Listing

For a school project, we have to create an alphabet book; that is, a book with a page for each letter of the alphabet, and an item on that page that begins with that letter. The item should correspond to a topic of our choosing. For example, if my topic were bands, on the page for the letter A I could put Armor for Sleep, and for B I could put blessthefall. That topic seems a bit generic, though—it was practically the first thing that jumped into my mind when we were given the assignment. Given my interest in the web, I thought my topic could be websites I frequent.

It’s not going too well, though. I do have sites for the majority of letters, but some are proving to be really hard to find. I’m trying my darndest to stay away from blogs, but some managed to slip in there anyway (you find something for Z that isn’t Zeldman!) My method of finding sites has largely involved going through bookmarks and my extensive browsing history in Firefox.

Here’s the list so far:

• A List Apart
• bash.org
• Ctrl+Alt+Del
• deviantART
• Engadget
• Facebook
• Giant in the Playground
• H_____
• IMDb
• J_____
• K_____
• Last.fm
• Mugshot
• N_____
• Overheard In The Office
• Penny Arcade
• Questionable Content
• Rotten Tomatoes
• Slashdot
• Threadless
• U_____
• Virb
• Wired
• xkcd
• YouTube
• Zeldman

From this list you can tell a lot about me. For example, I love Threadless. I’ve spent probably $200 there on myself and others, and the shirts I’ve bought are amongst my favorites of those I own. You can also tell which social networks I belong to, as well as more or less every webcomic I read.

What’s disappointing with this whole exercise is what needs to be omitted due to overlaps. For example, both Penny Arcade and PureVolume begin with P, so I can’t include both. For U I’m thinking Uncyclopedia or Urban Dictionary. I dislike both of those sites, but I need a U! Quite a predicament.