Sunday, August 24, 2008

Weekend Roundup

A sampling of sites I saw this week:

 

2081 - Trailer for a movie based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story Harrison Bergeron.  I first read this story in 7th grade, and while I love it, I don't know if there's enough material in it for a full movie.

Iron Man 2 - News on the Iron Man sequel (The Movie Blog)

TheWB.com - The WB is launching a site this week where you can watch past WB shows as well as some new web shows (RedEye)

Death of Star Wars - Comments on Star Wars: The Clone Wars and how it deviates from the spirit of the original trilogy (The Movie Blog)

Top 10 YouTube Hacks - List of YouTube tips and tricks (Lifehacker)

Fantastic Contraption - Game where you design a vehicle or system to move an object to its goal.  Some of the higher levels are very tricky/frustrating.  Warning:  you may spend a lot of time on this.

Flow - Simple flash game where you drift around in the ocean and eat organisms

Write Better Web Content - 21 tips for improving your online writing, blogger or not (Dumb Little Man)

What Makes for a Good Blog? - Merlin Mann lists his opinion of the necessary qualities (43folders)

Desktop Blogging Tools - Reviews for 15 blogging tools (Smashing Magazine)

9 Tips to Get the Most Out of Social Media - What the title says (Stepcase Lifehack)

 

What interesting or useful sites did you come across this week?  Share your links in the comments.

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