Wednesday, April 06, 2005
Before there were memes
A long time ago, before I knew about blogs, I had this list of favorite sites. This list of favorite sites turned surfing the internet into a corporate activity: I loved to hang out with friends and check out these sites.
After all this time, one of these popped into my head: oo. I guess oo requires something of a different sense of humor, as it was just one of those sites that I found more funny than did anyone else.
Maybe that says something.
I'll admit that some of oo is uneven, and it's at its best when you almost get it. The best jokes are at the top of the site; those are the older gags, and the funnier. The ones marked New! take away a bit of the charm; the site was stronger as a museum piece, or an often overlooked oasis of obscure oddity.
Anyhow, oo is still charmingly subtle, and a millionth as bombastic as anything that uses Flash. Looking at it again is a little like playing Joust; sure, there are technically superior forms of entertainment, but there are times when something simpler is more pleasing. Or when your computer simply doesn't have speakers.
After all this time, one of these popped into my head: oo. I guess oo requires something of a different sense of humor, as it was just one of those sites that I found more funny than did anyone else.
Maybe that says something.
I'll admit that some of oo is uneven, and it's at its best when you almost get it. The best jokes are at the top of the site; those are the older gags, and the funnier. The ones marked New! take away a bit of the charm; the site was stronger as a museum piece, or an often overlooked oasis of obscure oddity.
Anyhow, oo is still charmingly subtle, and a millionth as bombastic as anything that uses Flash. Looking at it again is a little like playing Joust; sure, there are technically superior forms of entertainment, but there are times when something simpler is more pleasing. Or when your computer simply doesn't have speakers.
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