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Net Gains (May 25, 99) |
Firstly, the sites we talk about today are all graphic-intensive
sites, which means that you need to have a TCP/IP account to enjoy
them. A shell account user will miss out on all the fun. Secondly,
if you have a sound card on your machine too, you're in for the
enhanced experience. So get set, ready and go…
Log on first to the Hamster Dance site.
What this site has for you is row after row of cute little hamsters
(small animals that we keep hearing about in American media).
And these cute lil chappies do a jig for you on the screen - be
it walking, jumping or twisting. The sound file that accompanies
the page sets the mood for the Hamster Dance experience which
will leave you smiling.
If you thought that was interesting, you may want to try the Fishy
Dance
site where you find them swimming about,
kissing each other and what have you. The third in the series
of these dancing sites is the Cow Dance site.
While this page originally had the cowdance upfront, the creator
of the page recently had a baby (on May 13th), and
has used this page to put up an animation of the famous dancing
baby (it's big - 322 K, so you may not want to go here if you
have a slow connection). Don't worry, the dancing cows are just
a click away. And finally, for those who haven't had enough, there's
Boogie Blocks that is not as interesting
as the above sites, but may appeal to a some anyways.
More mayhem on the Net is just a mouse click away at the Scary
Multiplying Bunny
webpage.
We know for a fact that rabbits are some of the fastest reproducing
animals (maybe excluding Indians and Chinese), and this page shows
you just how fast they can reproduce. While you start off with
one blue bunny dancing about on the page, it is soon joined by
a second… and then a third… then a fourth… For
those of you who don't have the patience or the connectivity to
stay logged on to find out what finally happens, I'll be a nice
guy and reveal what happens. After 101 bunnies populate your screen
in about 10 minutes (depending on the speed of your connection),
the page starts all over again with just one bunny and goes on
and on and on and on… just like the Energiser bunny in the
ads. This page also has related zany pages like the Staring Contest,
Meaning of Life, and X of the Day (not updated since October 98)
- which just make you wish you had as much free time as the page
creator!
The two pages that win hands down in my browser are the Hamster
Dance and the Scary Multiplying Bunnies - both with a high cuteness
and smile generating rating.
Of course, there are more interesting pictures for you to look
at out there on the Internet. Like the thousands of webcam sites
available covering almost everything and everyone under the sun.
A webcam is a video camera that continually beams pictures every
few seconds / minutes to a website for everyone on the Internet
to see. So you have an AntCam that allows you to follow the going-ons
in an ant colony, or an AshTrayCam that allows you to see what's
smoking somewhere in Canada. Trust me, you'll find the weird and
the bizarre without having to search. A very comprehensive directory
listing of webcams available is on EarthCam
which has a Yahoo! style directory listing and a search feature
too. Log in and take a peek!
The World Cup 99 is on with full force these days and any Indian
site worth its salt has a World Cup Special with great prizes
to be won - prizes that range from a few rupees to a few lakh
rupees. Log on and win big time!