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Entries for week beginning July 17, 2005

July 21, 2005

CNET: Top 10 Web fads

CNet list the top ten memes of the last ten years. Mahir was robbed.

The New Yorker: THE CANDY MAN

Excellent profile of Roald Dahl, one of my favourite authors of all time. JK Rowling owes him a lot.

GreaseMonkeyed.com - Userscript Repository

Put your newly-neutered GreaseMonkey to work with this tagged repository of userscripts.

Lussumo Vanilla - The sweetest forum on the web

Interesting looking new web-forum software.

Cool Tools: Password Lock

The winner of the Staples design contest is now on sale. Remember a five-letter word instead of a number.

dsandler.org ≡ Tetris.

Tetrisdreams illustrated. I know this feeling well. I also had a creepy “redonblack” fixation after playing too much Solitaire at a tempjob once.

The UK Police Service: POLICE APPEAL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS

London police appeal for anyone who took camphone snaps around the explosions on the Tube today to MMS them. A fascinating example of camphones being about communicating images.

July 20, 2005

Google Moon - Lunar Landing Sites

Lovely little Googletreat to celebrate the anniversary of the moon landings. Make sure and try zooming in to the maximum resolution to see what the moon is made of.

July 19, 2005

B3ta: How to Poach an Egg

Vortex in boiling water with a little vinegar always worked for me as a student, but this clingfilm method may be worth a try.

July 18, 2005

Massive security hole in Greasemonkey

If you have GM installed, disable it quick — It allows any site to grab any file off your hard drive.

O'Reilly Radar > Google Master Plan

Nat deduces the Google End Game.

July 17, 2005

Apple - Trailers - March Of The Penguins

PENGUINS!!!

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