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The Every Woody Allen Movie website
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The writer-director of over 40 feature films, Woody Allen never re-watches his work once complete. But should he ever throw neurosis to the wind and dust off an old Blu-ray, Trevor Gilks can be his tour guide. He’s watched every movie Woody’s made, and written a detailed review of each. It’s heartening to know that [...]
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Greatest Solved Mysteries: watch the results in real time
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Ah Reddit, everyone’s favorite newsfeed. Today we’ll look at the poll that asks you, ‘What are the world’s greatest SOLVED mysteries?’ Watch the answers being given in real time and find out what the people of the Internet are most thankful for. Currently, the top answer is ‘The discovery and positive identification of Richard the Third’s [...]
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Kim Jong Un looking at things, too
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Following art director Zachary Smith’s brilliant Tumblr blog, Kim Jong Il Looking At Things Tumblr, which shows, er, the esteemed leader looking at things when he was still alive, someone else has gone ahead to set up a Tumblr of his successor and son, Kim Jong Un, looking at things too. We like the original [...]
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Panlexicon: The Thesaurus cloud
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Panlexicon is a tool for writers created by web developers Ben Sheldon and Rebecca White. It makes finding synonyms for words a breeze, instead of giving you a list to look through, like a Thesaurus, you get a Word Cloud where the most general terms appear in big letters and the more specific words in [...]
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Heart-wrenching middle class problems voiced via Twitter
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Life is really hard. And it’s a whole lot harder when Starbucks runs out of Pumpkin Spice mix and you have to settle for a Salted Caramel Mocha. And then you get a splinter from your avocado. And to top it all off, you have to turn the brightness down on your iPad because it’s [...]
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The Worst Room: a tumblr all about crappy NY housing
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Thinking about moving to New York? The Worst Room provides the antidote to TV’s spacious and beautiful apartments that normal people can afford. I’d like to see Friends re-set in some of these.
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Personal ads from the 19th century
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It all started when Pam came across an old ad from the 19th century in which a man was hoping to find his ’bright, particular star’. He wrote a sweet personal ad for love and put it in the newspaper, much like people use eHarmony for today. Ever since Pam found that one strange ad, she’s [...]
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Design Jargon Bullshit: a collection of stupid design promises
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It’s amazing what kind of bold faced lies come out of designer’s mouths. Call it designer slang, jargon, or terms of the trade, but we all know it’s bullshit. This is a comprehensive collection of only the best design jargon bullshit. It’s a good laugh if nothing else. One of my favorites is the ridiculous [...]
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Are You Awesome?
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Are You Awesome? Hard to tell? Oh, you of little faith, are you uncertain about your awesomeness? If you need confirmation, I present to you the answer to your doubtfulness, the magic 8 ball of the Internet. Bookmark it as your homepage and give yourself a damn good start to your day knowing that HELLS [...]
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Can Google answer the Meaning of Life?
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Philosophers ask lots of questions. The Internet offers a mammoth amount (and then some) of knowledge. In this series, I pop Unanswerable Questions of Life into Google Maps and take a Streetview screenshot of the destination Google directs me to. Discover the meaning of life, see where we go after death and find out if [...]
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The Crappy Family: illustrated by Amber Dusick
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I accidentally stumbled across a Crappy blog, which comes with Crappy pictures. The blog and sketches are written and drawn by mother and wife, Amber Dusick. She illustrates parenting stories that draw on her experience of child tantrums, doctor’s visits and general daily family life. It’s honest, brilliantly bad (she swears) and quite touching. Parenting: [...]
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The Stream Lab: watch live concerts from the comfort of your lounge room
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The Stream Lab is for those who love live music, but also enjoy the comforts of home. The website follows dozens of sources to bring you the pick of the live streaming shows taking place worldwide – including Coachella in California, London’s mega-fest, Glastonbury, and dozens of others. The Stream Lab is maintained by a [...]
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Collector’s Weekly: on online treasure trove of old news
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Collectors Weekly is an amazing resource about all kinds of old stuff, even if you’re not already obsessed with antiques or vintage. The site covers everything from Cosby Sweaters to opium addiction. Also, their 1,400-plus category pages feature links to contextual live auctions that are filtered for quality by the site’s editors.
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This is what some of the most popular websites used to look like
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Web design has come a long way in the last decade or so. In fact, some of the most well-known websites used to be pretty unattractive, if you can remember such a time. If not, Business Insider has put together a few images of today’s most popular websites and compared them to what they used [...]
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Humans of New York shows the power of community
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What do you do when a giant corporation steals your work? Instead of starting a lawsuit, Brandon Stanton of Humans of New York used the opportunity request DKNY donate $100,000 to send underprivileged kids to summer camp. They forked out just $25,000. Dissatisfied, Stanton turned the situation around raised more than $100,000 himself with help [...]
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