1. An overhead view of a structure (manmade or natural) which provokes interest
This one is from the Newmarket Health Centre in Ontario, Canada. All the details are there.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/02/13/25A23BE800000578-0-image-a-1_1423824002430.jpg 2. Animals behaving like humans (bonus points for non-domesticated/wild animals)
It's a bit different, but I thought the look on this dog's face is really almost human like
https://cmeimg-a.akamaihd.net/640/ppds/61b19b2a-fa86-47b3-ac04-c8b176caa81a.jpg Alternatively, here is an elephant taking a selfie
https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/elephant-selfie-elphie-thailand/index.html 3. People caught misbehaving by Google Street View
Wonder if this could have been #2 too...
https://www.rover.com/blog/friendly-dog-follows-google-photographer-shows-every-street-view-shot/
4. Something cool from your hometown (if you have privacy concerns, you can lie)
The only gold medal for Ireland in the 2012 Olympics was won by
Katie Taylor who's from the town where I live.
5. A haiku
I can never write
a haiku that is correct
because I always end up with too many syllables in the last line
6. Fun discoveries from map-based interactive software (e.g. Pokémon Go)
Oldie but goodie
https://www.flickr.com/photos/arjunprabhu/456632373 7. Great music you discovered online
A track from Die Hard 3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8Rj7x4_zRo As one of the comments says, best part 4:34
8. An Easter egg found on a website (if you submit an actual Easter egg it better be amazing)
If you go to Google maps and go to Loch Ness, the Street View guy changes into a green monster (see attachment).
Another one: go to this brewery's website and select "I'm under 21".
http://blackacrebrewing.com/home/
9. Digital relics of a time gone by
The million dollar webpage!
http://www.milliondollarhomepage.com/
Created by a guy from England in 2005, who used it to pay his college tuition fees. It consisted of 1 million pixels (1000x1000) which were sold for a dollar each (though the smallest unit you could buy was a 10x10 block) and would link to your website. Purchasers included major companies like Yahoo and The Times, and although the author didn't accept porn, warez or any malware sites, a lot were also bought by online casinos, personal loans, dating sites and other get-rich-quick (the irony!) schemes. Note that as of today, many of the links are dead, but the author true to his word still has the website up.
For more interesting info about it, read the FAQ:
[url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801231925/http://milliondollarhomepage.com:80/faq.php]FAQ[/url].
10. Novel uses of the Internet
GIMPS, the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search
https://www.mersenne.org/
I've been looking for large primes for more than 12 years now
11. An awesome web game
There Is Only One Level
https://armorgames.com/play/4309/this-is-the-only-level It's just "one" level but each time there is a slight variation. 30 in total.
Played and finished at work, back when I worked in a corporation (to all you newbies joining a corp: a place where no one can see your screen is the most import thing to look for if you can when you start). It's amazing.
12. Fun with Internet bots
Had this chat with cleverbot
http://www.cleverbot.com/conv/201806261722/MCA4IABY5V_Hey 13. A story about how the Internet has personally affected your life
DOSBox!!! I got to be able to replay all those old games, without having to keep my old PCs (though I still keep them; they're collecting dust in the attic).
14. An interesting font
Comic Sans. Especially useful for your Powerpoint slides.
15. Unexpected web privacy/security concerns
GOG's initial decision to enable Profiles on by default.
16. A beautiful building
Fallingwater by Frank Lloyd Wright.
17. A glorious meme
Hitler and the Steam summer sale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38JDm54AIAc I love those Downfall parodies. Someone made one about GOG (introduction of regional pricing?) but I can't find it.
18. A historical tidbit
Huéscar, a province in Spain, was technically at war with Denmark for 172 years. The declaration of war, made during the Napoleonic wars, was forgotten about and a peace treaty was only signed in 1981. There are a couple of other similar incidents:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_extended_by_diplomatic_irregularity 19. Technology going so very wrong
BSODs in public places always make me smile.
https://www.geek.com/tech/this-must-be-the-biggest-windows-blue-screen-of-death-ever-seen-1667359/
The above is not mine, but I've seen one or two myself
20. A recipe
Something I posted on GOG before:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/share_your_favorites_receipes/post23 21. Old people trying to understand the Internet
Not exactly that, but...
Old Georgian woman cuts off internet access to whole of Armenia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/06/georgian-woman-cuts-web-access 22. Your favourite conspiracy theory
Flinstones take place in a post apocalyptic future.
https://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-flintstones-set-distant-future.php 23. Something you contributed to the Internet
Besides my
porn titles thread?
My esoteric challenges on GOG:
I,
II,
III IV My
brainfuck GOG quine.
And for something useful: a patch to fix a music issue in GOG's Shadow Warrior: Twin Dragon.
https://www.gog.com/forum/shadow_warrior_series/solution_keeping_music_enabled_in_twin_dragon