Because I said so, that's why.
www.mozilla.org
OK. This ain't a weird site at all, but PC users should visit it and download Firefox 1.0. It's a web browser that's not susceptible to all the nastiness that comes with IE. You know: viruses, browser hijackers, Active X exploits, and the security-hole-of-the-minute. (If you, like us at WWWeird, are a Mac user, you have even more options. Choose from Firefox, Safari, OmniWeb and Camino.) Help make the world a better place, dump IE. Hell, even the Department of Freakin' Homeland Security, recommends switching. Not that I'm in favor of much they do, but they can't be wrong all of the time.
more disturbing than the polar express
www.realdoll.com
There is a principle in robotics called the uncanny valley. The idea is that as robots become more human, we become more accepting of them—to a point. There is a point at which the robot simultaneously becomes too human, and not human enough. It enters the uncanny valley and becomes creepy (think of the chubby, male mannequin at Cupid's). Welcome to realdoll.com, the uncanny valley's home on the Internet. I wouldn't want to be alone in the room with one of these love dolls, much less actually fuck it.
They are so much softer than gerbils...
www.realhamster.com
For those of you who prefer to plug rodents, I'm happy to share realhamster.com with you. These are the finest buggering hamsters available on the Internet. They are a quality, custom construction. You even get your choice of areola color. Two and three entry models are available. Best thing about them? Unlike the real thing, you don't have to wrap them in duct tape to keep them from exploding.
Maybe they should call this realpresidents.com
www.talkingpresidents.com
Home of the Presidential Action Figure, or in the case of our current Prez inaction figure. (You really didn't think I'd let a whole column go by without at least one swipe at Dubya didya?) The site is obviously run by someone with right lean, (Clinton is mocked, George Bush is praised and Donald "Rummy" Rumsfeld is called a "true, American Patriot." cough, cough) but honestly, the Turkey Dinner G. W. Bush Action Figure is almost too good to pass up. None of the dolls of Dubya speak; if only that were true of the original.