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Wednesday
Jul 7, 1999
Nifty new games invented by independent small companies and individuals? Contagious Dreams is a new on-line game store devoted to just that. And they playtest and review the games that they sell. (Sponsored by Looney Labs, who have invented a couple of games themselves.) Contrariwise, if you're looking for nifty old games, check out Crazy Egor's Game Warehouse, which stocks all sorts of used, rare, and out-of-print gaming-phernalia.
to Games by belford
Tuesday
Jul 6, 1999
Some people see rope art as a means of wrapping bottles or making large sculptures in one of several Japanese traditions. Of course, San Franciscans have their own uses for beautiful rope. But this guy's rope fetish doesn't even have to involve other sentient beings.
to Art by penth
American Fundamentalist Christian culture tends to exhibit a quaint parallelism of the profane culture surrounding it, ranging from Ska Bands, Action-Adventure Shows. While sanctification isn't new, do we really need a holy page counter?
to Religion by mpc
No whammy! No whammy! No whammy! Big Bucks! Stop!
to Television by boneyard
The Complete Pricing Game Directory is the Rosetta Stone for the land that is Bob Barker's. Find out everything from the history of Plinko to lots of pictures of that yodeling guy.
to Television by boneyard
Monday
Jul 5, 1999
In the continuing quest of high-tech firms to raid the options-laden pockets of overpaid nerds, PocketMail is the latest entry in the cool-but -inessential status-gadgets category. Offering the email queueing features of a PalmPilot and the 800-number email dialup capacity of MyTalk, it is practically begging to be acquired by 3Com or Microsoft. Get yours today!
to Gadgets by pjammer
For many with an IQ in excess of 105, high school was a four-year ritual of inane lectures, pointless relationships and bewildering rituals (spirit rally, anyone?). The Guide to High School Hate is a hysterical account of the excesses of those hallowed years, told through the sardonic eye of a grizzled survivor.
to Humor by pjammer
From the Cure to Insomnia department comes the International Journal of Grey Literature, which is devoted to the study of text created by government agencies.
to Literature by riotnrrd
When you die and are buried, at least have the courtesy to do it in a an environmentally sound manner.
to Commerce by riotnrrd
I'm sure we're all tired of those gag-inducing motivational posters and enjoy the spoof sites that mock them. But the best kind of humor is still the unintentional. Hang this poster at work and see how long it takes for your boss and HR goons to have a nervous chat with about your mental stability.
to Humor by pjammer
Sunday
Jul 4, 1999
Get dumped? Getting ready to dump someone of your own? What better way to get in the obnoxious last word than with a C-ya Relationship Closer Card.
to Sex by succa
Can a man run around the world? Robert Garside is already halfway there - having started his 30+ mile per day adventure in December 7, 1996. Read about his exploits and biography at The Running Man.
to Wackos by pjammer
Saturday
Jul 3, 1999
You want a vertical weblog? How about Russian nuclear news?
to Internet by faisal
Friday
Jul 2, 1999
Sure, much of the Internet is clogged with worthless, bandwidth-wasting crap. That's why it's refreshing to see sites like ArfDigita, an online matchmaking service that connects interested pet owners with friendly pound animals who would otherwise face a more grisly fate.
to Pets by pjammer
What happens when a group of nubile 16-year old high school girls hire an attractive male stripper for an unsupervised party? Complete and utter chaos, that's what. Read the racy, 12-page police report and conflicting testimonies of estrogen-crazed girls at Please Don't Lick the Stripper, brought to you by the good folks at The Smoking Gun.
to Sex by pjammer
Phallic symbols. Lots of inline thumbnails of them. Little or no actual nudity, so the Moral Majority and your company's firewall admin shouldn't mind.
to Sex by braino
This manifesto advocates the subjugation and breeding of a race of worker midgets to generate electricity for humanity. Most of this plan"s faults can be worked around by acquiring Canada to house them.
to Wackos by braino
You definitely have to read the best review of South Park, the movie, thus far.
to Movies by peterb
You've always wanted to find an online archive of synthesizer pictures. Weren't you looking for that FAQ on analog synths as well? Lucky you.
to Music by gen
Thursday
Jul 1, 1999
Find out what different religious groups believe about Heaven and Hell, Morality and other topics at Religious Tolerance, one of the most thoughtful and well-organized reference pages of religion online. Do check out the Christian Urban Legends while you're there, and read about some of the strange memes that persist in the minds of too-credulous Christians.
to Religion by pjammer
Cakerecipe.com has (no surprise here) a ton of recipes for cakes, ranging from the common to the rightfully obscure.
to Food by riotnrrd
"Achoo!" "Oh baby, you know how that turns me on!"
to Sex by riotnrrd
Wednesday
Jun 30, 1999
Having trouble figuring out what the OSI networking model has to do with the real world? Here's a handy comparison of the OSI model and the Taco Bell seven layer burrito.
to Computing by faisal
Further proof that there's nothing in the world so unnervingly stupid that somebody won't make a fetish out of it, TSD is an art collective who like Hellraiser just a little too much. Mmm, that human rotisserie is making me hungry for some Rice Krispies.
to Wackos by nyarl
Surely one of the most subversive media pranksters alive, Joey Skaggs has recorded a 30-year career of pissing into the memepool of mainstream journalism - fooling reporters from CNN, Entertainment Tonight, and other major media houses with his phony "news" story releases. Skaggs' best work include the infamous Kea So Joo prank, where Skaggs wrote to dog shelters around the U.S. pretending to be a Korean meat buyer interested in buying unwanted dogs for food and the Celebrity Sperm Bank Auction.
to Media by pjammer
Tuesday
Jun 29, 1999
On my planet, all the Christians go to Landover Baptist Church, where they worry about kids masturbating with 7 foot tall Jar-Jar Binks dolls.
to Religion by peterb
Are these Canadians just bored or just like going to places you're not supposed to go? If you're just getting started, you want Tunnel Running 101. Then go visit the Paris Catacombs. Then go explore the steam tunnels beneath your alma mater. There's even a webring and a usenet newsgroup for this stuff!
to Travel by gen
Monday
Jun 28, 1999
Lyrics World compiles lyrics from all the Top 40 hits from 1930 to the present. While it's not quite complete, it does have some pretty obscure ones, as well as others we'd rather forget.
to Music by boneyard
Do you want to avoid having the surprise endings of over 100 movies ruined for you? Then, for heaven's safe, don't click here.
to Movies by boneyard
The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest is a yearly whimsical literary competition that challenges entrants to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels. "It was a dark and stormy night..."
to Literature by joshua
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