April 8, 2004
Museum of Bad Art
(Filed under: Art)"The world's only museum dedicated to the collection, preservation, exhibition and celebration of bad art in all its forms." What more needs to be said?
Posted by kevin at 2:48 PM
Dave Warnke
(Filed under: Art)You can recognize Dave Warnke's art by the simplistic characters and trademark smile. His simple style is reassurring and fun, and seeing his work plastered across a city in context is especially cool.
Posted by kevin at 2:23 PM
February 5, 2004
Rate My Teachers
(Filed under: Education)Forget practical jokes or scrawling on the bathroom wall. There's a new way to get back at your teacher. Or give kudos to the teachers you actually like. Rate My Teachers lets you score teachers from your high school and see which teachers are hot and which teachers rot. They may have tenure, but the masses still have a say.
Posted by kevin at 11:17 AM
December 9, 2003
American Package Museum
(Filed under: History)"To preserve and display specimens of American package design from the early decades of the 20th Century." Now there's a lofty goal. Despite the seeming uselessness, the images on this site are classic. 142 old school designs, and even a few 3D views of select products.
Posted by kevin at 11:10 AM
No Relevance
(Filed under: Art)You can tell from the name that this site is one big distraction. It's full of graphical leftovers -- forgotten, obsolete, and discarded images. We're talking vast collections of hand-painted signs, 45 record label designs, and goat-themed beer packaging and advertisements.
Weird. Yet strangely interesting.
The only downside is the lack of content. While incredibly in-depth, the examples above are the extent of the current exhibits (though the random scrap book page is pretty cool). More is coming, but ... "I want it now!"
Posted by kevin at 11:04 AM
Craftster
(Filed under: Art)Who says crafts are for kindergartners and grandmas? Craftster presents hip, do-it-yourself craft projects in a user-driven, message board format. The site has a tongue-in-cheek, 1950s design, and is incredibly organized.
Since the site is user-driven, not every project has the same detailed instructions or clear photos, but the cheeky design, organization, and hip vibe more than make up for it. Plus you can get loads of brilliant ideas, like homemade frosted glassware, a Lite Brite coffee table, or ways to use those annoying AOL CDs that somehow manage to flood the mailbox.
Add a hip touch of home decor without turning into Martha Stewart, breaking the bank, or churning out doilies.
Posted by kevin at 10:54 AM
GeoSnapper
(Filed under: Photos)Combining GPS technology and photography, GeoSnapper is a cool idea. Basically, people post a picture along with that location's latitude and longitude coordinates from a GPS device. The result is a searchable and mapable photo archive from all over the world. Not only can you see striking photos from scenic locales, like Hoover Dam or Vancouver Island, you can also see photos from not-so famous landmarks and easily be able to find the location for yourself. The world map, pockmarked with icons representing photos, is the coolest way to navigate the site, though sometimes it seems hesitant to load.
Unfortunately, it's a new idea with few users. Most photos are congregated in places like Seattle or L.A., with a few scattered in odd places across the world. At posting, there were 256 total users with under 1000 total photos. But with a camera and a GPS device you can remedy that.
Posted by kevin at 9:40 AM
December 7, 2003
Mr. Picassohead
(Filed under: Art)Make your own Picasso head. Abstract art for the common man. How cool is that? (link via Steph)
Posted by kevin at 3:36 PM
November 10, 2003
Terra Server
(Filed under: Maps)Although it is run by Microsoft, it does offer an enormous collection of maps and aerial photos of the U.S. You can zoom in on the U.S., or just enter your address.
Posted by kevin at 10:35 PM | Comments (2)
October 29, 2003
Sacred Gateway
(Filed under: Spirituality)An all Flash site offering daily prayers, presented with Bible readings and meditations to try and slow your breakneck pace and help you actually pray.
Posted by kevin at 3:59 PM