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Thursday 03 January 2008 at 3:00 pm. Great links from all over the interweb -Amusing - A great sticker to place on signs making dubious claims. And on a similar note XKCD question the validity of presidential candidates.
Nifty - GrabFS on Leopard. Seems reasonably pointless but interesting in its use of some of the more esoteric OS X features.
I've heard of some interesting things about this movie and its soundtrack - 'Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait'. Fantastic review. I wonder if it would actually hold someone's interest if they weren't actually a football fan ?
I know a fair roster of science types - however none of them are committed enough to get scientific and mathematical tattoos.
Plenty of top ten lists doing the rounds at the moment but if you're a fan of independent gaming then you might enjoy some of these - 2007 Top 10 Games of the Year. Scavenger and Aquaria in particular look visually stunning.
And of course along with the new games there are the best remakes of 2007. 'Wizball' is definitely my favourite (and theres a Mac version) but 'Io' brings back fond memories too.
The ultimate web page background - Tiled Animated Gif. My eyes my eyes.
if you're going contracting, starting your own business or just want to be remembered try a metal business card. Alternatively try the slightly more geeky cdrom business card.
If you produce CD's for trade-shows you might find this solution interesting for the perennial problem of cutting CD's which end up with out of date software on them - Rogue Amoeba Live CD. The application icons in the CD actually check to see if they're the most recent version or not - if they are then they install from CD, if they're not they download and install from the web.
I'm trying to find a way to print out an a3 or a4 of this image but its worth poking around they dynamic image indicating how the US budget is carved up.
Being a terminally lazy sod prone to bouts of procrastination I find no problem with this manifesto Slow Down Now. 'Multi Tasking is a Moral Weakness' indeed
