May 26, 2007
Under the Weather


things have been a little rough lately. i've been too sick and in too much pain to make it onto the net much . so far the docs havent found anything bad , but they havent found anything good either, so for the time being these posts may become more infrequent than they already are . i'll post what i can , when i can.......


Rare Albino Moose - its like i have a twin !!

Flash Puzzles - a cool collection of time killers

Google Trends - this could be interesting . search the net by what is most popularily being searched

William Shatver Woo - tv & music mash up

Best Visuakl Illusions of 2007 - fun with optical illusions

Your Daily Jigsaw - not a power tool site

Canadian Citizenship Test - i got 80% right . guess i need a refresher course on being a canuck

The Other Side - russian animation about worms

Vision Test - from the makers of the idiot test . looks simple but it will get you . Ma na Ma na ba ti ba tipi

Kiss That Frog - funny vancouver animation school short

Control*Shift*T - a handy firefox tip for when you accidently close the wrong tab and want to recover it

Internet Repository of Hidden Videos - a collection of esoteric and controversial video . cool

Pearl Jam - Yellow Leadbetter - funny video of misheard lyrics to this classic pearl jam song , known for ever changing lyrics and the band not discussing what the song is about

Sushi Bar - yes this is just a camera on the conveyor belt in a japanese sushi restaurant , but i still found this video kinda interesting

20th Century Growth - the dots are population centres of over a million ppl . a lot can change in 100 years

Woman in Art - very cool morphing video of classic art

Women in Film - similar to the above except with actresses

Unicorn Planet (pt 1 & 2) - these two episodes cracked me up so much i had to watch the third heyyyyyy

The Creationist Table of Elements - this gave me a good laugh

Balloons !! - cool balloon animals

1 Click - hee hee

A Magic Trick ! - by the Amazing Lejo


see you when i see you .

Enjoy !!

Posted by rollick at 10:39 AM
May 22, 2007
Sausages

usually i can think of something to say before i post links . sure its usually kinda lame and uninformative , but i can usually think of something . not today though . i think my brain took the day off , so just enjoy the links.........


Crab Fishing - a kid from california goes to alaska and brings his camera

Penny Farthing World Tour - a penny for your thoughts ?

Pit Heads - seedy carving

Music - numerous links to numerous bands' videos

Movies - online cinema . free while it lasts

TV - tons of tv shows

A Fair(y) Use Tale - copyright tutorial without breaking copyright

AWWWWWWWW - animal buddies

Sidewalk Murals - cool drawings with amazing perspective

Wall Murals - cool pics of cool buildings

Grolsch Gardens - cool point & clickery from the makers of my favourite beer *mmmmmmm*

Bill Maher Eulogizes Jerry Falwell - good riddance as far as i am concerned

Feist - My Moon My Man - musical interlude . a video that i find is very interesting to watch . i have also caught myself humming the tune while i am out walking around . thank god there are no people movers around or i'd break out into dance and embarrass myself

The Civil War in 4 Minutes - cool animated history lesson

F'ing Scrambled Eggs - a cooking lesson from gordon ramsey

Pirate Images - this site is Rated ARGHHHHHHHH

Pulp Fiction - a very cool and original artistic idea . click on the pic to advance to the next

Basic Firefox Tips - i was talking to someone who didnt know about these , so i thought i'd post it

I'm Busy - havent we all wanted to use a link like this just once ?

Music Painter - this is a cool app to play with if you have some time to kill . doodle and make music at the same time !

The world's Hottest Billionaire Heiresses - apparently my definition of 'hottest' differs from the good people at forbes , but i didnt know that stuff about elaine from seinfeld

Soon to Be Extinct - lets hope they make it

Broccoli - and your mom told you to stop playing with your food
& Carrot

Dean & Britta - i've never heard of them before , but their videos are pretty cool . i like Knives of Bavaria the best

Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest - here are the finalists

Topix - cool idea . a news filter that sorts by looking at your isp and getting local links to news & forums

Rocket Man - on the banjo

Chernobyl - a photo essay about the survivors of the nuclear accident . fascinating , but not for the squeamish

Save the Bunny - you have 1 minute from the time you click on his tummy . Start Shaving !!


i kinda like the assortment of link in this post . i hope you do too

Enjoy !!


Posted by rollick at 10:54 AM
May 18, 2007
222 Sausagers


a new record for hits in a week ! i just got the latest site counter update and whats surprises me even more , is the diversity of nations that the hits come from . just about anywhere in the world but antarctica (so far) . so thanks for clicking in and enjoy the links.........


First Date Sex - it does a body good ! (its in the sun , it has to be true lol)

Subliminal Advertising - this was kinda interesting a guy uses pschological techniques to influence ppl who professionaly use psychological techniques and shows how he did it at the end

Eurovision Song Contest 2007 - links to all the entries . a lot of formula europop , but israel and hungary made it interesting

Drum Machine - click 'rock beat' then 'start' and you've got the perfect chair boogying rhythm . you just cant keep yourself from chair dancing while you work for hours

Woodstock Day 1 , Day 2 , Day 3 - of peace , love and good music

The Cube - what jim henson was up to before the muppet thang

Flickr Color Selectr - this is a cool idea . move the little circle in the top left box and it changes the colours and pics of the entire website

Diving Tigers - mannnn that would be a scary thing to see if you were snorkelling

Teddy Bears Can Fly - and make it back safely to the ground (after a little dare-devilry) . cool video

Evolution Mural - the artist might be right about the end lol

Animated Wall Mural - by the same artist as above , but a different mural in motion

Sodom and Gomorrah - not quite the biblical version

Bird on a Wire - an unusual commute to work in the hydro industry

Seu Jorge - Life on Mars ? - cool musical interlude

Simply Google - all of google's search options on one page . no more searching for them

The 5 Greatest Sculptors of All Time - and some of their famous work

Project Censored - the top stories of 2007 (so far) that have not been covered in the press and should be . this is stuff people should know

The 7 Wonders of Canada - the third one , Cathedral Grove , is close to where i hide away in the summertime . vote for it !

Soda & Candy Experiments - funny mentos spoof

The Body Baker -believe it or not , these are all made out of baked bread . more of his stuff here

Glocken aus der tiefe - Tuva Singers - she has such a pretty voice lol

Grace Jones - Slave to the rhythm - another cool musical interlude

Birdthingy - cool little animated short

Circuitry Sculpture - what this guy does with left over electrical parts

100 Movies, 100 Quotes, 100 Numbers - kinda like 99 bottles of beer in the wall but with movie dialogue

Earth Guide - cool app that helps you learn about our cozy little planet

Endless Love - have a Happy Retirement Tony !!

Mr Deity & the Evil - its crunch time on the 6th day , have faith lol


last day of sun before rain and lightning come in , gotta go out and play

Enjoy !!


Posted by rollick at 10:51 AM
May 14, 2007
Highs in the 60s ...... Just


well its mid may and the weather has finally warmed up . though like the winter , it is damper and cooler than normal the good thing is i can apply the 60 degree rule and its shorts weather . life is so much better when you can wear shorts . the nicer weatehr is why i am a little behind in the sausages ......

ExoSolar - a interactive stellar atlas . coooooooooooool

Spot the Difference - fun little game that tests your ability to see variations

Les Fantaises de Margot - a cute little animated short

Mars as Art - cool pics

The Ten Most Useful Knots - and how to tie them

The Long Take - a cool link for film buffs . some of the greatest shots in movie history with one long camera shot without editting

Pachelbel's Canon in D Rant - funny clip about a classical riff and modern music

MapsKrieg - Looking for an apartment ? this site mashes google maps with rental listings

The Greatest Foreign Films of All Time - an excellent list of some of the greatest cinema in the world

Professional Can Basketball - these guys are pretty good

Time Lapse CN Tower - see toronto from morning tonight by moving you cursor across your screen

The World's 10 Most Dangerous Holiday Destinations - there are probably some good deals , but i dunno lol

Iraq For Sale - a documentary about war profoteering currently going on . its despicable whats been allowed to happen

Puleng - an animated short about growing up in Lesotho , Africa

Kleeman & Mike - flash toon about surfing

Home Made Flame Thrower - simple clothespin design , but if that doesnt interest you , how about a pocket taser ?

Global Panorama - coolpics from around the world

An Illustrated Guide to Bush Administration Scandals - and this is just scratching the surface *sigh*

Unique Mail Boxes - i like the manatees the best

Selling Australian Tourism - aussies poking fun at americans

The Polar Bears of Spitzbergen - whats blacki & white and red all over ?

sputtr - an all in one search page , combining the most popular search choices

Giovanni Sollima - Daydream - a really cool music video by the ever interesting lasse gjertsen

Dont Know Why / Theres No Sun in the Sky / Stormy Weather - stunningly beautiful pics of storms

Dread Zeppelin - Heartbreaker - musical interlude . how can you beat led zep songs with a reggae beat and sung by an elvis impersonator ? very cool

The O-Phone - if microsoft were to compete with the iPhone lol

Excellent Piloting - at takeoff , a jet blows an engine by hitting a bird and lives to tell the tale

Beautiful Churches - some amazing architecture

Richard Dawkins on The Hour - the famous atheist and author of 'The God Delusion" on the cbc

Bible Fight !! - pick your biblical characters and let them duke it out with one another


Enjoy !!


Posted by rollick at 10:20 AM
May 07, 2007
The Canucks Are Out Golfing


what happens when you get your asses handed to you by the godless ducks of anaheim ? .......its golf season ! like i said before , at least i wont be inside watching tv on lovely spring evenings instead of being out playing in the sun . oh well , theres always next year .

and in the meantime theres sausages.........


Make It Funky - part 1 of a 6 part documentary on funk . Hit Me !!

LyricWiki - find out the words to your fav songs

Baby Kangaroo & Squirrel - awwwwwwwwwww

BASE Jump Sling Shot - Pull !

Coffee is Good for You !! - of course it is *slurp * ahhhhhhhhhhh

Contact the Media - maybe we can get them to start doing journalism again

Orson Whales - a cool animated film with a moby dick led zep thang going on

2Bro2b - Kurt Vonnegut jr - online and uncopyrighted . woot !

Planktoon - 2 cool animated films . you have to use the french link but its easy to figure out

Vinni Puh Goes Visiting - how the russians interpreted winnie the pooh

Architect's Favoutite American Architecture - you can vote too

Things that go Bump in the Night - funny movie about things that scare kids

A Great Big Monster from Outer Space Ate My Homework - another cool kids perspective animation

Click For Your Country - we're #30 we're #30 we're #30

Online IQ test - if you have 40 minutes to spare

Jon Stewart on The Bill Moyers Show - a good interview

101 Ways to Annoy Your Co-Workers - heh heh heh heh

Kinetic Sculpture - likes long walks on the beach at sunset

David Bowie - Cracked Actor - a 5 part documentary on bowie after his berlin days

Christopher Hitchens on Lou Dobbs on his book 'God is Not Great'

Spinal Tap Reunion - marty debergi reunites the band for a Live earth concert

Rube Goldberg Alarm Cock - but i bet you cant make it to the bathroom without tripping on anything

Calvin & Hobbes - in a pharmaceutical world

1984 - a 1954 british production of george orwell's classic novel . more important now than ever

How to Be a Ninja - hyyyyyyyyyyaahhhhh !!

Cool Metal Sculpture - by stephane helleux

Kansas Tornado Damage - the devastation is incredible

'Goodbye I Hate You All' Generator - for when you want to say goodbye to the internet ( oh btw my summer hiatus isnt that far off lol)

T Rex Had Sharp Teeth For Eating Coconuts - and other creationist crap

Moneygami - the new kind of bill fold

The Atlas of the Universe - second star to the right and straight on til morning

Wogger #50 - the game that just keeps going and going

Grand Strategy - online game of Risk

Don't Click It - life on the web if you didnt have to left click

World Obesity - using a cartoon scale

New Bananphone - but the original is still the best

Lord of the Ring of Fire - media mashup

Star Trek Meets NIN - another media mashup


Enjoy !!


Posted by rollick at 09:50 AM
May 02, 2007
Spring Has Sprung ?


oh man, canucks are down 3 games to 1 against the godless anaheim ducks . the only good thing about them losing now is that i wont have to spend any beautiful sunny days inside watching the games on tv , but they havent deserved such an early exit . they've played well enough for the series to be closer , so maybe the hockey gods will give us a bounce or two in our favour . if they do lose , at least the temps are finally gonna shift above 60 degrees and i'll be able to play outside more .

in the meantime................


Make it Funky - a cool 6 part documentary on the history of funk

Classic Short Stories - a selection of short fiction by good authors

Who is Sick ? - a weird little app that lets you know what sorts of ailments are currently in your neighbourhood . where they get their info , i have no idea

Custom Creatures - interpretive taxidermy *shudder*

The 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2007 - a link for the boys


Sculpture Skillz
- amazingly detailed art

Bullshit - a google link to different episodes of penn & teller's interesting and entertaining documentary series

Makibishi Comic - a cool interactive point & click comic book adventure

Sploooooosh ! - not your everyday driving hazard

The Real Mouse Mouse - not safe for the squeamish or peta members

Create Your Own Avatar - a handy app to personalize how you look online

And Though I came to Cheer at You , I Leave Now with Regret - clips of bullfighting in mexico

Tribeca Film Festival Short Films - 5 of the best from this year's festival

Search Your Symptoms - this could be an interesting link to play around with . a godsend for hypochondriacs lol

You are Here if you look just to the left of saturn , there is a white dot next to the densest rings . thats earth

Proof of Global Warming - a brief description

Guess the Google - a new version of 'the guess the search word by looking at images' games is out . still has that one obscure one in each round , but still fun to play

Some Fly in Your Soup ? - a dangling 150 foot high dining experience

Pulp Muppets - movie mashup

Interviews Galore - a very cool collection of interviews with interesting & cool people

7 People in Politics That Suck At Their Jobs - the level of incompetance is staggering for all of them

Spirals - cool pics for people who never got over their spyrographs

Paper Sculpture - these must have been so painstakinly annoying to create . cool though

Arty Cakes - tasty & beautiful russian desserts

Cap'n Crunch - The Game - Sail the seas on the SS Guppy !!

The Black Lodge - a url navigation game with a david lynch / twin peaks twist

The 10 Best SNL Digital Shorts - these videos have been a highlight of SNL for the last 2 years

Global Incident Map - its always sobering to know that a lot of this stuff never makes the news


Enjoy !!

Gooooooooooooooooooo Canucks !!


Posted by rollick at 10:50 AM