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Saturday, September 30, 2006

Amazing Line Rider

Way too much free time, but cool none-the-less.

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MacBook Egg Frying

This MacBook Pro gets hot enough to fry an egg.

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Why Your Web App Sucks

"The reason it is so hard to make a great web application is because it is so easy to make it suck. The greatest ideas do not always translate into the greatest applications because of poor execution. What makes them so bad though? Let�s take a look."

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Going Back In Time...digg v1.6

Weren't around before digg v3? Miss the good old days? Here's a picture for you of what digg used to look like.

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The "Web 2.0 'exit strategy'" badges

Funny badges of Web 2.0 'exit strategy'

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Video: Computer transforms 2D images into 3D

Creating 3D animations from regular 2D images has long been thought impossible by researchers since three decades ago. But the time is different now. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University has announced that they've found a way to help computers learn the geometric context of a 2D image automatically

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Friday, September 29, 2006

Walking on the Bridge To New York City at Twilight.......Great Photos

Simply Heavenly Photo of the Brooklyn Bridge at Twilight - -----walking to New York City.....This is the view thousands of New Yorkers see while walking to the city to get to work during the morning hours.......or joggin after work

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Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Sony eBook Reader hands-on - Engadget

"..a 6-inch E Ink display, enough battery life for 7,500 page turns, support for DRM'd BBeB and unprotected PDF, TXT, RTF, and Word files -- but the big news is that this thing will in fact support RSS feeds. Sort of." Lots of good pics.

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The Catch-22 of Web 2.0

Mike Rundle discusses ironic and funny circumstances about the Web 2.0 industry. He discusses how companies are given millions but they need more, how people want to start a software company but they cannot code, and how experts such as Michael Arrington created web 2.0 companies that are failing.

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How To Get Back At Spammers

Ignoring or deleting spam is one thing, but spammers will still get paid for delivering their stuff. Here's how to hurt them.

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Tech buzzwords say all the wrong things

Our industry is addicted to bullshit buzzwords. Everyone's always implementing or enabling or optimizing or leveraging. There are endless value streams, efficiencies, solutions, infrastructures, and enterprises. But people who abuse buzzwords don't sound smart. They sound like they are trying to sound smart. Big difference.

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Sunday, September 24, 2006

3D tour of The Simpson residence

Ever wanted a tour of the simpsons house?

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Coca Cola Commercial, Parody of GTA

One picture is worth 1K words, so just watch the movie.

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How to grab a gun away

This video shows you how to disarm an opponent that is holding a gun at you - he then shows you how to immobilize your opponent. Pretty handy stuff.



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Top 10 Web 2.0 Losers

Paul Scrivens' top 10 so-called Web 2.0 failures

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Awesome Photoshop Painting Skills

This is actually a tutorial but it's great to check out, just to see the painting. It's worth the 20 seconds it takes to check it out!

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Friday, September 22, 2006

(Space) Marine Corps plan to deploy through space

The Marine Corps calls the concept the Small Unit Space Transport and Insertion Capability (Sustain). The concept is to deliver strategic equipment or a small squad of soldiers to any point on the globe -- even the most hard-to-reach location -- within hours of need.

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Thursday, September 21, 2006

John Ashcroft Image Made out of Porn Pictures

An image of politician John Ashcroft, who opposes nudity in art or any other form, comprised entirely of porn images. NSFW although the porn images are very small and indistinguishable from the image of Ashcroft.
**A Must SEE**

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HOW TO: Silence a Computer

Top hints for turning your roaring beastie into a silent computer. From noiseless components (fans, HDDs) and zero noise PC cases to sound absorbing kits and heat control accessories. Very useful!

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OMG. The new FoxNews.com looks like SH*T!

How can a multibillion dollar news cooperation have such a horrible looking website? Its kinda funny though reminds me of what websites looked like back in 1992. They really need to hire some new designers.

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Web 2.0 Winners and Losers

After digging through the most awesome examples of next-generation web services on the net -- and the most useless -- we've compiled this list of the best and worst.

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Top 7 World's Most Valuable Comic Books...."These are the Holy Grail"

All but one are worth over $100,000 US, in Mint Condition of course....

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$2,500 DIY Car

In a world where the price of oil is trending towards infinity ,Jory Squibb decided he
�d build his own fuel-miser. The vehicle, christened MOONBEAM, gets 80-85 mpg around town and under economy run conditions (max 40 mph) delivers 105 mpg. the entire project took 1000 hours (a year of 20 hour weeks) to complete.

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When is The Best Time to Buy Everything

"At 50 Cents a roll instead of the regular retail price of $4, buying wrapping paper after New Year's is an easy way to save. The same holds true for buying half-price inflatable pool loungers and patio furniture after Labor Day weekend.'

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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Radar-Activated Speed Bumps

Gwyn Harvey has developed a new radar-activated speed bump system �that would only deploy to slow drivers traveling at an unreasonable speed.� The so-called �Selective Road Humps� would likely cost a great deal more than regular speed humps, but could theoretically be justified in busy subdivisions and residential areas.

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Sunday, September 17, 2006

Click Drag Type 3!! Flash Puzzle Game

Damn! Such a good set of games!

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Friday, September 15, 2006

In the Rough

Here is a funny animation from Blur

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Nice Flash Sudoku

The best sudoku online I've seen so far

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Tiny Icon Factory

Simple 13x13 black and white social icon creator created at the MIT Media Lab.

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Thursday, September 14, 2006

Why The Wisdom Of Crowds Fails On Digg

This article explores why the wisdom of crowds fails on Digg. The idea is explored through Surowiecki's book (which coined the term) and through Malcolm Gladwell's "The Tipping Point''

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Monday, September 11, 2006

Inside The Freedom Tower (Photos)

The 1776-floor Freedom Tower is the most symbolic of four buildings planned on the former World Trade Center site. The design fortifies the building against another attack -- a steel and concrete core supports the structure and a wide staircase egress route is separate from the entry for emergency workers in case disaster strikes again.

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Sunday, September 10, 2006

Amazing High-Def Time Lapse Video

The video speaks for itself. Multiple resolutions available.

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Over 60 amazing optical illusions

By far the coolest illusions you will ever see

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Thursday, September 07, 2006

Ariston made The BEST AD in the world!

This is the best AD i've seen in years!
Very creative!



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Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Ultimate programmer's reference - QuickRef.org launches

AJAX-powered site searches for documentation on CSS, HTML, HTML DOM, Java, JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, Perl, Ruby, and more languages added all the time. Minimize docs and they show up next time you visit the site. Instantly access Google search for documents not in the QuickRef system. Never open 15 tabs or windows again!

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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Conan O'Brien Plays 1864 Baseball. His Funniest Clip Ever

Conan O'Brien finds a group of people who dress up and play baseball as if they were from the 1860's. After interviewing them and making fun of them he dresses up and plays with them. This has to be the funniest short that Conan has ever done.

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The size our of universe

Our universe is fucking damn big. Video shows picture of the other stars compared to ours.



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