SurfFoo for June 17th

Jun 17th, 2007 by Martin

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Gems from the Web:

For sale: Ghost town in the middle of nowhere - An entire town - yours for a mere $250,000, mineral and timber rights included.
Welcoming the “Check” Prime Minister at All Things Pakistan - Oops!
Photo 2 Life - How to animate a photograph of a bird. Tutorial for Photoshop plus After Effects.
Credit Card Signature - One guy was fed up noone checking his credit card signature, so he started a little experiment. Hilarious!
Funniest Bus Ads - Nice collection of creative bus commercials.
Macs cheaper than Dell - It’s kind of stunning. If you want all the features of our $2,799 MacBook Pro you need to spend $3,459 on a Dell.
Apple - Safari 3 Public Beta - Now also for Windows. Interesting move.
High-Speed Camera Captures Milk Droplet Splashing on Coffee - Simply Beautiful.
If the Blog is the new resume then the “Google Me” is the business card? - Jim Turner’s analogy that folks are not handing out business cards as much because they tell folks to “Google my name”.
Reverse Grunge - Easy Texture Technique in Photoshop (and others) - Quick tutorial on how to easily create a grungy background in Photoshop.
One-Click Long-File-Name Fix - How to get your finderwindow expand to fit all filenamelengths. Sweet tip.
Apple shooting for autumn launch of film rental service - Apple is in advanced talks with Hollywood?s largest movie studios about launching an online film rental service to challenge cable and satellite TV operators, according to a published report.
Desktop Tower Defense - Fun little mixture of strategy and action game.
30 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do on the Internet - Did you know that you could charter a private jet online, star in your own reality TV show, or download songs as you drive your car? That’s just the beginning.
Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality - Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all.
How-to turn visitors into returning visitors - Great tutorial on how to make your blog a friendlier place