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Paul's Boutique Samples and References List - I'm a fan of the Beastie Boys and particularly their 1989 effort Paul's Boutique. This is the ultimate resource for Paul's Boutique and it stands to document the samples and references included on the album. If you enjoy Paul's Boutique, you'll love this
Rivers Cuomo's Blog - It's the real deal folks. He shares MP3s, including this cool Rivers remake of "Tomorrow". As a kid, I loved that damn movie. I knew Daddy Warbucks was a softy inside...
Fahrenheit 9/11 Trailer - The trailer for the highly anticipated Michael Moore film Fahrenheit 9/11 is finally available online. Traffic is extremely heavy today, so you'll have to be patient trying to view this one. It's well worth it. I can't wait to see it.
Classic Movie Trailers - From this page, "Some trailers which are no longer (or never have been) available on the 'net, have been Re-encoded, in high resolution picture and sound, and made available for Movie-List users. These are Movie-List Classics, and new ones are added each week." This page has
The Anti-Bush Online Adventure - I know I'm a little late on this one, but Dubya has Voltron on his side and Hulk Hogan, Mr. T, He-Man and R2D2 have joined forces to rid America of Bush and Voltron. How can you go wrong with a game like that?
Guide to Springfield USA - This is a highly detailed map of the Simpsons' hometown. You have to see this to believe it. The detail is awesome. Here's a pic.
Use Your Illusion - This is a visual illusion we've all seen before, but it's so good it's worth another trip. Do yourself a favour, click this link and use your illusion.
What Canadian City Are You? - This simple quiz will tell you what Canadian city you are. I took it and learned I'm Toronto. What a coincidence.
Art Car at the Hippie Fair - I have seen my next car, and this is it. Absolutely stunning.
Eleven Twelve - As a toddler, I spent a great many hours watching Sesame Street. Looking back at Sesame Street as a guy quickly approaching thirty, I have a lot of good memories, but two sequences in particular stick out in my mind. One bit had Cookie Monster trying to
Vaccination Scar Video - The Tragically Hip are streaming their new video for "Vaccination Scar" for us. This link is for the high Quicktime feed so if you want other options, you'll have to go here.
Drive By Farting - This tickled my funny bone this morning. It's a rainy, foggy, Monday morning and I needed a good ol' drive by farting to brighten my day.
Garbage Pail Kids Card Profile - I have fond memories of the Garbage Pail Kids, a natural backlash to the hokey Cabbage Patch Kids of the 80s. I was Spikey Mikey. Some of these cards were down right nasty and that's what we liked about them. You can see the
Johnny Cash's Desperado - Something about Johnny Cash's voice and delivery soothes my soul. On American IV: The Man Comes Around, Johnny Cash covered The Eagles' "Desperado" and this link pays homage to the man in black. I never cared for The Eagles' rendition of this tune but Johnny makes
Ramones Name Generator - Haven't you always wanted your own Ramones name so you could pretend you're a member of The Ramones? This amazing Ramones Name Generator will tell you what your Ramones name would be. Go ahead and get your Ramones name. My Ramones name is Mike Ramone.
Bubblegum Machine - It's no secret I love listening to music. Although I prefer rock, I enjoy a variety of genres from gangsta rap to Johnny Cash. Sometimes, although I'm ashamed to admit it, I'll even enjoy bubblegum music. This link is an awesome collection of MP3s you can download
Headbanging - In honour of Rock & Roll turning the big 5-0, this page enables you to headbang away. Memories...
Spider-Man 2 Trailer - I had a great time watching Spider-Man and this is the trailer for the heavily anticipated sequel. It looks very cool and will hit theatres June 30th.
How You Remind Me of Someday - This is great. This link is an MP3 of Nickelback's "Someday" in your left speaker and "How You Remind Me" in the right. It's the exact same song! For more on Nickelback songs that sound like other songs, read my entry of March
Kill Bill Volume 2 Trailer - It had been quite some time since I saw a movie I enjoyed as much as I enjoyed Kill Bill Volume 1 when I saw it last November. As a result, I'm eagerly awaiting the release of Kill Bill Volume 2 later this month.
UVA Computer Science: Star Links - Remember Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon? This link makes it easy to connect anyone to anyone is as few degrees as possible. I just searched for a link between Pauly Short and Ed Norton and learned that Pauly Shore was in Lost Angels with
Newsmap - Newsmap is an application that visually reflects the constantly changing landscape of the Google News news aggregator. "A treemap visualization algorithm helps display the enormous amount of information gathered by the aggregator. Treemaps are traditionally space-constrained visualizations of information. Newsmap's objective takes that goal a step further and
Worst Album Covers - This is a great collection of the worst 10 album covers of all time. You have to see these to believe these.
Bloody Pingu Throw - This is the far bloodier sequel to the addictive "Hit the Penguin" flash game we've all played. This one is just as fun. My high score is 1026.
Every File Format in the World - "This is a list of file name extension or suffixes that indicate the format or usage of a file and a brief description of that format." I found this very thorough list to be quite useful. Maybe you will too. Or maybe not.
