Cool websites

IceBone · September 22nd, 2008, 04:46 PM

If this already exists, I apologise, but I searched for the past 15 minutes and nothing came up.

This is a thread for keeping tabs on some of the cooler websites out there, something you just HAD to bookmark when you stumbled upon it. Here I don't mean mainstream cool sites that almost everybody knows already, but the more obscure ones that are just plain cool. I'll add mine first:

Ron Fedkiw

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Fedkiw received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from UCLA in 1996 and did postdoctoral studies both at UCLA in Mathematics and at Caltech in Aeronautics before joining the Stanford Computer Science Department. He was awarded an Academy Award from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Science Award for Initiatives in Research, a Packard Foundation Fellowship, a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), a Sloan Research Fellowship, the ACM Siggraph Significant New Researcher Award, an Office of Naval Research Young Investigator Program Award (ONR YIP), the Okawa Foundation Research Grant, the Robert Bosch Faculty Scholarship, the Robert N. Noyce Family Faculty Scholarship, two distinguished teaching awards, etc. Currently he is on the editorial board of the Journal of Computational Physics, Journal of Scientific Computing, SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, and Communications in Mathematical Sciences, and he participates in the reviewing process of a number of journals and funding agencies. He has published over 80 research papers in computational physics, computer graphics and vision, as well as a book on level set methods. For the past seven years, he has been a consultant with Industrial Light + Magic. He received screen credits for his work on "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines", "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith", "Poseidon" and "Evan Almighty".

Design by Hümans

Sweet design community, where you can upload your own designs and other people vote on how cool it actually is. If chosen, your design gets made into a T-shirt that are VERY high quality, which I can claim from personal experience.

Not Always Right

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If you’ve ever had the pleasure of working in retail, service or other public-facing jobs, you’ve inevitably come across that occasional customer that either makes your blood boil, tickles your funny bone or leaves you totally confused. We all need a place to vent, so Not Always Right is a collection of quotes from these particularly memorable customers.

Listen to YouTube

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ListenToYouTube.com is the most convenient online application for converting YouTube flash video to MP3 audio. This service is fast, free, and requires no signup. All you need is a YouTube URL, and our software will transfer the video to our server, extract the MP3, and give you a link to download the audio file.

Alok · September 22nd, 2008, 07:22 PM

laFraise

My offer to go up against Design by Hümans. images/smilies/smile.gif

Lilleput · September 22nd, 2008, 07:33 PM

http://www.thesixtyone.com

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thesixtyone is an experimental game that transforms listening to new music into a fun, massively multiplayer adventure.

Despite the incredible wave of creativity that's happening in music, most people have a difficult time overcoming their underlying "musical inertia" -- why bother with the typical tediousness of music discovery when you can fall back into the comfortable familiarity of your iTunes collection?

Tired of seeing great music fade into obscurity, we wondered if we could harness our experience designing video games to make something that could challenge music geeks and attract average people to the exciting frontiers of new music.

We're on a quest to help people fall in love with something new while giving deserving musicians an efficient channel for finding their audiences. To learn how thesixtyone works, please see our

American TG Man · September 22nd, 2008, 10:34 PM

Hobnox Audiotool

A Flash-based softsynth. You can't save anything you create (yet), but it's a fun application to play around and experiment with. It also has effects pedals, which give you a greater variety of sounds.

Devon · September 23rd, 2008, 10:44 AM

www.finalgear.com images/smilies/smile.gif

IceBone · September 23rd, 2008, 08:57 PM

Smart arse. images/smilies/tongue.gif

ABxCD · September 23rd, 2008, 09:24 PM

chris harrisson

Dann · September 23rd, 2008, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Devon

www.finalgear.com images/smilies/smile.gif

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poptya · September 24th, 2008, 07:37 AM

http://www.morphthing.com/

Older, and a little more well known that the others, but still a fun site.

Devon · September 24th, 2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by IceBone

Smart arse. images/smilies/tongue.gif

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Originally Posted by Dann

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Someone didn't like my suggestion, neg rep for me!! images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

IceBone · September 24th, 2008, 11:02 AM

I sign all my reps. *shrug*

Devon · September 24th, 2008, 11:20 AM

^ I wasn't suggesting it was one of you guys, just that someone didn't get the 'joke'

fbc · September 24th, 2008, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Devon

Someone didn't like my suggestion, neg rep for me!! images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

Consider that sense-of-humour-failure neg-rep negated.

Devon · September 24th, 2008, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by fbc

Consider that sense-of-humour-failure neg-rep negated.

Not necessary, but thanks. images/smilies/smile.gif

IceBone · October 18th, 2008, 02:39 PM

Simcity 2000-esque map of Shanghai images/smilies/ohmy.gif

The most advanced online photoshop clone, Sumo paint images/smilies/ohmy.gif

LeVeL · October 18th, 2008, 04:26 PM

How to make vodka at home:
http://www.essortment.com/food/makevodkahome_sbcy.htm

Custom turbo setup stuff:
http://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/i...?topic=28135.0

IceBone · November 10th, 2008, 06:14 PM

Jesus Christ!

http://now.sprint.com/widget/

KaJuN · November 13th, 2008, 05:20 PM

This is a really cool site if you're into the old NASA missions and it has loads of cool animations even if you're not.

http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/mis...n-control.html

September 22nd, 2008, 07:22 PM	#2
Alok A Small Influence On Koenigsegg Joined: Apr 1st, 2005 Last Online: 12:55 AM Location: Bruchsal, Deutschland Age: 21 Posts: 2,963 Rep Power: 49	laFraise My offer to go up against Design by Hümans. __________________

September 22nd, 2008, 10:34 PM	#4
American TG Man Banned By Request Joined: Feb 19th, 2007 Last Online: 01:58 AM Location: Lafayette, PRNJ, Amerikistan Age: 17 Posts: 1,912 Car: None... :'c LFS Status: Rep Power: 25	Hobnox Audiotool A Flash-based softsynth. You can't save anything you create (yet), but it's a fun application to play around and experiment with. It also has effects pedals, which give you a greater variety of sounds. __________________ The things one must have in life:1)anonymity 2)floppy hair 3)a taste for cardboard 4)POWERRR!!!! Robert Kubica and BMW-Sauber for 2009... (Just you wait...) DSRacing status: Filling in the giant footprints around the shop... Join the second round of the FinalGear Wacky Races!

September 23rd, 2008, 10:44 AM	#5
Devon Joined: Jun 18th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 2,268 Car: 2008 MY09 Subaru Impreza RX Rep Power: 24	www.finalgear.com __________________

September 23rd, 2008, 08:57 PM	#6
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	Smart arse. __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

September 24th, 2008, 11:02 AM	#11
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	I sign all my reps. shrug __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

September 23rd, 2008, 09:24 PM	#7
ABxCD Joined: Oct 13th, 2007 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Germany Posts: 67 Rep Power: 8	chris harrisson

September 24th, 2008, 07:37 AM	#9
poptya Joined: Dec 27th, 2006 Last Online: December 17th, 2008 Location: California Posts: 331 Rep Power: 11	http://www.morphthing.com/ Older, and a little more well known that the others, but still a fun site.

September 24th, 2008, 11:20 AM	#12
Devon Joined: Jun 18th, 2005 Last Online: Yesterday Location: Australia Age: 21 Posts: 2,268 Car: 2008 MY09 Subaru Impreza RX Rep Power: 24	^ I wasn't suggesting it was one of you guys, just that someone didn't get the 'joke' __________________

October 18th, 2008, 02:39 PM	#15
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	Simcity 2000-esque map of Shanghai The most advanced online photoshop clone, Sumo paint __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

October 18th, 2008, 04:26 PM	#16
LeVeL Joined: Jun 16th, 2007 Last Online: 03:19 AM Location: MA Age: 20 Posts: 1,059 Car: VQ30 Rep Power: 22	How to make vodka at home: http://www.essortment.com/food/makevodkahome_sbcy.htm Custom turbo setup stuff: http://www.homemadeturbo.com/forum/i...?topic=28135.0 __________________ Cardinal of Karting . . . flickr . . . . . . . . . . . GetLeVeLed.org + UMass Motorsport . . .

November 10th, 2008, 06:14 PM	#17
IceBone Gulf Livery Rules Joined: Jan 14th, 2007 Last Online: 01:39 AM Location: Slovenistan Age: 24 Posts: 6,890 Car: Mitsubishi Carisma GDI Rep Power: 74	Jesus Christ! http://now.sprint.com/widget/ __________________ The Mitsubishop of Natural Aspiraton

November 13th, 2008, 05:20 PM	#18
KaJuN Joined: Jul 31st, 2006 Last Online: November 17th, 2008 Location: USAF Basic Training Age: 23 Posts: 4,628 Car: Land Rover Discovery, 1980 Yamaha XJ650 Rep Power: 91	This is a really cool site if you're into the old NASA missions and it has loads of cool animations even if you're not. http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/mis...n-control.html __________________ D-Fence: Kajun is just outside caressing his Discovery....touching it gently, you know......it is such a dirty bitch.....but he seems to love dirty girls in high heels who are taller then him and have "quite a few pounds" on their hips ^^ Yes we can! Join my fan club. You know you want a piece of this action!

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