B-List

I haven't been able to post much lately.  Here are a few time-wasters
that should keep you busy for a while ...

1. iPod Flea
   <http://www.layersmagazine.com/features/feature_cs2/flea.htm>
[Huge] QuickTime movie, a parody of Apple iPods.

2. Moby Blaster
   <http://jonah.bigidea.com/html/arcade/moby_blaster/moby_blaster.dcr>
A Breakout clone [Shockwave].

3. Notepad Invaders
   <http://robmanuel.blogspot.com/2005/02/notepad-invaders.html>
A version of Space Invaders.
I managed 15530 points before the sounds got too annoying.

4. Mergeroids
   <http://www.globalarcade.org/mergeroid/game.html>
Asteroids with a political bent.

5. Snow Storm
   <http://www.onlineflashgamez.com/?action=playgame&gameid=159>
Make like Homer J. Simpson and clear snow from the parking lot.

6. Planarity
   <http://www.planarity.net/index.php?size=small>
A thinking game: arrange the vertices such that no edges overlap.
I completed level 7, scoring 2071 points, then got bored.

7. Test your geography:
 * European Geography Level 3
   <http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_europe_G2_drag-drop.html>
   My score: 40/45 89%, average error=29 miles, time=362 seconds
 * Asian Geography Level 3
   <http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/country_Asia_G2_drag-drop.html>
   My score: 27/32 84%

8. Infocom Adventures
   <http://www.xs4all.nl/~pot/infocom/>
Play Infocom Adventures online [require Java].  These were big when
I got my first computer, but I was never into them.

9. The Hitchhiker Adventure Game - 20th Anniversary Edition
   <http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game_nolan.shtml>
Requires Flash.

10. Calculator Words
   <http://www.langmaker.com/calculatorwords.htm>
Learn a "language" consisting of English written with the digits of a
calculator.