Another Random Stumble
Written by
David Dunn on August 5, 2008 – 7:46 pm - 615 views This post, seems to have had quite a positive response from the readers of FerrariDave and also seems to have had a great response from StumbleUpon itself.
So I’ve decided to make this a weekly thing. I know this is much more recent than a week since the last one but I’ve decided that I’ll do one every week on a Tuesday. Some of the posts may be prepared before the Tuesday it is posted but it’ll still contain similar sort of material as found in the last one.
So here goes, five more absolutely random clicks on the Stumble button…
Number One - Funny metaphors found in high school essays (Help.com)
This one is actually quite funny. Just a list of metaphors used by school children.
Some of the funniest quotes I have seen have been from school children as they do seem to come out with some cracking stuff 
The only thing that would make this one better would be if it was quotes from children in the UK. It’s not that I have anything against quotes from the US it’s just I don’t get some of the metaphors but I imagine they would be ten times funnier if I was in the US. Still, it’s worth a thumbs up!
Number Two - Accuradio
This site claims to be ‘The Next Generation of Radio’. This seems to be pretty good actually, just has a load of streaming radio-style stations.
They’re iPhone version also looks pretty good (mentioned further down than my screenshot), will have to check it out on my iPhone when I’m bored some time.
I must however comment on the site design though, I’m not entirely sure what the blue/blank rectangle down the right hand side of the page. I know in this case the content outweighs the site design but to be honest it makes it look a bit poor. Would be alright if the main content was centred and the blue bits were either side though.
Number Three - Confusing Words
This one seems pretty good to me. The first thing that struck me though was the design of the site, it’s minimalistic but looks pretty damn good with it.
Now, onto the actual site, it’s basically a big database of words that can be confusing to writers, ie, two words that are pronounced the same but have two different spellings and completely different meanings.
This one is going to get a thumbs up and a review and probably a bookmark as I’m going to find this one useful in the future. I never have a clue about the difference between affect and effect.
Number Four - A list of government owned IP addresses and ranges (DataStronghold.com)
This is basically a great big list of IP addresses owned by the government and similar authorities. However, I have absolutely no idea why I’d need this information. (If anyone can enlighten me that would be great?)
Until I know what the hell I’m meant to do with this huge amount of data, it’s getting a thumbs down as it is totally irrelevant to me.
Number Five - EmailFuture.com
This actually seems like a really god idea to me. It allows me to send myself an email any time in the future. Seems a bit strange initially, to think of you emailing yourself.
However, when you think about it further, it’s a pretty cool idea to remind yourself of something say 3 years down the line.
You could remind yourself that your car needed servicing on a specific date a few years down the line. Or you could set up an email to be sent in 6 months time when you first fit a filter on your vacuum cleaner, to remind you to change it again.
Summary
To be honest, I really enjoyed doing this again. I’ve came across some pretty good websites and rather than randomly stumbling, it brings some sort of meaning to it. Especially when I have to talk about the site in question.
I’m glad I started this off and I will definitely be doing this on a weekly basis. It also means that any time I am bored, I can just create one of these posts and keep it in my drafts.
Hope you like this one :-)
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