esoteric: weblog. about. home. naive. stimuli. ambient, inc. search archives Inconspicuous Consumption "What is inconspicuous consumption? It's about deconstructing the details of consumer culture -- details that are either so weird or obscure that we'd never see them, or so ubiquitous that we've essentially stopped seeing them. This can mean anything from a bizarre canned good, like sauerkraut juice, to a beautifully designed light-industrial object that we've always taken for granted, like the Brannock Device (that gizmo they use to measure your shoe size). Every month, this column will use products like these -- some of them eccentric, many exceedingly ordinary, but all worthy of close inspection -- as a way to look at consumer culture in excruciating detail." [08.22.03]   DHTML Lemmings I used to have the Game Gear when I was younger and this was one of my favorite games -- this DHTML version of the game almost exactly replicates the original. Incredible what some people can do with DHTML and lots of free time of their hands. [08.22.03]   stock.xchng Still more free stock photos on the web... [08.22.03]   iStockPhoto I have been really getting into photography so I found this free stock photo website so that I can play around with the images in Photoshop. [08.22.03]   metaphilms: philms Execellent reviewer of films, as they state: "We don't review films: we interpret them". The Memento review is especially good. [05.02.02]   Father Don't Preach "I now understand why I never wanted to be around priests all that much. The ones I've known, like Father J., were unintellectual, uninteresting and childlike. They hugged too much, smiled too easily, and nodded too readily, like black-clad, sacral Teletubbies. Their facial expressions floated between squinty, Robin Williams fakery and wide-armed, Michael Jackson creepiness." Whoa, a totally strange article, it is understandable why it was on Nerve.com... still very good, though. [05.02.02]   dailyrotation.com An excellent site which compiles a bunch of news sites together. You can pick which sites you want. I set it for my homepage. The only problem is that the design is kinda ugly, but they are going for fast download times which I can understand. [01.17.02]   esoteric I haven't put anything on this log for a while, so I am just throwing up the links that I go to pretty much everyday. Firstly, I wanted to link up filepile.org, but all I get is a 404 so I don't know what's up with it. [01.17.02]   BBIagent Small firewall for an old computer that runs on a floppy and Linux. [01.17.02]   Switchouse.com I have become somewhat obsessed with ebay looking for good deals on computer stuff... this is just a smaller version, but it also lets you trade between members. [01.17.02]   Work At Home Claim to give you a list of places to work from home. My only problem with it is that it costs money to join their list. Scam or no? I wish I could find someone who had some experience with them... [01.17.02]   rooshlog Live vicariously through other people, or just stop being such an AFC. [01.17.02]   memepool A variety of links pop up here... all interesting, usually all pretty original. [01.17.02]   Violent Content Iffy design, good editorial content. [11.13.01]   A List Apart If you create websites, you should check this haven of information out. [11.13.01]   love your "?" Popups that actually do something interesting. And they close by themselves, woohoo. Love your "?". [11.13.01]   tlc-systems This is really old, but nonetheless, it is very cool. Click on Art and the Zen of Websites and The Tao of Websites. [11.13.01]   systray.org Post a pic of your systray, people comment. Look, point, laugh at other systrays. Fun. [10.28.01]   mezzo You say goodbye, I say hello. Goodbye, hello. Goodbye, hello. [10.28.01]   Ask Dr. Math Helped me figure out about minterms and other such discrete math-related stuff. [10.28.01]   How Good In Bed Not really that accurate by my tests... but you can try it yourself. [10.11.01]   An Evening -- no, a NIGHT -- with Kevin Smith "As the noise subsided, Kevin gazed around at the audience and proclaimed "This makes up for every chick who ever said I had a small dick." He then outlined how the evening would go: he would do a brief schtick, then take questions, ANY questions, from members of the audience, and would stay on stage until there was no one left. "Hey! I don't have class tomorrow! I can do this all fucking night!"" [10.11.01]   My Date with Destiny! Not quite sure how long this will stay up here (I will probably download all the pages so that I can keep it...). This is Kevin Smith's comic about his "date with destiny". Pretty funny for a Smith fan like me. [10.04.01]   Turntable Lab A dope DJ webstore. "Our selection of records, videos, and tapes reflects this close involvement as you will see many items you never knew existed from artists you've only heard about. We are not a mega-store so we do not offer every record that comes out. We carefully select every item in our catalog based on a criteria of quality. We can confidently say that you will not find a selection like this anywhere else." [10.04.01]   Career Guide @ Monster.com I have been real worried about getting a job and/or an internship next year when I am in school. This is a very detailed guide to searching for, getting, and keeping a job. [10.04.01]   The Obscure Store The Obscure Store posts interesting, freaky, and unusual news stories. [10.04.01]   100401. | 041101. | 120700. | 101100. | 062900. 050500. | 022500. | 010600.