1. Jackson Pollock

   
   
   This is an amazing website. When it first loads you are faced with a blank white screen and the first thought is “there is nothing on the page”... but as soon as you move your mouse and click a few times... that's when the fun begins. Click on this link and get ready for some artistic fun.

2. Albino Blacksheep

   
   
   This site will blow your mind. Everything starts off pretty slowly and you're tempted to think that not much is going to happen...but, if you hang in there, you're in for a feast of visual and auditory excellence.

3. Devlisting

   
   
   This website is a treasure chest of free and almost free goodies on the internet. There is so much interesting stuff on this site that I have made it my home page. If you've been looking for that definitive list of useful stuff on the net, then search no more... Devlist has something useful for everyone.

4. htm2pdf

   
   
   I did not just say "WOW" when I discovered this website, I just kept on repeating, “OMG... OMG”... I always repeat that when I get really excited about something. This site is so useful and so easy to use that it's likely to become one of your most valuable web tools.

5. Really Scary Optical Illusion

   
   
   This website has a scary surprise in store for you. It even comes with a warning for people with a delicate disposition. View this site at your own peril. You've been warned!

6. Image-Metrics

   
   
   This site gives you a glimpse into the future of facial animation technology. Gone are the days of rigid and unrealistic animated faces. The realism that Image-Metrics have achieved in facial animation is truly awe-inspiring.

7. Flickr Color Selector

   
   
   If you are looking for photos with a specific color then your search is over. This website does all the work for you, easily and quickly. Once you visit this website you will always return.

8. Scribbler

   
   
   For those of you who want to impress your friends with your drawing skills but can't really draw that well, check out this site. You create a simple line drawing, then click a button and the site will finish the drawing for you. Then you can email it to a friend.

9. Jigzone

   
   
   Do you like jigsaw puzzles? This interactive site will keep you busy for hours. If you love doing jigsaw puzzles, you will surely love this site.

10. Personality Test

    
    
    Learn more about your personality. When I took this personality test, I was shocked at how accurate the results were. A quick and easy interactive website that helps you know yourself even better.

Stop worrying about what to get that person who already has everything, because unless the person that you know is a closet serial killer, then they probably don't have one of these. At “Corpses For Sale” you can purchase an incredibly realistic full body corpse with rotting flesh, teeth and yellow fingernails. The corpses are not real, but the expert craftsman sure makes one stop and take a double take and the reason, is because they look so real.

Looking for a bit of nerd humor with a tad of geekiness? This website offers an assortment of actual technical signs that are not normally funny, but these signs come complete with humorous captions that makes them funny to look at and to think about.

The website introduces an amazing illusion that will have you seeing dots for the rest of the day. Watch a rotating board containing three yellow dots and one green dot, that are there in front of your eyes one second and gone the next second. This is a really cool optical illusion that will capture your attention for the next few minutes.

Built to pay tribute to one of the world's most relied on consumer products “Toilet Paper”. This website presents an extensive collection of brands of toilet paper that range from the mundane to the exceedingly rare. This is a comprehensive Internet resource for learning about toilet paper.

Now, for a fun and dizzying activity that will freak out your mind and confuse your senses. Some sensitive observers may become dizzy and/or sick, so if you are one of these people, then you should leave the site immediately.

Angry Alien has created a new twist on the typical movie review. In 30-seconds, visitors can watch a troupe of bunnies re-enact some of the best movies of all-time in a movie parody sort of way. Some of these movies parody are absolutely hilarious and a must to watch. My personal favorites are: Borat, Jaws, The Grudge and Star Wars.

Sure, Dr Mega Volt is a tad bit weird and completely out of his mind. Anyone who would knowingly put himself in an electrifying situation has to be included in an article entrenched in the world of weird. This guy has either a death wish or he has found a job that pays really, really well.

The Department of Homeland Security introduced in 2002, the Homeland Security Advisory System that features a color-coded warning bar scale that ranges from green (Low-risk) to red (Severe-risk). Now, you can get you very own to download onto your computer for free. I don't know why anyone would want one of these, but there are some weird things that people want for some strange reason.

If you have wondered how many pennies would it take to fill-up a room, then this website will answer this question and continues to take this question even further. What would one billion pennies look like if stacked?

Developed in 1994, “The Really Big Button That Doesn't Do Anything” is a usual artifact that attracts thousands of people every day. Pushing the button is pointless, but for some reason people still continue to push the button regardless.

Millions seem to have entered the once unreachable, now almost addictive, pastime of sharing their soul with strangers-become-friends through online emails and another variance, that of belonging to a Group. Paper letters are nearly obsolete as communication, except for junk mail and bills. Even prisoners may have online “pen pals”. One need merely log on, and type in the word “groups” to be instantly (unless you still have dial-up) overwhelmed with all the selections. This is a good thing, yes? No, not for a handful of cob-web enhanced, ideologically-challenged, unfortunate individuals that are most oft found writing themselves notes just to have something to write about.

One must first learn the unspoken rules of the online Groups or be branded anti-social and a groupie “leper” for a lifetime; a seemingly harsh and gloomy statement, but true.

This writer has lost the ephemeral battle to the point of being an expert on the subject of misguided social graces. The poignant results of no longer knowing how to participate in the “sophisticate” era of one's own time may haunt that individual through old age, perhaps, depending on one's beliefs, beyond. In my own rambling way, I will attempt to give hope to those remaining few who languish helplessly in their unsteady journey toward peace within and popularity online.

Finding a Social Niche or How Not to Be Different

In this day of enlightenment, one learns early on that there are many and varied interpretations on all issues of life; whether one is into a cultural swing, a political hotbed or expressing a profound spiritual belief. There will be out there a “group” or a “following” toward which one can lumber. The “Web” has brought those who think alike (or apart) into one household. Therefore, one has choices never before experienced; that of world-wide “yes, I'm-with-you” online groups. Viewpoints abound but even in the safety of one's home, to survive, there is still a hidden mandate to choose sides.

It can be disheartening to find that although a main issue may be in common, it is the seemingly insignificant differences that decide if one will be in front of the firing squad rather than in it.

Be aware of the overall view before assuming engagement with a group whose mission statement appears to be similar to one's own core (or accept that yours is rotten).

Be Careful with the Simple, Honest Reply

One may hear that the art of conversation is to know one's audience, however, an email is not to be construed as synonymous with face-to-face interaction. The written word is only as revealing, as emotional, as passionate, as cold, as the writer is able to convey. The most commonly used tools are the pauses (……), the laughter (LOL), and the varied words of expression (, :grin: , etc.). Humorous figures touted as clip art, (many involving sound/moving characters) are frequently used to engage the reader in the writer's intent. Unfortunately, these symbols of mirth can be mistaken for derision if the writer does not have insight concerning other members of the group. The use of an exclamation point can be absorbed as either extreme joy or potent rage.

Once, in an attempt to un-ruffle neck fur, this writer stated “I am not trying to convince anyone because I really don't care what others think”. It brought a storm of indignant replies where as the intent of the phrase was to embody my attitude of tolerance toward all beliefs. The old saying “one man's trash is another man's treasure” is somewhat analogous to these situations.

Discarding the Myth of Forbidden Categories

The idea that nations can legislate the way humans think is not merely ludicrous but illogical. Just because a government determines that the masses must live in a “politically correct” environment doesn't mean it occurs. It can also lead one to wild disillusionment, to believe, in this 21st century, that persons who have conflicting thoughts in opposition to the mainstream (offbeat paths in particular) are not only tolerated, nay, encouraged to bring forth their views. “Rubbish”, is this writer's reply. For such a person to reveal their life beliefs, even if wrung, not from academic knowledge, but from unwanted circumstance or uninvited chance can be risky.

The real-world categories such as the haves and have-nots, liberal vs. conservative, white vs. other races, male/female, or North/South is lengthy and deeply ingrained in mankind.

If one cannot find a computer group to which they can exclusively attach, then the only category left available is that of an Observer: a read-only category thought up by group moderators.

Zero is a Non-Word

“Zero” tolerance is alive and well but not the definition originally portrayed; that which started as good has deteriorated into an abyss of flailing attempts at group conditioning toward morality or immorality, belonging or not. One must choose to think and behave as others or stand alone, difficult in a world that is now so closely bound by technology; an energizing, entertaining world where one is taught to believe that the individual is worthy of being, but ultimately find “ not here”, in their space. From this philosophy was born the blog, but now, even bloggers have their own solid entourage of like expression.

The human brain, in spite of fear, oppression or enforceable laws, is susceptible to errant thought so don't believe it when a group encourages its' members to “be themselves”.

Final Muse

This tongue-in-cheek “groupie” advice will likely be a point of scornful and refutable return or it could wind up in the X file with none to hear (or see) the plea for caution.

Still, one last thought from an offbeat rambler: type softly, with one timid word at a time, or you might end up like this writer; with the only interest in what you have to say coming from the purring cat on the keyboard.