity and Understanding Stupidity had written extensively about the dumb moves people make, so he tried to be cautious when he made a date with a 15-year-old girl he met over the Internet." Well, who better to write a book on stupidity than someone who is stupid! ;)

Hmmm, I wonder how "Dewie the Turtle," the FTC's new mascot, is supposed to deter hacking and spam?

No Kill i, a punk band that dresses in Star Trek costumes.

My Winona: "What became of you, O alterna-hipster movie goddess of the bygone slacker era? A Winona boy laments his fallen idol." [via freakgirl]

Wednesday, November 6, 2002 (comments?)
Listening to: Bulls on Parade, by Rage Against the Machine.

I saw Ghost Ship on a whim over the weekend. If you haven't seen it yet, spare yourself: Don't watch it. Despite the gore, it wasn't scary; it was just plain awful. Even I Spy probably would have been better.

Excerpt's from Kurt Cobain's journals: ‘If You Read You’ll Judge’

How to Use a Toliet On Skates, 'cause nature calls at the most inopportune times. Heh.

Take the Are You a Prude? test. I'm not! ;)

Very cool concept: Yes.net. It really works, too!

Get a good seat on your next flight: Seat Guru.

Good for a laugh: Fairy Tale Madlibs. [via April]

Saturday, November 2, 2002 (comments?)
Listening to: Innocent, by Our Lady Peace.

It's November already?! This year has just flown by. September entries archived here.

Lots of people have been coming to eclectica looking for the lyrics to I'm Still Here, by John Rzeznik. Here they are.

Kitty Litter Cake. Mmm, yummy!

I wonder what Eminem would think of this article: Guess Who Thinks Eminem's a Genius? Middle-Aged Me.

Albanian and Russian observers sent to monitor American elections. Hmm, interesting.

Evil Clown Generator. Ack! [via reenhead]

Are you a spammer? Take this test to find out. (Yes, it's silly. If you're really a spammer, you've got to know it, like this guy!)

War Child Canada: "Believing that all children have the right to flourish in a safe environment and shape their own destiny, War Child Canada supports projects to help achieve these goals. War Child Canada believes music; media and new technology have an important role to play in raising awareness and providing assistance to children affected by war and other forms of violence."

"They Misunderestimated Me!" The Very Curious Language of George W. Bush. Check out this sample page! [via freakgirl]

It's a little belated, but I thought I'd link it for those of you who didn't get creeped out on Halloween: Scary Videos.

I usually don't read war blogs, but this one caught my attention: No War Blog. Here's part of their "unity statement:"

"The members of Stand Down hold a wide variety of different and, indeed, conflicting political positions, but all are in agreement on a single proposition: that the use of military force to effect "regime change" in Iraq is ill advised and unjustified. We do not deny that the current Iraqi regime is monstrous, but we hold, following John Adams, that the United States need not go "abroad in search of monsters to destroy" unless they pose a clear and direct threat to American national security."

[via random abstract]

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