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Tuesday
Oct 10, 2000
Go is a really interesting 4,000 year old chinese board game, but it can be puzzling to beginners. However, if you have a win32 box handy, there is a free version of the excellent Many Faces of Go software that contains a great interactive version of the "The Way to Go" tutorial. If you get good and start beating the computer opponent too easily, take on human opponents in realtime via the Internet Go Server.
to Art by obvious
Your Coffin Company, Inc. specializes in making the most versatile, practical, utilitarian wooden coffins ever. Your Coffin can serve as a piano bench, a hot tub, bookcases, a coffee table, wine racks, winter sleds and even a bomb shelter! After all, who said coffins were only for the dead?
to Commerce by kade
Why be a namby-pamby vegetarian or a half-baked vegan when you can reject capitalism, meat, money, and fresh food entirely? Become a freegan today. Advantages include the thrill of dumpster diving, membership in a proud elite, and drinking urine.
to Wackos by fringehead
Monday
Oct 9, 2000
ifilm.com is a great site for broadband users to view short movies. It can even handle speeds up to 1 megabit per second. Two recent offerings like Freeware, which is a great high-tech CGI short film, and Covert Operatives, which is a great low-tech stop-motion short film, are definitely not to be missed.
to Movies by skallas
Ralph Nader's demands and possible lawsuit after being unlawfully banned from attending the presidential debates have been delivered to the CPD.
to Politics by skallas
Some of us read the controversial geekporn site for the articles. Really. (Then again, some of us prefer our almost-nude geeks at least semi-live.)
to Sex by djinn
Sometimes it feels like you're taking your life in your hands if you walk or ride a bicycle in San Francisco . Maybe all the drivers have been playing Microsoft's new game.
to Transportation by rsf
With a forged resume and a modicum of bluffing skills, it's not difficult for an enterprising blowhard to fast-talk one's way into technical jobs he's unqualified for. Nontechnical manager dilemma: how do you efficiently cull competent employees from an applicant pool populated by both genuine gearheads and tech-poseurs? Enter BrainBench, an online technical aplitude testing service. Send applicants to the site and measure how much they really know about ASP, Oracle 8i or Javascript and you'll have a better sense of their skillset before their first day of work.
to Commerce by pjammer
Sunday
Oct 8, 2000
Cross Circuit is a website dedicated to political Flash animation and parody. Laugh away at clever skits on Rosie O'Donnell, Janet Reno, Al Gore and Bill & Hilary Clinton.
to Politics by kade
Although I had a birthday just the other day, I am still a small child. Remember The Muppet Show? Admire Jim Henson's Featured Creature, including some of my all-time favorites: the Swedish Chef; Statler & Waldorf; and Beaker, the assistant to the wisest of the wise.
to Toys by djinn
Saturday
Oct 7, 2000
What sex looks like through the eyes of an MRI.
to Sex by skallas
A humorous and detailed look at the missing scenes from the Star Wars trilogy. The obsessive Phantom Menace fan can spend half an hour reading 11 pages of what could have been. Personally I think they should have kept this R2 design and especially this version of Yoda.
to Movies by skallas
ASCII art was born out of a resource poor computing environment, but with the advent of the web, new variations are popping up. I particularly dig this piece.
to Art by dnm
Friday
Oct 6, 2000
Meet Mary the Gentle Dominant Princess...who's looking for her Prince Charming. But if you really want to call her up, she repeatedly mentions that she requires you to read a page describing an intricate, step by step ritual of efficiency designed to screen out flakes and losers...as well as anyone who'd dare put his own needs above her slightest whims. She also states that every other page on her site must be read, and she'll quiz you on them to make sure. Mary has been looking for her special someone for years now, and she'll probably be looking for many more years to come...considering that she'd require her husband to get rid of his pets (she sees them as competing with her for his attention) and never ride a motorcycle again, as well as quitting any job involving danger or travelling - and that's just for starters. On top of that, yet another rule is that a would-be suitor must bring a gift of money to her before she'll even go ahead with the date...but that's solely to earn the privilege of being in her company: even though she's not religious, she's very adamantly against premarital sexual activity.
to Wackos by monde
TDA Advertising & Design - We never bill our whores to your account.
to Humor by kade
It's time for more truth in advertising (3.5MB, QuickTime) -- that is, truth in the advertising business.
to Humor by sylvar
Chicago residents can access the police department's crime database just by typing in their address and viewing a neighborhood map outlining which crimes happened where.
to Web by skallas
Now that we've shown Europe that we don't always have to be 20 years behind everyone else with the legalization of RU486, how about we show our progressive spirit by handing these anti-rape devices out along with free condoms? Variations on the same theme can be found with some other patents too.
to Sex by skallas
Project Grizzly's Ursus Mark 7 is pretty cool, but it's got to be the only $500K power suit that doesn't run NetBSD... yet.
to Wearables by sylvar
Sony Online Entertainment's Everquest is a nasty place. Several locations feature gruesome implements of torture and severed heads. Elements of the gameplay require killing pregnant women. But this is to be expected, Everquest is a fantasy roleplaying game in a setting with medieval overtones. So why did Sony's Verant unit ban a player for writing a piece of disturbing fan fiction about the game? Their first statement on the matter suggested that they didn't want that kind of guy playing their game. Their second statement implied it was all about protecting their copyrights, but this smacks of legal damage control. The idea that a corporation can cut off a service because they don't like what you say is kind of chilling. My response to all this? Sponsor the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
to Internet by rfh
Test your friends' common sense with The Everloading Story (requires Flash).
to Web by kade
The Art of War, a classic book serves today as modern day advice for contemporary business professionals on leadership, strategy, organization, competition, and cooperation. Now, Web Developers have The Art of Web.
to Web by kade
Don't like ugly people sites because of your conscience? Try making your own ugly people with Face Generator (Requires IE4+).
to Humor by jiberish
Thursday
Oct 5, 2000
Forget about the debate and tax plan promises - cut through the same tired promises and estimate what you'll get under both Bush and Gore's tax plans.
to Politics by kade
Y'know Inc. Productions (YIP) is responsible for some of the funniest text files I've seen in a long time, including odes to Gauntlet, toad gonads, and DOS for Dummies.
to Humor by sylvar
First, we had to boycott Disney because of all the pornographic content maliciously snuck into good, clean films like The Little Mermaid and Lion King. (For some reason, nobody ever mentions Who Framed Roger Rabbit.) But even worse of an influence is the recent Harry Potter craze. Fortunately, we also have smart people who are willing to give us the real story.
to Rumor by blk
Wednesday
Oct 4, 2000
Sure there are lots of great ways to lose weight, but why are these attractive people trying to gain 30lbs in 30 days?
to Health by skallas
So it appears that out of traditional and traditional/punk Irish bands composed entirely of native Germans, Fiddler's Green and The Black Velvet Band are the most interesting... Now if only I could figure out how to order CD's in German.
to Music by mpc
"Elvis has left the building," but he has not left our hearts & minds. Twenty-three years after his 'death', Elvis remains an icon in American culture. I don't know what's scarier to me -- Elvis or the devotion of people who worship him.
to Music by rich
The venerable US political site Project Vote Smart, known for its National Political Awareness Test (NPAT) and its voter resources, is also among the sites letting you find a candidate who agrees with you.
to Politics by sylvar
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