Howjsay.com is a unique online speaking dictionary that offers clear pronunciations of
English words,
phrases,
slang terms,
technical terms,
brand names,
proper names,
profanity, and
many foreign words, including
common variations and
alternatives. Astoundingly, the sound files
are not computer-generated -- every single one of the site's
138,152 entries are enunciated in the dignified tones of British academic and polyglot
Tim Bowyer, who has
steadily expanded its glossary over the years using logs of unsuccessful searches and direct user suggestions. The site is part of Bowyer's
Fonetiks.org family of language sites, and is also available as
a browser extension and as a mobile app for
iPhone/iPod and
Blackberry.
posted by Rhaomi
on Dec 23, 2010 -
27 comments
Dude, wouldn't it be
totally cool if there was an
opposite microwave to cool tasty canned beverages in seconds? What if underwear had
pockets? They'd be called
Underawesomes! And don't you think
ketchup packets should be bigger? Oh man, speaking of munchies, what if you had
see-through fudge? You could see right through it! Dang, it would be rad if there was
smokable tape you could use to repair your busted spliff, huh? But I mean, dude, there should like really be a website where stoners could post and discuss the ideas they get when they're super high. I'd call it
highDEAS.
posted by carsonb
on Aug 3, 2009 -
99 comments
Then, all of sudden, I saw a hand holding a piece of chalk and writing on a black-board something like a mathematical formula. The vision was very clear, but it stayed only for few seconds and disappeared again. The Internet is abound with a new, simple technique for at-home DIY multimodal (vision, sound)
Ganzfeld Hallucinations (previously).
[more inside]
posted by tybeet
on Nov 20, 2008 -
45 comments
Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism. "My hypothesis is this: The rapidly increasing sum of all computational devices in the world connected online, including wirelessly, forms a superorganism of computation with its own emergent behaviors."
[Via]
posted by homunculus
on Oct 26, 2008 -
67 comments
Can you see me now? is a chase game played online and on the streets. Players are dropped at random locations into a virtual map of the
Banff Centre. Tracked by satellites, Blast Theory's runners appear online next to your player. The runners use handheld computers showing the positions of online players to guide them in the chase. From the good folks at
Blast Theory and the
Mixed Reality Lab.
posted by greatgefilte
on Aug 14, 2006 -
8 comments
