The Gargoyle, a highly sophisticated publication, draws inspiration from other highly sophisticated sources--most of which, are amusing websites. Much like hard drugs (or hard rock), links listed below are rather delightful and have a high potential for addiction, enjoy!
1.) http://www.oreillymaker.com/
For those of you unfamiliar with O'Reilly Books, they are guides to computer programming languages. The cover of each book follows the same basic formula, regardless of how boring or esoteric the contents of the book may be. This website allows you, the layperson, to create your own cover, with whichever inane title you desire and the animal of your choice! Some examples of the fun you can have can be found here and here.
1.) http://www.oreillymaker.com/
For those of you unfamiliar with O'Reilly Books, they are guides to computer programming languages. The cover of each book follows the same basic formula, regardless of how boring or esoteric the contents of the book may be. This website allows you, the layperson, to create your own cover, with whichever inane title you desire and the animal of your choice! Some examples of the fun you can have can be found here and here.
2.) http://www.krisjacque.com/
Do you like comics? Sketches? Paintings? Artfully-taken-Polaroids? Musings and Charming Nonsense? Welcome home, friend. Consider this website your one-stop-shop for all of those things.
3.) http://www.bigassmessage.com/
Sometimes, one finds that italics and CAPS LOCK just aren't expressive enough in the realm of online discourse. This site offers a delightful solution to that and many other problems. For example, maybe you want to make your point in a lasting, seizure-inducing way? Or maybe just express that you're hungry? We're not going to tell you how to use the site. Just be aware that it's all-too-easy to let online conversations mutate into a single thread of BIGASSMESSAGES.
4.) http://www.harkavagrant.com/
This last link is for all you idiots who are using the internet for the wrong things, because if you were using the internet properly, you would have discovered the brilliance of Kate Beaton's History Comics by now. Even if you're not really that into history, or if you slept through any of your humanities classes at school, Beaton's endearing art and excellent sense of humor make this one of the best comics ever, online or otherwise.
Do you like comics? Sketches? Paintings? Artfully-taken-Polaroids? Musings and Charming Nonsense? Welcome home, friend. Consider this website your one-stop-shop for all of those things.
3.) http://www.bigassmessage.com/
Sometimes, one finds that italics and CAPS LOCK just aren't expressive enough in the realm of online discourse. This site offers a delightful solution to that and many other problems. For example, maybe you want to make your point in a lasting, seizure-inducing way? Or maybe just express that you're hungry? We're not going to tell you how to use the site. Just be aware that it's all-too-easy to let online conversations mutate into a single thread of BIGASSMESSAGES.
4.) http://www.harkavagrant.com/
This last link is for all you idiots who are using the internet for the wrong things, because if you were using the internet properly, you would have discovered the brilliance of Kate Beaton's History Comics by now. Even if you're not really that into history, or if you slept through any of your humanities classes at school, Beaton's endearing art and excellent sense of humor make this one of the best comics ever, online or otherwise.
