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August 2006

Thursday 31st

• PortableApps.com
• Project Gutenberg
  Free ebooks.

Wednesday 30th

• IEs 4 Linux
  'Run IE 6, 5.5 and 5 on Linux with Wine'.
• Universal backs free music offer
• CN Tower Timelapse
  Move your mouse across the image to see the effect.
• Alpha Bravo Charlie
  Helicopter game, arrow keys to move, z and x for weapons, space bar to lower rope.
• F1 Wheel'd Trike

Tuesday 29th

• Watch the Birdie
  How did a 19th-century photography studio work?
• Fat Pickups
  Also known as the Extreme Ford F650.
• My cell phone can cook an egg?
  In 65 minutes, surprisingly quick i thought!

Monday 28th

• Jet Go Kart
• Flash Player 9 on Linux
  Ubuntu Dapper Drake.
• Sudo Sandwich
• Radius 320 Monitor
  4800x1200 Resolution anyone?
• Tie Fighter Desk
• Chevrolet Camaro Concept
• What Am I Like?
  'What Am I Like?' Personality test.
• Guy wearing 120+ T-shirts
  Keep scrolling right.

Sunday 27th

• Can Tossing Masters
• Disabled Explanation
• Paper Throwing Star
  Actually made one, and they work surprisingly well :) Found the link at the ever excellent LifeHacker.com, there's also a link in the comments to a Sharpie version...
• Face Prototyping Examples
  Now i know what the term 'Average looking' means!

Saturday 26th

• Blue Lagoon
• How to Unlock any Lock
• Think outside the box
• Atlantis set for weekend launch

Friday 25th

• RedBull Flugtag
• Linux Distro Timeline
• 16 Energy conservation Ideas
• The Most Incredible Knife
  A Swiss Army knife that contains all the tools they make.
• The woman is Europa.
• Web 2 Logo Creator.
• Lego Battleship.
• Newspaper Photo Fraud.

Thursday 24th

• Nasa names new spacecraft 'Orion'.
• Inky Girls.
  NSFW Tattoo'd lovlies.
• Human Car.
• Security Apps.
• Back Link Checker.
  Check who's linking to your domain.
• Basejump in a Wing Suit.
  Impressive distance covered.
• Alpine Reflections.
• Rural Racer.
  Good little racing game, Arrow keys to control, shift to Turbo.

Wednesday 23rd

• 5 HTML elements you probably never use.
• Seekin' that Ol' 911 Truth.
• 31 Different Ways To Lace Shoes.
• Bubble Shooter.

Monday 21st

• Why doesn't Linux need defragmenting?
• Centre for Metahuman Exploration.
• Draw a Pig
  'And find out what your drawing of a pig says about you and your personality'
• When cloning goes wrong.
• FontTester.com.

Sunday 20th

• Dice Wars
  Monopolise the land by rolling multiple dice, good game.
• Virtual Knee Surgery
  Interactive lesson!
• Space Cube PC
  How small?!?
• A4 papercut
  Paper art, very nicely done.
• 300+mph Diesel Powered Record.

Saturday 19th

• Formula 1 bush.
• Firefox Shortcuts Sheet.
• Dragons Head Optical Illusion and more.
• Sweden will be the first oil-free country in the world by 2020.
• XylonBikes.com
  Makers of wooden-framed bikes.

Friday 18th

• Swoopa
  Collect fish before the time runs out.
• Flooding and delays after storms.
• Villeneuve slates Schumacher 'lies'.

Thursday 17th

• Stephen Wiltshire: the Human Camera.
• Fly me to the Moon.
• How to open any padlock.
• Sidewalk Art.
• Tesla Roadster
  Electric powered car '0 - 60 in about 4 seconds'.
• Raiden X
  Good top-down shooter, arrow keys to move, Z and X to fire.
• Windy?
• ChicagoFreakBike.org
  Lots of crazy bikes and people, excellent.

Wednesday 16th

• 50 Coolest Websites
  According to Time.com.
• Cardiff 'UK's most costly place'.
• Water shortage 'a global problem'.
• Robo Wrestling
  Robots wrestling, of course...
• The Giant Burger
  Impressively large home-made burger.
• Airconditioner Fan Hack.

Tuesday 15th

• OpenOffice hits back at viral risk claims.
• Firefox Crop Circles.
• Boy George starts his clean sweep
  Anything that stops him making music is a good thing :)
• Dell recalls 4m laptop batteries
  Finally, Dell get shamed into doing something about their exploding laptops.
• Xbox outlines 'YouTube for games'.

Monday 14th

• River polluted by chemical spill.
• Shot Lightbulb.
• ‘Living’ Furniture from Across the World.
• How to make the simplest electric motor.
• Fancy Pants Adventure.
• Tree Cloud.
• How to ride a penny farthing.
• Tonight's Sky
  Constelations, deep sky objects, planets and events.

Sunday 13th

• Atoms
  Simulated physics using virtual atoms.
• Finger Footy
  Knock centurians out of the way while trying to score goals.
• How Much Is That Worth Today?
• MotorcycleMuseum.org.
• 4096 Color Wheel.
• 2006 Venom 1000 Twin Turbo SRT Coupe.
• TutorialGuide.net.
• Nobuyuki Forces 3
  Shooting game, flash based, use the space key to move and the mouse to aim and fire.

Saturday 12th

• Twenty five years of the IBM PC.
• Sky-watchers await celestial show.

Friday 11th

• Traffic pole vs Truck.
• Starry Night
  LEGO mosaic of Van Gogh classic.
• World's Most Powerful Diesel Engine.
• Interesting Trike Creation.
• Ubuntu & Parallels Desktop.

Thursday 10th

• Green pigment spins chip promise.
• Increased security delays flights.
• Metal Slug
  Side scrolling shoot-em-up, not in English but easy enough to work out and keys are shown.
• Wooden Match Rocket.
• Cat Parasite Affects Everything We Feel and Do.
• Emerald Lake.
• Did You Know?
  Environmental facts and figures.
• AtomicZombie.com
  Maker of extreme machines.

Wednesday 9th

• Leela Case Mod.
• Kitlers.
• e-Society profiler
  Check how technology advanced your neighbrous are.
• Polish Chandelier.
• Men held over 'royal phone-tap'.
• Water Wipeout.
• Couple jailed for girl's truancy.
• Don't Do Testosterone.
• Anger Release Bar
  Go to a bar, drink, hit the staff, it's all good...

Tuesday 8th

• 'Green' engines given F1 go-ahead.
• NASA’s Caffeine Findings
  Or, Drugged Spider web's.
• Needles In The Face
  Check his eyes, he's either in a fair bit of pain or the drugs are working fine ;)
• Matte Painting
  Photoshop tutorial.

Monday 7th

• Go Discovery
  36 pics as the Discovery Shuttle prepares for space.
• Parking Perfection.
• DNS amplification attacks explained.
• Spot the difference.
• Hamann Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder.
• What does it mean to be British?
• Jimi Hendrix portrait.

Sunday 6th

• Button takes first Grand Prix win
  Jenson Button finishes 1st in the F1 Hungarian Grand Prix, and may there be many more :)

Saturday 5th

• Ubuntu Local DNS Cache for Faster Browsing.
• Greek toll booth.
• Clickdensity maps the heat of website traffic.
• Suspended Formula 1 Racecar
  An exploded view using 3200 parts.
• Trompe L'oeil Flat Wall.
• Mario leads Joystick nominations.
• Gimme Some Skin.
• Suzuki LC Concept
  Cute retro car, the re-creation of the 1955 Suzulight.

Friday 4th

• Top scientist makes climate plea.
• Alternative Atlanta Waterpark Tour.
• Firefox 1.5.0.6 Released.
• Solio
  Handheld portable solar power.
• B100-WH Biodiesel Reactor.
• Coaster Pr0n
  Impressive roller coaster, make sure you check the last pic to get the full effect ;)
• Japan aims to build Moon base by 2030.

Thursday 3rd

• Rainbow Gallery.
• First Ubuntu Billboard spotted.
• Mac OS X flaws highlighted by multiple sources .
• A closer look at the "leaked" Wii specs.
• Narrow house.
• Brute force copying of HD DVD and Blu-ray successful.
• Fietscafe: Pub on Bike
  Do ideas get any better than this?
• Coming soon: an external video card near you?.
• N-Game
  Nice platform game, collect the dots with an energetic character.
• Buttermilk Falls.
• MyBannerMaker.com
  Make banners online.
• Oil.
• The Plastic Sea.
• Break It
  Modern Breakout clone, plays well.

Wednesday 2nd

• Lost Little Men.
• Firefox 200 Million Downloads.
• Beautiful China.

Tuesday 1st

• Wii console specs unveiled.
• Xploder to blow up PS2 games to HD resolution.
• The thinking man's Polaroid.
• World’s Biggest HD Screen covers one-fifth of an Acre!.
• Your Very Own Personal Tank
  Go anywhere mutated motorbike.
• Man destroys town with armored bulldozer.
• IE7.com
  Excellent ;)
• Passing the torch.
• Charlie's Angel's ass.