If you are an explorer by nature, the internet provides a plethora of avenues for exploration.
It is easy to get lost on the web, sifting through countless websites, searching for the cool and unusual pages that may spark your various interests.
Below are some internet pages that are not the most popular, but should be on everyone’s ‘favorites’ list.
Nerdist
Exploring the “Cool” Nerd:
Nerdist was founded by Chris Hardwick, who currently hosts ‘Web Soup,” and is a self proclaimed nerd when it comes to gadgetry. Hardwick’s website started out with him blogging about cool nerdy technology-based things as well as personal enjoyable topics. In the past months, his website evolved including copious amounts of people all with their own ‘nerdy’ qualities. Nerds range from ‘shark’ nerd to ‘watch’ nerd. Each type of nerd posts blogs on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Their posts include anything and everything pertaining to their ‘nerd’ topic, which makes this website cool for just about everyone. If you like art, great, there is a nerd for that. If you like books, great, there is also a nerd for that. If there isn’t a nerd topic that suits you, you can write to Chris Hardwick and he may give you access to post your own nerdy fascinations on the website.
www.nerdist.com
Threadless
Exploring Unique Clothing:
Threadless was created by Jack Nickell and Jacob DeHart. They created Threadless as, “an ongoing open call for tee shirt design submissions, as a way to “give back” to the community by creating products featuring the work created by participating artists.”
Their products range from T-shirts to hoodies for men, women, and even children. They also have prints for purchase that you can frame and put up in your apartment. Prices range from $18-$24 for tees and about $30 for hoodies. I suggest, checking back from time to time because they have killer sales, usually around the beginning of school and the holidays. You can usually get tees for $5 or $10 bucks!
www.threadless.com
This is why you’re fat
Exploring the Weirdest Food:
I think being creative in the kitchen is cool. Not only, cool, but fun. People submit pictures and recipes of food with extremely high calorie amounts; this website isn’t called this is why you’re skinny. Here is an example submitted by the foodie, Cellidor:
“A wide, single layer cake, topped with white icing (cheese), gummy strips (green and red peppers), chocolate coins (pepperoni), turtles chocolates (sausage pieces), purple fruit loops (black olives), strawberry syrup (pizza sauce), and a long row of Twinkies to act as the crust,” www.thisiswhyyourefat.com.
Yummy. Or maybe not so much.
www.thisiswhyyourefat.com
Soul Pancake: Chew on life’s big questions
Exploring Social Networking with a Purpose:
SoulPancake is the brainchild of Rainn Wilson (aka Dwight Shrute from the Office) and two of his friends. Their mission is simple:
To create a “movement to wrestle with and chew on ‘LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONS.’ It’s a way to explore why we believe the things that we believe. It’s a place for you to talk about your soul and the existence of God. It’s a space to engage in art, philosophy, creativity, truth, and beauty. And ultimately, SoulPancake is a community of people who are digging deeper to figure out what it means to be human and to experience this rich, strange, difficult, and awesome journey called life.”
They ask ‘LIFE’S BIG QUESTIONS’ which are topics that we rarely feel comfortable talking about, they explore individual expression by having creative challenges, and they provide an open forum where anyone can ask a question.
www.soulpancake.com.
