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Bluffers Guide to Design
If, like me, you enjoy your web design but have all the colour coordinating know-how of Timmy Mallet in a Christmas jumper then check out this site. Everything you need to know about colour matching - it'll even throw random selections of complimentary colours at you. A word of warning - some of the generated combinations are pretty awful and if you can't tell which ones then I suggest you leave it to the pros (if you are a pro and stillcan't tell then then I suggest you quit).

Christmas is coming!
Nothing marks the festive season quite as well as (1) kitsch Xmas themed toys and (2) the ubiquitous family argument. This lovely little toy is a good example of the former and helps prevent the latter by giving you an outlet to vent your spleen.

Hello GromBlog fans!
Just a little introductory blog by newbie blogger Solomon - I expect you may be seeing a little from me from time to time. Nothing to report at this time but I'll be sure to tell you when there is!

Cum All Ye Faithful!
Taking the hymn far too literally is this new advert hosted on comeallyefaithful.co.uk (Seems NSFW but actually nothing too naughty so you're probably ok).

Ultimate Boot CD
The extremely handy Ultimate Boot CD has been updated. If you have a sick computer or are always being asked to fix other people's pcs then keep a copy of this disk handy - you won't think you need it until you actually do.
Best used in conjunction with the ever-amazing Knoppix which is a full version of Linux including all the tools you need in an emergency as well as word processors, spreadsheets etc all in a bootable disk. Burn both of these onto a cd, keep them safe and then send me a thank-you mail when you finally need to print out a document and your hard drive has completely died.

Silent Ringtone
I love the idea of this silent ringtone more than using it in practise. The idea is simple - we all have people that we don't want to talk to - simply allocate the silent ringtone to them and when they ring - you don't hear the phone and they get sent straight to voicemail.

Antarctic Photo Library
Just been tipped off to the Antarctic Photo Library by the always helpful Tara from Researchbuzz. It's a superb resource for good photos of penguins and igloos if you ever need that sort of thing. If you like the more serious links of resources on the web (like this photo library) then chances are I got it from Tara - sign up for her newsletter (or even better - go buy a book).

How many weblogs are there in the UK?
Tom from Plasticbag.org is trying to ascertain How many weblogs are there in the UK?. If you have a blog or knwo someone who does then please point them to this link and have a looksee.

Deadly Laptop Accessories
I can't see how this Laptop Accessory would be any use or even remotely safe to use unless you were in a traffic jam for a very long time. Even then I'd end up hitting my car's horn by accident all the time. Seriously though, anyone care to explain to me why they are allowed to sell this when it's so obviously dangerous?

Tina's phone stolen whilst audio-blogging
Girl gets drunk, records a livejournal audio-blog entry on her mobile,
forgets to hang up, then gets mugged, has her phone stolen and driven
off by a mugger - all with the audioblog recording still running.

How Humiliating!
This must have been so humiliating for Eddie Irvine - the ex-Formula 1 racing driver - Getting caught for speeding on a scooter. How the mighty have fallen!
(NB for our American readers - Formula 1 is like a proper, grown-up version of Cart racing or the Indy 500 - the tracks actually have bends and chicanes)

Rock Stars as Kids
Ever wondered what Ozzy looked like as a kid? Want proof that Marilyn Manson was a speccy nerd before he sold his soul to santa. Or maybe you didn't realise quite how cute Kurt Cobain was (before he decided to rearrange his face rather dramatically). Check out the baby photos of these and more at Whiplash! O Mais Completo Site de Rock! (apparently)

Animation of Xtreme Martial Arts
Discovery Channel have been running a new show on Martial Arts - they've got some great videos and animations of extreme martial arts like katana and twin broadswords.

Pixelporn demo
Not sure what the final version of this is supposed to be (possibly an online adventure/dating game maybe) but the Pixelporn demo looks very good indeed - it's just pointless.

Eminem's lil' Brother's website
Marshall Mathers aka Eminem has a little brother who has a shockingly awful website - the design is worse than this site! I guess this explains a lot.

UrbanDictionary 'Realworld Definitions'
I ended up on this site earlier today for the first time and I've just been sent it by one of our regulars (Hi Martyn) so it looks like UrbanDictionary is fast becoming an essential site to visit. It's both serious and silly at the same time - go here if you don't understand new phrases you hear on this site (like NSFW, goatse or bukkake - that way you won't end up looking at dodgy pr0n at work like you would if you searched for these phrases on google)

LOL - the view from my window
This was just parked outside my office for the last half hour. Made me laugh!

Diet K: Supercharging KaZaA!
Last week the makers of Kazaa forced the makers of KazaaLite (the adware-free souped-up version of Kazaa) to shut down. Most sites hosting KazaaLite have been shut down already and even if you already had KazaaLite, you may find that it won't work any more. IF that's the case then go get the full version of Kazaa and the adware-removing plugi-in Diet K. Using Diet-K should put you back to where you were when you were using KazaaLite. If you are still running Kazaa on it's own then you really ought to get this - it'll help clean up your machine.
Other handy tools for cleaning up your machine and protecting it from spyware include SpyBot and Ad-aware.
Mind you, I haven't used Kazaa for ages, personally I pay a £6/$9 per 6Gb (or one month, whichever comes sooner) subscription to Easynews and grab everything I need from there. If you use newsgroups for downloads then you might want to check out Nforce to see if the file you're downloading is actually what you think it is.

The Hello World Project (or how to send obscene messages to UN Delegates)
Today, the UN World Summit on the Information Society is taking place in Geneva. The best bit is that, if you would like to send the UN WSIS delegates a message (however obscene), you can have it projected by laser onto a 140 metre tall water fountain in sight of the conference. You can send your message via the Web or via text message using the HelloWorld Project website and watch it being projected through the local webcams.

Bukakke Xmas!
Just been sent this picture - entitled 'Bukakke Xmas'. (Safe For Work picture but if you don't know what Bukakke is then I'm not the right person to tell you but take my advice and don't type it into a search engine - no, seriously!)

Virtual Office Supplies
It's getting harder and harder to steal stuff from work these days. If you're more interested in stationery than bonking the secretary in the stationery cupboard then you can satisfy your office-supply cravings with a VirtualStapler or pop some VirtualBubblewrap. If you'd rather have the secretary then you'll probably want a Virtual Cigarette.

One of these images is not like the others
More fun with Google Image search - time for another round of 'One of the images is not like the others'. Today we bring you;
Google Search: Spaghetti Junction and
skyscrapers.
Can you spot the odd one out?
*EDIT: looks like both of the results on both these pages have changed - it's been Google-bombed or something so don't worry if you don't get the joke when you read this.

BattleSexStar Galatica
Battle star Galatica is returning to our screens in a new series. Naturally, it's been updated to appeal to this modern era and we all know what updating an old show normally involves - sex.

Proud Pickers
I never knew there could be so much to the art of nose-picking but Proud Pickers have taught me otherwise. They have animated gifs, extreme nose-picking (including nostril hair waxing), even a whole section especially for nose-picking in theme parks. Another one for the TMTOTH dept (Too Much TIme On Their Hands)