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Sports Balls Replaced With Cats website

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Thursday 25 April 2013

It says here on the site that it’s ‘just a bunch of athletes competing for the sweetest kittens’. Whether it’s football, water polo or basketball, the athletes will take care of the cat, thank you very much.

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Long bets: stop complaining, start betting

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By Annie Churdar in Cool Websites on Thursday 25 April 2013

Think you have the solution to humanity’s problems? Then stop just talking about it, put your money where your mouth is. Long Bets is a website that lets you make a prediction about any societal issue you want, join discussions, and bet on other peoples’ predictions. And the best part? All the money won or lost goes to philanthropic efforts.

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Thrones of Games: a scintillating collection of video game toilets

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Tuesday 23 April 2013

There’s Game of Thrones, which everyone knows. And then there are Thrones of Games, which everyone who’s a gamer has seen at some point while gaming. We wish we had the words to say just how much we love this Tumblr by UK-based journalist Andy Kelly. The world’s singularly most scintillating collection of video game [...]

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Dubstep is the ultimate Dubstep/Gif combo

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By Rajeev Basu in Cool Websites on Tuesday 23 April 2013

Gifs never seen to get old, and this fun web toy needs no introduction. Start by visiting this one and this one. Then refresh the page to see a fresh dubstep gif combo every time. Prepare to spend a good half hour on this. Great fun.

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This Advertising Life tumblr

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By Darwin Cosico in Cool Websites on Monday 22 April 2013

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to work in advertising? This Advertising Life is a tumblog documenting the emotions of a working life in advertising as told through GIFs. If you’re an advertising student or considering a career in this field, this hilarious tumblr will give you the ins and outs of working in this challenging [...]

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Instead of Awesome: website generates random words to replace ‘awesome’

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Monday 22 April 2013

Creative director JD Beebe does a number of random projects for fun. One of these is Instead of Awesome, which generates alternative words to replace ‘awesome’, the word that has infected everyday conversation between humans in the last few years. Beebe created the site with fellow writers Andrew Vuilleumier and Daniel Blaser. All may not [...]

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Click this link for Instant Art School

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By Erik Kraft in Cool Websites on Saturday 20 April 2013

Looking for quick art exercises? Click this link and get one. This is not a real school, but it also won’t leave you drowning in student loan debt like some of the not real schools you see advertising on TV these days. And this one actually provides a service!

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Vote Tumbly at Webby Awards

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By Rajeev Basu in Cool Websites on Saturday 20 April 2013

This year, my webtoy Tumbly is nominated for a Webby award (the Oscars of the Internet). Tumbly is an app that lets you hijack any site with silly animated gifs. One site suitably described it as ‘completely useless but still fantastic’. So if you enjoy such exemplary stupidity, please support it by voting.

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Jim’ll Paint It

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By Rebekah Rhoden in Cool Websites on Saturday 20 April 2013

Jim’ll Paint It is a Tumblr blog where a guy named Jim illustrates wacky reader-submitted stories using only Microsoft Paint and his imagination. He’s pretty talented, and his blog is definitely entertaining. So, what do you want Jim to paint?

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Classify real galaxies at Galaxy Zoo

Annie Churdar Contributor

By Annie Churdar in Cool Websites on Friday 19 April 2013

Want to have a hand in determining the way our children learn about galaxies? Don’t rely on a telescope to decide. Go ahead and start classifying galaxies at Galaxy zoo. The project began back in 2007 when visitors to the website were asked to view and classify galaxies. There were only three categories: ellipticals, mergers and spirals. Suddenly thousands of [...]

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Pictures of hipsters taking pictures of food

Erik Kraft Reader Find

By Erik Kraft in Cool Websites on Friday 19 April 2013

The Internet has jaded me. I’m not surprised that people take pictures of people who take pictures of food. I am certainly not surprised that there is a Tumblr for these pictures. I am absolutely not surprised that the creator of this Tumblr is calling “food photographers” ‘hipsters’. What I am surprised about is some [...]

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Anchor Division: an inspiration blog for the fashionable modern man

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By Chris Arran in Cool Websites on Thursday 18 April 2013

The ultimate blog for the classically fashion conscious man, Anchor Division takes an inspiring look at urban menswear, be it a jacket, wallet, pair of shoes, or a scarf.

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New Oatmeal comic: Mantis Shrimp, deadliest creature alive

Low Lai Chow Contributor

By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Thursday 18 April 2013

Ah, The Oatmeal. Seattle-based Matthew Inman, who’s behind The Oatmeal, does all these entertaining comics that are super irreverent and fun. His recent comic revolves around the Mantis Shrimp. a deadly aquatic creature that looks and behaves like the bastard offspring of rainbows and chainsaws. As Inman put it, the Mantis Shrimp is ‘Genghis Khan [...]

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Attack of the corgis: this website will give you the barks

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Wednesday 17 April 2013

We have found the perfect tool to induce a heart attack: go to this site and prepare for corgi mayhem. If you’re immune to cuteness, you’re safe.

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Then and Now: Before-and-after photos of everything

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By Low Lai Chow in Cool Websites on Tuesday 16 April 2013

Things change, and sometimes we don’t even know. Thank goodness that sites like Then & Now — which essentially combines before and after photos of the world’s places, people and pets — exist, so you can see at a glance what something now is, as well as used to be. For our part, we only [...]

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