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prior listings

 

• ovo3 1/31/02 
  Description: visions of my mind – my personal vision of web art – my dreams, my work, my love, my anger, all find outlet in ovo3 (fullscreen Flash)
  Comments: Like the pick of one week ago today, today's pick will automatically spawn a fullscreen chromeless window (or large popup in NS), but there is a "close" link to conveniently close the window.  Italian designer Andrea Modenese has visions of web art to share that are unique and in the case of the piece called "war", downright intense.  The navigation is cool, too – head shots changing with each selection the user makes on the sliding control.  There's three other Flash experiments on display besides the piece I mentioned – more artistic head shots and creative thoughts like "I am, the sea in a tempest. the deepest abyss."  Great soundtracks, too...
   
• Sidetrack 1/22/02 
  Description: ...and I do digress
  Comments: In the "addendum" to her journal ("closure"), Pei describes herself as "oddly passionate about poetry and words."  "Tear me a page out of my mind" seems an appropriate footnote to the journal's title – really enjoyed reading a number of the entries.  Pei's from Singapore, studying psychology in England, and the journal's actually a separate site from today's pick.  Another side site called "altered" appears to have been closed down, with only one poem on the page, "final destination."  Perhaps it is just a pause... not sure.  Today's pick seems a springboard to Pei's various interests and web projects, a weblog/journal sort of thing that's also written very well.  It's all very personal and full of interesting observations from someone who would probably die without her orange juice.  "Life has been simple" and her ability to share it all through personal expression seems magical...
   
• floorpie.net 1/19/02 
  Description: a boy and his stuff
  Comments: I saw the picture of David's "inflated zeppelin" foot – ouch! – hoping it heals quickly.  His "Modrian wanna be" is certainly less painful to look at, and it would be cool if "Kneel" eventually showed up as a sculpture on a city street somewhere.  "The Coliseum" is one of the neatest black and white photos I've seen and the "Junkyard Jive" series is fun to browse.  So – He calls the site "Baby and a Shotgun" and the "teetotaler" expecting his "tan chinos to be arriving any day now" seems a clear picture of a down-to-earth Silicon Valley character who's "enjoying the possibility" of succeeding as an artist.  The blog is really the main content of David's site – it just celebrated its "one-year blogiversary" and the post about that from the "god of sorts of this little land" brought an interesting response from a reader – "You know you're the whole reason I started blogging in the first place!"  There's some interesting stuff (and stuff) in the blog – I found the post about driving (1.13.2002) to be insightful – how true!  Check out the "Plates" project, too – vanity plates are a little like domain names, dontcha think?
   
• urban delicious 1/18/02 
  Description: special people are in love with you
  Comments: "It's a rock-n-roll party that doesn't stop" says a guy named Alex with a pleasant last name (really!) as you enter... "be special to yourself."  It's 7:10am here in Michigan and I'm dyin' for a corndog with mustard.  After all, the corndog is part of the "specialness" for all "the luscious people that are enjoying this glorious amazing new year. 2002."  A positive vibe hits you immediately and if you go for the piece called "robot love" first, you won't be disappointed.  Expect to bump into a corndog or two in your travels.  The guy with an "inner being" named Sherman is at the helm and you're invited to share in his "spiritual awakening."  Great stuff!  I'm hungry...   [linkdup unfiltered]
   
• drifter tv 1/14/02 
  Description: animated features (Flash)
  Comments: The "drifters" are "scout-like figures" that appear in many of "movies."  There's a new featured animation every week and Nils says "With these movies I'm trying to enjoy and to surprise myself......and hopefully, learn something about being human."  The site, its movies, and the attitude remind me a little of Modern Living (see the review).  There's already 27 pieces and after looking at (and playing with) 6 or 7 of them, I found this cartoon-like stuff to be thought-provoking and engaging.  I'm thinking today's pick could be a useless waste of time for the brain-dead, though if they're lucky, it might wake 'em up a little.  The most recent movie, "it's mine", shows two drifters fighting over one hat as the real world flashes by in the background – I get a definite meaning in my mind from it but I'm keeping it to myself.  Check it out and see what you think...
   
• 404lounge.net 1/13/02 
  Description: the anteroom of the most beautiful 404 sites of the internet
  Comments: "I noticed that it would be very unfortunate if one would ignore these many creative and wonderful 404 sites" says Desiree – "That's the purpose, nothing more."  Today's pick is a gallery of over 500 custom Error 404 pages – an "art form" unique to the web.  Desiree categorizes each listing, warning that it's "absolutely subjective" – "funky", "freaky", "funny", and "misc" are the categories and I really like the square screenshots she does.  In fact, I think the site design is very tasty, using a color scheme you don't see a lot of and a "dirty" style that's quite artistic.  It's an interesting way to surf, starting at a site's 404 page instead of the home page, especially because most of the listed 404s are really creative.  If you don't know how to customize your 404 page, that's explained here, too.  Cool concept – nice site...
   
• Photographie 1/9/02 
  Description: digital and analog works of photograher Stephan Kirchhoff
  Comments: First things first.  Before you go further, check out this cool image that Stephan Kirchhoff submitted to the Visitors' Gallery.  Besides the beauty of the image itself, I really appreciate that someone I've never heard of took the time to participate in coolstop by sharing their art here.  The other beautiful thing is that Stephan has a website I've never heard of and I loved it immediately – it's today's pick.  So, one thing leads to another and ends up reminding me how much I love what I do.  Discovery.  That's what it's all about.  And did I ever tell you how much I like photography?  Today's pick not only features a cool and clean design, but the photos are great – both digital and analog, some black and white, some color, all good!  I also liked the "reverse" option I found with one of the photos.  Thanks for the image, Stephan, and even more for sharing your site...
   
• Spitting Llamas 1/5/02 
  Description: Current events sarcasm and satire. Also combing the web for the ridiculous and esoteric.
  Comments: "If you don't like other viewpoints, don't understand satire, or don't like intelligent debate, then get back under your rock and continue sucking the teat of stupidity."  Alright, guys (which includes the "sexy biotch") – I can swear that's not a llama up there next to your site's name – and am I mistaken, or is that critter wearing a friggin' robe?  "Were they raised by wolves? Did they grow up near powerlines? Unfortunately, they have no valid excuses..."  Taranis found some "effective online hypnosis" and I'm wondering if it's been effective for him... did it make him dizzy?  And I got a kick out the fact that Jetteva asks "Why does it seem like the dumbest [s**t] happens in Florida?" in late October and then goes there for his holiday "R&R" – but he's no dummy – "some Americans are happy when something terrible happens to them because they know they can sue themselves into early retirement."  Ain't it the truth!  Cosbysweater, who claims to be "50% cotton, 50% love machine," wonders about a few things in "Questions."  The team seems to have a sense of humor and a collective eye for the strange – and it all comes out in the form of intelligent log entries and columns from all three.  Amusing links in the log and "Llama Tails" is a gas!  Today's pick has been around a little less than a year and I hope they can keep it up (have fun with that one, guys!) – a fun site that's intelligent, too...
   
• blindlane 1/1/02 
  Description: a narrative-interactive way (Flash)
  Comments: Issue 1 is "the Tolds: recitation about a weird dream through interactive paintings" – it's the product of three Korean designers/artists.  With a little help from friends, it's available in both English and Korean.  The accompanying texts that are quite engaging by themselves, but the colorful, interactive Flash art with its dreamy music enhances the power of the words tenfold.  The experience is entertaining and thought-provoking – very moody.  There's another cool piece called "a void avoid" in this issue – "strange linkages that has been bred in a calm rest."  This is all impressive stuff on an artistic level, as well as in terms of savvy scripting and great design.  Let's hope more issues come in the future 'cause if they're just half as good as Issue 1, we're in for goodies...