Sites Unseen 41

God, I love the Internet.

I’m writing this on the day the HBP’s been released. The book’s been released just a few hours ago, and here I am, downloading the chapters uploaded minutes ago. Now how cool is that?! And before you get to read this, I’ll have finished book! Anyway, if you are interested, here are the chapters: [dda.mail15.com] By the time I was writing this, it had half of the chapters uploaded. But by the time you’ll be reading this, it’ll either have all the chapters… or, it’ll be down. Also keep an eye at Mugglenet.com. They ought to have some interesting stuff since they are the only ones who’ll be interviewing J.K. this time.

UPDATE: Complete eBooks of the book are now out. Available at: http://bdcomics.blogspot.com/2005/07/download-harry-potter-and-half-blood.html

As you can probably see, the Sites Unseen is a bit different recently. More links and fewer descriptions and such. Do you like it this way? Also, the photo with this Sites Unseen is taken by me. Do you like?

Bangladesh never looked THIS good!
[doiop.com/phitarBD]
Nah! Of course it did! But the photos the link points to are awesome. Taken by photographer “pithar”, these shots are pure eyecandy. Make sure you see these. Also check out the other photos taken by this guy at [doiop.com/phitar]

Microsoft Journal Viewer
[doiop.com/MSJ]
If you use the MSN messenger then this 7 MB download is a must. Installing this will enable the wonderful handwriting feature in your messenger, allowing you to send little scribbles or “ink messages” when you chat. And it’s tons of fun… no other feature compares with this one.

Planarity Flash Game
[doiop.com/planarity]
A stark and simple Flash game with one stark and simple line of instruction: “rrange the vertices such that no edges overlap.” Seems friendlier than “abandon all hope ye who enter here”, but the two could be used interchangeably. I’m pretty sure there’s an episode of Star Trek where Jordi defeats The Borg by making them play this game.

Photos of arcades in their glory days
[doiop.com/retroshots]
While fishing through a dumpster (not sure why), someone found a bunch of discarded photos from arcades in their glory days. They're now online for your nostalgic, viewing pleasure.

Zoom
[doiop.com/bigzoom]
The term “sequential art” has come to be used by many comic strip creators who simply want a more high impressive term for what it is that they do. Istvan Banyai’s Zoom is a fine example of what the term “sequential art” originally meant, and a real treat for the eyes.

Short films from SxSWclick festival
[doiop.com/swsx]
The top five short film finalists for the SxSWclick festival are online for your viewing pleasure. I recommend downloading the ones named “101” and “Man up.” The others aren’t much good. And if you don’t have MPEG4 video codecs (i.e. have troubles watching the videos) use 8-MB VideoLan clinet (from videolan.org) to view them.

Franken-tree!
[doiop.com/okinawa]
Perhaps you can call this art? It seems someone has manipulated a tree to grow into the shape of a hut. There are some other Frankentree experiments on the home page.

iSerenity
[iserenity.com]
iSerenity takes you away from your usual desktop setting and delivers you via a variety of sounds and image environments to a tranquil, private and entertaining space. iSerenity offers the capability of a sound machine without the added expense. In addition, iSerenity is always in motion, expanding and adding new environments for your viewing and listening pleasure.

Canstruction
[canstruction.com]
Amazing sculptures made entirely from stacking cans. It sounds simple, but these guys have done some incredibly elaborate work.

FLIPBOOK!
[doiop.com/flipbook]
A little swell Flash hoodoo at the Fabrica site allows you to make short flipbook-style animations. Make your squiggles, and send them to a galley where they will be used to give poor children in third world countries brain- destroying seizures. Many attempts seem to end in random violence, but few lack the attention to detail shown in Tamagotchi Pooping [doiop.com/pooping]

Just Curious
[justcurio.us]
justcurio.us is a community site dedicated to getting questions answered anonymously. You can ask questions, or respond to questions other people have asked. It’s a neat little thing.

Grandmas: The next frontier in gaming
[oghc.blogspot.com]
On my list of funny things to see a grandma do is curse, talk on AIM and play video games. OGH is a hilarious gaming and swearing fiend who is being blogged about by her grandson. The blog features video of her in action and also some choice quotes. It’s a nice read.