Archive for August, 2006
What they didn’t do…
23 August 2006Today’s website is an amusing piece of trivia. Notstarring.com is a site which lists all the roles that movie stars didn’t get, as opposed to the usual trivia telling us what roles they featured in. Did you know that Sean Connery turned down roles in The Matrix and Lord of the Rings?
What a load of Pollocks!
22 August 2006Fancy yourself as an abstract painter? The online Jackson Pollock creator allows you to be as abstract as you want. Pointless, but addictive.
Looking at the past
17 August 2006Something a bit cultural for today’s website! PastScape is a site run by English Heritage and contains an online database of the National Monuments Record. if you’re into historical architecture, archaeology and that kind of stuff, it’s really cool.
A word in your shell-like
16 August 2006Today’s website is a resource for wordsmiths everywhere. The Phrase Finder lists the meanings and origins of over 1,200 English sayings, phrases and idioms and includes a discussion board where you can talk about, er, phrases.
Cook it!
16 August 2006This is actually yesterday’s website of the day, as I was too busy to blog it last night! Anyway, this is a site for anyone who wants to rustle up a simple meal with limited ingredients, but isn’t sure what to make. Cooking by Numbers gives you a simple checklist o what might be in […]
Picture this
1 August 2006Today’s website of the day is one which is great idea, but unfortunately could have been much better executed. Images of England aims to be a photographic record of every listed building in the country - I even found two buildings that I’ve previously lived in!
As a photographic resource it’s excellent, but it’s let down […]