* * * * * * * "You can strenghten your link with a drop of glue and a piece of cardboard"
Passions
- > UN's World Food Programme - WFP delivers food aid to about 70 million people a year. You may donate online with a credit card. Donating an equivalent of your one regular lunch will go a long way
- > Nuclear Winter - Site tells a fictional story of a nuclear winter survivor
- > Savate Club Helsinki - Where I twice a week beat the boxing bag into hospital condition (site only in Finnish)
- > Zucchero - The hairy Italian rasp throat (official site)
- > Short stories at the east of web - Huge amount of short stories available to read online
- > Douglas Coupland - Coupland's books are really supreme stuff, definitely worth reading! Judging from the homepage, the guy's talent doesn't stop there
- > Carl Hiaasen - My fav crime novel writer whose humoristic crime stories are mostly set in Florida state
- > National Novel Writing Month - Each November people all over the world try to write their own 50 000 word story in a month's time
- > The Genealogical Society of Finland - Huge resource concerning Finnish immigration to different countries
Extremely cool web places
- > Glastonbury Radio - Very mystical online radio
- > Damn Interesting! - Very mystical science
- > Red Meat - The newest Red Meat comic strip
- > Jake Robinson - The man has quite traditional homesite with a lot of content
Fact, fun and everything in between
- > Internet Traffic Report - Real-time information about the global internet traffic flow
- > Loituma! (Ievan polokka) - You thought Lordi was heavy? Check out this Finnish sensation taking over the web by storm!
- > Kyltti.com - A famous Finnish traffic sign travels all around the world (site in Finnish, but you get the idea, just click on the country list)
- > Sunrise Avenue - Official home page of a Finnish band that has lately also gained international success
- > House of Mirrors - Finnish AOR band in which a namesake of mine plays drums. And they really rock too
- > Aki Riihilahti - World class footballer who also seems to have a good attitude off pitch as well
- > The torn-up credit card application - A warning story about why you might want to buy a shredder
- > Superheating and microwave ovens - Be careful when cooking water in a microwave oven
- > Something Awful - Internet makes you stupid
- > Uncyclopedia - The content-free encyclopedia
- > Garfield minus Garfield - What happens if only Jon is left in Garfield?
- > Meteoalarm - Combines weather warnings around Europe
- > What is my IP? - If you need to know your IP-address and nothing else
- > Homestar Runner - Humor loaded Flash animation
- > AstrologySource.com - Daily horoscope
- > Russell Grant horoscopes - Daily video horoscope
- > Funny or die - Short video clips from amateurs and professionals alike
- > Time and date - Site has several time zone tools
- > Currency converter - Good tool for converting currencies
- > Wordreference.com - English <-> Italian, French, Spanish dictionaries and Spanish <-> Portuguese dictionary. Often presents a lot of different use cases for the word
- > Portti Science Fiction - The largest scifi magazine in Finland
Links were last tweaked up to date on: 26 Sep 2008
If any of the links are out of date: jari jarmake (full-stop) com
If any of the links are out of date: jari jarmake (full-stop) com
