SurfFoo for May 19th

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Whenever I have to work through a night, occasionally waiting for the computer to complete a task, I use the time to do some random (as in guided) surfing. Here are the results from last nights fishing trip:

Gems from the Web:

• More Clingy than Static - In a short span of time today, two good examples of websites leveraging typically static pages.
• Belgacom Internet Assitance - 3 clips take the magic out of, well, magic tricks. Or: 3 clips show you how you can impress your friends in a pub.
• Articles - Fit To Print - A nice run-through for designers on how to choose a printer and how to prepare your files for delivery.
• 5 innovations that will change our lives! - The five innovations that will change people’s lives over the next five years are: (well, you have to click to find out )
• 11 Great Color Legends - Some colors become huge successes early on and then fade off into obscurity? while other colors go the distance and become international icons. Here we look at 11 of the great color legends? Stop Sign Red, Horny Green M&Ms, Black Death, Blue Sky?
• Right-Half Chow: Running The Numbers - A stunning series of photographs and compositions
• Top 100 Open Courseware Projects | OEDb - Open Courseware projects about audio and film. Great list! (And 96 other courses, too)
• Right-Half Chow: Office Drama - Interesting comments about the Microsoft Office 2007 internet-only campaign
• Cinema Politica - Shows political films in your community.
• UK Comedian Clogs the Cogs with Daily McDemos - Thomas has been organizing people to challenge the UK law that prohibits unsanctioned demonstrations, where organizers and protesters are required to register their planned demo six days in advance and fill out the proper paperwork.
• Log On, Shoot at an Iraqi: New Interactive Installation at the Flatfile Gallery - Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal has locked himself into a studio with live webcams for the month of May.
• Audi defrauds Toronto with fake film permits - The automaker applied for a permit from the Film and Television Office of Toronto to shoot a commercial that would allow it to place double “T” statues that measure six feet high and fifteen feet long all over the city for a period of three days.
• The Ups and Downs of Multiple Website Identities - recently responded to a business reporter who asked to “speak with small-business owners who have more than one Web site up-and-running, to understand the pros and cons of establishing more than one online identity”.
• Want to See How Viral Marketing and Social Media Works? - Interesting post about the video that was previously published here.