[Lancaster] random word search

[Richard Robinson]

On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:54:28AM +0100, andy baxter wrote:
> Ken Hough wrote:
> > On Monday 22 June 2009 03:48:47 andy baxter wrote:
> >   
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> If any of you are bored or stuck in a net.rut, here's a program I wrote
> >> to generate a google search on a pair of randomly chosen words:
> >>
> >> http://www.rhizomatix.net/cgi-bin/ranword-www.py
> >
> > And you wonder if any of us are bored??????     :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)
> >   
> I felt like I was spending too much time looking at the same sites I 
> always do, so I decided that this would be a good way to branch out a 
> bit and see a bit more of the internet. I've found loads of interesting 
> stuff like this, including:
> 
> - A memorial site for a blues club owner in austin texas.
> - Scientific papers about doing some kind of analysis of rocks.
> - A paper about successful women who perceive themselves as imposters.
> - A photo of a fossilised skeleton from a desert in south africa.
> - A book review in the Western Journal of Black Studies.
> - Somebody's sea fishing trip.
> - A weird picture on deviantart.com.
> - A review of a Bertolt Brecht play.
> - A page on Barnes and Noble about a Dr. Seuss book.
> and last but not least:
> - Chuck's Cafe Arizona, 'home of the Plopper'.
> 
> So it's worked for me ... :)

*grin* I know what you mean, Andy. It prodded me to do some digging around,
and rediscovered http://www.uroulette.com/ - which generates a random link.
I'll try & get round to looking at yours too, at some point ...

Seeing only what you want can become tedious.


-- 
Richard Robinson
"The whole plan hinged upon the natural curiosity of potatoes" - S. Lem