Hey friends!
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Land of Random.
September is nearly over, and October is just around the corner.
Lofi girl has started a Halloween Lofi stream.
(Is it just me or has that YouTube channel started accelerating when it comes to new lofi live streams).
We planted some Pumpkins and Butternut squash earlier this week - yes I know it’s very very late in the year but it’s Summer until Thanksgiving here so I figured why not give it a chance.
To celebrate the last official day of Summer we made some Pork burnt ends! (Very tasty).
Speaking of food - our youngest son (now a year old) has a GARGANTUAN appetite - so he’s eating us out of house and home . . . he can practically eat two pieces of pizza on his own. We’re very close to a “have to get 3 Domino’s pizzas for Pizza night” kinda family.
Did you see that trailer for the new Snapchat AR spectacles? They’re getting closer to normal glasses . . . They make fun of Apple SO HARD.
I’m going to try printing that viral iPhone Dock for a friend of mine this week. We’ll see how it goes!
Let’s dive in, shall we?
⚡THE LINK INVASION⚡
Over the past few months, I’ve had quite a few links stock up - so I figured we should do another link invasion. Why not? It’s what many of you crave.
Draw Lines - Make Music
Have you ever wanted to drop thousands of marbles onto a xylophone? Likely not - but NOW’S YOUR CHANCE. It’s quite fun! You can absolutely lose yourself in this thing for the next 30 minutes if you let it.
Kitten Cannon
a slightly macabre ancient flash game involving kittens and cannons. The early internet was a trip lol.
Blackberry in 2024
Bro’s running a Blackberry Key2 in 2024.
Antonymph
Browsing random links on the interwebs (remember - I scrape 25K links a week) gets ya some really interesting stuff - like my little pony music videos that take over your browser??? with dozens of pop up windows? WHATTTT
Volv* - TikTok for Smart People
*partnership with The Land of Random
Volv is a Snapchat-backed social news app that consolidates the most important, viral, and interesting content from around the web into 9-second stories that you can just scroll through like social media. Users call it “TikTok for smart people”, since they use Volv instead of TikTok and Insta to discover quality content that they would’ve never read otherwise. So far, users have read 60 million stories on the Volv app!
Here’s a code you can use to get Volv Premium free for a month: VOLVLR
Aesthetic Computer
I don’t really understand what this is - it’s some kind of chat site with retro vibes? Let me know if you figure it out. I’ve been clickin’ scrollin’ - but I’m really not sure lol. (How do I complete the paintings????).
I Know What You Download
If you torrent, you can see exactly what your IP address has been torrenting for this tool.
The Tunguska Event
Sir! Something has gone dreadfully wrong on the battlefield. 1920 - Tunguska event by Mr. Werewolf.
Nutter Butter has Gone Mad
I wasn’t aware of this, but apparently NUTTER BUTTER HAS LOST ITS FREAKIN MIND. I’m talking crazy. like watch this
Browser Typewriter
Miss the ole’ typewriter? Get to writing in your browser!
Server Mono
Speaking of typewriters, this is a pretty cool free font.
Increment
A super retro aesthetic HTML code that literally just acts as an interactive counter on your website. I dig it.
Throw it back to the 2010’s
What do you mean you’ve never listened to Nightcore?
Turn a Scanner Lightbulb into a Lamp
And it looks pretty darn cool too.
The Internet is Different Now
Some interesting musings on today’s internet vs the internet of the old days.
React 95
Not only is it a fun little Windows 95 themed website - BUT ALSO it’s home to a ton of Windows 95 themed react components.
How to Monetize a Blog
This article slaps really really hard - it’s entertaining, super informative, and there’s a ton of fun little interactive bits. It gets crazier as it goes on.
Call Your Journal
Every year, I’m amazed by the spins that people put on a simple journal app. This one calls you every day. No - of course it’s not free lol.
H0p3
This one wild Neocities website. It’s one trip of a blog I tell ya. It’s kept up to date too!
Well, let’s end on that note today! See y’alllllll next week!
PS. If you watch one anime in your entire life - watch Angel Beats.