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Cruel
Site of the Day: The name says it all. I try to hit
Cruel Site at least once a week. Always at least one gem in there
that you just can't resist pinging to your more demented friends.
Justin's
Links: I first started reading Justin Hall's site in
'96 or so, when he visited Austin and the then-incredibly-cool Austin360
did a piece on him. In short, Justin was advocating Internet for
the masses. He was (and still is) tight with Howard
Rheingold (I'm a big fan of Rheingold, too). I drifted from
reading Justin's site and didn't return until a few months ago.
He's matured a lot since then, but he still has a sharp eye and
is fun to follow. He's just returning to the U.S. after living in
Japan. The updates from Japan were great reading.
Tivo
forums : Great place for info and smack talk related
to Tivo. I love my Tivo, though sometimes it's more of a love/hate
thing. These forums are where I turn to get my Tivo fix. After an
East Tennessee lightning storm fried my Tivo's modem, I turned to
the Tivo forums for advice. They pointed me to a forum member named
ElectricLegs, who could not only fix my dead modem but also add
a bigger, badder hard drive. The Tivo forum is part of AvsForum,
which focuses on audio visual gadgets. It's also worth checking
out.
Randomly
Ever After: This is a blog (Web log) that is kept by
The Gus, a dot.com refugee who's living in L.A. and trying to figure
out if he'll still be employed during his next entry. Overall, The
Gus is a good writer and tosses out some pretty funny observations.
He annoys the hell out of me at times, too, which is equally good.
His satirical sites do a great job of getting people really pissed
off. Definitely check out his Trenchcoat
Mafia page, written from the "perspective" of one
of the Columbine killers. Jonathan Swift would be proud. I backed
into his stuff when I stumbled across his Big
Fun glossary. It reminded me a lot of my totally adrift college
daze in Edinboro University (an academic slum south of Erie, Pa.)
This is almost like a soap opera to me. I check it every day ...
The
Igloo Report :
I've been reading this site for a long time. It's how I keep up
with the antics of the Pittsburgh Penguins. I also read the Pittsburgh
Post-Gazette's sports pages, but Gary Patalsky (I think that's
his name) offers a much better critical analysis of the games. He's
not a great writer, and sometimes he doesn't update promptly, but
he has plenty of attitude and is worth reading.
Homepage
of the Dead: No, not the Grateful. The Living. As in
the Living Dead. This George Romero tribute site is worth checking
out if you like Romero's films, which I do. Love the Dead trilogy,
and also am a big fan of Martin, his modern-day vampire film that
was shot in North Braddock. Although Night of the Living Dead is
my favorite in the trilogy, I love watching Dawn of the Dead. It
was shot in a shopping mall in Pittsburgh that's near where I grew
up. The satire in the film kills me ...
Fucked
Company: Like watching a car wreck. Over. And Over.
And Over. This site revels in the demise of ill-conceived, poorly
run, dumb ass dot.coms. It features rumors on who's the next company
heading for Chapter 11. Really love the way the name is a poke at
Fast Company, a magazine that's as arrogant as the companies it
covers ...
The
Onion: I don't know how these guys stay so consistently
funny, but they do. Their humor is right on. Great satire. This
is one of the best things on the Internet.
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