Language Trainers Group, a language training course, has a video trivia game online where people from around the world read a brief piece of literature and then ask you to guess their accent. It’s fun, though I personally did not do so well. Shockingly, I was unable to detect one woman’s thick Lithuanian accent as she read an excerpt by Rudyard Kipling.
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CAN YOU GUESS MY ACCENT?
August 15, 2008
AIRPORT PARKING MADE EASY
August 15, 2008
Since the beginning of time, man has always approached airport parking by just simply winging it. (pun absolutely intended). For some, it ends in shelling out a few extra bucks, but for others it culminates into complete panic and anxiety.
It’s hard to imagine getting excited about anything involving Airport Parking Lots, but this site is actually very useful. Consider it the Yelp of airport parking. Simply type in the airport and the dates you will be flying, and it will give you not only the info on all surrounding parking lots (including addresses and prices) it also has user comments about past parking experiences. Some lots even allow you to reserve a spot. Check it out at AboutAirportParking.com.
100 MOST COMMON WORDS
August 14, 2008
Trivia game gives you 5 minutes to guess the 100 most common words used in the English language. Surprisingly neither blogosphere nor Dark Knight were on the list, so the game may be bogus…
THE WONDERBRA AD
August 14, 2008
Interactive mosaic ad made up of thousands of women wearing the wonder bra to create a giant push up bra. This ad contains the largest amount of deceiving cup sizes in one place in the world.
SAFE ROAD MAPS
August 13, 2008
Find out if you’re living in a death trap. This site kind of works the way those sex offender sites work except when you enter your address it tells you about all the fatal car accidents that have happened near your home.
Just click the MAPS Tab and then SAFE STREET MAPS and enter in your address.
VIRAL TIMELINE
August 13, 2008
An interactive time line of every viral Internet sensation ever from “Dancing Baby” to “Matrix Ping Pong”. Starting as early as 1941, it gives some major milestones in the creation of computers and the world wide web. However, to no surprise, the bulk of the timeline is from the last 10 years. The site is fairly new, so there’s still a lot of stuff to be mentioned which you can add yourself.
via dipity.com
SEXY PEOPLE
August 8, 2008
This ironically titled blog is a photo album of people’s personal portraits. Most of the pictures are from the mid 80’s to early 90’s. Basically it’s an entire decades worth of “sexy people”.
Hasday find via renz-o.blogspot.com
HOW MUCH IS 5 DOLLARS
August 6, 2008
Site collects pictures of items that people were able to buy with $5. Gives you an idea of the relative value of $5 around the world.
via The Five Dollar Comparison
HOW RICH ARE YOU?
August 5, 2008
Enter your annual income and this site will tell you how rich you are compared to the rest of the world. Site is actually made to convince you to donate to less fortunate parts of the world, but it does also serve as a quick pick-me-up when you’re feeling down.
via Global Rich List
TABLE-X-CHANGE
August 5, 2008
New website acts as an online market where you can buy and sell table reservations for some of the hardest restaurants to get into in your city. After you buy the reservation (most are about $10), you will get an e-mail of the name it’s under. Perfect for under-appreciated Hollywood assistants as well as their bachelor bosses desperate for a well-paid-for lay.
The site is currently only set up for LA, NY, Chicago, and the Hamptons, but they’ll soon be opening up in other cities across the country so that everyone will be able to get a good table at their local Outback.
via TableXChange
