January 27, 2006

This is for all the news junkies

This is a new way in looking at the news. It will show you a map and all the time zones and current time and news in that happening in that part of the world.

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IMDb.com adds TV show seasons on main details page

While the info has always been there, IMDb has added Season Numbers on their main details page for easy access to guest star info, trivia, cast, and general episode info. Very cool for TV junkies.

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How to Take Great Photos of an Electronics Product with a Digital Camera

Whether writing a review for web site or selling a used camera or product at an online auction site such as eBay, your photos should look their very best. It's easier than you think to take pictures that stand out from the crowd, even without a fancy digital camera and professional lighting equipment.

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11 Things To Do After A Hack

Here's a brief list of some steps to take "post-hack" to ensure you have the best chance of determining who did what and how it was done.

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Buy DaVinci's Cryptex -- These things look amazing

For all you DaVinci Code fans out there this is really awesome. This site builds Cryptex's to custom orders. Some of these look really awesome! Check out the gallery on the website.

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Insane Aurora Video

The IMAGE satellite captured this view of the Aurora Australis (southern lights) on September 11, 2005, four days after a record-setting solar flare sent plasma flying towards the Earth. The ring of light that the solar storm generated over Antarctica glows green in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum.

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Remembering Space Shuttle Challenger 20 Years Later

Twenty years ago, space shuttle Challenger blew apart into jets of fire and plumes of smoke, a terrifying sight witnessed by the families of the seven astronauts and by those who came to watch the historic launch of the first teacher in space.

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January 26, 2006

Watch The Best Game Endings Ever

Game Revolution is undertaking the noble task of trying to put some of the greatest �old school� game endings of all time together and have a library of game ending history for download at its website. (via kotaku)

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Sites Google Agreed to Censor

This site shows screenshots with differences in search results between Google.com and Google.cn. Results about human rights are omitted, as well as information about Tibet and many news sources.

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How to make a thief regret stealing your laptop

Software that spies on thieves to determine and report their identity.

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'Invisibility Cloak' Patented

Ulyanovsk State University Professor Oleg Gadomsky has recieved a Russian patent for an "INVISIBILITY CLOAK" -- a method for making things INVISIBLE.

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Digg Acquisition Rumors

"..just to set things straight - we are not in talks with Yahoo. We are focused on creating new features and expanding digg into new areas beyond tech. The recent reports about digg and Yahoo! are just rumors, nothing more."

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How to Be Creative

An excellent read detailing 30 ways to be more creative!

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Kevin Rose Reveals It All...

Come get the inside scoop on Digg's founder, Kevin Rose.

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New BitTorrent Client for OS 10 and Windows

This is a new client for Windows and Mac called Fireant. Not only will it download audio and video files via BitTorrent, the software allows you to copy video and audio directly to an iPod, PSP, Creative Zen, and other devices.

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Details on Major Google Algorithm Update (w/ test IPs)

Google's upcoming algorithm update will change things so much they have dubbed it "BigDaddy." The update is slated for mid-February or early March and will fix many of the current issues with Google's search results. Try these IPs to test out the new system pre-release: 66.249.93.104 and 64.233.179.104 - is your site still in the top results?

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Play-Doh Beats Wal*Mart's and Target's Fingerprint Scanners

Just as it says.

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January 25, 2006

Google Date

Google Date lets you enter a date and then searches using Google for what happened on that date and shows results. (Some weird ishh happend the day I was born.)

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New Technique Finds Earth-like Planet

A new planet-hunting technique has detected the most Earth-like planet yet around a star other than our sun, raising hopes of finding a space rock that might support life, astronomers reported on Wednesday.

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Anything you ever wanted to know about any logo!

A massive collection of logos including who created them, when, the typeface of the name, etc... Check it out!

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A big list of FREE music making software!

Here you have a list with the 30 latest FREE Music Making software. Free VST's, Plugins, Instruments, Filters, Effects, Trackers, Sequencers & more.

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Create a Freakish Zombie in 11 Steps

A step-by-step Photoshop walk-through for turning a regular image of someone into a freakish member of the living dead. (With fun pictures.) There's also a similar tsunami tutorial in the same blog.

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Microsoft's Sparkle: Is It a Flash Killer?

"Developers get their first taste of a test build of Microsoft's new visual-development tool. But can Windows woo creative professionals?"

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'Family Guy's' Stewie hosting Web talk show

"Victory is Mine!"

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Developing for PS3 is �Crazy-Easy�

Over at the PlayStation Forums, the Kill Zone 2 development team has been answering questions about their upcoming PS3 title. The Lead Tester at Guerrilla Games posted this juicy morsel:

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Can't Get Enough CSS Articles? Here's A Few Hundred To Keep You Busy

The title says it all. Hundreds of Cascading Style Sheet Articles.

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January 23, 2006

Facial expression learning tool

Awesome reference tool that can help casual and professional artists learn facial anatomy and structure.

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Hack Attack: Mouseless Firefox

Lifehacker has a great article on how to use firefox without ever touching your mouse. Great for speeding up browsing

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Measure Your Intelligence...Scared???

Are you a logical thinker? A numerical whiz? A verbal genius? Or are you visually inclined? Are you looking for intellectual stimulation? Find out how smart you are (and increase your IQ) with the Intelligence Test.

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New Era of Screenshots....3D!

This is pretty damn cool. New screenshot for MotoGP 2006, in full qicktime VR. I want more!

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Simple Rounded Corner CSS Boxes

"...For those of you that haven't seen it, you can make boxes that look like the following (or better/worse) with this technique. The neat thing is that they expand and shrink automatically to fit your content and the XHTML markup is really light:.."

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The Best Time to Buy Everything

CNNMoney reports on the Best Time to Buy Air Tickets, Televisions, Houses, Cars, Video Games, and Toys...

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January 22, 2006

330MPG Uber Hybrid Car?

They plan to sell a revolutionary hybrid two-seater car that they say can get up to 330 miles per gallon, and will sell for under $20,000.

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330MPG Uber Hybrid Car?

They plan to sell a revolutionary hybrid two-seater car that they say can get up to 330 miles per gallon, and will sell for under $20,000.

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Install MythTV on your Xbox!

Just get an Xbox 360, and have an old Xbox lying around collecting dust? Why not install linux and have it front-end for your MythTV box. You can hide your Myth box and use that old xbox to stream videos directly from it! Step-by-step guide with awesome directions and screenshots of every process.

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Disney Buys Pixar for US$7 Billion

Pixar Animation Studios, whose films have garnered critical acclaim with both domestic and overseas audiences, is being bought tomorrow by Disney for $7 billion. Steve Jobs, as the CEO of Pixar, will become the largest shareholder in Disney.

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Find out who is copying your content from your website.

Copyscape is dedicated to defending your rights online, helping you fight against online plagiarism and content theft. Copyscape finds sites that have copied your content without permission, as well as those that have quoted you.

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Awesome website with C# Resources

This website is an awesome resource for any C# developer! They offer links to several free, open-source IDEs, as well as links to libraries such as PDF libraries, and other resources. Check it out, and see if this website can assist in your programming needs!

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Free iTunes Music for 2006

why pay if you could get it for free from apple. this lists all the free tunes from apple all you need to do is download them when they are free.

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Multi Theft Auto: San Andreas R1.0 today

The countdown has begun. Only hours from now, the MTA: San Andreas client will be released. Dedicated Server are all ready out.

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Automatically Find Your Album Art You're Missing in iTunes

Just upload your iTunes XML file and this site analyzes which cds you're missing album art for. It then gets all the covers from Amazon and displays them all. It takes a little while to get everything loaded at first, but is very fast after that.

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Facial expression learning tool

Awesome reference tool that can help casual and professional artists learn facial anatomy and structure.

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