Gil's LotD

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.tuthq.com/dusty-light-photoshop-tutorial.php A tutorial on making a fake dust in the light effect.
http://www.stewdio.org/jed/ A music video for Jed's Other Poem by Grandaddy. Definitely check this out.

Gil's link of the day!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1801998643765982491 A music video by a NYC band called The PeachWaves. Highly recommended.
http://docopenhagen.blogspot.com/2005/12/top-50-music-videos-of-2005.html A list of the top 50 music videos from 2005.

Gil's link of the day!
http://ws.cdyne.com/NotifyWS/phonenotify.asmx?op=NotifyPhoneEnglishBasic Use this web service to call any phone number and leave a computer message.

Gil's link of the day!
http://ishi.blog2.fc2.com/blog-entry-151.html
This is by the same guy who made yesterday's Falling Sand Game. Also look on the right of the page for a game called Cat Cannon which is a lot of fun.

Gil's link of the day!
http://chir.ag/stuff/sand/
This game is incredibly fun, but don't forget to turn off the namakujii at the bottom if you want to build stuff. He's a slug and will eat through walls and anything else!
One cool thing to do is to fill a big part with the spout, then make a plant web through it. If you burn the plant, water will drip down and more plant will grow, so it becomes and endless cycle!

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.jhprod.com/mpegs/Pile_Eng_480x360.mov A Rube Goldberg machine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vErJFmUF7DM A strange French cartoon about a guy who wakes up one morning as a woman.

Gil's link of the day!
http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/nbb421/student2003/epl8/Blank%20Page%202.htm The progression of schizophrenia within Louis Wain's artwork
I personally think this link is really cool.

12/10/05 Gil's LotD!
http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html From the Annals of Improbable Reseach: A study showing Kansas is flatter then a pancake.

5/7/07 Gil's Link of the Day!
http://www.judgeabook.blogspot.com/ A blog all about judging books by their covers.
http://www.dantefilm.com/trailer.html Trailer for a remake of Dante's Inferno using paper dolls. It looks really cool, and if your computer can handle it view the HD trailer. Isn't QuickTime great?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSvJwUFI_es The Pulp Fiction trailer with Muppets edited in to the clip. SFW

5/3/07 Gil's LotD!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOvq3-oG5BM A preview video of Sumotori Dreams, a tiny and funny game. The link for the download is in the description and be sure to see the video.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=263297 The latest scam in Japan is selling people sheep and calling them poodles?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHi-ZcvFV_0 A parody Facebook infomercial.

4/29/07 Gil's LotD!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=d-MYVv4tgQc The music video for Thou Shalt Always Kill by Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip. Be sure to see this video, it is a really catchy song.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6559373.stm Finally a recall for those darn burning toilets.
https://wikitech.leuksman.com/view/Server_admin_log The log for the admins who run Wikipedia! See what's going on in the Wikipedia datacenters.

4/26/07 Gil's LotD!
http://www.theage.com.au/news/technology/a-nations-youth-all-thumbs-with-pcs/2007/04/13/1175971346787.html A story about the extensive use of cellphones with the latest generation in Japan.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-u9SzVdVGI A very funny mix of the soundtrack of the 300 trailer with footage from Anchorman. Be sure to watch this video.
http://www.bbspot.com/News/BBloopers/2007/04/2650.php A website typo printed Hustler as for kids ages 5-10.

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.short-media.com/review.php?r=313 Tips on using the repair command on the Windows XP install disk to fix a broken install.
http://blogfiles.wfmu.org/KF/2006/05/laughing_yogi.mpeg Laughing is good for you!
http://us.metamath.org/mpegif/mmmusic.html Proofs set to music.
http://us.metamath.org/mpegif/mmset.html#trivia Information about the proof for 2+2=4 using the basic axioms of mathematics.

The original website for this LotD has been discontinued. However, a clone is available at http://smouch.net/.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=249083069583869534# Roosters set to the Imperial March.
http://www.chipmunk.nl/klantenservice/applemodel.html This will take a Mac's serial number and break it down for you.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3688185030664621355# This is a compilation of Isuzu commercials from the 80s that were all pulled off by stunt drivers. This is pretty cool.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1511995185163028652# An amazing stop motion animation video, this is a must see.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2713994116796945354# Old ad for the original NES Zelda game.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=2747 A map of the backbone routers of the Internet. This is pretty cool.
http://symlink.dk/projects/bob-clock/ A homemade clock which uses a single LED in a circle of LEDs to represent hour, minute, and second hands.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3615762087205463609# A music video to the song Pretty Good For Now.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4505347582824037909# Crazy old commercial for Super Timor, a bug spray. Be sure to see this one.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_pictures_visible A list of the featured pictures on Wikipedia.

http://dessart.blogspot.com/2006/03/katamari-damacy-flash-edition.html Flash versions of Katamari Damancy.
http://www.bumwine.com/ Satirical reviews of "bum wines."

http://accent.gmu.edu/index.php This program tries to give examples of English accents from around the world.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/bmw-shows-airbus-how-to-light-an-airplane-ceiling-161267.php BMW has created custom lighting for Airbus, looks cool.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1164135073326538979# A person sings Hey Jude, possibly drunk. This is pretty funny.
http://animom.tripod.com/skunks.html Skunk attack! Skunks are the new cats.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/puzzle-alarm-clock-presents-mild-challenge-wakes-you-up-157999.php An alarm clock which has a puzzle on top you need to solve in order to stop its alarm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoETMCosULQ

http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2006-02/save-snowflake-decades How to preserve snowflakes in superglue.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4237751840526284618# A very entertaining and informative video about the double slit experiment. You should see this video.
http://www.prosper.com/ A website which lets individuals buy and sell small loans.

http://www.uselesspickles.com/jsballs/ A ball physics simulator in Javascript.
http://www.piettes.com/fallingsandgame/index.html The Falling Sand game.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn8718 Scientists have attached a slime mold to a robot's sensors and motors.
http://www.rattysghost.com/deadrat/buriedrat/slime_mold_lore.html Slime molds in Nethack.

http://www.differentdistrict.com/movies/ A ton of Apple's commercials and videos.
http://www.cabel.name/2006/02/retail-secrets-best-buy-wall-numbers.html The story behind the numbers by the Best Buy register.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6733844678117980160# The trailer for the 60s movie The Cool Ones. It's a seizurefest.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4836496781723575557# Music video for Gorillaz - 19-2000

http://bitsandpieces1.blogspot.com/2006/01/how-to-make-shiny-ball-out-of-mud.html How to make a shiny ball out of mud.
http://www.garlikov.com/Soc_Meth.html Teaching third graders with the Socratic method.

11/15/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/ Both links are about research done at MIT on tinfoil hats.
http://zapatopi.net/blog/?post=200511112730.afdb_effectiveness

11/2/05 Gil's link of the day
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4190645635814544453&q=matrix+dance A cool video of all kinds of tricks done in a gym.
Be sure to see this one all the way though, there are bloopers at the end as well as a scene where about 5 guys run up a wall together.

10/29/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://www.commoncensus.org/ A nifty project to create maps of the US in terms of spheres of cultural influence.

10/4/05 Gil's link of the day!
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,5-2005380599,00.html A list of the worst album covers ever.

Gil's link of the day!
http://www.umop.com/rps15.htm Rock PAper Scissors is RPS 3. This is RPS 15