![]() ![]() ![]() It’s good for displaying on your TVs during house parties and revisiting the beauty of the 90s. I could describe it to you, but it’s probably better if you just see it for yourself. I’m hesitant to tell you more, as CacheMonet is an experience in itself and must be treated as such. As they say on the site, “cachemonet is an exploration into the serendipitous collisions that occur between two randomly generated arrays.” The website essentially takes you on a visually intoxicating journey through 90s internet media, featuring a song built by Windows 95 sound bites that is sure to be stuck in your head for literally the rest of your life. The Unix Philosophy coined the age old adage, “Do one thing and do it well.” While it’s hard to actually figure out what CacheMonet’s one thing is, few people would deny that they do it well. With a name like CacheMonet, how can this website not be one of the most awesome gems on the internet? Like the other sites on this list, it does nothing more than briefly entertain. But at the end of the day, this site isn’t really good for much unless you don’t know how to locate your own cursor or if you want to scour the photo database for your future spouse. But, as I said, this site is surprisingly complex (at least to a computer amateur like me), so here’s a video that better explains all that’s going on. ![]() The database seems to have unlimited pictures for every nook and cranny that you can fit your cursor into, so who knows how long it took to gather all of those photos. The basics that I could gather was that the site uses a Voronoi Diagram to find the X and Y coordinates of your cursor and then display the corresponding picture. Fascinating stuff.īut, what makes this website so neat isn’t just the endless amount of people pointing in photos, but really it’s the site’s accuracy and ability to find your cursor perfectly. After a few seconds, a picture will pop up that points to your cursor. On the surface, all the user has to do is place their cursor on the screen. PointerPointer may look simple and well, pointless … but underneath it’s triviality lies a hidden sophistication. Sick of having to locate your cursor on your own volition? Love looking at pictures of people you’ve never met before? This website was made for you, I guess. It’s good for a pick-me-up, maybe a minute of entertainment, and that’s about it. It’s a nice flashback to when technology was simpler and not so pervasive. For its minimalist style, the site is strangely alluring. The site is aesthetically pleasing enough, hosting bright colors and audio motivational messages such as, “Anything is possible at Zombo Com.” And that’s really it. Yes, even flash animation was new at one point, and this group took advantage of all it had to offer. As the first on our list truly, this site defines “artistically worthless.” It originated in 1999 when a group of students and faculty from George Washington University Center for Professional Development wanted to play around with a brand new technology: flash animation. What you’ve been waiting for - 8 incredibly pointless websites. Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: Time to Prioritize Wildfire Prevention & Suppression ![]()
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