web watch - 2006 archives
Gone from the spotlight, these sites now bask in the twilight
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There's one on every block
You know the type. He's the guy with the really big Christmas lights display. But not all of them have a display you can control remotely via the interweb » full details »
They've got you covered
With the price of airfare getting lower all the time, where do they cut the corners? Cabin cleaning, perhaps? If you fear that flying the friendly skies means bunking down on some sort of fungul mess, fear not » full details »
Doctor slang
All professions have their own slang – verbal shortcuts internal to their discipline that are meant to be obscure to outsiders. But doctors? You don't want to know ... » full details »
Blend it like ... Bleckam?
There are a lot of extreme sports out there ... but extreme blending? No, we don't mean some sort of unorthodox mixing of cultures, but the insertion of unusual objects into a kitchen blender » full details »
Is it real – or is it Microsoft?
If you're the designated toner changer in your circle of cube mates, you've no doubt heard about the browser battle between Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. But have you heard that Microsoft has released its own version of Firefox? » full details »
Games, activities, generators, translators, tests and ...
Government verified, analysed, inspected, certified, tested and approved. Guaranteed to work and be safe for work. Share them with your friends and tell them that necessity sent you » full details »
Last train to Clarkesville
Could a map of London's underground tube stations be used as the basis for charting 100 years of music? » full details »
Official Olympic sites ... for non-winning finishes
History will take care of recording all the winners, but what about fourth place? Or last place? » full details »
How to impress your boss
A recent article in the Washington Post featured a picture of U.S. National Security Agency director Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander giving President Bush a tour of the super-secret agency's headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. They're photo-opped in front of a giant computer screen. Trouble is, the super-secret security screen that Alexander is revealing to Bush is available to you and I and even the dreaded Axis of Evil » full details »
The freedom to debate
In late September 2005, a small newspaper in a small country published a series of illustrations of Muhammad to accompany an article about self-censorship and freedom of speech. Reaction to the cartoons filled the headlines, detailing violent protests and attacks against Danish properties by extremist Muslims which forbid the depiction of Muhammad » full details »
JD'd rather be somewhere else
Once heir and hair apparent to sit in Walter Cronkite's old chair, veteran CBS News White House correspondent John Roberts joined CNN. What most American visitors to this site may not know is that John Roberts was once known as JD Roberts, a VJ on Much Music – the maple-flavoured version of MTV » full details »
What's up?
Tired of scouring the internet in search of up-to-the-second news? Dissatisfied with bland RSS feeds? Well, look no further and clock in with MappedUp » full details »
They've got your number
The In-N-Out chain is a beloved California burger institution replete with local lore, legend, myth – and a secret menu! Some folks recently discovered that employees at In-N-Out will do anything to a burger if you ask them – and in any number. 2x4? 20x20? What about 100x100? » full details »
Yahoo! has some answers
Yahoo! recently caused a ripple in the search engine news world by throwing in the towel in it's race with Google. But that's yesterday's news » full details »
Fight back against telemarketers
We've all been there. We're eating supper, washing the dog or watching Mythbusters when the phone rings. We answer the call thinking it's someone important but "Drats!" it's another annoying telemarketer. » full details »
Gentlemen, start your search engines
So hmmm, you're thinking to yourself. What popular search engine is going to give me the best results? » full details »
Attention law-abiding terrorists
Why risk having your search history take days, weeks and months to reach government officials when you can practically let them surf over your shoulder? » full details »
Man posts late-issue blog
An Edmonton man jumps off Internet Conservation Society bandwagon and creates a web presence with something really important to say. And what's the issue that drove him to finally create a blog? » full details »
Shoot me, please
Chuck Lamb wants to be in a movie or TV show as a dead body. But how do you break into the dead body business? Practice! » full details »
It's snow wonder
Extreme weather calls for extreme machines. But a V8-powered snowblower? Even here at the Last Link we think that's a bit ... extreme » full details »
World's most famous home movie
On November 22, 1963 Abraham Zapruder heard that President John F. Kennedy's motorcade would be passing close by and he wanted to film the procession with his Bell & Howell movie camera. The shots from his camera and the shots fired in Dealy Plaza are still reverberating to this day » full details »
Yesterday’s tomorrow, today
It's safe to say that in today's techno-savvy world we're constantly keeping an eye out for the next big thing. Robot vacuum cleaners, self-driving cars and a virus-free internet seem to be right around the corner -- but will all our dreams come true? » full details »
Movie typecasting setting
Here at the Last Link, we're fond of fonts. A recent New York Times article brought our attention to Mark Simonson's site about errors in font use in the movies » full details »
Chow chow
During a 2006 Canadian federal election, everybody and his dog had a blog. However, one candidate's blog put him in the political doghouse » full details »
Mob mentality
We all know too many chefs spoil the broth, so you can imagine what sort of brouhaha is stewing at two sites that invite web-passersby to contribute to collective design » full details »
2005 in review
So how does one sum up a year? Those folks at Yahoo! give it a try » full details »