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Randomly Generated Nonsense Scott Pakin's automatic complaint-letter generator SCIgen - An Automatic Computer Science Paper Generator The Postmodernism Generator -- A computer program that writes meaningless but highly convincing postmodern essays This Day in Paradigms -- Another automated postmodern essay generator See also -- Sokal Affair, Logorrhoea, Bogdanov Affair |
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Have a robot read your robot-generated text Stop everything and do this right away! In one window, launch the Pakin Complaint Generator And in another window, launch the talker. www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/frameset.php?frame1=talk Then, copy the complaint from one window to the other. For added joy, change the talker to French, but still feed it English words. It will read them with the most hilarious French accent you ever heard!
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This is a really short quiz with astonishing results; It'll only take a minute or two. When asked to name people you know, please be truthful; it matters. |
www.dr-joe.net/quiz.html |
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See also this Google Answer thread. |
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A compiler of odd facts, and a commentator on NPR |
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A remarkably faithful virtual recreation of the famous old etch-a-sketch. |
Random SitesClick one of these links to visit a random site:
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 Larry's
Face
A website that lets you distort Larry's face, which was made popular after it was mentioned on another website, Fark.com. |
 The
Jargon File
Contains a glossary of computer jargon as well as an explanation of the history and culture of computer jargon. |
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Squoosh the terrorist game http://www.confound.com/games/squoosh_terrorist.php
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Shockwave Snowboarding game
from http://www.shockwave.com/sw/content/super_trick
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o Clean restrooms around the world o Please add a tidy loo to the list! o True Tales of Tawdry Toilets!! o TV, radio, magazines, newspapers, and of course, the internet. o The world's finest public toilets |
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I am a new flash
cartoonist. Here you will find unusual flash cartoons: www.eyeenvision.com
-- much more to come. MAT
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Click the doughboy, and hear him fart. A barfing doughboy is also available. I originally found this on the website derekgrout.com/doughboy/doughboy2/index.html, but this is no longer available, it seems. I used milkandcookies.com/ to find this animation. |
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Sign up to be a member of FakedNews.com, and you'll be able to send links to realistic-looking news stories like this one about the discovery that my daughter, Meghan, has been living a double life. |
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This web page describes in
uoe.dk/csworld/security-.html great
detail an important precaution you should take against having your
personal computer stolen.
Step-by-step instructions, with clear illustrations, are included. |
 Now
you can make everyone in your house miserable by playing this
bagpipe MIDI music through your 500-watt subwoofers! |
 Here's
another video game on the Internet. It's like "Space
Invaders" except the invaders are all clones of bin Laden, and the
"good guy" is one of George Bush, Dick Cheney, or Colin
Powell. www.huntandpunish.com/. |
 Here
is a video game you can enjoy. The object is to kill Bin Laden as
many times as you can without killing his hostage. http://www.fieler.com/terror |
 It's a moment. A defining moment when you know that your favorite television program has reached its peak. That instant that you know from now on...it's all downhill. Some call it the climax. We call it
"Jumping the Shark." From that moment on, the program will simply never be the same.
This expression refers to the telltale sign of the demise of Happy Days, our favorite example, when Fonzie actually "jumped the shark." |
 An
excellent use of the Flash Plug-in. |
 School
Photos from across the world. A huge archive. You might find
your own school photo here. |
 Feline
Reactions to Bearded Men, a "scientific" study. Read this
for a good laugh. The website is "AIR", the Annals of
Improbable Research, chock full of questionable research. Enjoy. |
let the hours waste away with the
For the ultimate in time wasting, simply
roll your mouse over the bubble wrap to see and hear a satisfying 'pop' as
the bubble bursts.PERPETUAL BUBBLEWRAP! Trouble is, the bubbles come right back after a bit, so it is - we are proud to announce - well and truly useless! |
Amazon.com
has a sense of humor -- here is a ballot,
in the Floridian style, that allows you to vote for the area of Amazon
you like the best. |
killfrog.com has interactive
animated cartoons, like the singing bass, who has the misfortune of
singing songs that get him killed. Poor bass! |
 Made
2 Smile.Com has a nice selection of "Internet Jokes". Some
are funny, some are just cute. They are nicely illustrated and come
complete with music. |
 Peacefire.org
is dedicated to preserving free speech on the Internet. This website
sharply criticizes efforts to censor the Internet using such "blockers"
as Net Nanny and Cyber Sitter. Many sites are blocked in error or by
overly broad categorization because the Internet changes so fast these
censors aren't able to keep up with the changes. So, for example,
entire "online communities" (e.g. Geocities, Tripod, etc.)
containing millions of web pages, representing terabytes of data, are
blocked. Some glaring examples of
incorrectly blocked sites are listed on the web site, and represent
some of the more interesting surfing you will do. Or check out the blocked
site of the day! |
 Mr.
Methane is a musician. He controls his farts to make musical
tones. He appeared on the Howard Stern radio show, and is selling
this album of his music. |
 Pappy's Freshest Fart of the day. These farts are real, not some
sound effect. You must hear them to believe them! (RealAudio required.) |
 Capital Pacific Holdings,
Inc. is a great web site! You can "virtually" walk around inside the model
homes. I recommend clicking on "California", then click the Rancho Palos
Verdes Ocean Front Estates -- CPH's newest masterpiece. |
| The Jargon Dictionary |
This document is a collection of slang terms used by various subcultures of computer hackers. Though some technical material is included for background and flavor, it is not a technical dictionary; what we describe here is the language hackers use among themselves for fun, social communication, and technical debate. |
 How old are you, measured in
seconds? How many people are on the planet at this instant? New Age
Interactive answers these questions and is the All Inclusive Site for Astrology, Tarot,
Numerology, Dream Interpretation, etc. Current Sections Include Online Chinese
Astrology, Interactive Tarot Card Readings, Interactive Numerology, Online Dream
Interpretation. |
 Cindy Margolis is a model. Not only
can you see Cindy in various bikinis, but she also gives her life story. I found it
interesting to read how she got her start in the business. And of course she'll sell
you calendars, mouse pads, hats, and other stuff. |
We found a GREAT TOY for Meghan! It's called
"Twist and Shout™ Multiplication". We really wanted the Twist and
Shout™ Addition, but the big K-Mart was out of them. Maybe it's just as well.
The Multiplication game is challenging Meghan.  Now she is running around the house
saying things like "two times four is eight!". The game is made by a
company called Leap Frog™.
Here's the logo from their web site -- isn't it great? |
 Freepolls.com
allows you, the web designer, to create poll on any subject of your choice, and lets your
visitors vote on that subject. |
 Yahoo
Chat (formerly GeoCities Chat) has a couple dozen
categories, and lots of "rooms" in each category. |
 This is a great site (I think)! You
see, I keep getting the feeling Charles Fleischer is laughing at me, and this site isn't
really great but instead cleverly constructed to appear great even though it's total
garbage. For example, it has an "Insult Engine" that uses a computer to
automatically generate insults that you can email anonymously to anyone in the world.
He has artwork that looks like computer-generated fractals, and poetry and music as
well. It all seems so deep but maybe it's just that I'm
shallow. Check it out, and see what you think! |
 Webring is
"one of the fastest and most exciting ways to navigate the World Wide Web! This
completely free service offers easy access to hundreds of thousands of member websites
organized by related interests into easy-to-travel rings. Random exploration is a
way to see some clever home pages. |
| World Wide Wolinsky Web |
The Internet Toolbox is one of the many useful pages presented by Howard Wolinsky, a newspaper reporter, in what he calls the "World Wide Wolinsky Web". |
| Linnéa- ville |
Welcome to Linnéaville, my own WWW home town! This is a web site that you can play like a game of "Adventure". It was written by a woman named Judit Linnéa Margareta Stensdotter Anglemark, who was born in Uppsala, Sweden on March 20, 1973. She has tried to make an interesting web that is self-sufficient; that is, without many links to the "outside world". She writes, "Since I dislike commercial Web-pages with a great hate, I will not ever have any link to any place that offers merchandice or service for money. Please tell me if you find that any of my links go to such a place." |
 Eve Astrid Andersson's home page. "I received a
bachelor's degree from Caltech in 1996 and am now a graduate student at U.C. Berkeley in
the department of Mechanical Engineering. Do you want to know more about me? Yes /
No." Go to her page and click "no" -- I dare you!
Alas, this page has disappeared, but she has a new page, on which I recommend clicking the "Pi" link, under "things I enjoy". |
 Have some
"fun" with Barney, the adorable little dinosaur. |