Boredom Killers — Dr. Strange, Old Video Games and a Jedi Video Filter
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Dr Strange-ly Mathematical Visualizer
Who doesn’t love visual patterns? Especially if they make you feel like you’re Dr. Strange visiting Dormamu in the dark dimension.
Barry Martin made a visualizer based on a formula, as a Chrome Experiment — where coders/developers experiment with unorthodox web apps.
For math geeks: Here’s the formula Barry used:
(x, y) -> (y — sign(x)*sqrt(abs(b*x — c)), a -x )
an app name you can say while eating
mmhmm; now that’s a name you can say while eating (go on, try saying it) — at least that’s what Phil (the creator of this app) says.
mmhmm (works on top of Zoom, Google Meet) comes with a non-boring take at video chats. Here’s what you can do with mmhmm:
- Animated backgrounds
- Resizable video avatar
- Airplay your phone screen on a video call
- Co-present the same slide with a partner
But our favourite feature is the see-through Jedi ghost effect.
Way back in the day
Ever wonder what a website must have looked like way back? Or want to find out how a website’s design evolved over time?
Meet The Way Back Machine — a website that lets you explore more than 458 billion web pages saved over time.
SkyRoads — Imagine Temple Run, but with a 8-bit quality and way older
This one’s for the Millennials and Generation X who played 32-bit quality games as kids or adults, back in the 80’s and 90's.
A spaceship that runs on roads built in space, along with a variety of trippy maps to choose from.
You can play SkyRoads (and other old DOS games) in your web browser, or download DOSBox, an emulator that runs DOS on modern Windows machines.
Ooooooo…
Zoomquilt is an infinitely zooming image. As you navigate through the never ending visuals, you see amazing and a trip-inducing artwork. If Rick & Morty were an image, it would be Zoomquilt.
Zoomquilty is a project by Nikolaus Baumgarten created in 2004.
LOL my Thesis
Imagine years of your research and detailed study summarised in one line with a tinge of humour.
Talk about ‘less is more.’
Florida man [Insert date]
The adventurous life of Florida Man. This google search brings you various unique incidents (mostly illegal and funny) by various people from Florida.
We have tried every date, and it is hilarious. Go check your birth date and see for yourself.
There’s always something funny or illegal happening with a man in Florida.
Destroy the Web
Why punch a pillow, when you can literally destroy the web?
That’s right. This website allows you to destroy all the elements of a webpage. Irritated at Facebook? Destroy it!
