The Linkist

YEARBOOK YOURSELF

2008-08-18T12:02:00.000-07:00

Upload a pic of yourself to this site and see what your yearbook photo may have looked like over the decades from a beatnik of the 60's to a Gen Xer of the 90's.

via Buzzfeed

STOCK MARKET GAME

2008-08-18T10:45:00.000-07:00

Starting with a 1 million dollar portfolio, Updown.com is a site that allows you to trade real stocks using virtual money. However, you can make real money by posting your own stock analysis as well as consistently outperforming the S&P 500. Unfortunately, I don't think I'll be collecting any checks soon seeing as how I've already managed to lose $50,000 in just under 48 hours.

BACKFLIP IN TRAINING

2008-08-18T10:37:00.000-07:00

Kid attempts 2 backflips in a row that both end in a painful face plant. It almost seems like it's intentional though b/c of how off he is on his landing. Well at least he put the mat down on the ground to cushion his landing...

CAN YOU GUESS MY ACCENT?

2008-08-15T11:43:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-15T10:39:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-14T12:52:00.001-07:00

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

2008-08-14T11:25:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-14T10:31:00.001-07:00

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....

SAFE ROAD MAPS

2008-08-13T16:37:00.000-07:00

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

2008-08-13T12:41:00.000-07:00

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

BEACH VOLLEYBALL PORN

2008-08-13T12:33:00.000-07:00

NBColympics.com has a hilarious photo slideshow claiming to show the various hand signals used during beach volleyball. However, there seems to be a more prominent theme to these photos than what the women are doing with their hands. Nice try NBC!

Matty M find via NBC

OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING ACCIDENT

2008-08-13T11:49:00.000-07:00

Weightlifter from Hungary breaks his arm during Olympic trials. This is kind of hard to watch (especially when he starts twitching on the ground), but definitely a good example of why I avoid the weight room at all costs.

On a lighter note, this kind of reminded me of the All Drug Olympics Sketch from SNL.

SEXY PEOPLE

2008-08-08T10:19:00.000-07:00

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

TREE PORN

2008-08-06T10:48:00.000-07:00

Greenpeace commercial based on the pics that were floating around of trees in sexual positions. The video is kind of SFW (the audio is X rated) though you still might feel a bit dirty inside after watching.

HOW MUCH IS 5 DOLLARS

2008-08-06T10:30:00.000-07:00

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

Paris Hilton Political Ad

2008-08-05T18:20:00.000-07:00

Paris Hilton is pissed about Mccain's negative campaign ad against Obama in which he compares Obama to Paris. She gets back at him by reading a cue card on camera.

Matty M find

HOW RICH ARE YOU?

2008-08-05T11:45:00.000-07:00

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

BOMB THREAT IN LA

2008-08-05T11:19:00.001-07:00

According to Defamer, a bomb threat has been called into the MGM building in Century City. It is set to go off at noon today. Everyone is being evacuated from the building until at least 2pm.

UPDATE: This was a false alarm...

UNMANNED SPOKESDRONE COMPLETES FIRST MISSION

2008-08-05T11:09:00.000-07:00

The Pentagon has developed an unmanned spokesdrone which through highly sophisticated technology is able to dodge important questions as well as provide vague and unhelpful answers.

"It's also capable of serving jail time"

Via The Onion

THE BUTT BRA

2008-08-05T10:55:00.001-07:00

The concept of a push-up bra for your ass is pretty self explanatory as to what it is. The confusion though is with who it's for. They're selling it as something for women, but I don't see why men wouldn't find a use in this as well. Guys have to look good too...

Check out the whole list of panty-push-up options at Trend De La Creme.

TABLE-X-CHANGE

2008-08-05T09:58:00.000-07:00

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

DINOSAUR LOOSE IN LA MUSEUM

2008-08-04T12:25:00.000-07:00

The Natural History Museum of LA has a "living" dinosaur roaming the halls. These kids are shockingly brave. I know it's not actually living but that's really irrelevant. If I were there, I'd be terrified to be in the room.

via Gizmodo

THE BEER PONG BACKLASH

2008-08-04T12:02:00.000-07:00

Time magazine article discusses the War Against Beer Pong. Apparently colleges around the country are beginning to ban drinking games in general from campuses. Obviously they aren't allowed to ban people from drinking altogether, however they are limiting people's ability to have fun while doing it.

Even the Frat Party Games Series by JV Games has had to make some changes to their Beer Pong game for the Nintendo Wii. They've received so many complaints and legal threats that they've been forced to change the name to "Pong Toss". They also now show cups filled with water instead of beer. In other words, the game totally sucks now!

via Time

THE REAL AMAZING SPIDERMAN

2008-08-04T12:00:00.000-07:00

Dan Osman is an extreme sports athlete who is known for rock climbing without ropes. He is not only famous for climbing without the ropes, but for being one of the fastest climbers as well. His climbs have shown the true potential of man.

Dan Osman died in 1998 from a freak accident after falling from a 1000 ft cliff. He died instantly on impact.

HOW POPULAR IS YOUR NAME

2008-07-31T11:28:00.000-07:00

Name Trend is a site that shows you how popular a name is whether you're trying to name your next baby or find just one more thing that makes you just that much more unoriginal. Enter your name and it'll graph out the trend of your name's popularity since 1881. It can also break down the popularity by state.

via NameTrends.net