The Hunger Site - Cool
Site of the Millenniums (Both of Them!!)
October
2006
Earthquake Trivia
February
2005
Writing Tips
Need a copy editor? Can't afford one? Try these writing
tips or calling Michael Friedman to get you through.
January
2005
Tsunami Disaster Relief Site
Do what you can to help the survivors of the Tsunami.
December
2004
Not Another Fruitcake?
Gift Mixer 3000 will help you avoid gift disaster and by findWriting
Tipsing the
perfect gift for that special someone and your favorite coworker this
year.
November
2004
Political Cartoons
The best political cartoons from around the country to help you get
through the election.
October
2004
Look Up
Chicken Little!
Find out what's happening up in the sky at Space Weather.
September
2004
Bonjour Elise,
Ca Va?
Translate from English to several languages and vice-versa with Alta
Vista's Babelfish translator.
August
2004
What do you mean
my seat doesn't recline?
View plane layouts and book the best seats with the Seat Guru's best
and worst seat guides.
July 2004
The Sun'll Come out Tomorrow
Find out when the sun and moon set and rise in your city, or anywhere,
any day of the year, or century. Plan that perfect shot at sunset's
magic hour with the U.S. Navy's sun and moon guide.
June 2004
So That's Why We
Could Never Get Along
Find out your personality type - and those of your friends, family and
coworkers to see if you're compatible.
May
2004
Hawaiian Dictionary
To help you converse at the 2004 SCAN NATOA Conference.
April 2004
Very Trippy Optical Illusion
Try squinting at it - it should stop moving.
March 2004
Check
Your Ballot and Find Out Your Polling Place in Los Angeles County
That's right, it's election time again. Use the link above if you
live in LA County, or
click here for
statewide information in California.
February 2004
Earth Science Picture of the Day
January 2004
National Geographic Photo of the Day
December
2003
Earth From Above
Check out the beautiful aerial photography of Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
November
2003
One Stop Reference
Need to look up the tibia in Gray's Anatomy, use a thesaurus or a
dictionary? Check out this site for a one stop reference library.
October
2003
Famous Sayings
Find out where all of those strange sayings that you use come from.
September
2003
Notes From
The Road
Notes from the Road is a project in experimental travel writing.
Notes from the Road is a travel site, not a travel guide site. It
does not try to provide readers with all-encompassing information on
what to see and do around the world. For independent travelers, that sort
of information is easy to come by on a number of excellent sites and
books. Notes from the Road is about subjective travel; the kind of
real world of random things and real people.
August 2003
Live Mars Webcast
Watch Mars orbit
closer to the Earth than it will be for the next 60,000 years.
Unless you plan on being around for the next one. . . don't miss out!
And here are some
cool hiking spots to get away from
the city lights to see the red planet.
July
2003
LA
County Restaurant Ratings
Find out the rating of your favorite
restaurant or look up that new
spot you've had your eye on.
June 2003
A Cool Ad
This is just a cool look at how smaller parts all interconnect to make a
whole.
e-Cards from Nature
Send your favorite SCANNER an ecard with an inspirational quote today.
May 2003
Kunstbar - An
Eerie Journey Through High Art
Enjoy this animated short about a bizarre journey that starts in a bar,
then moves behind the canvas and inside famous paintings.
Freaky and a little unnerving, you'll watch the hero wander
through the imaginations of Bosch, Chagall, Dali, Picasso, Pollock, and
more.
Kunstbar is best seen with a high-speed Internet connection,
and you'll need the
free Macromedia Flash player
to see it.
Go there now
April 2003
A Little Music to Welcome in
the Spring
Be sure to click on the musicians
March 2003
Earth From Above
Some astoundingly cool photos of our beautiful planet taken by Yann
Arthus-Bertrand
You can send
ecards
of his photos to your friends and family.
February 2003
Celebrating
the Chinese New Year
The Year of the Goat
January 2003
NASA Astronomy
Picture of the Day
with archives!
December 2002
Sunrise/Sunset
Times
November 2002
Keep an eye on this
one
October 2002
GREAT LA RESTAURANTS
The
Seven Best
All
The Rest
Cheap/Good
Eats in LA
September 2002
Things to do in Chicago (Other than the National Conference)
Stop Following Me
August 2002
Just a weird site - McScruff
July 2002
Prints & Photographs Online Catalog
Part of The Library of Congress, this site lets you
search through all the historical
prints and photographs.
June 2002
Portals
to the World
Part of The Library of Congress, this site lets you
virtually explore the world's countries and geographic
areas.
plus a bonus
link to the
Adelphia Meeting
handouts
May 2002
How to Start a Government Access
Channel
April 2002
Audio Clips From Your
Favorite Movie
Download your favorite line from a movie to use on your computer!
(Beware of the pop-up windows. . . .)
March 2002
Personality Online
Find out your personality type and why you are the way you are. . .
February 2002
Power
of Ten
View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Then move
through space towards the Earth in successive orders of magnitude until
you reach a tall oak tree just outside the buildings of the National High
Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. After that, begin to
move from the actual size of a leaf into a microscopic world that reveals
leaf cell walls, the cell nucleus, chromatin, DNA and finally, into the
subatomic universe of electrons and protons.
January 2002
Recycle
Your Used Holiday Cards
Do something useful with your holiday cards this year and send them to
the St. Jude's Children's Ranch where the cards are recycled and sold to
raise funds for the children.
December 2001
Guggenheim Motorcycle
Exhibit
Great use of FLASH. ALSO - Don't forget to use
E-Cards
below
to send your favorite SCANNER a holiday card.
November 2001
10 Tips to
Keeping Your Memory Sharp
Some good reminders for all of us as we enter
this season of eating and drinking.
October 2001
A
Virtual Trip Through the Human Body
Be sure to go on the animated tour of the body!
September 2001
E-Cards
Great cards to mail out for all of those birthdays we always hear about
-
with interesting information and environmental messages to boot!!
August 2001
Real World Music
A cool site to see as you get ready to redesign your station or City
website.
(be sure to go on the panoramic tour of the Real World Studios!)
July 2001
405 - The Movie
You must register to see this, but for anyone who has ever
driven the 405 Freeway in rush hour (or any hour come to think of
it),
it is worth the effort.
June 2001
A Mystery from the movie A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
Stanley Kubrick still at work after death.
May 2001
http://members.brabant.chello.nl/~a.mert/fight.swf
Stick figures meet Matrix. Another simple yet amazing flash
site.
Warning: Contains violence (I think?!?) Do not try this at
home.
April 2001
http://www.zefrank.com
Be sure that you have a high speed internet connection and an hour or
so
set aside to check out all of the cool things on this site.
March 2001
http://www.HarryPotter.com
This is a very nice flash site. If you don't have high speed
internet
connections yet, this is a good time to negotiate to get one. And
although we don't want to be commercial at Cool Site - the books are great
- go buy one.
February 2001
Blue Mountain Cards
An old one, but a reminder to send a Valentine to that special Scanner.
January 2001
Ad Critic
In honor of the Superbowl - a look at the strange and
unique commercials in the world.
December 2000
Earth
Lights at Night from Space
Happy Holidays!
Other
Neat NASA Photos
November 2000
The Website Garage
A great site to help you tune-up your website!
October 2000
Search for Movies or TV Shows
on Line
Plus a great reference guide for anything you need to look up.
September 2000
Things To Do in LA During the NATOA
Conference
OK - we are obviously a bit biased here at Cool Site of the Month, but
this will help those of you coming to the conference find something to
do. If you are
desperate for a non-NATOA cool-site try the
Virtual
Fishtank in Boston.
August 2000
Send Your Name to
Mars
Feeling a little spacey lately? Have your name included on the
next
mission to Mars and get a cool certificate from NASA to show your
friends.
And yes the site is intended for kids, but kids of all
ages.
July 2000
Font Fairy
Thousands of downloadable fonts for your graphic presentations!
June 2000
Celebrity
Insults
Need we say anymore?
May 2000
SodaPlay
Create your own really neat animated figures -
something to pass the time during conference calls?
April 2000
Weddings
Online
In honor of NAB month - watch Las Vegas weddings online. Also -
there
are some really cool critter cams.
March 2000
What Happened on
the Day You Were Born???
If your parents wont tell you, find out here!
February 2000
MixMe Musical Cards
Send out a Singing Valentine to your favorite SCAN member.
January 2000
Learn How!
A cool site that will give you instructions
on - well - just about everything including snowboarding, balancing your
checkbook, tying a tie, giving a speech,
being a maid of honor, whistling
and more!!
December 1999
Personality
Test
Find out more about yourself, just in time for
those New Year's resolutions.
November 1999
SCAN Brain
Teasers
These should keep you occupied
for hours. If you get really stuck, call
Brenda Trainor, she solved
all but one in hotel lobbies, airports, on plane rides, etc.
We will
post a link to the answers at the end of the month.
October 1999
Blue Mountain Greeting Cards
or
Oh My Goodness Cards
Well, as the holidays start earlier
and earlier in shopping malls, so do we here at Cool Site of the Month.
So send out some Halloween cards, get a jump start on Christmas cards, or
just send a friendly hello to a fellow Scanner or your local cable operator.
September 1999
Recent
Earthquakes in Southern California
and
Nevada and
Northern California
As we head into Eastern Hurricanes - Let us not forget what's shaking out west.
August 1999
Kaleidescope
Painter
What will they think of next? Very cool!
and more kid's art programs
July 1999
Eye4U Modular
Websynth
This is great music-making fun to entertain you during those long conference calls.
It is also worth checking out the parent site at
EYE4U
for some great use of Shockwave Flash.
June 1999
Digital Film Festival
Go to the movie-maker game and send your friends and co-workers your
latest production
Note - To view June and July sites correctly, you may
need to download
shockwave flash.
Click Here for
download.
