Sites I Stumbled Upon

For most of us, the Web is a few favorite websites, regardless how good or bad they be. Oh sure, we search with Google, we get the news from the online paper, we run to wikipedia.org to try to figure this world out, and we religiously check a favorite blog... but for being so infinite it seems like the internet should be, well more.

Enter Stumble Upon. Download the program, fill in the topics that you find enjoyable and then click the Stumble! button in your browser. If you like what you see, you click the thumbs up, if you don't you click the thumbs down. Your opinion helps categorize and rank the internet.

Here's what I've stumbled upon this week:

Typo Dylan (turn your sound on for this one)

Flash Earth - another of the new global map tools; this on combines all the major providers into one. A little slow but worth the quality of Microsoft VE (aerial) which is based on aerial photos instead of satellite photos making for a clearer picture.

Touch Graph - Definitely a geek site for web junkies. Enter a site in the applet and see all the linked sites around the world. Enter "www.cnn.com" for an excellent example.

Ars Moriendi - a much different take on the alphabet poem.

The History of the Internet - very tongue in cheek telling of the history.

Bible Map - another mapping program, this one references locations from scripture to Google Maps. No, the Garden of Eden is not located, but Genesis 49 has Israel, Sidon, and Marme are all links to be clicked and located.

Emergency Numbers - Biblical version of 911

Type in Motion Super Troopers - more comedy, this one from You Tube. Creative and light hearted.

Sketch Swap - creative with a mouse? Have a tablet and an artistic ability? You'll have fun with Sketch swap even if you're as bad as I am. Draw something, click swap, get someone else's sketch in return.

xkcd - a web comic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. Does include adult topics / humor not suitable for all.

asciimation - ascii is computer coding based on the English Alphabet. Ascii - mation is making moving pictures from ascii. Perhaps you've heard of the walking man? This site takes asciimation to a whole new level... especially good site for Starwars fans.

wildcard - an artistic time waster; very Zen.

eric laboratories - one of my hobbies is photography. This site offers a few neat photo make-overs.

Guerilla Mail - need to give an email address to sign up for an online service but you really don't want the spam you know you'll get? Try a Guerrilla mail box; a disposable email account that only lasts 15 minutes, just long enough to get signed up and receive your password for whatever your doing. Also handy if you're big into espionge.

Poor Pluto - just a really cute image. Exactly what I was thinking when I heard the news.

Lady bug daisy and Ring Heart - a couple of great photos.

Well, that's all for this week. Feel free to share your favorite Stumbles in the comments.

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