Exploding Dog* features pictures drawn by sam brown. It’s updated on an ad-hoc basis. Some of the pics are odd, some are unfathomable, some make you sad, some make you happy. one or two, every few months, are fantastic; they take you somewhere you’re not expecting.

The pictures are based on titles submitted by visitors to the web site – there’s probably a backlog of titles as long as my arm by now ’cause the site has been up for several years.

It’s one of my favourite sites on the net, and one i’ve not mentioned before so i thought i’d drop a namecheck into the nice things category.

Some of my favourites include:

• look at the stars
• this hole I’ve dug is mine forever
• Let me explain the future
• don’t eat that banana
• and so it begins
• i have a question
• warning: there is a trojan on your computer
• trust me, it’s going to be ok

*the name is somewhat misleading, but then so is amazon.com, and both are good examples of the awkwardness of proper nouns in domain names (which are case insensitive).