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New Yahoo! Look

Yahoo! has a new design for it’s home page. I kinda like it. It’s clean and well organized. It only works for IE 6 and Firefox 1.5 right now. Just go to Yahoo.com and click on the link right below … Continue reading

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Rare Mirage Lasts for 4 Hours off East China Shore

Wow. I never thought mirages could get that big. And for 4 whole hours. :-O Thousands of tourists and local residents witnessed a mirage of high clarity lasting for four hours off the shore of Penglai City in east China’s … Continue reading

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Web Gallery of Art

http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html I found this page yesterday. It’s a very nice resource for information and inspiration. They have information of every artist in Europe from the 12th to mid-19th centuries. They also have images and information of the artists’ works. It even plays … Continue reading

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VideoDownloader Extension for Firefox

Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion… and other 60+ video sites ! And all embedded objects on a webpage (movies, mp3s, flash, quicktime, etc) ! Directly ! VideoDownloader adds a small icon on the status bar at the … Continue reading

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‘Places’ cut from Firefox 2

The new bookmark and history system, Places, originally scheduled for inclusion in Firefox 2 will be disabled in official builds. First seen by Firefox users in the Bon Echo alpha build last month, the new bookmark and history system would … Continue reading

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DurhamPortfolio – Very nice pictures

I was surfing around and I stumbled on this site. Amazing portfolio of photographs! When I first saw it, “Holy shit” came to mind. :-O There are no high resolution images though… -_- Check it out http://www.durhamtownship.com/portfolio/ Have a nice … Continue reading

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I want a Freeware Utility to… 450+ common problems solved

Not much to say. It’s a list of Freeware that does specific job arranged nicely. No more using Google to search for freeware that usually ends up with sites that have porn. Have a nice day

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Command & Conquer 3

US magazine PC Gamer have gotten access to EA’s upcoming PC title Command and Conquer 3. Here are some choice screens of the game which have been photographed from the article in the magazine. According to the PC Gamer article … Continue reading

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Huge Photoshop Painting at 1.7 Gigabytes

Here is an interesting article: This is my latest and most ambitious digital painting of a Chicago scene unveiled at Photoshop World in Miami on March 22, 2006. It is a panorama of the Damen Station on the Blue Line … Continue reading

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