⇒ random web things

Royalty free subscription images: shuttershock
clothing templates
Web Accessability Initiative
your AU domain here: netregistry.com.au
good general advice for the self-employed

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⇒ constructive

7 GA tips | getting started with DNS | font face embedding

wikipedia entry on PURL

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⇒ random things

I just learnt what a mockbuster is...
Transmorphers | the terminators | The Day the Earth Stopped | AVH: Alien vs Hunter
summary: it IS possible to make movies worse than The Day the Earth stood still and Alien vs. Predator

waaay too much free time: a full size matchstick F1 car
interesting designs from Russia


that hit the spot

some people with too much time on their hands

24 portable apps

this figurine is so purdy:

Black Widow Marvel Bishoujo 1/8 Scale Pre-Painted PVC Figure: Black Widow

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⇒ thingz

MAKE:

Stunning laser light art

Incredible tire sculptures

designing a custom wordpress theme

Roomba hacked for Rangoli-like ability
Rangoli: indian art of sand-printing


different map visualisation

Three Reasons Why Indie Devs Don’t Finish Their Games
summary: "No good ideas”, “Got tired of it after working on it for too long”, and “The game wasn’t so great after all after actually starting to make it.”

top 100 game dev studios


gorgeous muramasa art and here


SFII ASCII edition

play cat cat watermelon
yup


shadow physics game is hella cool

plants and zombies designer blog

Prototype wiki
anyone else think this looks like resident evil's tyrant in his own game? no?


fight HDTV lagyeah it sucks, I got my first taste of HDTV lag when I got 3rd strike brutalized.

the fall of midway

3d modelling bayonetta

benheck explains how to hack video game consoles

Flash gaming:
windosill

minotaur china shop

paper moon

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⇒ burst mode: misc

Sensitive Object's Anywhere MultiTouch extends touch sensitivity to the whole device

Carnegie Mellon morphs 'pop-up buttons' onto multi-touch display

Inventors develop transistor to change color of any surface, your face notwithstanding

GE microholographic storage promises cheap 500GB discs, Blu-ray and DVD compatibility

Scientists create walking goo

superpunch:

take a comic book panel and blend system stats into text bubbles, adding a useful touch to a really fun desktop

JavaScript rockstar
Can also be found by going to jQuery homepage and entering the Konami cheat code: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Enter

Vangelis' music projects

Tetris: the Grand Master: notes, thoughts and strategies

cracked's The Top 8 ‘Oh Shit!’ Moments from Mixed Martial Arts
awesome

make pong in flash:
method #1

method #2

flash breakout tutorial

Apple tips:
Burning a disk image file on a CD or DVD in Mac OS X

About "You need to restart your computer" (kernel panic) messages

Mac Pro: Power consumption and thermal output (BTU) information

Lock Your Data with Disk Images

article perfectly captures the zeitgeist of the new Capt. Kirk
That said, I still liked the movie.

Apple release 10.5.7 update

what a trillion looks like

WtF?!?! Amazing yoga ball trick!

great writeup of federer and nadal
I liked the bit about the RPM on their respective topspins (Nadal: 3200, Federer: 2500).

wiki Nettop

PS3 slim spyshots?

intel fined $billions in anti-trust case


above: US pole dancing championship. What?!? I'm admiring the athleticism and artistry of their carefully choreographed moves, jeez!

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⇒ post of 3 weeks

Commando dissertation (yes, that Arnie movie from the 80s):
http://www.screenjunkies.com/movienews/commando-best-film-ever-pt-1

Blitz Blintz

A large meat pizza rolled like a blintz filled with ranch dressing.

source: this is why you're fat



Super-humans:
Bear_Grylls
Dean_Karnazes
Yiannis_Kouros
Bernd_Heinrich
Franco_Columbu

sadistic tetris
http://sovietrussia.org/f/src/tetoris.swf

interesting CG articles from people who understand the format:
http://denofgeek.com/movies/177951/top_50_movie_special_effects_shots.html
top 24 worst SFX of all time

photography:
http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/
amazing past and present 'bleed ins'

webhosting candidate:
http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml

speed test your ISP:
http://www.speedtest.net/

I like this ad:

Unleash some Man Lea..
Watch the ad...

by Bartle Bogle Hegarty. The song playing is Look good in leather by Cody ChesnuTT


artistic, simple:



joyous, uplifting, hilarious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMvqfxsyYQs&feature=player_embedded
position: absolute - the ultimate web developement movie

sweet bruce lee vs iron man stop motion clip:

I think the fight choreography mostly came from the Matrix (Neo vs. Morpheus)

Dilbert:


Moe comics:


Basic instructions:


SMBC:


tyson the skateboarding dog (on OPRAH):

his homepage here

Superpunch:
so much good stuff that I had to put it all in a separate post

useful:

Startup Manager: How to select a startup volume
Apple Remote Desktop: Connecting through a firewall, NAT or VPN
Disk Utility: Unable to format disk 500 GB or larger

Sydney Wifi:
list here and here


most 'installations/visualisations' basically take an array of objects with flip-flop capability (on-off modes) and turn them into a 'screen'. I've seen similar large scale displays with fire, leds, shades of wood, etc.

King of RX8 Homebrew:
iPod touch controlled RX8!

another doomsday weapon/cheap energy source:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/31/nif-scientists-set-the-controls-for-nuclear-fusion/
Didn't they learn anything from the Large Hadron Supercollider?

DLSR stuff:

camera reviews
canon eos 450D deal
eos 450d review
nikon d300 review
Canon EOS 450D wiki
Nikon D300 wiki
EOS 450D popphoto review
Nikon D60 popphoto review
In case you haven't figured it out by now, I'm looking to get a Canon EOS 450D.

engadget:
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/29/mac-friendly-houseport-usb-to-z-wave-adapter-shipping-soon-en-ma/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/29/piezoelectric-nanowires-could-lead-to-blood-powered-ipods-cellp/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/02/googles-data-center-secrets-revealed/
AVDPJUB9


papercraft tank:


little red riding hood retold:

Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

something special:


interesting post about how Google makes design decisions here.

Without conviction, doubt creeps in. Instincts fail. “Is this the right move?”

hilarious web design egotism
bring down IE6

zeldman's web validator

awesome anti-IE6 splash screens:

click here for more from Hugs for monsters

watch-mcbess-draw
video-of-underwater-vocano-erupting
seven-simian-samurai
yellow-submarine-juice-boxes
how-to-make-stop-motion-anmiation
voltron-munny-and-more







http://community.atom.com/Post/The-5-Most-Disturbing-Animals-On-Earth-Vol-IV/03EFBFFFF0182C7B8000800B4D02B/
http://www.asylum.com/2009/04/03/giant-sea-worm-terrorizes-aquarium/

http://www.wififreespot.com/aus.html
http://blog.photos2view.com/2008/03/16/free-wifi-in-sydney.htm
http://blog.freesydneywireless.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_ATP_World_Tour

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/04/07/2537559.htm

http://www.mirror.co.uk/life-style/2008/08/14/doctors-don-t-know-why-my-legs-are-getting-bigger-115875-20697469/

http://www.favicon.cc/?action=icon_list&order_by_rating=1

http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1625
car custom

http://www.snotr.com/video/2104
spidey in xmen


weirdly wonderful

http://wellmedicated.com/inspiration/an-ode-to-criterion-box-art/
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=357454
http://www.gamepro.com/article/features/107258/the-9-biggest-moments-in-pro-gaming-page-3-of-3/
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/a_bestofyoutube?page=2
http://beastdaigo.jp/

in news:
enough is enough! I've had it with these muthaf#ckin' snakes on this muthaf#ckin' plane!


Engadget goes legs-on with Honda's walking-assist devices (with video!)


Cyberdyne said to be mass producing $4,200 HAL robotic suit


oh shi...this is me now.


kawaii-ne!


cool 3d commercial for Phillips' new 21:9 tv


http://cowbell.typepad.com/forty_deuce/2008/10/robin-soderling.html
hilarious write up abour tennis player Robin Soderling

work for Apple? Sure, why not?
http://www.apple.com/jobs/us/apply.html

Rafa Nadal's crazy clay-court playing record

awesome parkour-with-bike: here
the song playing is Band of Horses' the funeral, awesomely free on their site.

detailed breakdown of why HDTV ruins classic gaming here

unfrozen caveman lawyer


sneezing captured in 1000 frames per second

Sneezing In Ultra Slow Motion - Watch more Funny Videos

cracked:
http://www.cracked.com/article_17276_5-scientific-ways-make-water-do-magic.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_17199_7-most-horrifying-parasites-on-planet.html

mordant orange:

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⇒ just a few more things

Apple logo

⌥ + ⇧ + K = 

mac setups




weird computer mice

Apple-inspired wordpress themes
more mac keyboard shortcuts and shortcuts for finder
Apple products now and then


Dock icon pillows

Guilty Gear shoryuken wiki

Texas Instruments announced plans to cut 12 percent of its workforce
Panasonic's announced some modest cuts of roughly 600 workers, in addition to closing some of its plants in Asia as it posted a net loss for the first time in six years
Hewlett-Packard's laying off nearly 25,000 people in a "restructuring" scheme
IBM cutting thousands of jobs across the globe

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⇒ fonts

Chicago | Pete Cetera | Espy Sans | Podium Sans | Myriad | Charcoal | Apple typography | Lucida Grande

Note: Pete Cetera is not a font...I was thinking about 'Chicago' (the font) and wound up on his wiki entry

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⇒ grow, and progress

http://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/showthread.php?t=191911
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080609233936AAdecWr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badminton
http://www.worldrecordfederation.com/sports.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_tennis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-click_hosting
http://www.wikihow.com/Wear-Thai-Fisherman-Pants
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tennis_tournaments

criticism of Wikipedia: http://www.gamesradar.com/f/the-wtf-world-of-wikipedia/a-2008062510326553058
as much as I enjoy a wikipedia read, I do agree with the criticism. Wiki is pretty f#cked up here and there.

on a personal note:
Must come to terms with lack of excitement in personal life. Static, gormless; lack of international travel, prestige and hot women.
I really f#cked up after high school. I was so full of promise. I had it all, but now I’m a shrinking testicle. No balls at all.
I must turn this around. I am the master of the temple. Everyday must be full of little victories, determination and selfishness.
‘Death by comparison’—I’m going to be the guy that everyone compares themselves to. I will be the exception.
Failing that, I will have nothing to live for. This is my creed. NB: professional rivalry still on the cards.

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⇒ RSS, wiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiral
http://www.onestopsolution.com.au/mugs.asp
http://www.tradewave.com.au/printed_coffee_mugs.htm
http://www.mugsdirect.com.au/?gclid=CIyt2MPDtpQCFQ4hnAodGzaRTg
http://www.personalized.com.au/Text/1200656311186-7077/Mugs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marathon_(sport)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonk_(condition)
http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/179/ultra_marathon_man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuked_the_fridge
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-top-10.htm
http://www.rss-specifications.com/podcasting-explained.htm
http://www.rss-specifications.com/creating-rss-feeds.htm
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-tools.htm
http://www.rss-specifications.com/ms-google-rss.htm
http://www.rss-specifications.com/rss-feed-etiquette.htm
http://www.rss-specifications.com/5-reasons-start-feed.htm
http://rssblog.whatisrss.com/rss-feed-icons/

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⇒ week 13 summary

Useful vinegar http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/06/5-unexpected-ways-to-clean-with-vinegar.html
How to make a note into an envelope http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Note-into-an-Envelope

Marty mcfly’s 2015 kicks! http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2008/06/the-2015-mcfly.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_eponymous_laws
http://www.news.com.au/travel/gallery/0,26362,5032753-5007153-1,00.html
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Reflexive/music-catch
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/06/10-useful-apps-to-reduce-your.html
http://www.labnol.org/internet/search/better-yahoo-search-features-not-in-google/1690/
http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7423
http://www.superherohype.com/news/batmannews.php?id=7422
http://www.superherohype.com/news/hellboynews.php?id=7412
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/06/25-absolute-essentials-for-networking.html
http://www.wikihow.com/Chill-a-Drink-Quickly
http://www.wikihow.com/Hack-a-Coke-Machine
http://www.wikihow.com/Appreciate-Inorganic-Matter
http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Friction
http://www.wikihow.com/Do-Simple-Chromatography
http://www.wikihow.com/Understand-Classical-Physics
http://www.wikihow.com/Calculate-Your-Power-and-Horse-Power
http://www.wikihow.com/Lose-Weight-Safely
http://www.wikihow.com/Use-Exercise-to-Help-You-Lose-Weight
http://www.theage.com.au/news/how-tos/jobs-queue/2008/06/28/1214472820094.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_cloud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drill_down
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technorati
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folksonomy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Duke_University_lacrosse_case

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23956716-7485,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23950599-663,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23955940-5001021,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23951300-5012985,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23953596-5001021,00.html
http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_touch_diamond_vs_samsung_i900_omnia-review-262.php
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/07/5-critical-life-lessons-you-can-learn.html
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/07/totlol-video-site-thats-totally-kid.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motivational_poster
http://9rules.com/
http://www.motifake.com/index.php?viewtop=4&sid=10371

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23963774-5014108,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23962519-5014117,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23962783-5014108,00.html
http://www.news.com.au/business/money/story/0,25479,23963349-14327,00.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/blog-your-way-to-happiness/2008/07/01/1214678045763.html
http://producten.hema.nl/
http://www.cracked.com/article_16446_if-tattoos-actually-told-truth.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_16458_5-terrible-life-lessons-hollywood-loves-teach-you.html
http://www.cracked.com/article_15049_marvel-comics-vs-science-5-most-absurd-superhero-origins.html
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=borked


http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/02/art-of-negotiation-fifteen-steps-to.html
http://www.jbhifi.com.au/tv-plasma-lcd/?gclid=CMiLpL_FpZQCFQNaFQodXXpntQ

Anti-smoking star wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sidL5s9bDU8

Live Free or Die Hard censorship http://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=4522&In=WikE

DIABLO III
The lord of destruction returns! http://www.wowinsider.com/2008/06/28/blizzard-unveils-diablo-3/


Sequels many people actually want:
Diablo III
Starcraft II
The Dark Knight

Sequels some people want:
Streetfighter IV
Metal Gear Solid 4
Ocean’s 13
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Bourne Ultimatum

Sequels...do not want:
Die Hard 4
Shrek 3
Pirates... 2
Pirates... 3
Spider-man 3
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Resident Evil: Extinction
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
Saw III
Rush Hour 3


Lists of lists of lists:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_films

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⇒ taurism

In astrology, a cusp (from the Latin for spear or point) is the imaginary line that separates a sign in the zodiac or a house in the horoscope.

Because the solar disc has a diameter of approximately half a degree, it is possible for the sun to straddle the cusp as it moves across the sky. When this occurs at the moment of birth such a person is said to be "born on the cusp" and some believe that their life is influenced by the characteristics of both signs. For example, if an individual was born when the Sun (meaning the point at the centre of the solar disc) was located at 29 degrees, 50 minutes Gemini, then he might say that he was born on the cusp of Gemini and Cancer.

The belief that a person must be born within 1/2 a degree of the cusp to be influenced by the receding sign does not have universal agreement among astrologers. All astrologers agree that as the sun moves further away from the cusp, the influence of receding sun sign decreases. The disagreement concerns how far away the sun must be from the cusp before the influence of the receding sun sign disappears. Some astrologers hold that even when the sun is as far away as two degrees some influence of the receding sign is felt and thus such a person should be labeled as being "born on the cusp".

The concept of the cusp is sometimes also extended to a general belief in fuzziness of sign boundaries, so that even much smaller objects near a cusp may be described as taking on some of the features of the adjacent sign.

Aries/Taurus
The Aries/Taurus Cusp is from dates April 19 to April 23. The term for the Aries/Taurus is bullies. The Arian/Taurean is thought to be humorous, sensitive, money-oriented, nice, active, dynamic, talented, quiet, sensual, strong, opinionated, bold, flirtatious, sexual, eloquent, stable, dependable, helpful, practical, hard-working, extrovert, patient, athletic, aggressive, perseverance, and initiative. The Arian/Taurean is prone to aloof, quarrelsome, trouble-maker, phony, stubborn, hyper-sensitive, tries to fit in, jealous, easily influenced, high-strung, moody, changeability, fickle, head strong, and easily intimidated.

wow, they got my number down!

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⇒ technical writing

Technical writers gather information from existing documentation, and from subject matter experts. A subject matter expert (SME) is any expert on the topic the writer is working on. Technical writers usually are not SMEs themselves—unless they're writing about creating good technical documentation.

Workers at many levels, and in many different fields, have a role in producing and distributing technical communications. A good technical writer needs strong language skills, and must understand the highly evolved conventions of modern technical communications. For technical documents to be useful, readers must understand and act on them without having to decode wordy and ambiguous prose.

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_writing
see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_writer

also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chicago_Manual_of_Style
and http://library.williams.edu/citing/styles/chicago1.php

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⇒ misc part:415

the real Hannibal Lecter: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/apr/27/ukcrime

Visual and Film effect milestones: http://www.filmsite.org/visualeffects.html
Elephant's Dream (2006) is the film which offers its models and characters completely free for end-user manipulation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ecstasy_of_Gold

most used music cues: http://web2.soundtrack.net/trailers/frequent/

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⇒ HTML eMAIL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MHTML
http://mailformat.dan.info/body/html.html
http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/ietf/mhtml.html

uses MIME-type encoding. Basically one big security breach waiting to happen. Particulars of MIME HTML here:
http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/ietf/RFC-MHTMLTEST.txt
ftp://ftp.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2387.txt
ftp://ftp.dsv.su.se/users/jpalme/draft-ietf-mhtml-info.txt
http://people.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/ietf/mhtml-info.html

as of right now, i can't find a decent tutorial or editor for MIME HTML. Do I just drag and drop in MS Entourage/Mac Mail?

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⇒ stuff: part CCCXCIII

the Bering strait: all that separates Siberia and Alaska. About 92km across and not that deep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bering_Strait

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoopraxiscope
Zoopraxiscope-developed by Eadward Muybridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_bison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Asian_Water_Buffalo
http://www.horselocomotion.com/

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⇒ half man, half tree

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/11/12/wtree112.xml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermodysplasia_verruciformis

nasty disease causing uncontrollable growths called 'cutaneous horns' which kinda resemble crispy KFC skin. mmm...tasty...but gross too...I'm so confused!

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⇒ crazy bugs

the japanese giant hornet:
upto 2 inches in length;
venom strong enough to dissolve human flesh;
venom attracts more hornets;
can decimate 30,000 strong bee colony in hours with only about 30 troops;

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1025_021025_GiantHornets.html

for bug bites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmidt_Sting_Pain_Index
for spicyness: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale

honeybee defense: http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/midorcas/animalphysiology/websites/2001/Thawley/defense.htm

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⇒ random

from http://www.n-europe.com/news.php?nid=11457

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darian_calendar

extra-terrestrial stuff
http://www.crowdedskies.com/download_files.htm

cool website
http://www.nexusproductions.com/MailLoadFavourites.php?f=53_

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⇒ he is legend

think back to 2002. Think of someone powerful. Powerful enough to start a war. Powerful enough to hold office for two controversy-laden terms. Powerful enough to hit his head due to being choked unconscious by a pretzel.

that man is

George

W

B U S H

Secret service should known that terrorists would send salty snacks after the President! After all, who can resist the baked-brown goodness coated with a sprinkling of salt?
you're with us, or you're with the pretzels

article highlighting free music, and where it can be gotten:
http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23155913-5014239,00.html?from=mostpop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cocktails
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_Dor%C3%A9

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