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Posted at 9:17am on 28 Feb 2008
The Big Word Project
A kind of viral marketing dictionary... or something...
Pay $1 per letter for the ad word of your choice:
http://www.thebigwordproject.com
Stake your claims now, it may be the next million dollar homepage.
PermalinkPosted at 9:06am on 26 Feb 2008
Lego Universe
Best idea for an MMO ever:
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/02/lego-universe-l.html
The best part is that you can take any model you build virtually in the game and Lego will send you the parts and instructions to build it.
Is it possible that Lego has finally found a way to make itself relevant in the digital age? I hope so.
PermalinkPosted at 9:05am on 25 Feb 2008
Castle in Colour: Optical Illusion
This is a nice trick:
http://www.johnsadowski.com/big_spanish_castle.php
PermalinkPosted at 3:44pm on 22 Feb 2008
Source Fource
Ill-conceived marketing concept from Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/events/hero/sfbio
Is it me, or do they look like Lego people? Only... you know... shit.
Update: It seems they've improved them a bit. You can see the woeful originals here.
PermalinkPosted at 12:39pm on 18 Feb 2008
Slow News Day?
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/45792
Millions of eyewitnesses watched in stunned horror Tuesday as light emptied from the sky, plunging the U.S. and neighboring countries into darknessPermalink