Sensational Sites

Double Wires

2007-12-23T10:35:00.000-08:00

This game from OneMoreLevel.com is simple but extremely entertaining. There are no instructions, but all you need to know is that you don't want to fall, you click the mouse to fire web, and the object of the game is to get as far as you can. Good luck!

Play Double Wires

Mr. Wong's Soup'Partments

2007-12-16T12:53:00.000-08:00

The world's tallest virtual building! Websites could once pay to become "tenants" in this building. The project is now shut down, but you can still view the result, which is really cool!

Check it out

More Desktop Wallpapers

2007-12-16T12:28:00.000-08:00

Last post I mentioned National Geographic wallpapers. I thought I'd continue by posting some more cool wallpaper websites:

A simple Google search for "desktop wallpaper" will bring up sites like Desktopia and FreeDesktopWallpapers.net. But in this post I want to focus on some of the lesser known gems available on the web. Here are my favorites (all free), in no particular order:

1. 3dWorld - Not a huge selection here, but the few that are available are pretty cool.

2. EdenPics - A gallery of beautiful nature photos (perfectly sized for desktops).

3. WinMatrix Forums - for PCs that wish they were Macs, check out this forum thread which links the download pages for generic Macintosh wallpapers.

4. Movie Wallpapers - like the name says, this is a place to download movie wallpapers! The site is a little bit hard to navigate, but there are some good desktop pictures on the site... if you can find them.

Thats all for now! I will probably be posting more sometime in the future.

National Geographic Wallpapers

2007-12-16T12:19:00.000-08:00

A collection of beautiful (and free) desktop wallpapers taken by National Geographic magazine photographers.

Visit Site

Move Over Jason Bourne!

2007-11-25T10:05:00.000-08:00

A collection of videos that will teach you how to be as cool as Jason Bourne!

Visit Site

Steve Jobs at Stanford

2007-11-22T07:51:00.000-08:00

Here is a speech Steve Jobs (of Apple Computers) made at Stanford University a couple years ago. It is quite inspirational.

Better Fonts

2007-11-11T13:12:00.000-08:00

Say goodbye to Arial and Times New Roman! BetterFonts is probably the best place to get fonts on the net. It has over 10000 free fonts (and counting) that you can download for free!

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Blabberize

2007-11-07T07:13:00.000-08:00

Make your pictures talk! Record an audio file, and upload a picture. Then all you have to do is tell Blabberize where the mouth in the picture is, and it will animate the picture to match the audio! This is quite a fun, and clever tool.

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Death by Caffeine

2007-11-06T11:37:00.000-08:00

Have you ever wondered how many of those Starbucks Caffe Latte's it would take to kill you? Probably not, but if you are wondering now, head on over to Death by Caffeine. On this interesting website, you enter your weight and your choice of beverage (there are tons to choose from, including Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Red Bull, and even Chocolate Milk!). The site then calculates how many consecutive drinks of that type it would take to kill you. It would only take 100 cans of Diablo Energy to kill me!

Check it out

Anti-Piracy Ad Parody

2007-11-05T07:50:00.000-08:00

This is a parody of the anti-piracy ad that you always see in theaters and sometimes at the beginning of DVDs. It was done by a TV show called the IT Crowd, which (I could be wrong) is only available in the UK. Anyways, its hilarious.

FullBleed T-Shirts

2007-11-04T07:58:00.000-08:00

This website sells a bunch of beautifully designed t-shirts for only $16 each! And not only are they beautiful, many of them are also quite clever (all without using any words). This shirt and this shirt are examples of FullBleed's cleverness, while the "Burning Bridges" shirt is by far my personal favorite.

Check it out

Bonus: I've been trying to figure what this picture is. I think that it's an ad for 3M, and there are showcasing how much they trust the glass they manufacture. Whatever it is, they are sure putting their money where their mouth is!

Visit Picture

American Gangster

2007-11-03T08:35:00.000-07:00

I just saw this movie yesterday night, and it was amazing! An Oscar winner? Could be! The movie is based on the true story of Frank Lucas, a nobody who eventually rises to become one of the movie powerful gangsters and New York/New Jersey.

The Movie Website

Frank Lucas (on Wikipedia)

Open Source Windows

2007-11-02T22:53:00.000-07:00

This website consists of links to hundreds of free software for Windows computers. Overall, it is a useful and nicely organized site. I was quite impressed!

Check it Out

Google Pranks

2006-12-27T16:54:00.000-08:00

Google has done many April Fool's Day pranks in the past. Here are links to some of them:

Google Romance

Google MentalPlex

Google PigeonRank

Google Gulp

Bunch of Links

2006-12-26T17:15:00.000-08:00

Awesome Hands

Real Life Super Mario

PictureCloud

English Vocab Tester

World’s Highest Tennis Court

Opposite Day

OldApps.com

2006-09-26T07:14:00.000-07:00

Have you ever downloaded a new program on your computer, just to find that it isn't anywhere near as good as the old version? Then you uninstalled it, just to find that the program creator took the download link off of his site. How frustrating! Head on over to OldApps.com, where there are tons of links to old versions of popular programs. For free too!

Go to OldApps.com

Pandora, Part II

2006-09-18T19:08:00.000-07:00

A while ago a I posted about a Sensational Site called Pandora (see post). Now, there is a post at Lifehacker.com entitled:

"Technophilia: 15 ways to get more out of Pandora"

This post contains lots of cool tip and tricks for enhancing your experience with Pandora.

Go to 15 ways to get more out of Pandora

One Thousand Paintings

2006-09-17T17:14:00.000-07:00

OneThousandPaintings.com has quite an interesting idea. They are selling paintings of numbers from 1 to 1000. There's not really much more to say, just check it out!

Go to OneThousandPaintings.com

Just Letters

2006-09-13T18:41:00.000-07:00

Someone keeps stealing my letters... You know those cool magnetic letters for fridges? In this fun game, you can write messages by dragging the letters. It's not easy though; everyone else on the page can also drag letters, including yours!

Go to Just Letters

TemporaryInbox.com

2006-09-12T07:31:00.000-07:00

You know those sites that you need to enter an email address to use? I hate giving out me email to them; that's how you get tons of spam. So I use today's Sensational Site, TemporaryInbox.com. Like the name suggests, it acts as a temporary inbox that you can use just long enough to sign up for these sites, and then forget about. You don't even need to enter any personal information to sign up!

Go to TemporaryInbox.com

Stacko

2006-09-09T10:45:00.000-07:00

A strangely addictive tetris-like game. You try to keep the blocks from reaching the bottom of your screen (and crushing the little person) by grouping them in fours so that they disappear. You can also use dynamite.

Go to Stacko

ChaCha Search

2006-09-08T15:34:00.000-07:00

ChaCha has a really innovative way of searching the net. With a guide! That's right, when you search on this Sensational Site a real person will help you find what you're looking for! You can chat with your guide live by using the chat box on the left side of the page. Try it out!

Go to ChaCha Search

Drive Me Insane

2006-09-03T18:21:00.000-07:00

On DriveMeInsane.com, you can try to drive people insane by controling their lights and other electronic equipment. Here is an excerpt from the site:

"You are now visiting DriveMeInsane.com, a website located in Texas. Experience a deranged social environment. Spy on strange, moderately interesting people from around the world. And turn on their lights. And yes, it's all real."

Go to DriveMeInsane.com

...t.y.p.o.r.g.a.n.i.s.m...

2006-09-02T21:09:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is all about exploring what you can do with words and text. My personal favourite is ASCII-O-Matic, which converts pictures into text (really neat!). What's yours? Leave a comment.

...t.y.p.o.r.g.a.n.i.s.m...

50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod

2006-08-30T20:03:00.000-07:00

Today's site is for all of my users with iPods. It is a list of 50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod. Enjoy!

Go to 50 Fun Things To Do With Your iPod

Ask Vox

2006-08-27T19:41:00.000-07:00

Last post, I showed you a website called Yahoo! Answers (you can see that post here). Today's Sensational Site is similiar in several ways. Ask Vox, like Yahoo! Answers, is a website where you can ask questions and get them answered. The difference, however, is that your questions are solved by a talking computer program!

How does this computer program, named Vox, know so much? Simple. When it encounters a question is doesn't already know the answer to, the question becomes open to the general public to resolve (again, sort of like Yahoo! Answers). Once, a question has been answered, it is added the Vox's information database.

Go to Ask Vox

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Another Sensational Site!
Google Answers

This is the last question and answer site, I promise! I just thought I should get through this one today. Google Answers is for very serious questions. Questions serious enough that are willing to pay for answers. For as little as $2.50, a "carefully screened" researcher will answer pretty much any question you can think of.

Go to Google Answers

Yahoo! Answers

2006-08-25T23:03:00.000-07:00

Yahoo! Answers is today's Sensational Site. It is a huge online community of real people who ask questions and answer them. I've found this website really useful for those questions that just can't be answered by a computer. For example, I once asked the question "What is the name of the song in this video?" and then linked to it. Within about 5 minutes, someone had answered. Yahoo! Answers is also great if you have some spare time and just want to help people out!

Go to Yahoo! Answers

Games for the Brain

2006-08-24T20:34:00.000-07:00

Can you have fun and get smarter at the same time? Of course! Just head on over to GamesForTheBrain.com, a website full of really creative games and other mind workouts. My personal favorites are What Did I Search For?, Memocoly, Guess the Flag, and Anagramania.

Go to Games for the Brain

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Sensational Product
The iPod G6

There are now several rumours, even a picture (seen above) of what the next generation of iPod will look like. Check out the blog post from PaulStamatiou.com here.

The Top 10 of Top 10’s

2006-08-23T18:24:00.000-07:00

From the Konquest Online blog, comes a list of the top 10 of top 10's. I found some really neat sites looking at this list!

Go to The Top 10 of Top 10’s

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Another Sensational Site!
David Letterman's Top Ten Lists Archive
While I'm on the topic of top ten lists, here is an archive of top ten's. It's from The Late Show with David Letterman.

Go to the Top Ten Archive

Tickle: Tests

2006-08-22T17:50:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site has quite an odd name. It's called Tickle and it's an online database of fun tests and quizzes. Some examples are "Which Star Wars character are you?", "What's your psychic strength?", "Are you smarter than you think?", and "Are you a perfectionist?". Take one of these tests (or one of many others) by visiting the Tickle website!

Go to Tickle

Also, as a bonus, check out EssayGenerator.com. Like the name implies, it will instantanously generate an essay on any topic imaginable!

P.S. Don't worry. Tommorrow there will be photos again!

QuikMaps

2006-08-20T18:40:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site allows you to create custom maps. QuikMaps allows you to add your own labels and symbols to maps generated by Google Maps. You can then print the map off, email it, or put it on your website! Oh, and sorry there is no picture of today's Sensational Site, I'm having some trouble with Blogger.

Go to QuikMaps

I guide to this program can be found on Wanderingken.com.

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Sensational Movie

Snakes on a Plane

Here is the trailer for Snales on a Plane:

SorryGottaGo.com

2006-08-18T07:05:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wanted to end a long telephone conversation really badly, but just needed an excuse? The purpose of today's Sensational Site is to give you those excuses. SorryGottaGo.com is filled with little audio files that you can play while holding your phone up to your computer speakers. Some of my favorites include:

Go to SorryGottaGo.com

DVD Easter Eggs

2006-08-16T18:31:00.000-07:00

An easter egg is a hidden feature on a DVD. For example, on the Star Wars III DVD if you type a secret code (which you can find on today's Sensational Site) on your DVD remote, you can see a video of Yoda rapping! Search for your favorite movie on this site, and discover new features on your DVD you knew even knew existed!

Go to DVDEasterEggs.com

If you still don't understand what an easter egg is, here is an explanation from DVDEasterEggs.com:

What is a DVD Easter Egg?

This is probably the most obvious, and most frequently asked question. Of course the chances are that if you found this site, you may already know, but if not, here goes. As most will know, during the Easter holiday, people will paint eggs, then hide them for their children to find. This is the traditional idea behind the "Easter Egg". Extend that idea into the digital world, and an Easter Egg is something that is hidden, in some form of media. Way back when Microsoft released Excel (as an example) there was an easter egg in the software. The developers hid a game in the program. You had to fill certain fields of the spreadsheet with a specific value, etc. and you were able to unlock this 'Doom-like' game. Well much the same concept goes for easter eggs on DVD's. The developers who make the DVD's, their menu systems, etc. tend to hide special features on the disc.

Wridea

2006-08-14T20:38:00.000-07:00

Have you ever got a great idea in the middle of the day that "could have made you millions"? But then you promply forget it? I know I have! With the help of Wridea, you'll never forget a great idea again. Here is a features list from the site:

NEW Collaborative brainstorm sessions. With Wridea, your friends can participiate on your ideas by commenting on them.

NEW RSS Feeds. Subscribe to your friends' idea or comment RSS feeds and stay tuned!

Get your ideas organized. Wridea is easy to use. Letting you create, edit and delete your ideas, pages and categories smoothly and easily.

Create ideas. Let your mind focus on new ideas and discover new things. Free your mind by storing all your todo items, ideas, concepts, anything cluttering your mind in wridea.

Create categories easily with wridea for categorizing your ideas and thoughts. For example, create a category named "Illustration" and put your new illustration concepts into it.

Create pages for collecting each related ideas into single pages, even if they have different categories. For example, you can create a page for one of your projects and add all your ideas, todo items, concepts or anything else related to that project into the newly created page.

Go to Wridea

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Sensational Video
Stop-Motion Human Space Invaders

This is pretty sweet. Here is the link.

billQ

2006-08-13T22:18:00.000-07:00

From the website:

"billQ is a new web-based application that gives you an easy way to keep track of your bills. With billQ, you can make sure you always know exactly what you have to pay, and when you have to pay it"

Sounds cool, huh? Best of all, it's free!

Go to billQ

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Sensational Photograph

I though this photo was kind of cute:

From Prikola.net

FlipClips

2006-08-12T20:52:00.000-07:00

Have you ever see those little books that look like silent movies when you flip them really fast? They're called flip books. Now you can make your own. Or rather, FlipClips will do it for you. Just film a short video on your camera, and upload it to this site!

Go to FlipClips

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Sensational Video
The Moving Van Ramp Gone Wrong

In case you ever wanted to try this, don't...

Information

2006-08-11T18:40:00.000-07:00

Information is an infinately zoomable picture mozaic! Its really neat. You click on a spot of a picture, you zoom in. When this happens, you realize that the picture is not made up of normal pixels, but of other photos! You then keep zooming in until you are left with only one pixel/photograph, and then the process starts over again. Try it out. Just be careful, you might like it so much that you end up spending the rest of you life on this page!

Go to Information

The makers of "Information" have also created several other awesome picture manipulation type things. View all of them here.
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Sensational News:
Sensationa Sites now has Google ads!

This is great news for both you and me. Its good for you for two reasons. One, now that this blog if making me money (however small), I will have more motivation to post often. And two, Google Adsense ads are always relevant to what I'm posting about, so it gives my blog posts more depth to explore. Thanks for being so supportive!

P.S. I love it when you leave comments, it really makes my day. Thanks again to all my readers!

iSerenity

2006-08-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

Sometimes when you are working, sounds it the background can be very distracting. You can try to cover up the noise with music, but the music itself can also be distracting. So what do you do? You use iSerenity. It has several "white noise" sounds, like rainfall, birds chirping, crickets, and typewriters. Like all Sensational Sites, you don't need to pay to use this service. So try it out!

Go to iSerenity

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Sensational Video
Amazing Stop Motion Video

Goggles!

2006-08-09T11:41:00.000-07:00

Goggles! The Google Maps Flight Simulator. This site uses the power of Google Maps to create a game where you control an airplane which can fly to anywhere in the entire world (if you have enough time). You can make the plane go right, left, up and down. If you go down too far, you crash. Also, you can make your airplane fire missiles, which is kind of weird because they don't do anything! Starting places include London, New York, Dublin, Boston, Paris, Helsinki, and more.

Go to Goggles

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Sensational Program
Google Earth

This program is what generates the imagery in the site above. Its really cool; if you haven't already, you should download it today (for free).

Google Earth Homepage

Rollyo

2006-08-08T16:45:00.000-07:00

Here is today's Sensational Site:

Rollyo

Here is what BBC World said about Rollyo:

"Rollyo offers the ability to search the content of a list of specified websites, allowing you to narrow down the results to pages from websites that you already know and trust."

I tested this out by creating my own search engine from just one site (this blog). You can try it out here.

Go to Rollyo

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Sensational Video:
Ben and Jerry's American Pie

Unfortunately, I was unable to put today's Sensational Video on this blog, but you can still see it by following this link.

Lots of Sensational Sites

2006-08-07T14:17:00.000-07:00

Today I'm going to a bunch of Sensational Sites that aren't quite good enough for their own posts, but are still deserving of a place on the cool sites blog. Here goes:

Website Flags: If Google, Amazon, or Yahoo had flags, what would they look like?

Website Remote Controls: Same sort of idea as above, but with remote controls.

Logo Game: Can you match the company with the logo?

Ordering Pizza in 2008: What will it be like?

FindInForums: A search engine for forums.

Bad Joke Generator: Quite self-explanitory.

Plen: A movie of a Japanese robot.
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Sensational Video
Ok Go--Here It Goes Again

Incorrect Predictions

2006-08-06T17:54:00.000-07:00

"No one will pay good money to get from Berlin to Potsdam in one hour when he can ride his horse there in one day for free." – King William I of Prussia, on hearing of the invention of trains, 1864.

The above is just one of many hilariously wrong predictions made by people from a long time ago. This Sensational Site is extremely funny!

Go to Incorrect Predictions on WikiQuote

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Sensational Video
London skyline time lapse

Comic Strips

2006-08-05T22:21:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is a really simple white page which shows many different comic strips of that day. Yes, I know that you can find the same thing in your newspaper, but your newspaper will not have as much selection as this page. Also, its nice to be able to access all these comics on the web. Check it out:

Go to Comic Strips

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Sensational Video
Amazing Stop Motion Video

Joe's Goals

2006-08-04T20:28:00.000-07:00

A really cool website that lets you easily keep track of all your goals. I've been using this for the past month or so, and it helps me a lot. I love its simplicity!

Features include:

-Input positive (ex. exercising) and negative (ex. eating a doughnut) goals.
-Assign different values to different goals.
-Assign goals to certain days. For example, you might only want to exercise on Mondays.
-Share your goals with friends.
-Read generated reports of how you did in the last 30, 60, or 90 days.

Go to Joe's Goals

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Sensational Video
Yoyo Man

Shows some interested tricks you can do with a yoyo.

Two Sensational Sites!

2006-08-03T19:59:00.000-07:00

Today I've decided to be really nice and present to you... TWO SENSATIONAL SITES!

#1 File Destructor

Probably not that ethical to actually use, but cool anyways. FileDestructor.com destroys your files, so that you can "Send trashed files and blame your faulty computer, instead of confessing that you are a lazy bum who just wants to play videogames."

Go to File Destructor

#2 Free Classic Audio Books

A relatively long list of classics made into audio books. Free audio books include: Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island, Alice in Wonderland, White Fang, and more!

Go to Free Classic Audio Books

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Sensational Video
CD in a Microwave

ILoveAnything.com

2006-08-01T17:12:00.000-07:00

A very simple site, you can order custom-made shirts that say, "I love ______". On this website you can also preview what you shirt will look like!

Go to ILoveAnything.com

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Today's Sensational Video:

Bear Fight
A funny little commercial.

I'm Back!

2006-07-29T21:31:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone! I'm back from my vacation, and it was great! Anyways, I'll start posting again tommorrow.

Streamload

2006-07-18T13:26:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is called Streamload. It is an online file storage website which gives you 25 gigabytes of storage for free! That's way better than its competitor Yahoo Briefcase, which offers a measly 30 megabytes. That's almost 1/1000th of the storage offered by Streamload. Here is a complete list of benefits and features, from the Streamload site:

	Store files securely on the web. Get 25 GBs of FREE online storage.
	Access your files from any web browser.
	Share all your files quickly and easily, without file size restrictions.
	Host videos, audio, images and more on the web.
	Backup your files and data safely and reliably.

Go to Streamload

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Sensational Video:

Cirque du Soleil at the Oscars

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I'm going on a ten day vacation starting tommorrow, so I won't be able to post everyday, if at all. See you again July 29th!

Falling Sand Game

2006-07-17T11:39:00.000-07:00

I don't have a clue why this game is so fun and addicting, but it is! There are four columns of falling material. The first column is yellow sand, the second is water, the third is white sand, and the fourth is oil. So besides being able to draw walls to direct the path of the materials, you can also light the oil on fire, and grow plants in the water. Some pictures of what people have done with this game can be found here, here, here, and here.

Go to the Falling Sand Game

Also, three new versions have been released. They are:

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Sensational Movie:

Another installment of the Rocky series? Check out this page.

Omnipelagos

2006-07-15T11:24:00.000-07:00

"Loosely translated and Anglosized, omnipelagos is Greek for all seas". Omnipelagos is a cool website that finds the shortest path (of links) from one person, place, thing, event, or concept to another. I can't really think of a purpose for this, but Omnipelagos.com is sensational nonetheless!

Go to Omnipelagos

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Alright, I've decided to expand my "Sensational Video" thing at the bottom of my posts to include Sensational Books, Movies, Photographs, and Products. So here you go:

Sensational Book:

101 Things to Do Before You Die
by Richard Horne

oh, don’t forget...

2006-07-14T17:40:00.000-07:00

OhDontForget.com is a website that will test message your phone (for free) at a specified time, with any message you can think of. The message length has no limit that I can see, and is very simple to use. Sensational!

Go to OhDontForget.com

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Today's Sensational Video:

Dance monkeys, dance!

I Got News For You

2006-07-13T17:07:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is extremely funny! You put your name and a friend's name into a form, plus some other info (male or female, ect.) and IGotNewsForYou.com generates a fake newspaper for you. It is full of great made up stories about you, your friend, your hometown, and more. This website does cost money, but there is a preview feature which allows you to view these stories for free!

Go to I Got News For You

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Okay, here is the first of the videos I promised you yesterday:

False Advertising - a gallery of parody

2006-07-12T17:01:00.000-07:00

This Sensational Site is a hilarious gallery of fake company logos! A paradies many companies including Starbucks, RadioShack, the GAP, Shell, and more. Check it out!

Go to False Advertising - a gallery of parody

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Also, starting next post, I may include funny/cool videos from Google Video and Youtube at the bottom of my posts!

Worth 1000

2006-07-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

As the old saying goes, "a picture is worth a thousand words". Worth 1000 is all about awesome pictures created in photoshop. if you are good in photoshop, then you can try to enter one of their contests. However, then coolest (andmost sensational) thing to do on this site is browse through the galleries. Its really difficult to explain these photos, so all I can say is visit the site!

Go to Worth 1000

Online Bookmarking Services

2006-06-28T09:40:00.000-07:00

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while! I was on vacation, and it was pretty hard to access a computer. Also, I stupidly left all of my bookmarks on my home computer. After doing this, I have done a lot of research into online bookmarking services.

Here is the most sensational of them all:

linkaGoGo is the best online bookmarking service that I have found so far. Its not the biggest (see below), but who cares. You sign up for a free account, which is really easy, then bingo! You can use the great features of this website. Here are some:

Import and export bookmarks from any web-browser, including Internet Explorer, Mozillia Firefox, Safari, Netscape, and more.
Search your bookmarks.
View your Recently Visited, Most Used, and Last Added bookmarks.
Automatic reminders of when you need to visit your bookmarks again (for instance, a daily reminder to check you e-mail)

There's lots more too!

Go to linkaGoGo

Honorable Mention:

http://del.icio.us/

This is without a doubt the most popular online bookmarking service. If for whatever reason you don't like linkaGoGo, this is probably the second best.

Moola

2006-06-22T19:37:00.000-07:00

Moola! When you sign up for this website, you are given one free penny. Then, you play against other Moola players to win their pennies. If you win, you have 2 pennies. Then 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, and so on. You can cash out at any time, and after just 30 wins in a row you have 10 million dollars!

To sign up for Moola, you must get an invite. This can happen three ways:

You must know someone who plays Moola.
You can sign up on a waiting list and Moola with give you one (after a while).
You can be one of the first three people to comment on this post (leave your name and e-mail) and I will send you one!

Go to Moola

Also, Club Moola is a forum where Moola users discuss strategies, give each other invites, ect.

http://www.clubmoola.com/

BumpTop

2006-06-21T17:08:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is one of the coolest I have posted so far! It is a 3D desktop in which files and programs react to real-world physics. They can be tossed around, stacked in piles, and hung on walls. I believe that this system offers superior organizational capabilities. A downloadable version is not yet avaliable, but you can bet that I will post about it when it is!

Click here to watch the video about BumpTop.

Go to the BumpTop website

10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP

2006-06-20T07:33:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is actually a blog entry, but is extremely useful nevertheless. This post lays out 10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP. If you run Windows XP, even on a fast computer, this blog post will help you speed up your computer further, without much work on your part!

Go to 10 Simple Ways To Speed Up Windows XP

Also, because of the huge popularity of this post, the blog owner has also made two other related posts. These are:

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Google has released a Book Search specifically for Shakespear! Check it out here.

Microsoft Office 2007

2006-06-17T20:08:00.000-07:00

You can now download a beta of the new Microsoft Office 2007! I did yesterday, and man is it amazing! From what I can see so far, the new interface is awesome. Not too many brand new features, but alot of the old ones were made better. For instance, in Microsoft Word, when you are changing the font of a paragraph, you can automatically preview the font as you mouse over it! It also looks like there will be better integration between these products and the internet, offering easier collaboration between people.

You can see for yourself by downloading the beta at the Microsoft website.

See more/Download the beta

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This woman has created a full size sports car using 12 miles of yarn! See the article.

Google Video

2006-06-17T16:51:00.000-07:00

As you may or may not have noticed, yesterday I posted the trailer of An Inconvenient Truth as a Google Video. Anyways, Google Video is basically Google's relatively new search engine for videos. My favorite three features for finding cool and funny videos are the Top 100, Today's Movers and Shakers, and the Google Picks. You can purchase things like music videos and sports games on this site. Feel free to check Google Video out, and please send me any cool videos that you find (sensational.sites@gmail.com). Here is one hilarious video that I found:

Go to Google Video

Here is a funny little animation.

An Inconvenient Truth

2006-06-15T07:20:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is not actually a website. I know I don't normally post about movies, but I couldn't resist. You have to see An Inconvenient Truth. An Inconvenient Truth is a movie about Al Gore, but mostly about global warming and how you can help to stop it.
Click here for the movie reviews page on Yahoo!

Below is the trailer:

Also, check out climatecrisis.org, the official website of the movie. My favorite part of the site is the "Take Action" pages.

Dropping Knowledge

2006-06-14T19:26:00.000-07:00

From www.droppingknowledge.org: On September 9th, 112 of the world's most compelling thinkers will gather in Berlin, to engage with 100 questions from the global public. Make your voice heard. Donate your questions, vote on the best questions and check back daily to find out which questions make it to the Table.

This website has an interesting concept. If you have a question that you want "112 of the world's most compelling thinkers" to talk about, ask it on this page.

Go to Dropping Knowledge

LIFE - Sudoku

2006-06-14T17:14:00.000-07:00

By now you probably know of the fun puzzle/game called Sudoku. If you do not, visit this page for an introduction. Anyways, today's Sensational Site is the best online Sudoku game that I have found. Besides being the most visually appealling, you can also:

Print the game
Choose from 4 difficulty levels
Play games from past days
Learn some Sudoku tips and tricks
Time your self with the built in timer

Go to LIFE - Sudoku

Also, this page is very interesting. It shows the origins of the names of big brands. Did you know that Apple Computers got its name when the founder Steve Jobs told his colleagues that he would name the company after his favourite fruit if they didn't come up with a better name by 5 o'clock that day? Very interesting!

Elastic Enthusiastic & Google Alive

2006-06-12T20:10:00.000-07:00

Today I have decided to post TWO Sensational Sites! Wow!

#1 Elastic Enthusiastic

The first Sensational Site that I am posting today is called the "Elastic Enthusiastic". It is an extremely simple website, but sensational all the same. Throw the lady in the dress around, and she will bounce up and down off of the elastic. Also, you can change the position of the two guys holding the elastic to make it more or less bouncy. Try it, it's fun!

Go to the Elastic Enthusiasti c

#2 Google Alive

Today's second Sensational Site is called "Google Alive". On this website, you can create your own personal search engine! Just type in something (I typed in "Quinn Engine"), select a font, then click Create My Search Engine. You now have your own search engine (which uses the search results of Google). You can save it on your favourites, or set it as your homepage!

Go to Google Alive

Da Vinci Code Virtual Tour

2006-06-12T16:12:00.000-07:00

On this Sensational Site you go through a virtual tour of many places visited in the Da Vinci Code. All of the places have 360 degree views, which you can also zoom in and out of! The places visited in the "Da Vinci Code Virtual Tour" include:

and more!

Go to the Da Vinci Code Virtual Tour

Monk-E-Mail

2006-06-11T10:13:00.000-07:00

Monk-E-Mail is today's Sensational Site. Monk-E-Mail (Monkey Mail, get it?) is a free service where you can send emails to your friends that are much more than just normal text. They are talking monkeys!!! First, you pick one of three chimps to be on your email. Then, you customize things like backgrounds, clothing, and other "stuff". After that, you add your audio. You can do this in four different ways:

Choose a pre-recorded message.
Type in text, and the monkey will speak it.
Record your own voice over the phone (extremely cool)
Record your own voice using a microphone.

Here is an example of something I make using Monk-E-Mail (click here).

Go to Monk-E-Mail

3D Logic

2006-06-10T19:02:00.000-07:00

Sorry about the two day gap! I was extremely busy! Anyways, today's Sensational Site is a game called 3D Logic, where you need to "link every pair of like coloured markers to complete a cube". The game starts off really easy but then gets pretty hard! This Sensational Site is a great way to exercise you brain!

Go to 3D Logic

Also, for all you soccer fans, here is an article which tells you the 10 world cup games in the first phase of competition that are bound to be the most exciting. Which 45 matches in the first 15 days, you probably can't watch all of them. So watch just these 10!

Hobbit Name Generator

2006-06-07T18:47:00.000-07:00

Have you ever wondered what your name would be if you were a hobbit? Probably not. Anyhow, on this Sensational Site you put in your name, an the "Hobbit Name Generator" will tell you your hobbit name. My hobbit name is " Robo 'Goldfather' Mugwort of Hardbottle ". This website also tells you what your name would be if you were a elf, dwarf, human (from Lord of the Rings), or a wizard. See what your name is, it's worth a laugh or two!

Go to The Hobbit Name Generator

Also, you can try out the Matrix Name Generator.

Painted Room Illusions

2006-06-06T21:54:00.000-07:00

Here are some photographs of rooms that are painted to be optical illusions. If you view them at just the right angle, they look amazing!

Go to Painted Room Illusions

Speaking of optical illusions, here is a website with lots of them!

Tommorrow, I will show you a really cool "infinately zoomable" picture mosaic. See you back soon!

Pandora

2006-06-05T16:25:00.000-07:00

Today's Sensational Site is called Pandora. It is sort of like your own personal internet DJ. What you do is input a song or artist that you like, and it will play you songs with similar music qualities to the artists or songs you inputted. As each song plays, you can either say "I like it" or "I don't like it" to refine you music interests further. Also, you can enter more than one song or artist, and Pandora will create a "Radio Station" for each. I do this so that I have a station for when I want to listen to rock, one for rap, one for heavy metal, and so on.

All in all, Pandora is a great way to discover new songs and bands that you would never have heard about otherwise!

Go to Pandora

Zeek's Real Magic Trick -- Part Two

2006-06-04T11:53:00.000-07:00

How does Zeek's Real Magic Trick work? I will explain in this post (if you haven't yet tried the trick, click here).

The trick is very simple. Hint: the website doesn't use complex mouse tracking algorithms, nor is it really magic. Here is what happens:

1. The website shows you six cards, and tells you to memorize one.

2. You continue to the next step. This page says: "Think of the card that you chose, and with your LEFT hand, touch the corner of your screen and count to three." This steps does nothing, except distract you from how the trick really works.

3. You continue to the last page, and wow! The card that you memorized is missing! This trick is amazing! Not. Compare these pictures of the cards from the first step and third step:

The card that you memorized is not the only card missing, all of them are!!!!!

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Since there is no Sensational Site for today, I will leave you with this cool picture.

Zeek's REAL Magic Trick

2006-06-02T14:56:00.000-07:00

This is a really neat little magic trick. It works every time! Try it and see if you can figure out how it works. If nobody can figure it out (leave a comment if you do) I will post the answer tommorrow.

Go to Zeek's REAL Magic Trick

The MegaPenny Project

2006-05-31T18:39:00.000-07:00

This website shows what one penny looks like, as well as its value, weight, thickness, and more. Then it proceeds to show you the same information for sixteen pennies, one thousand pennies, fifty thousand pennies, and all the way up to 1 000 067 088 384 000 000 pennies! This is a really cool website!

Go to The MegaPenny Project

Also, this isn't good enough for its own post, but here is a cute little picture.

Investopedia Stock Market Simulator

2006-05-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

Have you ever dreamed of having complete control over thousands of dollars? I know I have. When you sign up with Investopedia.com, you get access to $100000 (in fake money), which you can then in invest in real stocks. This is very fun!

Go to www.Investopedia.com

Anagram Genius

2006-05-29T15:41:00.000-07:00

Here is the first Sensational Site ever! This website is AnagramGenius.com, where you can input any combination of words or names, and the website will show you a phrase which uses those letters (an anagram). For example, an anagram of "William Shakespear" is "I am a weakish speller"!!! Try your own name, you never know what might happen!

Go to Anagram Genius

First Post

2006-05-28T12:36:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! This is my first post ever on this blog. My goal for this blog is to be a massive archive of truly awesome websites! Tommorrow I will post my first Sensational Site.

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2006-05-12T20:12:00.000-07:00

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