Axonoid

This is the second “small bites of social media” post. In this series of articles, I highlight the best content I’ve found (according to myself!) on the Internet using social media websites such as digg, reddit, stumble upon, mixx and others.

Enjoy!

Uncyclopedia

I guess that everybody who read this website know what Wikipedia is right? I must admit that I use it a lot. To find information for work, to find ideas for this blog, to end a long discussion with a friend about a stupid and worthless subject (like who’s the best, ninjas or pirates?).

Anyway, it’s a fantastic and infinite source of information! But did you know Uncyclopedia? It’s like Wikipedia, but with false articles and information… So it’s almost the same thing as Wikipedia, but the fake articles are deliberately fake!

Check out this article about pie chart. And this one about Al Capone! Nothing serious can be found there!

link

Perspective Art

I’ve seen a lot of these lately. You know, painting on walls and floors that looks like real 3D objects? Julian Beever is a famous artist that paint such things, mostly on sidewalks.

Here are some other perspective art found in a subway station in Toronto.

link

Brian Dettmer

We learn new things each day! I didn’t know Brian Dettmer, but he looks like a great artist. You know those old cassette tapes? Well, now these are really dead!

You can learn more about Brian Dettmer on his flickr stream.

link

The Swear Jar Commercial

Depending on what you plan to do with the money from a swear jar, it could or could not be a good idea to have one.

Am I Connected to the Internet?

Did you ever wondered if you were still connected to the Internet? No? Me neither. But still, there is this website that tells you if you are or not:

http://amiconnectedtotheinternet.com/
It doesn’t seems to work correctly tough. It looks like I’m connected and it tells me “NO”. Mmmm… Wait a minute!

link

Thanks to 4channer on stumble upon for finding those great links!

5 Poor Musicians

A nice article about 5 musicians who overcame poverty to become superstars. Some of the musicians are :

• Coolio
• Jimi Hendrix
• Ringo Starr
• Johnny Cash
• Elvis Presley

But I won’t tell you the others, you’ll have to… wait a minute! Damn! Seriously, in this post you’ll learn that Elvis’ father (yes, the King’s father!) was sent to prison for a fake 8$ check! That the only cash that Johnny had was in his last name and more interesting facts like that!

link via mixx

Weird Aquariums

Even if fishes aren’t the smartest animal you can have, why couldn’t they live in a great house too? My favorite one in this list is the labyrinth aquarium! It’s a really imaginative fish tank! But do not mistake it for a hamster cage… hamsters doesn’t like water. I learned that they drown most of the time in it.

link via mixx

Google and XKCD

I’ve seen this xkcd comic on digg the other day and I though that it was funny and somewhat clever. Well guess what, it looks like Google did it! They added a “Audio preview” button under the comment box. I was skeptical after reading Matt Cutts’ article, but they really did it! People at Google have a really great sense of humor!

link via digg

Hello there! If you're new on Axonoid.com, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed, or through email for more Web discoveries! If you're coming from StumbleUpon, don't forget to vote for the posts that you like! Thank you for visiting!