Comments on: Search Engine on Acid

Search Engine on Acid

dhammond — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:20:11 -0800

Oamos is a "metasearch engine" that generates a sprawling cornucopia of sound, text and images based on your query.

By: dhammond

dhammond — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:21:11 -0800

I've found that it's most fun when you type in a musician or an artist's name.

By: ReiToei

ReiToei — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:26:42 -0800

That is wicked cool. First thing I typed in was 'Leonardo Da Vinci' and all kinds of crazy stuff started happening. It's whimsical. I like it. Good find.

By: pyrex

pyrex — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:48:05 -0800

I see.. infinity. Wow that's trippy.

By: Quiplash

Quiplash — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:52:06 -0800

"It's a floor wax." "No, it's a dessert topping!" "No, it's a floor wax!!" "No you're BOTH wrong, the new Oamas is BOTH a floor wax AND a dessert topping!!!" blech. Next.

By: mrmojoflying

mrmojoflying — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:53:59 -0800

This....means....something.....

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:58:29 -0800

This makes egosurfing kind of weird. Also, try "metafilter".

By: BoringPostcards

BoringPostcards — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:02:36 -0800

I entered "Brian Eno," and I swear it had an orgasm.

By: loiseau

loiseau — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:07:16 -0800

So when it goes behind a paywall on Friday, how much are they expecting to charge? "The presentation is a Demo Show for 3min. You can Create a Oamos Account to use Oamos without restrictions for free until February 15th!" I thought it was super-rad but I wouldn't pay for it.

By: anifinder

anifinder — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:08:37 -0800

Agreed, it's pretty cool, but I wouldn't pay for it. The audio results for "penis" are predictably amusing.

By: TheOnlyCoolTim

TheOnlyCoolTim — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:01:14 -0800

Firefox prevented this site from opening 6 popup windows.

By: goethean

goethean — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:59:06 -0800

This is how the web should have been all along.

By: batmonkey

batmonkey — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:18:20 -0800

monkeys is an entertaining search ...but I would definitely not pay for that.

By: dhammond

dhammond — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 19:33:36 -0800

Likely a moot point because it's apparently going behind the paywall tomorrow, but I don't even have the Firefox popup blocker enabled, and I got no pop-ups. That being said, Firefox has been acting very strangely for me lately, so you never know.

By: Librarygeek

Librarygeek — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:23:24 -0800

Wierd, this is Feb 24 and it worked just fine for me! No paywall, no prompt to sign up...nada. Very cool find.