CAN YOU GUESS MY ACCENT?

taymag — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:43:00 +0000

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.

AIRPORT PARKING MADE EASY

taymag — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:39:00 +0000

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

taymag — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:52:00 +0000

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

taymag — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 18:25:00 +0000

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.

HOLLYWOOD’S INFATUATION WITH BALLOONS

taymag — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:31:00 +0000

Retrospective of all the famous movies that have prominently featured balloons. Funny how I don’t remember Cary Grant running through those cornfields with balloon in hand. Guess “the balloon” is so ingrained in our culture that I didn’t even notice it….