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Richard Davey
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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 04:50
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Ok, so here's the deal. You post a link, just one, to something that you've seen recently that you thought was really cool. It can be geeky, news worthy, techie, gamer, a podcast, a photo, YouTube, whatever. You can qualify why you thought it was cool with a little blurb about it, but don't go overboard. Ideally don't post more than one link per day, just pick your 'coolest'.

The only other rule - no pr0n.

Also, let's try to not just re-create the Digg front page here please Original is cool.

I'm hoping that if enough of us keep posting cool links it will give all readers something new to plug into their browser, and just be good fun. I figured it'd be neat to do this after getting extremly bored 10mins after my usual web surfing session tonight. Ok.. fill my bookmarks people I'll start the ball rolling in the next post.

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 04:52
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My link for today is GeekBrief.TV.

This is a daily video podcast full of ultra cool gadgets, sites and geek news, all wrapped up in a short quick-to-watch package, and hosted by one Cali Lewis, who has to be the most charming geek show presenter I've ever seen. I had some issues watching it on the site itself, but subscribed via iTunes without a hitch and totally enjoyed the shows so far, the out-takes at the end are great.

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SpyDaniel
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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 05:00
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http://www.thenoobcomic.com/index.html

This is a comic I read. Its about a MMORPG which is crap, and it follows the adventures of a Noob.
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Oddmind
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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 05:02 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 12:53
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www.thegamecreators.com

ha just kidding.

http://www.thebroth.com

its already been posted but its so cool. Mosaic is really great fun!

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SageTech
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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 05:03
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My link for today is The Daily Nut

A summary of the internet's greatest (and worst) videos. It may be G4, but that doesn't mean it cant be funny, Cheers.

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One of my favorite timekillers is http://www.fark.com/

It presents "news" stories, and has blogs for each article for people to discuss. Is usually pretty amusing.

Also really cool are the Photoshop contest threads, where a picture or theme is provided, and you show off your photoshopping (or mspaint) skills by trying to come up with the best edit.

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 05:16
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hackthissite.org

Competitions, Challenges, and other things related to hacking (legally).


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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 05:32 Edited at: 23rd Jul 2006 00:55
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mod edit
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Phaelax
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diet coke and mentos. it really works, i tested it. shot a couple feet over my head.
http://eepybird.com/dcm1.html

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 06:20
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I read a good webcomic: www.whiteninjacomics.com


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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 06:27
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Quote: "hackthissite.org"

Good website i just beat all the basic and a couple of other challenges.

Really funny video of Mario from the N64 game. But for some reason i couldnt get it to work on the ds version.
http://www.lookatentertainment.com/v/v-1944.htm

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 06:33 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 06:35
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two headed kitten freak show video.

it reminds me of someone on this forum

http://www.nbc5.com/video/9516860/index.html



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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 07:45
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http://www.bash.org/


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It took me about 10 minutes to find the second face on that cat.


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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 10:05
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Free Serif Software

Should be useful for a lot of people around here, and if you're looking to fill your time, you can bag 5 free products. They are basically last seasons apps, fully functional and very well featured. These are not lightweight products!

PagePlus SE - Desktop Publishing
PhotoPlus 6.0 - Photo and Image Editing
WebPlus 6.0 - Web Site Design & Publishing
DrawPlus 4.0 - Graphic Design and Vector Drawing
3DPlus 2.0 - 3D Animation and Modeling



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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 10:25
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http://www.softpedia.com/

Great site for downloading free/trial/demo/shareware software for Windows, Mac, Linux, Handheld, Games, Drivers and Mobiles. Also give you up-to-date news on a ton of stuff!
Great site!


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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 11:18 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 11:19
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http://www.bassdrive.com/v2/

Bassdrive drum'n'bass radio. Sometimes they play the rubbish done-to-death hard stuff, but a lot of the time you get awesome mellow melodic dnb sets. Perfect stuff to work to and my savior whenever my MP3 collection starts to sound boring. Right now is mellow like a .... marsh .. mellow.

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Gowmars
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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 12:39
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http://www.digg.com

my favorite news site

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 15:42
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You got questions, Ninja got answers


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Somewhat off the wall - The Chap magazine. Satirical gentlemens magazine - so much tweed you wouldn't believe it. They recently had their olympics - including the Cad test - whoever got slapped the hardest for being a cad, won!

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 16:25 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 19:35
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icodeviruses

Home of the creator of the "h4xx0r h4ndb00k" (excellent read), it features radio broadcasts, shows, info on tech stuff, and other things geeky. However its primarily a forum for geeks/hackers to discuss on. (i'm batch there)


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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 17:12
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This just seems to have become a license to promote hacking sites. Is it an AUP-free zone?



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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 19:35
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Both site's I've posted are perfectly legal and promote safe-guarding your own computer against hackers instead of hacking for the fun of it. The worst you'll find on either of them will be a few pranks you can play on family members, thats it.


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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 19:40 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 19:41
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http://www.php.net

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http://www.theregister.com

Excellent tech news site

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 20:01 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 20:05
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http://www.purepwnage.com/

Greatest online show ever. And check out the fanpics these guys get!


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how could i not use purepwnage

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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 20:37
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http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/

or

http://www.vgcats.com/

I know it says only one link per day but these tie for the coolest. Both of these sites feature hilarious we comics based around video games. ctrlaltdel is mainly about the obsession and it also throws in a lot of game jokes, and vgcats is more game based.
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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 22:52 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 22:52
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Soon as Sid brought up web comics Megatokyo is probably one of the best looking. However its one huge ongoing story, so not recommended for those that don’t want to read a backlog of 800 or so comics.
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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 22:57 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 22:57
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Mr. T - Treat Your Mother Right

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_rBidCkJxo




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Posted: 21st Jul 2006 23:08 Edited at: 21st Jul 2006 23:09
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What makes me laugh is
Quote: "Also, let's try to not just re-create the Digg front page here please Original is cool."

From Rich, and then Gowmars posted a link to Digg.com...

How about http://www.woot.com

Anywho, How about They sell one item a day, for one day. Usually geek stuff, but there's other stuff. Oh, and they have funny reviews and other stuff on there...

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http://www.tehw00tshow.com



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http://lrnj.com/
A retro style 2d RPG for learning Japanese kana - Hirigana, Katekana and 1000 kanji. Kill slimes and learn to read Japanese at the same time. Hopefully I'll be visiting Japan next month, so this is a fun way to learn my kana.

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Despair.com. They design posters that look just like the ones you see in the office or school couciling center, except they're DEmotivaters.
Edit: Here's the page with all of them so far: http://www.despair.com/viewall.html

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Quote: "http://www.tehw00tshow.com"


Crap site, nothing on it.


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Well, TechTv with Leo Laporte is no longer on the air, or is he?

http://www.twit.tv/

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oh yeah! well fair enough I haven't updated most of it in over a month, we are putting the finishing touches on hour half hour long show :S so there will be stuff in about a week. including promo photos and footage for the secret syndicate action/drama series im working on.





oh crap there goes that secret
now lets all forget about it and watch one of the comedy shows aired on community tv that i helped make, i think this one has me in it, i am the murder victim in the art attack sketch, if it's the right episode!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-960686003354599591&q=barnaby+flowers
49 minute comedy show on google video!

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Quote: "What makes me laugh is
[quote]"Also, let's try to not just re-create the Digg front page here please Original is cool.""

From Rich, and then Gowmars posted a link to Digg.com...[/quote]

oh wow I hadn't even noticed he put that

I swear I read post all the way through I donno how I missed it.

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Some really nice retro-looking games!
dot-invasion.com

And this dude is the god of console modding!
Benheck.com

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http://www.conceptispuzzles.com

Awesome picture and number logic puzzles that are changed every Sunday night. FAP and PAP puzzles are my absolute favourite and this site lets you play them online


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http://smw.72dpiarmy.com/

Super Mario War! Windows, Linux, XBox and GP2X versions available.

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Posted: 24th Jul 2006 21:08 Edited at: 24th Jul 2006 21:08
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http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/borat/trailer/

Borat's new movie trailer. Friggin' hilarious!


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My link for today is:

Marvel Wallpapers

They publish a load of wallpapers each week. Some of them are a bit too busy for full desktop coverage, but some of them are just plain cool.

Bite my shiny metal ass
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this is good for 30 minute spurts of wait time or what have you. If you dont want to get mid way into a coding session and have to run out the door.

www.addictinggames.com

PLENTY of retro clones ect. and enough new ones to fill anyones needs.

formerly KrazyJimmy

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Just an article. But so cool.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/07/25/researchers-using-waves-to-write-on-water/

Oh, and this would be cool.
http://www.windfiredesigns.com/timbofolio_pages/PointerKite.html

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Quote: "http://www.scifi.com/superhero/heroes/"
Oh dear god no. I love superhero movies, but please god don't kill the current fad by showing this junk. Is cool because the heroes are so corny. One guy uses his superhero powers to defend gay people from harassment.

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http://www.createbands.com/

Create members of a band and listen to them play together. Good fun for about 5 minutes.
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Arnie calls gateway
(soundbites)

http://funnyjunk.com/pages/arnoldgateway.htm

I know the voices aren't real, but they have good ideas!
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Click here...


Mostly play halo 2, and a few other games.. www.sonic-chocolate.com
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