Sunday, August 13, 2006

FlickrStorm best way to search Flickr

FlickrStorm is a third-party Flickr search tool that aims to give you new ways to search and collect photographs from Flickr

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Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Random Tornado hits soccer field while children are playing

Watch a mini tornado from start to finish. Kids and parents scramble in fear.

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Sunday, August 06, 2006

The PaperCut Galleries: The Phenomenal Work Of Peter Callesen

Take a piece of A4 paper, just a normal ordinary blank one as it comes out of the copy machine tray. You can write on it, draw on it, but also cut into it. Peter Callesen does so. Since 2004 parallel to his performance practice, he has been transforming two dimensional surfaces into three dimensional sculptures by the means of a paper cutter.

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Friday, July 28, 2006

MAJOR Google Talk UPDATE! With Voicemail+Music status+File transfer

Finally Google Talk with voicemail, file transfer capabilities and show what music track you are playing in your client!!!

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Add Digg Spy to Your Website or Blog

A simple widget from the same person who did the Digg ticker allowing you to incorporate Digg Spy into your website or blog.

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Monday, July 17, 2006

World Firefox Day

Are you a fan of Firefox? Want to spread the word to a friend who hasn't heard of it yet? If you can convince just one person to switch to Firefox before September 15th, you'll both be immortalized in Firefox 2.0's source code.

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Sunday, July 09, 2006

How To Tweak Some Of Firefox 2.0 Beta 1's New Features

This guide will show you how to tweak some of Firefox 2.0 Beta 1's new features so that you are prepared when it gets released on Tuesday!

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Thursday, July 06, 2006

Flow in Games - Amazing games based on a thesis of Flow in Games

Xinghan Chen, a USC student, based his thesis on the flow in video games. Chen saw that there was a relationship between challenge, player ability, and the way these factors affect ones playing experience. Chen then implemented his theory into his games

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Microsoft Private Folder 1.0

Microsoft have released Private Folder 1.0, which lets you have a folder called 'My Private Folder' which you can password protect. This was posted on Neowin by cep_head: http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=476116&st=0

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Amazing Infrared Photo Gallery!

Some really great infrared photos of rivers, trees, and fields. They have a chillingly surreal feel to them. Makes for some nice desktop wallpapers...

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Discovery finally launches!

The shuttle Discovery finally launched today, the first ever July 4th launch of a space shuttle.

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Monday, July 03, 2006

Easy way to get a @MSN.com email address.

Microsoft normally doesn't allow people to have an @MSN.com account without purchasing their MSN internet service. This unpublished link takes you to a registration page on Microsoft's website that allows you to register for an @MSN.com email and Passport account.

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Thursday, June 29, 2006

A Solar Powered Tent!

Yes, it's a tent that has it's own solar panel and integrated LED lighting system.

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P2P insurer will pay your fines if RIAA sues: $19/year!

"Apparently, a company in Sweden is offering file-sharing insurance - they'll pay your fines if you're sued by the RIAA. The /. submitter translates the link as follows: 'For a mere 140 SEK ($19 USD) per year, they will pay all your fines and give you a t-shirt if you get convicted for file sharing.'"

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A Lego Crossbow!

A semi-automatic pump-action lego crossbow that took four blocks in the handle and one in the chamber. It can fire a standard lego brick about 20 yards. It's not terribly accurate, but believe me, you don't want to fire this thing at the family pet.

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Google Checkout is live!

Web sites and merchants can integrate Google Checkout into their sites as an alternative payment processing method to existing checkout and credit card processing systems.

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Tuesday, June 27, 2006

Little known microsoft site hosts tons of cool freebie toys

The Microsoft research website is not known to many. This site publishes all sorts of cool programs and papers dealing with new technologies that Microsoft is working on. Have a look for yourself.

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Flagr: Brag about where you've been

The idea, according to co-founder David Wurtz, is to "give people a way to brag about where they've been." One can also think of it as Digg for the physical world -- all Flagr needs is a rating system, and the team is considering adding one.

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Stop Windows Update from nagging you to restart your computer!

You're working and Windows hijacks your screen asking you, "Restart Now? Later?". Worse, you leave for lunch and come back only to realize your PC has restarted on its own. Agh! Use this to define how often Windows will nag you (default is 10 minutes), or to turn off the nag entirely (yes!).

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Monday, June 26, 2006

New Digg v3 Launched

It's live right now. The midi was fun to hear.

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