Link of the Moment

I guess most people don’t for fear of damage. Damage to whatever :) . Well, people actually do jump on hotel beds.

http://www.BedJump.com/

Source: UserFriendly

What is it: It’s a blog where people submit their pictures of themselves jumping on hotel beds all across the world (German hotel beds seemed to be especially good for jumping for some reason - and some time ago…). First I couldn’t believe it but people seem to be having so much fun I found myself smiling and grinning just by browsing. Go get your smile there. Now!

Thrilling Wonders of the World, frequently updated

http://thrillingwonder.blogspot.com/

Source: UC Berkeley iSchool mailing list
What is it: “Dark Roasted Blend” is a blog posting all those little astonishing things you never look for and are amazed by when you receive them by mail. People converting commercial airliners into homes, extreme close-ups of gemstones, weird musical scores and so on. I was sent a link to this one (the reason for this post showing up in “visualization”), some world maps distorted to show the size of countries as a function of e.g. house prices, war deaths or alcohol consumption. Nice perspectives in that, but I think the whole blog is worth a visit.

update: I’ve become a frequent reader in the last week or so…

This post actually has three links, all cat-themed, ordered by my rating.

[1] http://www.icanhascheezburger.com

[2] http://www.dailykitten.com

[3] http://www.stuffonmycat.com

Source: Netstumbling, UserFriendly, lost in the dawn of time

What is it: ICanHasCheezBurger is a blog where people submit modded pictures of animals, mostly cats. Modded means no distortion and such but only adding text or very seldomly items. Lots of funny cat pics and surely a laugh a day. On of my current favourite RSS feeds :).

DailyKitten is a blog posting submitted pictures of kittens “every day at 3.07pm GMT”. Basically a daily portion of cuteness delivered by RSS. Found yesterday on UserFriendly’s LOTD and I’ll see if i keep looking or if it numbs be concerning cuteness.

StuffOnMyCat is quite an old page. People usually take their sleeping cats and cautiously heap stuff on them, then take a pic and submit it. I stumbled upon that when it was like 2 months old or something and was tremendous fun. I didn’t visit for a long time and ICanHasCheezburger brought me back. In the meantime it got pretty commercial with calendars and contests and more pics of cats dressed up that stuff on cats. But it may still recover.

Check it out :)

Update: IcanHasCheezBurger had a link to LiveJournal that was informative. There are more “cat macros” out there than anyone could want:
[4] http://allonymist.livejournal.com/9208.html
[5] http://community.livejournal.com/cat_macros/
[6] http://www.acc.umu.se/~zqad/cats/
Ouch.