MERRY CHRISTMAS friends!
I hope youâre having a wonderful day with your friends and family.
Hope you get some cool presents, and have some wonderful quality time.
Weâre having some bacon and monkey bread for breakfast - hope yâall had something tasty too!
Since this is a special Christmas edition of The Land of Random - weâre gonna do things a bit differently today.
Rather than topics and the like - weâre gonna do another LINK INVASION - but geared towards sharing with your friends and family tonight. Many of these will be âoldies but goodiesâ - some of my favorites from the past few years.
Conversation dying down? Pull one of these bad boys out to get the chat going again.
If youâre reading this after Christmas - save it for the New Yearâs Eve party, or your next get-together. Thereâs plenty to explore when the conversation dies down!
This could be you today.
đWeird Websites
If youâd like to evoke âwhat the heck is thisâ from your family - choose some links from the following.
The Elastic Face - Pull the face like itâs Super Mario 65 all over again. Bonus points if youâre a Rick and Morty fan.
Leekspin - This will get a âwhat the heckâ reaction - both from you and your victim. The song may also get stuck in your head.
Ouais Mais Bon - Guaranteed to deeply confuse you and your victim.
Copy Pasta Database - Got a family member whoâs constantly staring at their phone during the holiday dinner? Theyâll be struggling not to laugh out loud once you send them one of these. Once they go back to their phone - send em another.
yyyyyyy.info - Ohhhh so your family member considers themselves a bit of a hipster with their myspace account? Show em this to really confuse em.
Eelslap.com - Good for a little giggle.
Flip the Switch - Bet you or your family member canât flip the switch.
Typewaiter - This typewriter waits for noone.
Spin a Record with Your Body - This is actually a lot of fun, and requires you to burn a few calories AND get dizzy.
đCool Websites
If youâd prefer not to disturb or weird out your family, show them cool links.
Take a look at trains in real-time traveling all about the USA
Show them a river of cool art and gifs - just click one and everything thematically arranges to match.
Generate a Tartan Plaid for your mom or dadâs name.
Type in a phrase - get a movie scene. Really interesting!
Check out old lost midi files that were saved from Geocities.
Nearby Wiki - Check out real stuff near YOU that has a Wikipedia article. Go for an adventure with your siblings and cousins!
Find the oldest mention of something on the internet - great for sparking interesting conversations about topics like bitcoin, crypto, the backrooms . . .
Shoot some Latercam pics of your family - and get the photos delivered in the mail!
Mess around with this Websynth and make some tunes.
Listen to some forgotten songs on Spotify - and see if you can find any new songs you like!
đFun Things to Discuss
Try and read one of these - then bring up for discussion.
The original Mickey Mouse is leaving copyright next year - what unhinged thing should be made? a horror movie with mickey mouse?
Google Groups is dropping Usenet support - Anyone used to browse Usenet back in the old days?
Physical media - Is it still important? Why or why not?
In a world where Amazon will delete shows you âownedâ is piracy acceptable?
Thatâs all for today! Have a wonderful Christmas!