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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Snipshot: Edit pictures online

Features include: Edit images up to 5000x5000 pixels, Import from anywhere, crop, rotate, resize, and unlimited undo and redo. Try it out!

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How to Find True North Without a Compass

Which way is north? Whether you're lost in the woods or you're trying to install a sundial in your yard, you're bound to want to find true north from time to time, and chances are when the time comes you won't have a compass.

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Monday, June 19, 2006

Multiplayer Sudoku (Sudoku Combat)

Free online 2 players Sudoku. Each player receive the same Sudoku. The first person to finish it wins. Made in ajax, web 2.0 Interesting stuff.

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Saturday, June 17, 2006

Social Doodling with AJAX. View the 6400 pixel tall Mario at mydrawings.com

What happens when a lot of people get together and draw something on a virtual canvas? Check it out and see for yourself. Aside from Mario, there is a 12000 pixel tall Zelda. Drawing is accomplished with JavaScript using the canvas element for Firefox and Safari. There is a compatibility layer for Internet Explorer.

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Amazon.com Now Selling Groceries

Amazon's now offering a wide selection of nonperishable food items for sale in their new Grocery Beta section. The list includes a whole bunch of harder-to-find natural and organic, gluten-free and vegan products, and groceries are eligible for Super Saver and Amazon Prime shipping.

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Tuesday, June 13, 2006

How Holograms are Made

Always wondered how they made holograms. Cool video explaining the process.

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Thursday, June 08, 2006

"TRANSFORMERS" Teaser Poster


The title says it all. Check it out.

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Wednesday, June 07, 2006

Human Heart Beats in a Box!

A bloody human heart is kept beating while in transit between donor patients. Creepiest thing you're likely to see this week.

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Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Windows vs Ubuntu

Nice article making a comparison of Windows and Ubuntu linux in terms of ease of use for the average non-techie computer user. The arguments make a lot of sense, in fact, I'm about to install Ubuntu myself after reading this article!

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AMAZING Comparison Between Real-Life and the CRYSIS Engine

Can you tell the difference? Of course you can. They're labeled.

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Sunday, June 04, 2006

IAMS: IAMdead (Boycott IAMS Flyer)

I got this flyer today and it strikes me as something I need to help spread around to all you dog & cat lovers. So here goes, click on the images below to see the full size.


Build your Memory.

A site with tons of ways to help build your memory.
How to remember names, how to remember dreams, how to master a foreign language and more.

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Astounding Super Mario World Skills (Video)

Skeptics might say some of these moves are so brilliant that they're only possible with an emulator. There are so many mind-blowing feats of caped Mario acrobatics in this video that it must be seen.

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Saturday, June 03, 2006

Shopify released - RoR based internet store in 2 minutes

After two years of development the team over at jaded Pixel has finally released the goods. Beta testers have been very pleased with what they have seen and now the rest of us get the chance to take the code for a spin. Business model looks interesting: free signup, no monthly fee, only commission.

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Ultimate Imageless Rounded Corners with Anti-Aliasing

There are a lot of rounded corners scripts out there, but none of them really achieve image quality corners with borders.

This script not only has full anti-aliasing but also supports background images which can then layer other background images and still AA.

I don't know of one other script that can do that.

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Discovery of the Largest Crystals on Earth

Some amazing photos of the worlds largest crystals. The temperature in the cave is over 150 degrees Fahrenheit with 100% humidity.

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