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Kitten Academy
February 4, 2018
This YouTube channel is a live stream of an Connecticut home for foster kittens.
What’s Up With That: Why Do Cats Love Boxes So Much?
November 7, 2015
A Wired article that explains why cats love to sit in
boxes that lay around. We learn that cats prefer temperatures
around 86 to 97 fahrenheit, while our houses tend to be at
72 degrees. Cats apparently look for the heat of confined
spaces.
Cat and Girl
September 9, 2004
A weekly comic strip starring Cat and Girl,
believe or not.
MeanKitty.com
June 21, 2003
This site is a gallery of mean cats where photos are accompanied
by a tale of the ungrateful felines' deplorable antics.
Video Games
Batrachians
May 2, 2004
Batrachians is a game where you control a frog and your goal is to
eat more flies and score more points than the computer's frog.
It is a clone of the 1982 Frog Bog video game by Mattel Electronics.
Afternoon Stalker
November 26, 2001
This video game is a clone of Night Stalker, a 1981 game
for the Intellivision.
I published it under the GNU General Public License.
Cosmosmash
August 5, 2001
Cosmosmash is a clone of the 1981 Astrosmash video game by
Mattel Electronics.
I published it under the GNU General Public License.
CoCo Game List
July 5, 2001
This site maintained by L. Curtis Boyle lists hundreds of video games for the CoCo.
BurgerSpace
April 21, 2001
BurgerSpace is a clone of the 1982 BurgerTime video game by Bally Midway.
I published it under the GNU General Public License.
The Intellivision
December 26, 1997
This was my first video game console in 1981.
The official site is associated with
Intellivision Productions,
a company that gathers several of the programmers
of the original games.
One can read about the history of Mattel Electronics
and anecdotes about the creation of several games.
Curiosities
alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb
June 14, 2019
A web site that tells the story of the legendary Usenet newsgroup
alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb, where the only allowed sentences
had to be of the form alt.adjective.noun.verb.verb.verb.
alt.good.read.wish.hope.predict.
Flash is obsolete, but you are still welcome to Zombo.com
March 23, 2019
What can you do at Zombo.com? Find out for yourself.
Mock cop bot swats tot
March 26, 2018
The best headline in a very long time.
The next day of this 2016 article,
The Register
published another article on the incident, titled
Did mock cop bot trot on fraught tot? Maybe not.
Compare with
Sticks Nix Hick Pix
from 1935.
UK Packaging Awards
September 13, 2015
British excellence in the field of packaging.
Law French
July 14, 2014
Law French is an archaic language originally based on Old Norman and
Anglo-Norman, which was used in the law courts of England, beginning
with the Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror.
Arrivals and departures at the Port of Montreal
August 25, 2012
This page is updated every hour. Do not forget the popcorn.
Giant Metal Chicken
July 2, 2011
A tale of what happens when one buys a 5-foot giant metal chicken.
The Comics Curmudgeon
April 18, 2011
On this daily updated site, Josh Fruhlinger
pokes fun at several American daily comic strips,
including Mark Trail and Archie.
This site is even documented
on Wikipedia.
Picture of gaskets
March 22, 2010
I like the word "gasket".
Major League Eating
June 21, 2003
This league, formerly known as the International Federation of Competitive Eating,
supervises and regulates eating contests in their various forms throughout the world.
It sanctions Nathan's Famous Fourth of July international hot dog eating contest
on Coney Island
every Fourth of July.
How Lawn Sprinklers Work
February 9, 2002
Another fine educational opportunity.
Darwin Awards
January 3, 2000
In the spirit of Charles Darwin, the Darwin Awards commemorate
individuals who protect our gene pool by making the ultimate
sacrifice of their own lives. Darwin Award winners eliminate
themselves in an extraordinarily idiotic manner, thereby
perhaps improving our species' chances of long-term survival.
National Artificial Stupidity Association
July 20, 1999
This text demonstrates the fascinating concept of
artificial stupidity.
Ecole secondaire de la Pointe-aux-Trembles
May 31, 1999
I went through grades 9 to 11 at this high school, from September 1985 to June 1988.
The Gallery Of "Misused" Quotation Marks
May 8, 1999
This old site shows many real cases of bad uses of quotation marks.
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