"DIMENSIONALIZING"
WEBSITES
Seeing Things in Perspective
By Robb Murray,
A. AWESOME "BIG PICTURE" SITES:
1 Earthcam Views-- http://www.earthcam.com/
2 Kite Aerial Photography -- http://scotthaefner.com/kap/gallery/
3 Your Life in Context -- http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html
4 Fly on an Eagle's Back -- click
"continue" and "mini cam in action" --
http://media.animal.discovery.com/convergence/spyonthewild/birdtech/birdtech.html?ct=1329.15073148073
5 Google Topics of the Day -- http://www.google.com/press/zeitgeist.html
B -- "NEW MEDIA"
SAMPLES:
1 "Smart Trailers" -- http://disney.go.com/disneyvideos/liveaction/nationaltreasure/index.html
2 Monterey Bay Web Cam -- if you
right-click and zoom these into full-screen, you have a kind of live screensaver, with
sound -- http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/cam_menu.asp
3 Great Web Radio Archives -- http://www.explain.com/webradio/
4 Put Your Advice on Amazon -- "So
You'd Like To . . ." http://www.soyouwanna.com/
5 Open Source Radio -- "New Radio" -- pod casting -- http://kyouradio.com/website.php
C -- NOVELTIES:
1 Slam into a Planet with a Comet -- http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/resources/explorations/impact/home.html
2 Shoot Your Name Into Space -- http://deepimpact.jpl.nasa.gov/sendyourname/index.html
3 The U.S. National Debt to the Penny -- http://www.uwsa.com/uwsa-usdebt.html
4 Reaction-Time Game -- http://uk.download.yahoo.com/ne/fu/dodge.html
5 "Site Pal" -- http://www.oddcast.com/sitepal/?promotionId=561&bannerId=135
and Virtual Girlfriend (nuts, but real! -- this one employs surrogates -- others use
smart software) http://www.imaginarygirlfriends.com/
D -- SIMULATIONS and LEARNING:
1 Stand on a Planet -- http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/
2 Embalm an Egyptian -- http://orientalinstitute.uchicago.edu/OI/MUS/ED/mummy.html
3 Build a Fish -- http://www.sheddaquarium.org/SEA/interactive_module.cfm?id=7#
4 Play Meso-American Ball -- http://www.ballgame.org/
5 All About Backyard Ballistics -- http://www.backyardballistics.com/
MANY THREE-D VIRTUAL TOURS -- at the bottom
of this Interactive Museum Web Sites piece: http://www.explain.com/museums.htm
I would love
to know about any sites
you yourself find too good to miss!
Let me know!
--Robb Murray