Monopoly

Hasbro, the toy company, are running a website that allows you to vote for what landmarks will appear in the next version of the Monopoly boardgame - the Here and Now New Zealand edition. Each region has three landmarks, and you can vote once per day in each region until the 10th of February. Have your say at http://www.nzmonopoly.co.nz (Flash required)

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Gilmourish

If you're a Pink Floyd fan you may be aware that Roger Waters is playing in New Zealand this month (performing the complete Dark Side of the Moon album). But if you're a guitarist, you might want to check out Gilmourish, the website dedicated to David Gilmour and his guitars. The site lists many of the effects and presets he uses for his songs, and how to get your guitar to sound the same (some playing ability is required, however!). Check it out at http://www.gilmourish.com/

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Waterfalls!

Waterfalls! If the spider gallery was too much for you, check out the waterfall photo gallery at http://digital-photography-school.com/blog/waterfall-digital-photography/ - it's much more relaxing.

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Spiders!

Spiders! This site is an arachnophobe's nightmare - a collection of amazing and terrifying spider photos, sent in by the public. You'll either love it or end up in a fit of screaming heebie-jeebies! Check out http://www.spiderzrule.com/closeup.htm

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Packet Garden

Packet Garden captures information about how you use the internet and uses this stored information to grow a private world you can later explore. To do this, Packet Garden takes note of all the servers you visit, their geographical location and the kinds of data you access. Uploads make hills and downloads valleys, their location determined by numbers taken from internet address itself. The size of each hill or valley is based on how much data is sent or received. Plants are also grown for each protocol detected by the software; if you visit a website, an 'HTTP plant' is grown. If you share some files via eMule, a 'Peer to Peer plant' is grown, and so on. Check it out at http://packetgarden.com/

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The Unofficial Smiley Dictionary

Understanding net-speak is bad enough without having to try and decode the meaning of smileys like :-F (buck-toothed vampire with one tooth missing). The unofficial smiley dictionary at http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~wgm/smiley.html is a collection of popular and rare smileys and their descriptions.

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