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Word

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.

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Lego Universe

Posted 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.

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Swirl

Posted 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

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Source fource

Posted 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.

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Solar eclipse

Posted 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 darkness
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Warning

Posted at 11:09am on 07 Feb 2008

That's Not a Warning Message...

This is a warning message!

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