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Saturday, January 7, 2006 - "The internet is stupid."

> Science/Tech

The solar system is a scarily big place. [Display]
Some clever sausage at Stanford has invented a camera that can be refocused AFTER the shot has been taken. How does it do this incredible thing? Magic. Nearly. [Destroy]
How many frames per second can the human eye see? Some interesting questions raised, from the perspective of watching film, cinema, games etc. [Details]
...This follows on from the main article at 100fps.com, discussing deinterlacing and how analog and dogital video actually works in terms of frames, images, interlaced images, NTFS, PAL, scanlines and all that other stuff you might only have a vague idea about. Lots of pictures to illustrate these effects, too. [Details]
I want my lampposts to give me free wireless internet. [Details]
> Geek

I met Tom Jonkman a couple of years ago in France. Now look what he's up to! Great stuff. [Destroy]
Google have put together everything a fresh Windows system needs into one handy pack of free software. A "Google Pack". Make sure you tick Trillian, too (it's excluded by default but an option). How handy. [Details]
We love Fragmaster. [Destroy]
A return to the year 3000 on the cards this year, perhaps? [Details]
Some wierd thing explaining, in an oddly illustrated yet refreshingly simple manner, why using tables for a web page layout is stupid and what some of the alternatives are. If you design webness, read. [Details]
Old news I meant to include ages ago: Claudia Black's set to become a permanent feature on "Stargate SG-1", joining the full-time cast for season ten. Ten! That's far too many. [Details]
> Stuff

It's a paintball webcomic! In Alaska! [Display]
Google Video has some amazing stuff on it. [Destroy]
Python eats alligator, then explodes. Yes, really. [Details]
You'll never look at household cleaning products in the same way. This has been around for a while, but I haven't updated for a while. Meh. [Destroy]
Boris was angry at the Daily Mail, and rightly so. [Details]
Then again, with headlines like these, no wonder the Mail pisses so many people off. Stupid paper. [Destroy]
Art is stupid. Artists are stupid. [Details]
People are stupid. Google, on the other hand, is clever. [Delve]
Happy new year 'n' stuffs. 2006 is also stupid, so far...