VISION AFORETHOUGHT

A hand built alternative to the ‘Blogroll’. The missing bullet points in this list are due to the bugs in WordPress (that Google docs also suffers from) that make managing lists a major hassle for some reason.

• The End of Suburbia – Thought provoking 52 minute documentary on oil
• DriverTV.com
• LaLa.com –
  • The future of music? (Many years after I listed them here, Apple bought LaLa.)
• Aptera Typ-1e
  • A practical and very innovative electric car.
• Britloos.co.uk
  • British Toilet Association
• childbereavement.org.uk
  – 20 Feb 2008
  • Just learned of it via this wonderful woman who I had the pleasure to meet in the 1980s
• Editable landscapes!
  • IncrEdible!
• EOL.org– 20 Feb 2008
  • Still in development (Feb 2008), but what a treat for your inquisitive kids!
• Free Internet Press
  • Always something of interest
  Gadgetoid – Slick gadget destination whose layout betters inferior yet more well known sites
  GeneWatch UK

  Google’s FreeTheAirWaves.com

  • (Ask me about the flyer I created in the early 1990s while in Palo Alto)
• HEYNIELSEN.com
  • What this company is doing with regard to tracking visitors to web sites is inexusable, however, this website is a great idea – and the name is great.
• Icanhascheeseburger
  • Sorry, this is for me the funniest website ever conceived.
• Open Architecture Challenge (The)
  • Similar concept to open source software, but applied to sustainable living for the poor – and maybe eventually, everyone else? (Jan 2008)
• LifeMachine.com
  • Remain informed, act accordingly (published by my employer)
• Panoramic view of the Airbus 380 cockpit
  • Note the centre screen showing what looks like a view of the aircraft from it’s own tail – great idea, finally the crew can check all is ok if the telemetry equipment fails. Spot the cup holders!
• Rotten Tomatoes
  • Consolidates movie reviews
• TVGuide UK
  • A site that does its job. The information is immediate, clear and accessible. New design is very exciting and ‘web 2.0’ too. (Dec 2007)
• Whatyoucando.co.uk
  • We’re doomed, so help us all!
• Whythawk.com
  • Intelligent analysis (Like VA, but better!)
• XE.com
  • Useful currency conversion site.

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