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FOT Community => Links => Topic started by: yesno on July 09, 2009, 08:02:00 PM
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Maybe the 90% of FOTs who are web designers will like this. I buy random stuff from the internet and I've been amazed at how often the best products have 1994-looking websites. Particularly clothing companies that still make their products in America.
Columbia Knit:
They make really, really high quality rugby shirts, made in the US of A.
http://www.usa-wear.com/factorystore.html
Birdwell Beach Britches:
Classic 60s brand, the best beach trunks you can get. USA. Possibly the worst website I've ever seen in my life:
https://www.birdwellbeachbritches.com/
There are so many examples of this.
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Not exactly reminiscent of a GeoCities website, but still quite primitive nonetheless.
Jerry's Fine Used Records here in Fun City.
He sells only records, and most of them sell for $3, $4, or $5. It's one of the best record stores in the country.
http://www.jerrysrecords.com/ (http://www.jerrysrecords.com/)
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Paper Rad
They make seizure inducing cartoons and cognitive dissonance inducing comics:
http://paperrad.org/
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i feel that ebay listings look dated online.
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Murray's Pomade: http://www.murrayspomade.com/
Wha? they updated their website and now it's awesome.
(actually, I looked in their archive and it's always been good).
fail.
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i feel that ebay listings look dated online.
Since I'm a nerd I buy California Republic pencils (the only affordable source for Japanese-quality woodcase pencils in the US) and they sell only through eBay.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Pencil-World-Creativity-Store__W0QQ_armrsZ1
When will the pencil community finally catch up?
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i feel that ebay listings look dated online.
Since I'm a nerd I buy California Republic pencils (the only affordable source for Japanese-quality woodcase pencils in the US) and they sell only through eBay.
http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Pencil-World-Creativity-Store__W0QQ_armrsZ1
When will the pencil community finally catch up?
wow, those are nice. i am a true nerd; unfortunately, i cant always afford to be a nerd.
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Pencils you can afford to splurge on, unless you get the Craft Design Technologies pencils that are only sold in the US at Design Within Reach, for $25 for one box of 12.
Just get some Mars Lumograph HBs at Staples.
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I daresay that the site that I maintain for my parents' store is pretty crappy, but cut me a break - I only know basic HTML! Look at those frames! And that colour scheme!
http://casaitaliafl.com
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I daresay that the site that I maintain for my parents' store is pretty crappy, but cut me a break - I only know basic HTML! Look at those frames! And that colour scheme!
http://casaitaliafl.com
That looks like a great store and you've done a yeomanly job. Better than my usual iWeb attempts.
I like the copy for sauces: "Various different kinds"
But I'm disappointed by the lack of a midi background song. Please correct.
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I daresay that the site that I maintain for my parents' store is pretty crappy, but cut me a break - I only know basic HTML! Look at those frames! And that colour scheme!
http://casaitaliafl.com
That place looks delicious. If my family ran a store like that I would probably be quite large.
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From the business world:
http://www.81qd.com/ (http://www.81qd.com/)
It's like they made it a challenge to get where you want to go. A puzzle, if you will, but with no feeling of reward at the end.
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From the business world:
http://www.81qd.com/ (http://www.81qd.com/)
It's like they made it a challenge to get where you want to go. A puzzle, if you will, but with no feeling of reward at the end.
what a weird site.
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NYC's Alternative High School "City As School"
WHAT'S SPECIAL: Haven for disaffected youth.
DOWNSIDE: Access to gym is limited and the elderly building has cramped quarters.
http://www.city-as-school.org/
From an insideschools.org review: (http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=1328)
"Since 1972, City-as-School has been a haven for kids who are alienated by traditional classrooms. Students who could not thrive at their original schools including rebels, openly gay kids, kids who have been teased for their looks, and a good number of disaffected academic achievers find a welcome here."
My favorite part: <title> tag still reads as 'Untitled Document'
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Is that where you went to high school, KtB?
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NYC's Alternative High School "City As School"
WHAT'S SPECIAL: Haven for disaffected youth.
DOWNSIDE: Access to gym is limited and the elderly building has cramped quarters.
http://www.city-as-school.org/
From an insideschools.org review: (http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=1328)
"Since 1972, City-as-School has been a haven for kids who are alienated by traditional classrooms. Students who could not thrive at their original schools including rebels, openly gay kids, kids who have been teased for their looks, and a good number of disaffected academic achievers find a welcome here."
My favorite part: <title> tag still reads as 'Untitled Document'
Nice. That school produced this kid:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/15/2009-07-15_manhattan_teenager_arrested_in_memorial_day_starbucks_bombing.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/15/2009-07-15_manhattan_teenager_arrested_in_memorial_day_starbucks_bombing.html)
He was inspired by Fight Club to try and blow up a Starbucks in Manhattan.
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Nice. That school produced this kid:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/15/2009-07-15_manhattan_teenager_arrested_in_memorial_day_starbucks_bombing.html (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2009/07/15/2009-07-15_manhattan_teenager_arrested_in_memorial_day_starbucks_bombing.html)
He was inspired by Fight Club to try and blow up a Starbucks in Manhattan.
Yes! I saw that too ... this is exactly why I gave up on that movie. Culture jamming is just dumb. It's a very weak way to justify breaking the law.
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Okay, maybe it's not a great product. I don't personally know.
And sometimes I think it's a GREAT website.
You decide. Get back to me.
Are these things allowed here?:
http://www.manties.net/
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I went to 'School As a City'.
Their theme song was Foghat's 'Fool for the City', with new lyrics.
NYC's Alternative High School "City As School"
WHAT'S SPECIAL: Haven for disaffected youth.
DOWNSIDE: Access to gym is limited and the elderly building has cramped quarters.
http://www.city-as-school.org/
From an insideschools.org review: (http://insideschools.org/index12.php?fs=1328)
"Since 1972, City-as-School has been a haven for kids who are alienated by traditional classrooms. Students who could not thrive at their original schools including rebels, openly gay kids, kids who have been teased for their looks, and a good number of disaffected academic achievers find a welcome here."
My favorite part: <title> tag still reads as 'Untitled Document'
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From the business world:
http://www.81qd.com/ (http://www.81qd.com/)
It's like they made it a challenge to get where you want to go. A puzzle, if you will, but with no feeling of reward at the end.
This site simply made me mad. It did get me to think about aspirin, though.
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From the business world:
http://www.81qd.com/ (http://www.81qd.com/)
It's like they made it a challenge to get where you want to go. A puzzle, if you will, but with no feeling of reward at the end.
This site simply made me mad. It did get me to think about aspirin, though.
I got out my little hatchet...
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Recently bought a pair of these for bike riding / exercising purposes. Great product, crappy website. I think I was reminded by the "manties" post.
http://www.smartypantsunderwear.com/ (http://www.smartypantsunderwear.com/)
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Before the redesign, I would have volunteered WFMU's website for this topic.
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this was recommended to me as best place on the internet to get ostrich feather performance fans, but it's the worst website. the mannequins modeling the fans are especially creepy. also, they have a "meat" section, which i have never clicked on, but i'm assuming that it has something to do with the rest of the ostrich.
http://www.ostrich.com/shop/cat?cmd=stdsearch:fan,ostrich,sally&
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i'd have to say, the ostrich is in the top 3 of weirdest sites posted on this thread.
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I don't know that I would necessarily call the product "great" (from my perspective), but the site for the museum/camp where I work qualifies as crappy:
http://www.discoverymuseum.org/Summer/summerindex.html (http://www.discoverymuseum.org/Summer/summerindex.html)
Note that the page title is still "Summer Camp 2005" and the extensive use of lame clip art in the program descriptions.
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This should be called "enraging websites."
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I actually bought a pair of Birdwell Beach Britches on Yesno's recommendation. And they really were awesome, so I bought a second pair.
They were from a shop in NC, though. I'll be damned if I can navigate that site.
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I thought of this thread as I searched the web for NYC hotels:
http://www.madison-hotel.com/RoomDesc.htm
wasn't pretty, but this one is terrible:
http://www.heraldsquarehotel.com/
Just because it has so much random information crammed into every sidelink, that you aren't sure which page you clicked on.
(On a side note, does anyone have any feedback on this hotel? It seems pretty neat. http://www.carltonarms.com/)
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This one is terrible:
http://www.heraldsquarehotel.com/
Those rectangular link boxes are the hallmark of the first generation of Microsoft FrontPage. Which means it was done a looong time ago.
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http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm
i just purchased my 6th bottle for 2009.
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http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm
i just purchased my 6th bottle for 2009.
The big bottle or the little bottle?
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big. :'(
http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm
i just purchased my 6th bottle for 2009.
The big bottle or the little bottle?
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True, which is why I love that '2009' appears on the page. So they've at least edited the site in the last 9 months.
This one is terrible:
http://www.heraldsquarehotel.com/
Those rectangular link boxes are the hallmark of the first generation of Microsoft FrontPage. Which means it was done a looong time ago.
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http://shelfbrackets.blogspot.com/
This happens now?
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I would love to meet the guy who blogs about shelf brackets for a living. Actually, wouldn't it be impossible to do that for a living? Unless it was a very profitable blog.
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http://shelfbrackets.blogspot.com/
This happens now?
I like that when he mentioned "shelf brackets," it's linked to:
http://shelfbrackets.blogspot.com/
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update: i just at a noodle place and saw that there are "large" bottles that i was unaware of. the ones i get are 17 oz.
big. :'(
http://www.huyfong.com/no_frames/sriracha.htm
i just purchased my 6th bottle for 2009.
The big bottle or the little bottle?
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update: i just at a noodle place and saw that there are "large" bottles that i was unaware of. the ones i get are 17 oz.
Yeah, the big one is like a pint of that stuff I think.
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True, which is why I love that '2009' appears on the page. So they've at least edited the site in the last 9 months.
This one is terrible:
http://www.heraldsquarehotel.com/
Those rectangular link boxes are the hallmark of the first generation of Microsoft FrontPage. Which means it was done a looong time ago.
strong scent of bedbugs.
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http://www.angelfire.com/mn/dillingerfour/
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http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/Home.htm (http://www.chemexcoffeemaker.com/Home.htm)
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gaughin.edublogs.org (http://gaughin.edublogs.org)