The Best USELESS STUFF resources online
Band-Aid Trivia
Is it an adhesive bandage? A sheer strip? A plastic strip? A cloth strip? You be the judge.
www.savetz.com/bandaid
Trivial Net
So you think you know computers? You punched punch cards by hand with Babbage, you programmed a Commodore 64 when you were just a tot, you were the first on your block to know HTML, you hack UNIX like a pro. Well, it's time to see what useless
information you've absorbed along with the useful stuff. Visit Trivial Net, the place to test your knowledge of high-tech and computer trivia.
www.trivial.net
Bad Literature
Do you think you're a really bad writer? Take heart, you could win a prestigious award for your drivel. The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest has challenged entrants for almost 20 years to compose the opening sentence to the worst of all possible novels.
www.bulwer-lytton.com
Worst of the Web
Each weekday, your guides Buzz, Melvin and Chip feature a really awful site, and tell you why it stinks.
www.worstoftheweb.com
Get Out of Hell Free
Tired of people telling you where to go? There's no better answer to people sticking their noses in your morals
than slapping down one of these parody cards. Stickers and t-shirts are also available.
www.GOOHF.com
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