It occurred to me this week that people do not usually go outside of their comfort zone when it comes to new websites and places to surf on the web. Most people just stay within their top 10 bubble, some only using websites for something useful,never to just look around at. So I did the liberty of sharing with you some awesome sites that I visit whenever I'm feeling like an adventure.
For music fanatics there is an actual website that connects your favorite artists. For example, I connected Avril Lavigne and The Beatles, in 5 steps it took me from Avril to Johnny Rzezik to The Yardbirds to Eric Clapton to The Beatles. Each one is connected through some album or show in some kooky way. I have yet to find two artists that do not match up eventually. It's a pretty interesting site to bring back some of your favorite artists and concert tours! It's also interesting to see how people find a way to match up with the opposite type of music groups. Match away! http://labs.echonest.com/SixDegrees/
Film buffs alike know zillions of movies like the back of their hand, but what about the movie's counterpart, trailers? Sometimes a trailer does a fantastic job of making the movie look like it is going to be AWESOME, months later the actual movie is THE worst in theaters or on DVD. So why does no one recognize the trailers? They are like mini- movies in themselves aren't they? Celebrate the two and a half minutes it takes to make a simply great trailer with the IFC's Top 50 Trailers list. This website gets addicting, you want to just keep watching trailers connected to your favorite movies, and even movies you haven't heard of if they are rated high enough. Celebrate the introductions! http://www.ifc.com/news/2009/06/50-greatest-trailers.php
"Baby, Baby, Baby OHHH" some form of that song always seems to jump into my head at the most unpractical times. Now there is a website that helps you get rid of that annoying song by Justin Beiber that always seems to pop into your head. www.Unhearit.com uses its "reverse-auditory-melodic-unstickification technology" to get rid of even the most catchy songs, no matter how long they have been in your head. This really works, I'm serious, you need to try it right now.
Lastly but not least, www.spreeder.com . This site is amazing, it literally trains your mind to read not with your inner voice but solely with your brain. It allows you to read a passage and adjust the amount of words you think you might read per minute, and then it spits them out like no tomorrow. I think I will have this website open with every news site I read from now on. Think about all the passages you could get through if you did not have to read everything out loud inside your head. If you are freaked out by this, at least try the intro passage on the site and train your brain to read at its highest speed, for optimal spreeding!
So those are just a few websites that I searched around and discovered. I understand the irony of this being a website about finding websites, I get that. But who says they weren't interested in these fabulous websites to cure boredom or spark curiosity? Happy surfing!
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