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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 dabbles in e-publishing.
Catch a free preview of his mysterious but inexpensive
e-book, “God’s Debris” ($4.95).
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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.
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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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