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Friday, April 29, 2005

Javascript RegExps & Validation - J R Stockton

Javascript RegExps & Validation - J R Stockton: "Javascript RegExps & Validation."
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The New York Times > Arts > Art & Design > Rock, Paper, Payoff: Child's Play Wins Auction House an Art Sale

The New York Times > Arts > Art & Design > Rock, Paper, Payoff: Child's Play Wins Auction House an Art Sale: "t may have been the most expensive game of rock, paper, scissors ever played.

Takashi Hashiyama, president of Maspro Denkoh Corporation, an electronics company based outside of Nagoya, Japan, could not decide whether Christie's or Sotheby's should sell the company's art collection, which is worth more than $20 million, at next week's auctions in New York"
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Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Nick Mealy Consulting

Nick Mealy Consulting
For some reason Nick Mealy is not showing up on google. His own portfolio page, as fancy and fine as it is, does not even show on page 1 of the google search results.
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Take This Quiz and Call Me in the Morning

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Contributor: Take This Quiz and Call Me in the Morning
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Monday, April 18, 2005

Gallery Tutorials @ tutorials.eclecticpixels.com

Gallery Tutorials @ tutorials.eclecticpixels.com
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Friday, April 15, 2005

Yahoo! News - Scientific Conference Falls for Gibberish Prank

Yahoo! News - Scientific Conference Falls for Gibberish Prank: "CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - A bunch of computer-generated gibberish masquerading as an academic paper has been accepted at a scientific conference in a victory for pranksters at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology."
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Sunday, April 10, 2005

The Scientist Is Gone, but Not His Book Tour

The New York Times > Books > The Scientist Is Gone, but Not His Book Tour
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Thursday, April 07, 2005

Yahoo! News - Cookie Monster Advocating Eating Healthy

Yahoo! News - Cookie Monster Advocating Eating Healthy: "NEW YORK - Something must be wrong in the land of Muppets. First PBS announced that 'Sesame Street' would kick off its 36th season this week with a multiyear story arc about healthy habits. No problem there; childhood obesity rates are soaring. Then I learned of changes that turned my 'Sesame Street' world upside-down."
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Wednesday, April 06, 2005

Five vendors join against Microsoft in EU case - Computerworld

Five vendors join against Microsoft in EU case - Computerworld: "PARIS -- Five large technology companies have banded together to support the European Commission in its attempt to stop Microsoft Corp. from using its PC operating systems monopoly to dominate the markets for workgroup server and media player software."
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Man hired to clean 7.6 million pennies

Man hired to clean 7.6 million pennies: "The retired city employee has taken on the task of separating dirt and debris from about 7.6 million pennies piled high in a warehouse. "
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Misc/Pennies - Pictures of Pennies

Misc/Pennies - Pictures of Pennies: "This page is a collection of pictures from a talk I gave while a Civil Engineer at Texas Tech University in 1980. Our senior year we practiced giving technical presentations. This was mine.

All stacks of pennies were done without any glue. Only the weight of the pennies provides the support."
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Tuesday, April 05, 2005

Tombstone Hearse

Tombstone Hearse: "Tombstone Hearse Co. featuring 19th century style hearses powered by
Harley-Davidson converted motortrikes !"
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Google Maps - 242 E. 10th St, New York NY

Google Maps adds satellite imagery.
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Uêba - Na Falta Do Professor

Uêba - Na Falta Do Professor - Chalkboard fighting in Brazil.
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Friday, April 01, 2005

A 20,000 Kit Kats break

A 20,000 Kit Kats break : A FAMILY ate 20,000 Kit Kat bars in two months — to win holidays and goods worth £12,000.
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The Mobile Music Blog: WORLD EXCLUSIVE! FIRST LOOK AT iTUNES PHONE

The Mobile Music Blog: WORLD EXCLUSIVE! FIRST LOOK AT iTUNES PHONE: "MobileMusicBlog has exclusive pictures of Motorola's iTunes phone, and it's a stunner with clear design references from both the iPod and Motorola handsets."
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Google Ride Finder

Google Ride Finder : Find a cab or shuttle, in real time.
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Google Gulp

Google Gulp :
At Google our mission is to organize the world's information and make it useful and accessible to our users. But any piece of information's usefulness derives, to a depressing degree, from the cognitive ability of the user who's using it. That's why we're pleased to announce Google Gulp (BETA)™ with Auto-Drink™ (LIMITED RELEASE), a line of "smart drinks" designed to maximize your surfing efficiency by making you more intelligent, and less thirsty.
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