http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/ Website dedicated to sharing interesting things found on the web, such as games, funny sites, creative uses of technology and alike. en-us 2008-01-29T11:12:34-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/american_idol_judges_votes.html Does anyone keep track of all votes made by the judges in American Idol TV show? It seems it would be very interesting to apply some statistics to find out some patterns. This ocurred to me when in the present... ricardo 2008-01-29T11:12:34-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/elf_yourself.html To make yourself look like an elf seems to be becoming a christmas tradition - every year now a few dozen friends "discover" this popular, yet cool, site where you can upload a photo and it will be transformed into... ricardo 2007-12-25T23:39:33-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/from_the_series_interesting_mindgames.html This is a nice game to play in a class in order to try to put students' brain into first gear. Ask everyone to write down on a paper a number between 0 and 100, but mention that they must... ricardo 2007-02-27T21:40:54-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/windows_386_video.html This is pretty funny, a long promotional video of Windows 386 (the successor of Windows 2.0, but not quite Windows 3.0 yet). Even considering it was made in the late 80s, it is pretty bad. It was not a video... ricardo 2007-01-28T22:05:15-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/double_slit_nightmare.html Things like this keep me from sleeping at night. The quantum double slit experiment is freaky. But it could be put to good use, if only we accept it as correct (as I never will). For instance, we could test... ricardo 2006-07-19T20:47:42-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/making_your_own_lava_lamp.html For some time now I've been wanting to create my own Lava Lamp. Actually, I tried only once. It seemed pretty simple by looking at a commercial lava lamp, so I gave it a try. I just got some paraffin... ricardo 2005-12-01T22:49:23-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/name_that_game_audio_challenge.html One thing we may always count on is nostalgy. The quiz game "Name that Game Audio Challenge" appeals to anyone missing the old games of the 80's, by challenging the player to guess which game a particular sound belongs to.... ricardo 2005-09-11T21:03:47-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/peekaboom.html After the SETI Program requesting the power of our personal computers to search for extraterrestrial intelligence, it is now time for a project to request the power of our own brains to develop artificial intelligence. This is the goal of... ricardo 2005-08-16T21:11:22-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/citeulike.html A very good idea: CiteULike. It is an online organiser of academic papers and citations. But rather than just keep record of your papers, it also works in a "social network" kind of way. You can see other papers that... ricardo 2005-08-09T18:40:21-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/bud_lights_real_man_of_genius.html A nice set of radio spots for Budweiser Light won the Cannes Lions award in its category. Really worth listening to each one. You may download those and much more here. Made to go with the TV spot from Honda,... ricardo 2005-07-02T13:50:48-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/gathering_for_gardner_paper_dragon.html One of the most powerful optical illusions I've ever seen is Jerry Andrus' paper dragon. It is a dragon made of paper which is folded in a certain way that it seems to follow you with his head wherever you... ricardo 2005-06-15T23:46:16-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/10x10.html TenByTen is something like a resume of the news on the internet at any given hour. When you access the site, you're given 100 words and 100 pictures in a 10x10 grid that are the most frequently cited among their... ricardo 2005-06-15T00:20:33-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/straight_line_design.html Some of the funniest furniture in the world: Straight Line Design. There is no price in the site, but I bet they are expensive. Imagine a whole house full of those things. Nice Flash site, also.... ricardo 2005-06-12T12:02:24-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/43things.html 43things is an interesting twist to on-line communities like Orkut. When creating a profile, you define 43 things you want to do, including desires, wishes or plans. Then you are connected to people wanting the same things. People may comment... ricardo 2005-06-09T08:19:41-03:00 http://www.pontomidia.com.br/ricardo/greatweb/peasants_quest.html Still in the realm of adventure games on-line, there is the Peasantīs Quest, which is a Flash-based game that emulates those old Sierra style adventure games. The game is ugly, but is meant to be like this. There was a... ricardo 2005-06-07T13:09:13-03:00