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Internet
Echo Chamber:
Hello There Montreal's Silo No. 5 was built between
1906 and 1958 to store grain. The 200-m-long structure contains
around 115 giant cylinders creating a 20- sec echo.From www.silophone.net
you can play sounds into it (Real Audio is required). Specially
written music has been run through the Silo and broadcast
internationally. Concerts continue until June 16. The website
will live on (funding permitting) unless greedy developers
move in.
- www.jumptheshark.com:
Calling all armchair TV critics. Vote off the weakest links
on the tube. Let's see who gets immunity: "Survivor
or "Millionaire.
- getmusic.com:
Not your ordinary sound-snatching site. Boasts of interviews
with celebs: Lenny Kravitz, Carly Simon, David Gray and
Dido.
- gaspricewatch.com:
Planning a road trip? First check here to see where gas
prices are cheapest (and most expensive) in the U.S. and
Canada. You, too, can be a voluneer price spotter.
- dilbert.com:
Cartoon creator Scott Adams dabbres in e-publishing. Catch
a free preview of his mysterious but inexpensive e-book,
"God's Debris
( $49.95).
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Lose Some Weight:
E-mail is a boon, but bulky attachments that take ages to
receive may have you cursing its invention. Thinmail can help
by stripping attachments from e-mails and converting them
into private weblinks, which users can view at their convenience.
This Web-based service also manages your stored documents
and can be accessed through wireless devices. There's a low
monthly standing charges, and users are billed for storage
and faxing. It's so easy to operate that the help manual fits
on a business card.
- www.justatip.com:
Want to tell your next-door cubicle dweller that he really
needs to shower more often? This site lets you send an e-mail
to the offending co-worker without revealing who you are.
It's cowardly but somebody had to tell him.
- iskip.com:
The opening salvo on this site's homepage pretty much says
it all: Skippers of the World Unite!!! Why walk?
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