My Site Visits

Okay, there are a number of websites I visit on a regular occasion. Daily, weekly, monthly. Whatever.

1. The Real World Portal: Is a file sharing 'link' site that allows you to click on specific TV shows. Using eDonkey, I can download the latest TV shows if I missed them the firts time around. How quick is it? I forgot to tape 'Lost' last night and have already started
   downloading it. Current series are of a high quality, but older shows have a tendency to be poor quality. And at least you know you're getting the show in English. I downloaded 5 episodes of a cartoon I loved as a kid only to discover they're all in German.


2. Die Puny Humans: Writer Warren Ellis'.... ummmm.... list o' things. He puts links to stories that interest him, new music by groups and singers you've never heard of and
   interesting links to other websites, such as this entry:
   10x10 ('ten by ten') is an interactive
   exploration of the words and pictures that define the time.
   Every hour, 10x10 collects the 100 words and pictures that matter most on a global scale, and presents them as a single image, taken to encapsulate that moment in time. Over the course of days, months, and years, 10x10 leaves a trail of these hourly statements which, stitched together side by side, form a continuous patchwork tapestry of human life.
   
   Each hour is presented as a picture postcard window, composed of 100 different frames, each of which holds the image of a single moment in time. Clicking on a single frame allows us to peer a bit deeper into the story that lies behind the image. In this way, we can dart in and out of the news, understanding both the individual stories and the ways in which they relate to each other.
   
   10x10 runs with no human intervention, autonomously observing what a handful of leading international news sources are saying and showing... With no human editors and no regulation, 10x10 is open and free, raw and fresh, and consequently a unique way of following world events. In 10x10, we respond instinctively to patterns in the grid...


3. Daily Show With Jon Stewart: If I miss an episode or just have to see that clip again, here I am. It's probably the most trustworthy news program in North America --and it's not even supposed to be a news program.


4. Mod the Sims 2: Okay, I'll admit that I'm hooked to Sims 2. Mod the Sims is a site with
   links to various modified objects, characters, etc. for the game and seems to be annoying EA and other dedicated Sims sites. Why? They're being honest and acknowledging that sometimes people want a little bit more out of their Sims characters than just wandering around the house, eating, exercising and having a successful career. EA built in the 'whoo hoo' function [read: sex] --complete with "chicka-wa-wa" music and MTS2 has added to
   that with sexy clothes, realistic nudity and other items. I have 2 'hacked' objects in the house: A picture which maxes out the character's aspiration meter and mood (which means no more whining about playing chess, looking through the telescope, etc.) and another that maxes out their needs --stopping them from starving to death everytime they step out on the town.


5. Worth 1000: A photoshop manipulation contest site with incredibly talented artists taking part. This image is from one of the latest contests, 'Corrupt Thy Children 6':
   
   
   
   See? Now that's just funny!! The prize was Miss Piggy soliciting
   on Sesame Street.