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  • Airliners.net Photos: NASA Rockwell Space Shuttle -
    Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. This is a five minute exposure taken from about 7 miles away from the pad. Taken with a borrowed all-manual Nikomat camera, 24 mm lens, f/16, Kodak Royal Gold 100 film. When the exposure was stopped in this shot, the shuttle was approximately 229 statute miles downrange.

  • http://www.abouturl.com/index.php - Various information regarding a URL/site
  • Vitamin Features ?«¨™ Serving JavaScript Fast - Nice write-up from a Flickr developer on speeding up web applications that rely on JavaScript/CSS
  • Feld Thoughts
  • Ajaxload - Ajax loading gif generator - *shakes his head*
  • PHP5 Benchmark
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  • IGN: Message to X3 Moviegoers -
    At the theater this weekend, when the credits roll, when the audiences begins to filter out of the exits… keep your seat. And then, perhaps, share this little secret with a few of your friends: the movie isn’t over.

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  • Neave Games :: Frogger - Flash based frogger … spiffy
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  • Fresh Creation - Michelin’s Revolutionary Airless Tires
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  • Creating Passionate Users: What if managers had to do tech support?
  • iBloggedThis >> XM Satellite Radio responds to the RIAA lawsuit. - I hope XM follows through with this, they need to.
  • Macworld: News: Hands on with Apple’s new MacBook with Windows - I have to admit the MacBook’s have been tempting me, but I’m nowhere near getting one at the moment. Too expensive.
  • Judicial Watch :: September 11 Pentagon Video
  • Roger Waters Revisits The ‘Dark Side’ -
    This week, Pink Floyd’s landmark album “Dark Side of the Moon” notches a significant milestone: 1,500 weeks on the Billboard charts (The Billboard 200 and Top Pop Catalog Albums).

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  • See the new breed of Dell heroes - X-Men 3 Trailer … nice :)
  • YouTube - 10 Things I Hate About Commandments - Hah
  • YouTube - Myspace - THE MOVIE! - A little more video humor
  • iB::Topic::DSL v2.4 is out - (DSL = Damn Small Linux for those that didn’t know)
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  • Airliners.net Photos: NASA Rockwell Space Shuttle -
    Launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour. This is a five minute exposure taken from about 7 miles away from the pad. Taken with a borrowed all-manual Nikomat camera, 24 mm lens, f/16, Kodak Royal Gold 100 film. When the exposure was stopped in this shot, the shuttle was approximately 229 statute miles downrange.

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  • We Test the Tips - I had heard that not using your AC in your car was basically no good if you were going to drive with the windows down, here’s a site that did an experiment on it.
  • TechEBlog >> 10MB Hard Disk for $3,495 -
    a 10MB hard disk for only $3,495 back in 1980

  • Apple To Power First Real-Time Full-Color Feed From GEO
  • Bank Lets Drivers Hedge Against Gas Hikes
  • The Wheel turns your bike into a moped - Very cool …
  • Google Trends - This could be potentially interesting for research
  • BMI - Body Mass Index: Adult BMI Calculator -
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  • The strangest, easiest way to lose weight (Shangri-La Diet)
  • Shangri-La Diet in detail - More info about the Shangri-La diet
  • Don’t Let Congress Rubberstamp the Wiretaps
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  • Top 10 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars for 2006 - I drive a civic (#9 on the list) and the gas mileage is great. Not bad considering it isn’t a hybrid.
  • Apple to double iPod nano storage - Interesting. If they don’t come out with the wide screen iPod with video I might have to consider getting one of these nano’s.
  • Richmond, VA Geek Dinner - If you’re in / near Richmond, VA and would be interested in attending a Geek Dinner, check it out.
  • Google’s Double Standard
  • ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ being remade - May 1, 2006 - When are they going to try to come up with original content?
  • The dishonor of Blue Security - Interesting …
  • PHP 5.1.4 Fixes Critical Bug - If you were running PHP 5.1.3 you might want to go grab this now and install it …
  • Eyewitnesses to Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • TheBroth.com/ehub - Multiple users try to form a mosaic at the same time
  • Visible Earth: The Blue Marble
    This spectacular blue marble¨? image is the most detailed true-color image of the entire Earth to date.

  • Harrison Lake Sand Castles - Some people went all out with the sand carving
  • Mac Rumors: Macbooks Tuesday, May 9?
  • Bulk renaming of files with Windows XP - I’ve accidentally done this before, but never really thought of making it into a utility…
  • A car that could save the planet fast - Neat … but at $100k I don’t think it’s going to be saving the planet anytime soon.
  • The Development Abstraction Layer
  • Pretty Planet
  • Windows XP EULA in Plain English
  • Teenage auteur ignites buzz about video graphics
  • Post Office Pitches New ‘Forever’ Stamp
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