Friday linkfest

January 27th, 2006 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0) |

This week’s links:

• Sun Pillars: I don’t think I ever knew that these existed until I was driving home a month ago and I saw a ridiculous one. If I owned a camera other than my cameraphone (which is too sensitive for sunlight) I would have taken a picture. I figured the phenemenon had a name, and I saw this picture on flickr, which led me to Google “sun pillar,” which gives us the aforementioned link. Edit: I think what I witnessed was actually a “lower pillar“.
• Data mining using Google: How to do a ton of cool things with Google search, such as looking up phone numbers.
• Pandora: A really cool music website that looks for and plays music that is very similar to your particular taste. I typed in “Matt Wertz” and listened to a couple of tracks that I would have otherwise never heard. As someone who gets an adrenaline rush every time I discover a new artist, this website is invaluable. You should probably check this one out.
• Slanket: Touts itself as being the “best blanket ever.” It’s an oversized fleece blanket with huge, baggy arms so that you are free to do things like hold a remote, use a laptop, and eat popcorn without having to take your arms out from under the blanket. It sells for a hefty $65, but it could be very worth it.
• The Da Vinci Code: An early trailer for the big-screen adaptation of the controversial novel by Dan Brown. I really hope this means that they make “Angels and Demons” into a film.