Yet more keen links one might want to share - Page 152

glatt · 12-27-2010, 04:38 PM

I'm looking for a keen link.

Is there someplace where I can look up road conditions? I want to drive from Maine to Northern NJ tomorrow morning. Are all the different highways between here and there in good shape? Google maps will tell you about traffic and construction, but does anyone tell you about snow and ice clearing? I've tried looking at different webcams, but it's nighttime now and they are all dark.

Lamplighter · 12-27-2010, 06:30 PM

Try Google for "Road Conditions" + your state or where you're going

The 511 Road Conditions gives quite a bit of information
e.g. "road conditions virginia 81"

Clodfobble · 12-27-2010, 06:37 PM

Good news: I know of just such a site, and it's great!
Bad news: It's run by the Texas Department of Transportation, and will not provide any information on your state(s). But you should check with the Maine DOT, they might have something similar.

glatt · 12-27-2010, 09:33 PM

Thanks. I guess I was hoping for a magic site like Google maps where I could get directions and it would tell me the road conditions all along the route. Having to look up each of the 6 states and look through all their alerts takes time. I'm sure the highways will be fine.

Flint · 12-28-2010, 10:13 AM

Build that website, and make a million $$$.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-05-2011, 12:36 AM

Lead Paint Comics, a collaboration between Mike Cornnell, a writer at a Philadelphia B2B magazine, and Dana Wulfekotte, a professional animator and illustrator in NYC. I like it, check out the archives.

edit, I've been reading this comic for months, with great results. I post the link here and they put up a clinker.

zippyt · 01-07-2011, 10:14 PM

If you like raceing games here is a free one
Need for speed world

Free , fun , and full of AWSOME !!!
You can race for prizes or just tear Ass around the roads , BIG Map !!!!!
Oh side swipe a Cop and the chase is ON !!! evade them and get Goodys !!
Just watch out for the Rinos !!!

Im Zipper63 , Lets RUN !!!!!!!

plthijinx · 01-11-2011, 04:58 PM

thanks. now i can't get up from the computer. this game is cool as shit! crank up the graphics and go! now i see what you meant on the phone! shadows and graphics are really really really good! took forever and a day to download the updates but very well worth it!!!

i'm plthijnx (note the no "i" in jinx. when i created this account i typo'd my damn name years ago whilst drinking heavily over at NBN's house. whoops.)

xoxoxoBruce · 01-18-2011, 02:44 PM

MIT entrance exams in English, Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic, for 1869/70.

Number 2 Pencil · 01-19-2011, 06:42 PM

http://www.khanacademy.org/

To brush up on mathematics for all levels up to Calculus and beyond.

Lamplighter · 01-23-2011, 12:56 PM

I'm a sucker for pics of dogs and natural scenery.

Here is a link to another internet forum and a thread named "Random photo thread"

Lots of dogs, kids, Pacific NW scenery, and other random shots... maybe the best thread on that forum !
Some pages may be slow to load because the number of pics, but I think they are worth waiting for.

skysidhe · 01-27-2011, 08:49 AM

http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday

Gravdigr · 01-27-2011, 04:46 PM

Do a Google image search (safe mode OFF) for Peggy Hill.

[Jules]I dare ya. I double dare ya motherfucker, image search Peggy Hill one mo goddam time![/Jules]

ETA: Unbelievably NSFW.

Lamplighter · 01-27-2011, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by skysidhe

http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday

Hey Sky, did you watch it (yet)?

It's an hour and a half long and I could not find a "pause" button
so I did miss some segments during dinner.

But it was worth watching.
I particularly liked segments on skydiving, what do you fear ?, and
being alone/
And there were several others. Even the credits at the very end are good too...
a snail finally eats the last message !

Thanks for posting the link as I would have missed it.

BigV · 01-28-2011, 01:23 PM

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01-05-2011, 12:36 AM	#2271
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Lead Paint Comics, a collaboration between Mike Cornnell, a writer at a Philadelphia B2B magazine, and Dana Wulfekotte, a professional animator and illustrator in NYC. I like it, check out the archives. edit, I've been reading this comic for months, with great results. I post the link here and they put up a clinker. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 01-07-2011 at 10:39 PM.

01-07-2011, 10:14 PM	#2272
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01-11-2011, 04:58 PM	#2273
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	thanks. now i can't get up from the computer. this game is cool as shit! crank up the graphics and go! now i see what you meant on the phone! shadows and graphics are really really really good! took forever and a day to download the updates but very well worth it!!! i'm plthijnx (note the no "i" in jinx. when i created this account i typo'd my damn name years ago whilst drinking heavily over at NBN's house. whoops.) __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

12-27-2010, 04:38 PM	#2266
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I'm looking for a keen link. Is there someplace where I can look up road conditions? I want to drive from Maine to Northern NJ tomorrow morning. Are all the different highways between here and there in good shape? Google maps will tell you about traffic and construction, but does anyone tell you about snow and ice clearing? I've tried looking at different webcams, but it's nighttime now and they are all dark.

12-27-2010, 06:30 PM	#2267
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	Try Google for "Road Conditions" + your state or where you're going The 511 Road Conditions gives quite a bit of information e.g. "road conditions virginia 81"

12-27-2010, 09:33 PM	#2269
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Thanks. I guess I was hoping for a magic site like Google maps where I could get directions and it would tell me the road conditions all along the route. Having to look up each of the 6 states and look through all their alerts takes time. I'm sure the highways will be fine.

01-18-2011, 02:44 PM	#2274
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	MIT entrance exams in English, Geometry, Algebra, and Arithmetic, for 1869/70. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-19-2011, 06:42 PM	#2275
Number 2 Pencil Not too hard, not too soft Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Next to a yapping dog Posts: 75	http://www.khanacademy.org/ To brush up on mathematics for all levels up to Calculus and beyond. __________________ Is all that we see or seem But a dream within a dream? -Poe

01-23-2011, 12:56 PM	#2276
Lamplighter Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods Posts: 6,402	I'm a sucker for pics of dogs and natural scenery. Here is a link to another internet forum and a thread named "Random photo thread" Lots of dogs, kids, Pacific NW scenery, and other random shots... maybe the best thread on that forum ! Some pages may be slow to load because the number of pics, but I think they are worth waiting for.

01-27-2011, 08:49 AM	#2277
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	http://www.youtube.com/lifeinaday

01-27-2011, 04:46 PM	#2278
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Do a Google image search (safe mode OFF) for Peggy Hill. [Jules]I dare ya. I double dare ya motherfucker, image search Peggy Hill one mo goddam time![/Jules] ETA: Unbelievably NSFW. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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