Friday Web Zen: A Mixed Bag.

Xeni Jardin 9:19 am Fri Nov 15, 2002

It's Friday. Pour yourself a cup of something hot, crank up the headphones,
and try to look super-productive and workerly while you burn valuable time on
these urls. Some are oldies, all are goodies.

(1) Movie-a-Minute: using
sekrit plot condensation technology (and probably a few lasers), this
site provides ultra, ultra-short capsule summaries for films including "Speed"
(Jan de Bont, 1994)

Dennis Hopper: I will blow up the elevator.
Keanu Reeves: Oh no. Not the elevator. (saves elevator)
Dennis Hopper: I will blow up the bus.
Keanu Reeves: Oh no. Not the bus. (saves bus)
Dennis Hopper: I will blow up the subway.
Keanu Reeves: Oh no. Not the subway. (saves subway)
– THE END –

(2) Design For Chunks: An airbag
saved my life. In-flight barf-bags, reimagined. (image at left: Dude Studios)
(3) Guess the Dictator and/or
Television Sit-Com Character.
(4) Yodeling
horse-things: this site might just kick the ass of singing
kittens.
(5) Tiny Bubbles: if you
liked last week's Flash bubble-wrap popping site, hold on to your seat.

Discuss (thanks, Frank!)

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