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CHILDHOOD BRAIN MODIFICATION: Do This Now

Mon, 21 Mar 2005 05:38:32 -0800

//Activities for the ADHD Inner Child// Wow. This is far, far better than Life's Little Instruction Book, or even Life's Little DEstruction Book. Remember being a kid and spinning in circles just so you could watch the world continue to spin after you suddenly stopped? How about pressing on your eyeballs to make blobs of coloured light inside your eyelids, experiementing with different kinds of foot shuffling and shoes to deliver the perfect ZAP, or staring at the texture of a rough plastered ceiling until it started crawling and undulating with shapes? (Okay, I'll admit, I still do a lot of these things as an 'adult'). This collection of techniques for experiencing sensory alteration, collected by the author and submitted by readers, will doubtless give your childhood memories a jolt ("I thought only I did that!") and even teach you some new tricks. You may never be bored again. ~W

Modern Living / Neurotica series

Wed, 16 Mar 2005 11:58:58 -0800

//Mommas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Flash Animators...// Ow, my brain. Some things should come with warning labels. Cigarettes aren't one of them: they're bad. We know. Fuck off. But the unsuspecting Stumbler could be rendered staring and drooling in morbid fascination for hours by this site, and such things might be frowned upon by one's employer... *eyeshift* Not... that I'd know. ~W

http://www.dirtcheapmusic.org/

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:06:46 -0800

//Lo-Fi, Indie, Demented and (best of all) Brilliant Artists You've Never Heard Of//: Ever heard that nothing good in life is free, or some shite like that? Bullpuckies! And Dirt Cheap (read: free) Music proves it. Highly recommended: Fishboy Rex (fave tracks: Hot as Balls in Here; Flight of the Chicken Shit; Jose; Moscow, Idaho). Puerco (fave tracks: Just about anything off 'Ducky'... Piss, Fuck, Rock!; Pilot Light; and fans of Stephen King's 'The Dark Tower' series will especially appreciate 'Purple Eve'). Dirtcheapmusic.org is the petri dish in which the musical genius of tomorrow is being moulded. ~W

SP*C**L DFCTS

Mon, 21 Feb 2005 06:18:30 -0800

Very creative and original set of digital (flash? skockwave? I confess my ignorance) artworks. I liked the engaging, moody and unexpected imagery--however, I was disappointed that after a handful of click I seemed to have cycled through the entirety of the offerings. The site is absolutely worth a visit, however, and gets a thumbs up for being intruiging and effective enough to leave me wanting more. ~W

Silver-Surfers favorite websites - StumbleUpon

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 08:27:42 -0800

Zany. Brainy. What more can you ask for, really, than the value judgments of an interstellar being in a zipperless, silver neuter-suit? Don't answer that. Just... back away from the pudding. Two thumbs way up (or would be two, if the miserly so-and-sos would let me, but noooooo... ONE thumb. Up or down. MY FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION HAS BEEN AMPUTATED!). *ahem* Anyhow, my compliments, 'Surfer! I'm off to correct my low blood sugar.

Rock, Paper, Saddam!

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:34:45 -0800

//Oh, Those Zany Fascists// It's puerile. Juvenile. It's downright wrong. *hee hee* I loved it. Thumbs up! ~W

explodingdog 2009

Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:34:31 -0800

//Boy Meets Wacom Tablet// I discovered this site waaaay back in 2000 and it's just never gotten old. I'm constnatly referring back to it for the much needed grin, giggle and moment of Zen. The premise: Sam Brown--wry, wise and whimsical--solicits the odd bit of phrase and quotation from his audience. Some of these submissions inspire Sam to create a picture. The resulting art is seldom what you'd expect and often so perfect you'll wonder how you could have expected anything else. Some examples: "The boy ain't right..." http://www.explodingdog.com/november15/boyaint.html // "I don't understand my job" http://www.explodingdog.com/feb26/thisjob.html // "We had a stupid fight" http://www.explodingdog.com/feb26/stupidfight.html ... explodingdog.com gets a very affectionate and enthusiastic thumbs up! ~W

abandoned places

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 14:26:49 -0800

//Finding Beauty// ...in places the world has ceased to look. From the site: "This power plant has ceased operation around 1997. It's part of a huge, well guarded complex... you won't be able to get in without permission. Some parts are particularly dangerous since pieces of concrete fall down from the roof. But it's worth the risk : inside you find the perfect mix of 3 years of decay and the rough beauty of the machinery that patiently awaits the verdict to come..." Part poetic narrative, part gorgeous b&w photos--stark, chilly places where people no longer go. Graphics intensive, of course, but also runs from a flash-driven "Photo Wheel" menu--if you're still dialing up to reach the 'Net, your machine might not be able to hack it. ~W

Extreme Instability

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:22:11 -0800

//I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore// Ow. I had to say that because of the animated gif headline on the front page. There, I've said it. Now: NEATO!!! Some of the most /gorgeous/ pictures I have /ever/ seen of storms, tornadoes and other weather phenomenon... With the commentary of Mr. Hollingshead combined with this spectacular photography, I entirely forgot myself--transported the way a good book will transport you. The next best thing to being there... uhm... because being there would be scary. o.o ~W

Myth*ing Links Portal/Epigraph Page

Mon, 07 Feb 2005 13:02:52 -0800

//It's Mything Something// I love the subject matter. The fact that she quotes Joseph Campbell from the outset certainly earned my affection... and yet... Sadly, I can't, in good conscience, knee-jerk an up-thumb at the site just because I like what it's about. It violates just about every known Law of Good Web Design, for one... and while I don't expect a retired anthropology prof to have the same skills as a web designer, I /do/ expect information to be presented in an orderly, easy to navigate fashion. Why do you think college professors insist on cover sheets and page margins and line spacing all being /just/ so? If the page had been kept simple and spare, it would be far easier to comprehend. Instead, it's a mish-mash of different fonts, colours, sizes, cute little gifs--the text is on the left, no it's on the right--now it's centered... okay, sort of centered--and *shudder* MIDI. There isn't even a friendly little oasis of 'Back to Top' through this interminable trek. I may, at some point, be researching something and find that this site I'm panning is THE most comprehensive and authoritative ever... But right now it simply hurts my brain and my love of the subject matter can't overcome the affront to my eyes. ~W