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Gem from the Web:

• A Visual Digest by Fibre | Light Fantastic - A trippy set of colour photograms entitled Bending Light.

Gems from the Web:

• Search Engine Optimization Tweak in 30 Seconds - Simple tool for .htaccess tweaking.
• Foo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Foo is a metasyntactic variable used heavily in computer science to represent concepts abstractly and can be used to represent any part of a complicated system or idea including the data, variables, functions, and commands just to name a few.
• The Evolution of Video - Good behind-the-scenes video from the shoot of Motorola’s new commercial, that takes one rider through all filmatic ages.
• Cameras & Courtrooms: A Framework for Buddy Films - Before you start down the road of making a film with your best buddy, take heed: working with a partner can create legal problems — especially if certain issues are not dealt with before they start creating together.

Gems from the Web:

• You know you’re living in 2007 when… - A list of 15 poignant points
• Portable Darkroom Worn as Hood Aids Traveling Photographers (1924) - When regular darkroom facilities are not available, photographers may have a practical substitute in a portable one in the form of a close-fitting piece of rubber material that slips over the head like a hood.
• Ian’s Shoelace Site - Shoe Lacing Methods - A list of 31 great shoelace ties - with instructions and comments for each.
• The Beginner’s Guide To Top Google Rankings - The most important parts of Google’s ranking system are so vital to search quality, they will likely not change very much.
• Help (mt) to change the world! - The World Community Grid’s goal is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity by collectively contributing idle computer time to nonprofit research.
• Steve Jobs Quits - Apple’s CEO to throw the towel?
• BeerCycleAmsterdam - A 10 man bicycle with a built in bar. One man pours, one man steers and breaks, and 10 pedal and drink.

Gems from the Web:

• New Natural Cure for Upset Stomach: Live Frogs - “After a month of eating live frogs, his stomach pains and coughing were completely gone.” Yuk!
• Steampunk Flat-Panel LCD Mod - Turning a Dell LCD into an ancient looking display. Very cool.
• How NOT to Make a Powerpoint - The pains of a badly made presentation (aka. Powerpoint) in a humouristic way.
• The Encyclopedia of Color Correction - Review of the Apple Pro training book on Colour correction. Gets 4 1/2 out of 5.
• Why most people should buy a Mac - On the whole, a Mac is absolutely ideal, and the only decision users need to make is whether to by an Apple notebook or desktop.

Gems from the Web:

• Poland to probe if Teletubbies are gay - washingtonpost.com - Poland’s conservative government took its drive to curb what it sees as homosexual propaganda to the small screen on Monday, taking aim at Tinky Winky and the other Teletubbies. No kiddin’
• The 20 Best “That Guys” of All Time - What is a “That Guy”? A That Guy is a B-list character actor who’s just talented enough to secure bit parts in a handful of movies every year, but not quite talented enough to become a brand-name star like Chris Kattan.
• Grow Your Second Home - Popular Science - This house is to be grown! Architects Mitchell Joachim and Javier Arbona and environmental engineer Lara Greden designed this ?tree house? to be both eco-friendly and alive. Trees are planted and trained to grow in the shape of the finished home.
• Old soda cans - Pile of Photos - Nice collection of old cans of Coke, Pepsi, Seven up (”The Uncola”).
• (mt) Media Temple - Load balancers upgraded - Looks like my host has managed to improve loading times for WordPress installations. Do you also have the impression that my blog loads faster now?
• Adsense Tricks - No matter how much money AdSense is making for you right now, a few simple tweaks can increase that amount considerably. (And I still haven’t joined the monetizing bandwaggon…)
• The Coral Castle - Just one day before his wedding ceremony, Ed Leedskalnin was dumped by his girl. Heartbroken, he set out on a lifelong quest to create a monument on his lost love ? for the next 28 years, Ed carved a fantastic castle out of 1,100 tons of coral rocks!
• English Russia » Belarusian Movie Posters - How Hollywood posters look in Belarus. Kind of reminds me of my trip to India, where all actors were painted more wholesome. Enjoy.
• Colorful Beauty in Nature: Butterflies by COLOURlovers - Colour palettes of butterflies. Fascinating read.
• 25 Best Movies You’ve Never Seen - Forget The Godfather. What we’ve got here are the overlooked greats, the hidden gems. From Jake Gyllenhaal in a bubble to a murderous Kate Winslet to a pair of violent, avenging Irish “angels”? these are the box-office left-behinds . (I’ve seen 2 of the
• Pileus: The Internet Umbrella - Pileus has a large screen on the top surface, a built-in camera, a motion sensor, GPS, and a digital compass, and it provides two main functions; A Social Photo-sharing and A 3D Map Navigation.
• Talj’s Photo A Day 2007: 3rd June 2007 - Lovely blue flower photography. Check out the other days, too!
• Jo’s Plumbing - Virtual toilet flushing. Flash. Free. Fun.
• 10 Ways to Eliminate Distractions - One of the fundamental principles of productivity is that in order to get things done, you gotta focus. And that necessary focus requires that you eliminate as many distractions as possible.

Gems from the Web:

• Google mobile phone confirmed/ - A couple of days ago Mike Arrington reported a rumour that Google was going to launch their own branded mobile network.
• Jumbo welcome for techies (Aditi) - The extent software companies will go to welcome new employees in the India hiring madness …
• Princess Diana not dead, living in Qatar with Dodi Fayed - A British reporter claims to have proof that Princess Diana faked her own death and is actually living in Qatar with Dodi Fayed.
• 86 Mac Plus Vs. 07 AMD DualCore. You Won’t Believe Who Wins - Comparison of a 20 year old Mac and a current Vista PC, both running standard office apps. Guess which one is faster?
• Comments closed: how to do it right, and why - Yvonne is fed up with sifting through meaningless comments. What a pity — for me the power of a blog is the two-way communication. Otherwise a blog is just another web 1.x website…
• Top 10 Reasons PR Fails - Almost all of our potential clients have had bad experiences with PR before. We always ask them to tell us what went wrong in detail, as this gives us a very clear idea about their perceptions about what PR can and cannot do.
• Steve Jobs and Bill Gates Together - Here you can see the full video.