2002 "Fun" and Entertainment entries

[*]   Cartoons

[*]   Comics

[*]   Crazy Apple Rumors

[*]   Doody36

[*]   FairTunes

[*]   Fun Web Site

[*]   Fun With Words

[*]   iFruit

[*]   iPodLounge

[*]   Looney Tunes

[*]   Lord of the Rings

[*]   Mini-Putt

[*]   More Comics

[*]   Movie Mistakes

[*]   Peep Research

[*]   Sports

[*]   Station.com

[*]   Superbowl Commercials

[*]   The Fly Catcher

[*]   The Olympics

[*]   Unique Clock

[*]   Useless Information Web Site
 

Cartoons

Yet another take off on the Pixar logo, and More pages of comics: http://www.markomics.com/ and http://www.stus.com/3majors.htm
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.macboy.com/cartoons/iluxo.html

Comics

I reported that the San Jose Mercury News was redoing their Personal Comics page. So I had to look for an alternative. The Houston Chronicle is one. At: http://www.chron.com/content/chronicle/comics/archive/byocp.hts.
     Unfortunately I didn't understand that you should click on the "Build It" button, then save as favorite. That way you don't have to rebuild your personal page each time you go there. A bigger problem is that it doesn't have "PC & Pixel", one of my favorites. So I did a search for them using Copernic on my PC at work. Enjoy!
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.artattak.com/PCandPixel/

Crazy Apple Rumors

For humor about the Mac, Apple and the computer industry in general, As The Apple Turns has been the place to look for several years now. But a new site seems to be intent on out doing them. Check out CrazyAppleRumors and see if you can keep from chuckling.
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.crazyapplerumors.com/

Doody36

One of my old AOL buddies, Amelia sent this one to me. At first it reminds me of an early arcade game. But as she says it is "happy making." Enjoy it at:
Entertainment and pastimes: http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm

FairTunes

Are you feeling guilty about some of those MP3 files on your hard drive? Here is a web site that helps you support your favorite artists. Should help sooth your feelings.
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.fairtunes.com/

Fun Web Site

Here is a web site mentioned by Brian Bay in the MacWoburn mail list. Send it to your Windows friends:
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.yaromat.de/macos8/

Fun With Words

Ok, do you know what a Spoonerism is? I mentioned it today and then had to go look up the exact definition. You can have fun by going to:
Entertainment and pastimes: http://fun-with-words.com/spoonerisms.html

iFruit

the iFruit comics For a complete set of iFruit (Fox Trot) comics go checkout this
Entertainment and pastimes: http://homepage.mac.com/giantmike/ifruit.html

iPodLounge

It had to happen. A web site dedicated to all things iPod. Check it out at:
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.ipodlounge.com/

Looney Tunes

Of course, there are other word games there as well. The New Looney Tunes: Funny stuff. Thanks to Sly the IRC babe at YourMacLife for including it in their link list.
Entertainment and pastimes: http://looneytunes.warnerbros.com/web/all_new_toons/home.jsp?ID=lt_2002_01

Lord of the Rings

For loads of links to Lord of the Ring sites you'll want to bookmark OneRing.
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.onering.virbius.com/

Mini-Putt

Sly at "Your Mac Life" mentioned this one on their "links page." A fun game:
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Epyang/flash/miniputt.swf

More Comics

... this site appears to list all the comics being done commercially in the United States.
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.stus.com/3majors.htm

Movie Mistakes

This one is fun. Just see how many mistakes were made in your favorite film. You can even submit errors you catch.
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.Movie-mistakes.com/

Peep Research

From Fred Sheffler, ACD BBS System Administrator: "This is one funny site.. and guess what, it is hosted on a FirstClass server up at Emory in Canada.. has been there for at least four years.. good example of what FirstClass can do if one wants to let it.. grin"
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.peepresearch.org/

Sports

Where to go to get college sports scores?
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.sportsstats.com/

Station.com

Finally an online game company has recognized that Mac gamers ar ou there. Sony's Station.com now has 20 games available for the Mac with more to come.
(Thanks to Shawn King for having them on YourMacLife.com last Wednesday night. You can listen to the archives from his web site.) Details at:
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www2.station.sony.com/en/

Superbowl Commercials

- if you are like me, I usually find the commercials more interesting than the game. (This year may have been an exception if I had been watching.)
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.superbowl-ads.com/articles_2002/ingame-web/

The Fly Catcher

Another fun site this week. It is a Fly eating web site. Click your cursor on the belly to see this thing go at
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.webforwards.com/fly_eatin.swf

The Olympics

First, the official site (link below) Then the NBC network web site: http://www.nbcolympics.com/
(Once again, thanks to the Tourbus newsletter - http://www.TOURBUS.com)
Entertainment and pastimes: http://www.saltlake2002.com/

Unique Clock

Once again our friends on the Tourbus have come up with a cool site. A clock that you have to see to believe. It requires Flash, but it is cool!
Entertainment and pastimes: http://yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html

Useless Information Web Site

This web site was pointed out to me by the Tourbus. (Mentioned many times before). An example of the useless info: "* What's the highest price ever paid for a PEZ candy dispenser? How would you like to try some Chlorophyll or Eucalyptus flavored PEZ? Learn more than you ought to know about this candy phenomenon." Many other topics.
Entertainment and pastimes: http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless

pau

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