404 of the Week
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This is the newest, the best, and the first reality show to do exactly what it says. Watching Paint Dry. Direct from Europe, this reality show can only be justified by its very own press release. "Every day a different kind of paint will be put onto a wall. Watch the action every day online and vote for your favourite paint." The show will run for eight weeks and the results will be announced at 5 PM each day, and then the color will be painted. Every Friday there is an "Emulsion Show" in which the least voted for paint gets sent home to the hardware store to hang its handle in shame. The final show will unveil the favorite paint, and then a demolition of the good old Wall O' Paint.
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R Todd King
R Todd King travels the world, bringing the world to, well, the world. Taking high quality photographs of everything from New England to China to Alaska. King brings beauty from every season from every angle, allowing everyone to travel across the world in a single click, seeing the most majestic views on Earth.
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Aurora Webcam
AuroraWebCam.com allows us to boast about the beauty of our Aurora Borealis all over the world for everyone to see. Now all we need to do is tell the people watching to get into a freezer for the real, perfect Aurora experience. The site features beautiful clips of the Aurora and several galleries of still pictures (updated periodically), with the live-cam online after 7PM Alaska time.
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Campaign Blog
Follow Duke University senior Justin Walker as he files information into this blog (web log... basically an online diary) while following the Democratic Party 2004 campaign.
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Earth View
The newest so far in our 404 of the Week section, soon to be outdated in a week or two by another 404 of the Week, was submitted by one of our listeners in Homer, Alaska, Anne Knapton. Called Earth View, the site allows you to zoom in on any part of the world, updated to the minute. Seeing it up to the minute allows you to see what portion of the world is covered in darkness, or enblazened by the light of the sun. Clicking on a part of the earth centers the image around that point, and clicking zoom in enlarges that spot. Enough options to send your mind on a tweaking spree, Earth View is simple and gives you a good idea about how the whole world looks from way up high in space, not way down low on the earth.
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www.SourceForge.net
SourceForge.net is "the world's largest Open Source software development website." Hosting to date 75,336 projects, with over 780,000 registered users, SourceForge.net has a collection of free software for any operating system. With no membership required, downloading from the site is a breeze, for any of their thousands of programs; including the ever popular Bit Torrent, GAIM (an instant messenger that supports any IM program via modules), and Peter's Backup (a program to back up your files onto any disk, including CD-Rs).
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Lulu.com
Lulu.com allows anyone to publish their works online. For a small 20% cut, Lulu provides all the services that you would need to make your works (art, music or the written word) available. Registration is free, and the only money ever required is that 20% that goes to Lulu.com for each sale you make. Not bad if you want to be a published writer, poet, musician or artist.
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Wishlist.com
Wishlist.com takes Amazon.com's wishlist feature and applies it to all online shopping websites. Registering is simple and free, and anyone can access your wishlist just by searching for your name and choosing the right one from the search listing. As a user, you can edit your wishlilst, set what day you want your item to be bought for, such as Christmas or your birthday, and you can also edit reminders in case you might forget someone's birthday. Excellent for anyone who wants to give or receive the perfect gift.
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Similar Search Engines
Many different websites have been taking on the looks of other websites, and with Google's hold on the search engine world, everyone wants to look like Google. Google started off and has stayed with a basic look, and now Yahoo.com has started to morph into a Googlewannabee while AltaVista.com's search engine has jumped onto the train and has been retooled to look just as basic and simple as Google.
Each search engine has the basic Arial font in tabs for different searches: images, yellow pages, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera. Yahoo.com and AltaVista.com seem to have duplicated the color scheme as well and both look very similar. Coincidence... We think not!
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Tech Help
To solve those tricky tech problems that a toll call just never seems to end, try these sites to find your solution:
annoyances.org - searchable Microsoft OS forums
groups.google.com - searchable collection of posts
google.com - type in error message
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Shopping.Yahoo.com
Yahoo is trying once again to become the dominant search engine on the Internet, having been pushed aside by the ever-popular Google. So in response, Yahoo has expanded their search engine to become more like the comparison shopping sites DealTime.com and Pricegrabber.com. Only open for the past week, shopping.yahoo.com has many shopping sites in their engine that iare searched, and features a wide variety of products with VERY accurate results.
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PublicRadioFan.com
Offering up an intelligently organized list of hundreds of public radio stations that stream online, this site is a godsend if you simply must have your public radio fix... also includes many international feeds and alternative news sources along with a comprehensive database of 'what's on' programming
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Security.Kolla.De
This fellow has created a free program that can detect and eliminate spyware. The software is called SpyBot-Search & Destroy, and rids your computer of any spyware intrusion. The site not only allows you to download the program, but also lists spyware, hijackers, dialers, usage tracks, and much more to aid in safeguarding your computer.
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BLM Active Fire Map
This site allows anyone to see the active fires on a map of Alaska. Updated about every 15 minutes, you can consistently check up on the fires in your area. The entire Alaska Fire Service website is filled with other maps and goodies about the state, that no one should miss out on.
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ICQ2Go!
Ever wanted to chat to people on ICQ, but never wanted to download the client, either because you didnt have the net speed or interested in being infected by spyware? Well, this is the solution. ICQ has released a web-based version of ICQ, with the ability to talk to your AOL friends, too.
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SpaceWander.com
This site was submitted to GPF by loyal listener Loren Smith (quadruple Alliteration & Jeremy's father). Giving everyone a visual trip from Earth to Mars and beyond, this web-show is made up of real images and voice clips from NASA and the Hubble space telescope, with nifty little space facts on each scene.
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AddictingGames.com
This website is one of the more fun websites we have had on the show for a while. Literally. Offering tons of java and Flash games ranging from a friendly game of mini-golf, to piloting a helicopter through a green abyss, AddictingGames.com provides any sort of fun to any sort of person.
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Havok Ragdoll Physics
Havok is a company providing the underlying technology for body movements within upcoming hit games such as Half-Life 2 and Painkiller. On their site they have an interactive demo showing off technology from their Havok 2 engine that displays how their ragdoll physics will look in a game. By dragging a skeleton around, you can see it snap back into place as it rotates around its head... or simply drop the bones and see how it reacts when tumbling down stairs. Quite addictive.
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MetaCritic.com
This is a website that searches the critiques of all the major critics, links to the reviews, and averages an overall score for the work based on the reviews. Quite handy!
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80sTees.com
It's the 80s represented in its most resplendent form... T-shirts, that you can buy. Snorks, A-Team, Thundercats... they are all there.
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Useless Information
A site filled with truly 'useless information' that is nevertheless fascinating! 12,000 Cups of pudding... that's all I need to say. High School Science teacher Steve Silverman has written two books filled with these in-depth anecdotes that he originally used to maintain his student's interest, which he shares on this website now for all to enjoy.
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MYSUPERPC.COM
This site is a veritable Cliff Notes guide to building a computer from initial part selection to the final operating system installation and diagnostic testing. Created by a frustrated novice computer builder who decided to help others, this site is a one-stop solution to end all your computer building information woes.
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Astronomy Picture of the Day
This amazing website comes to us from NASA. It allows us to get a picture of what our fascinating universe actually looks like. Each day a new image or photograph is provided, along with a brief explanation of what the picture is and other tidbits of information on it. If you have ever wanted to take a better look at the universe, or gain knowledge to question your friends on, this is a site to check out!
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Webshots.com
Allows users to easily download wallpapers for their desktop with ease.
There is a vast number of pre-made wallpapers that can be
downloaded, and also a community that has a wider variance on the type of
wallpapers. In order to use the website fully, you have to download the
software, which allows you to cycle your wallpaper, and make it easy to select
and download wallpapers. You can even make e-cards to send to
someone!
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AK Legislature
Video and Audio archive of the Alaskan Legislature. Organized by date and
subject/topic, a nice multi-media version of the Alaskan congressional
record.
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Cyberbeg
Whether you like it or not, cyber pan-handling is here to stay. Witness Karyn, who earned over $20,000 in debt, begged people for money to get out and voila!... they sent her over $10,000 dollars. Now she is writing a book... how nice. There are WAY too many of these sites out there to catalog, but some standouts are:
savekaryn.com
sendmeadollar.com
sendnick2school.com
helpmeleavemyhusband.com
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NationStates.net
Ever want to rule the world, or a nation? We have the solution for you. This online make-your-own-nation site is based upon author Max Berry's book, Jennifer Government. You create your own country, use your own political ideals, and care for its people, or just utterly destroy them! It's up to you, and it's all legal! And FREE!
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TimeTicker
Ever wonder what time it is in Burkina Faso? Maybe Bermuda? No matter what country you are looking for, you can see instantaneosly using TimeTicker's interesting time determiner, synchronized with your own computer's clock to give you the most accurate time within seconds. Features include time announcing and authentic clock ticking.
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Ambrosia Software
A longtime manufacturer of smart and fun games for the MAC crowd, correspondant Tracy Rogers feels Ambrosia Software deserves some extra attention because of the great work that they have done over the years.
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ArmadilloKnight.com
A free, online, side-scrolling game, programmed entirely in Flash, that is not only complete with lavish graphics and even a storyline... but it has music too! Oh, and its actually REALLY fun to play...
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ExtremeIroning.com
The sport that is 'extreme ironing' is an outdoor activity that combines the danger and excitement of an 'extreme' sport with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt.
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OldVersion.com
Check out OldVersion.com if you want to go back to the good old days of Winamp 2.81, or Quicktime v2. Reviewer Ben Wade found this goldmine of free past-versions of software.
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Alexa.com
An online rating page and search engine. Not the MOST reliable, but its neat to see what's number one.
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Salon.com
An online-only news magazine that is less in debt than when it started... (that's good). Filled with interesting interviews, reviews and news features, there is something for everyone at this intriguing online news offering.
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Conspiracygames
This website for a video game developer, suprisingly, has little to do with video games. It is however amazingly complex and very "techno" looking. It uses Flash extensively so be prepared for a truly interactive and futuristic web experience!
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LetsWiggle.com
Brings doodling to the digital age... and even adds a nice prize for your trouble! Heavily dependent on Flash so make sure your player is up to date.
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Pentrix - The Art Of Pen Spinning
How to spin a pen on your fingers. Videos, pictures and more. Its like an ink-stained underculture...
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FlamingText.com
Create a FLAMING SIGNATURE! That is worth the price of admission, but there are some other neato image tools too!
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DVDEasterEggs.com
Just in time for Easter, a list of hidden features present on just about every DVD manufactured in the last 4 years.
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File Sharing Programs
The NEW way to share files online:
KaZaa - http://www.kazaa.com/
Morpheus - http://www.musiccity.com/
Grokster - http://www.grokster.com/
Instant Online Donations
A collection of three sites (thebreastcancersite.com, thehungersite.com and therainforestsite.com), that all allow you to donate to worthy charities, without doing anything harder than pressing a button.
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SatireWire.com
A site filled with political news all nicely twisted for your amusement. Like The Onion, but more political. Thanks to Barbara K. for the submission
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InAlaska.com
An excellent source for information regarding travel throughout Alaska. Videos, vacation tools and more for any and all things Alaskan.
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EliteEntertainment.net
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HistoryChannel.com
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