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Monday
Feb 18, 2002
Hotels have been built out of ice. Everyone from the ancient Balinese to Frank Lloyd Wright has built on water. But the NY architects Diller+Scofidio are the only ones wacko enough to try creating a building out of water vapor (or so it will seem). Visit at Swiss Expo '02, assuming it works.
to Art by belford
Sunday
Feb 17, 2002
Thanks to the dilligent efforts of some inspired people, you too can be world famous for fifteen minutes.
to Art by engelbot
Saturday
Feb 16, 2002
Hailed as something we love to hate, the Am-I-X-Or-Not phenomenon seems to be running out of things to rate. Of course we're all curious if people think our raw sex, animals, and cars are hot. But if you really want to find if you're hot, why not whip out your PDA at the next party and programatically see if you're hot enough for some PDA. It will work wonders for your sex life.
to Culture by fool
Some people love their pets a bit too much.
to Pets by laurel
Friday
Feb 15, 2002
If you thought Richard D. James was a bad girl, wait until you see Dubbya!
to Art by fringehead
When you get a good one going, why not immortalize it? Their competitor makes sure the ladies aren't left out either. True connoisseurs will want to join the club.
to Fashion by fringehead
Obscene t-shirts, for adults, fine; but these baby clothes are slightly worrying.
to Fashion by elder
Thursday
Feb 14, 2002
Many Finnish children's programs get dubbed for export. Most of the dubs are good, but some are not so good, particularly those from a company called "Agapio Racing Team". Here's some serious evidence why some movies and TV programs should not get dubbed.
to Television by wwwwolf
Be more careful with your tugboat, ok?
to Transportation by fringehead
Wednesday
Feb 13, 2002
Are you tougher than Bronson Pinchot? Find out in this rather dull tug-of-war contest. Wait a minute: is that really supposed to be Jackie Chan?
to Shockwave by fatherdan
Quake brought us Rocket Jumping. Counterstrike brought us Bunny Hopping. Now Halo brings us the Warthog Jump.
to Games by kade
Ännihilation: dee-generation, navigation, information, automation, presentation, textualization, visualization. Whoa.
to Art by roo
We are obsessed with the things that we cannot change: the weather, history and, of course, death. So indulge your need to quantify the unknowable and take some quizzes to calculate your life expectancy. Then, if you're feeling especially morbid, plug your expected death date into the Life Clock and watch your precious time on Earth tick, tick away.
to Health by riotnrrd
Sir John A. Macdonald, commonly known as "Sir John Eh?", was the first prime minister of Canada, and as "colorful" a politician as you could wish on your worst enemy. Drunken, corrupt, and immensely popular, he held office from 1865 to 1873 until his administration was felled by scandal.
to History by riotnrrd
Catholics around the world are celebrating Ash Wednesday, and most will abstain from eating meat today. So why will they have fish? Fish are cold-blooded, and therefore don't count. By that logic, I guess snake or turtle is acceptable then, too.
to Religion by petek
With DJ'ing having become something of a pop phenomenon, and the competition in the various championships being as hard as it is, now would be the perfect time to branch from the vinyl to another semi-obscure music medium - the cassette. Heck, maybe one can still win those championships...
to Music by wheezer
Tuesday
Feb 12, 2002
Newsflash for geeks: J.R.R. Tolkien didn't invent Modern Fantasy! He consciously followed in the footsteps of the genre's trailblazers: E.R. Eddison, Lord Dunsany, William Morris and George MacDonald. None of which answers the juiciest mystery raised by Lord of the Rings, namely "Is Frodo gay?"
to Literature by cricket
So, what do you do when you have forgotten to iron your shirt, and you are on the top of the mountain? Well, iron the shirt at the top of the mountain.
to Culture by leptirica
Diecorp is currently beta-testing a wireless handheld p2p player with a claimed download speed of 1 mb per minute - the RIAA is going to have a field day with this...
to Technology by wheezer
Bring me the head of Jesus de Christo. Warner Sallman created the most popular, and prettiest, portrait of Christ ever.
to Religion by fatherdan
Monday
Feb 11, 2002
Did you know that No Talent Ass Clowns of Tech Support have their own theme song?
to Music by faisal
Sunday
Feb 10, 2002
Yet another way to satisfy your Settlers of Catan craving is to play WanCatan. This network friendly game supports multiuser play much better than NetSet and also allows you to play the Cities and Knights and Seafarers expansions simultaneously. Additionally, you can use the chat client Wanna Catan to allow you to seek other people to play with. There is even a ranking system.
to Games by laurel
Looking for a GPS tracking application? Xastir may be just the thing, even if you don't have an amateur radio license.
to Cartography by shadow
Sure, Serial Experiments: Lain was mind-bending. Perfect Blue and Blood: The Last Vampire were scary (in their own ways) as well. The Kikia flash animation, however, nearly frightened me to death.
to Art by caspian
Saturday
Feb 9, 2002
I sit on the couch. I watch TV. But no matter what I do, I can't get Magical Sound Shower, one of the songs from a Sega arcade game OUT OF MY HEAD. You can listen to it at The Arcade Museum, if you dare. I tried to find some other videogame music to drive it out, and stumbled onto the "Party Remix" (what the fuck?) version of Saria's Song from the first N64 Zelda game, The Ocarina of Time, at vgmusic.com. If you can tolerate the cheesiness of MIDI, it's pretty neat. Excuse me, I have to go listen to the theme to Sonic the Hedgehog again and again and again and again...
to Music by peterb
Friday
Feb 8, 2002
If you think that Sketchzilla can get crazy, then you haven't tried Poo.com, a combination no-holds-barred HTML chat site and terrifying internet performance art forum.
to Internet by lucky
In one corner: mild-mannered public radio host Terry Gross. In the other: KISS' Gene Simmons. Ready...fight!
to Music by tregoweth
Thursday
Feb 7, 2002
There is only one way to properly bury a drunk. Don't forget to add Meister Brau (see illustration).
to Humor by fatherdan
Wednesday
Feb 6, 2002
As far as your music conspiracies go you've got your Paul is Dead and the more recent Richey James Edwards is not dead (well, except for maybe legally). There is the idea that Morrissey foretold the death of Princess Diana and there is the infamous Pink Floyd/Wizard of Oz connection. But don't ignore the enormous One Love Story. It suggests that everything the Stone Roses did (their lyrics, their cover art, even magazine cover appearances) was a clue to a higher meaning. Drummer Reni is the Messiah, while the rest of the band, Noel Gallagher and Richard Ashcroft are all Angels. Some are hopeful, but alas, Mani (the Roses' bassist) shot the story down in an interview.
to Music by gsean
Children, beware of the evil Keyboard Woman. Got to wonder if she is a relative or self-proclaimed Peter Pan.
to Culture by leptirica
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