Re:The Useless Web
by sharkweek on Friday November 30, 2012 @12:25PM
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The internet is still pure magic to me. Sure I have understanding of the tech but the personality and connectivity is just overwhelming when I pause and really think about it. Sure there's plenty of junk, but it's all part of a huge overall societal benefit.
Re:The Useless Web
by jacquesm on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:55PM
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If you're short on time don't buy his book inversions. And if you know someone who is short on time then don't buy it for them as a Christmas gift either.
Re:The Useless Web
by teeja on Friday November 30, 2012 @10:05PM
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Some of those are definitely not useless to kids. Remember when you were a kid and some crabby old biddy gave you crap for 'wasting your time'? I do.
As for adults and the web: How 'useful' is porno? (Same principle)
with memepool.com updating again its like the 90s...
now only if Grant Barret would start posting articles to worldnewyork again, we'd have come full circle. (all thats left is an archive of broken links....)
www.ytmnd.com started 2001 - memes and fads. Mostly gradeschool level humor: sophomoric, casual racism, sexism every ism you'd like to mention. Equally hilarious and offensive.
Re:The Useless Web
by jacquesm on Friday November 30, 2012 @01:59PM
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I could have really used that in about '85 or so, unfortunately the web wasn't around.
Family relationships were at an all time low and I simply didn't realize the date and showed up for work. The security guard informed quite clearly that I wasn't supposed to be where I was (at my desk, debugging some crappy COBOL program). I was wondering if I'd gotten the time wrong, never once thought to check the date...
Re:The Useless Web
by bobbijvoet on Friday November 30, 2012 @11:17AM
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My console logs all people visiting the site, and also where they are from.
The author also took the time to translate yes and no to various languages. I got 'Nee' for example, that's Dutch for no.
Used the Chrome Inspector. Looks like mouse movement tracking. It's bi-directional too, I see the frames of mouse movement from other people. I think perhaps this was supposed to show fake cursors of other people on the site, but it isn't working?
It's comparable to bubble wrap IMO.
Sadly, it's more like the opposite: a shiny button inviting us all to view useless crap.
with memepool.com updating again its like the 90s...
now only if Grant Barret would start posting articles to worldnewyork again, we'd have come full circle. (all thats left is an archive of broken links....)
http://grantbarrett.com/old-format-archives
and it never ends. there is always something beyond the end of the world.
Good example - http://jeffgoldblum.ytmnd.com/
www.ytmnd.com started 2001 - memes and fads. Mostly gradeschool level humor: sophomoric, casual racism, sexism every ism you'd like to mention. Equally hilarious and offensive.
http://yourethemannowdog.ytmnd.com
http://jurassictourettes.ytmnd.com/ - mashup of jurassic park and "tourettes guy", watch the best parts of jurassic park in 10 minutes
http://ytmnd.com/sites/top_rated/alltime
http://ytmnd.com/info/about
Personal favourite: http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/
Warning:
1)Put headphones in.
2) Your computer might crash hard.
It doesn't fit in with these sites, but my favorite useless site is still Beedogs: http://www.beedogs.com/
The best part is clicking for more beedogs repeatedly and reading what it says.
http://heeeeeeeey.com/
http://www.koalastothemax.com/
http://heyyeyaaeyaaaeyaeyaa.com/
http://eelslap.com
http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/
http://ducksarethebest.com/
http://www.omfgdogs.com/
http://burymewithmymoney.com/
http://www.republiquedesmangues.fr/
http://www.hristu.net/
http://www.ismycomputeron.com/
http://randomcolour.com/
http://www.sanger.dk/
http://www.fallingfalling.com/
http://grandpanoclothes.com/
http://www.rrrgggbbb.com/
http://www.everydayim.com/
http://r33b.net/
http://cat-bounce.com/
http://www.leekspin.com/
http://dandandan.net/
http://sometimesredsometimesblue.com/
http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/
http://www.something.com/
http://www.winkyface.org/
http://isitchristmas.com/
http://hectorsalamanca.com/
http://ninjaflex.com/
http://ihasabucket.com/
http://corndogoncorndog.com/
http://www.oppositeofpoop.com/
http://giantbatfarts.com/
http://chickenonaraft.com/
http://www.nullingthevoid.com/
http://www.pleasedonate.biz/
http://www.itisamystery.com/
http://imaninja.com/
http://willthefuturebeaweso.me/
http://www.drunkronswanson.com/
http://salmonofcapistrano.com/
http://www.watermelonduck.com/
http://www.ooooiiii.com/
http://www.wwwdotcom.com/
http://www.ouaismaisbon.ch/
http://iamawesome.com/
http://beesbeesbees.com/
http://www.pleaselike.com/
http://crouton.net/
http://www.clicktoremove.com/
http://dastardlydigitofdestiny.com/
http://www.muchbetterthanthis.com/
http://www.nelson-haha.com/
http://www.wutdafuk.com/
http://colinsgiraffe.com/
http://trololololololololololo.com/
http://theshortanswer.com/
http://unicodesnowmanforyou.com/
http://www.patience-is-a-virtue.org/
Its been around for a while, and with this reminder I see its been updated.
Wiggling your mouse at http://www.staggeringbeauty.com/ (one of the possible sites) will trigger it.
Family relationships were at an all time low and I simply didn't realize the date and showed up for work. The security guard informed quite clearly that I wasn't supposed to be where I was (at my desk, debugging some crappy COBOL program). I was wondering if I'd gotten the time wrong, never once thought to check the date...