[Lancaster] random word search

[andy baxter]

Richard Robinson wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:54:28AM +0100, andy baxter wrote:
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>> Ken Hough wrote:
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>>> On Monday 22 June 2009 03:48:47 andy baxter wrote:
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>>>> 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.
>   

The thing I like about mine is it generates 2 random words, which you 
can look at before you click the google search link. So you can bend 
your head for a moment wondering what that word combination is going to 
lead to before you click the link.

andy