Matte Elsbernd
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The Dead Link Society
A site of just dead links. If the link becomes live again, it’s removed. Helping to “fight back” on PageRank hogs?
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The Onion Article That Wasn’t
Elementary school class shares the Nobel Peace Prize as they ended hunger in a small, developing nation with their contributions to the hunger relief program…with image of top ramen being delivered.
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Useletts
Forget how I came up with the name (wasn’t there something like Figlets?) but my definition was/is little bits of information which is non-germane to the context, yet “seems to follow” from the topic. An example of this is when during a conversation which touches upon Latin and its use (or disuse) it’s inevitably mentioned…
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Latitude Maps
I’ve been a map nut since I was a kid. There’s just so much that can be seen. Every time you pick one up, you can see a whole new level of detail. Sometimes all that’s needed is to see something in a slightly different whole. So why not take a different perspective on the…
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The Games People Play
American/Yankee Roulette I think I came up with it in Junior High (so like 1987) when a group of my friends and I were walking down the street and goofing off. Pushing around is fairly common around boys that age – I guess and so we would. I came up with the idea that when…
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The Interrogation
Do all criminals have an unfinished basement on their houses? Do all interrogations take place in a military bunker filled with all of the tricks of the torture trade? Scene opens: In the empty dining room of a McDonald’s fast food restaurant. The restaurant has been cleared out of customers. Unfinished food still sits on…
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Virtual Reality
Why is virtual reality so unreal? Why are people escaping to online worlds which are never anything like the real world? Virtual reality should be along the lines of real life, no? With its shares of disappointments, pitfalls, bad choices, all of the ramifications of those choices, etc. I’m sure that “Ball & Chain” would…
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Movie Trailers
Why are there never any trailers in movie trailers? Scene opens, posters plastered against a metal wall… for a movie, perhaps. Some metal noises, maybe creaking brakes. Then some dust, then a little more. Without pulling back, the camera starts sliding horizontally and more posters.. seemingly all about same movie. Eventually, the camera slides off…