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May 12, 2006

Breaking stereotypes, three polite, clean cut gamers are trying to make money by entering video game tournaments. Why didn’t I think of that?

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May 5, 2006

DIY USB Flash Drive Mods
category: general stuff, dugg stuff — info @ 3:27 pm

My friend Josh’s sister came up with a fun idea for adding some pizzazz to your usb flash drive. Check it out from Gizmodo: “UCLA student, Rachel, has launched a new site to help spice up that boring, dull USB flash drive that you use day in and day out. She plans on having a library of tutorials and a store for buying and modding USB flash drives.”

Go Rachel!

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May 4, 2006

Finally… Fembots!
category: general stuff, dugg stuff — info @ 10:34 am

It was just a matter of time, Korean scientists have developed a female android called eveR-1. Look out Austin Powers.

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April 20, 2006

The title says it all: a new company, Newnham Research, is trying to make it easier for consumers to add extra monitors to your system. I assume that the video performance won’t be gamer-worthy over USB, but could be great for more static work like graphic design or spreadsheets.

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April 5, 2006

Do it yourself Lasik?!?
category: general stuff, dugg stuff — info @ 5:09 pm

Found this on Digg - simply genius!

A kit to save $$$ by doing your own laser eye surgery? Awesome! Crazy!

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Another approach to CSS rounded corners. This uses the round text character, bullet, to make the corners. No javascript, no images, just the text character and css.

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