(it's also the date format used in firefox bookmarks, so it can be useful to search a bookmark by date)

"Google Finance is one of the rather rare Google apps which makes use of Flash. I’m curious, at Google what considerations go into deciding whether to go for Flash or DHTML/ Ajax/ browser vector languages like SVG?"

"Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare"

french slang for beginners ;)

"Video frames printed onto transparency film
and cut down to Super 8 or 16mm film dimensions"

"doodling with a typewriter gives vent to the imagination and originality of both the experienced and the hunt-and-peck typist. (...) An example is shown in the flower which is made with the letter X alone."

"ASCII art had been originally developed in the late 1960s, by computer-art pioneer Kenneth Knowlton, who was working for Bell Labs at the time."

building an aftermarket Rez vibrator

the idea is to have a free sponsored parcel (ads on the skybox) - and only the most popular parcels can stay, the others are given to other people

"As a public librarian, I've seen a lot of books. Some covers are intriguing, some make me really want to read the book...these are the "other" covers."

"If, for instance, the subject's nose is slightly crooked — so slightly, in fact, that it escapes ordinary observation — the flaw is promptly detected by the instrument and corrective makeup is applied by an experienced operator."

: Incredible Retro-Futuristic Sci-Fi Instruments

"On the map, white dots represent individual blogs, sized according to number of links."

looks like rez ;)

"I've heard (...) that there are talented programmers lacking sexy graphics.(...) So here's a thought: I'll provide some quality graphics and a seed of a design idea. All you need to provide is a working prototype of the core game mechanic"

"Welcome to beaubrun.net, the home and nest of Cagesan

"Automatic artworks are created with pictures randomly loaded from Flickr.com."

"These libraries allow the use of DirectX 10 games on platforms other than Microsoft Vista, and increase hardware compatibility (...), by compiling Geometry Shaders down to native machine code for execution where hardware isn't capable of running it."

"InstantStorm is a Windows freeware tool for creating Flash based screensavers with many advanced features. All you have to do is to choose a SWF file, set screensaver parameters and compile an executable installer."

/ How local geeks and nerds are hooking up right now ... or not

"ServiceCapture is the only tool of its kind to deserialize and display all Flash Remoting or AMF traffic in a simple-to-use interface. ServiceCapture now also deserializes SOAP and JSON-RPC traffic into easy to use object trees. "

"a simple clock design based on depicting the length of circle arcs. available as a free screensaver application."

get to know Second Life's top earners and find out how they did it

obviously from an 8bit era videogame... this map looks COOL !

"This extension allows Sunbird and Lightning to read and write events to a Google Calendar." FINALLY !

"Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately. Nothing
was tampered with, run over by a car, or anything of the sort. It is an accurate
representation in every case. Shiny, neon-orange, liquefied pump-cheese, and all."

Predictions of the Year 2000
from The Ladies Home Journal of December 1900

installation