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Probabilities of landing on squares in Monopoly
“Early in the game it is often best to get out as soon as possible so as to have more opportunities to buy property. Later in the game, it is best to stay in jail as long as possible to avoid landing on an opponent’s property.” – Truman Collins.
Good things come…
Very funny Guinness ad.
Rate my axe
Remember Hot or Not? The site where you rate people’s looks? Now you can rate people’s guitars. yes, guitars. Go ahead – start rating. And DO people have some amzing axes…!
Send your name to Pluto
pluto Originally uploaded to Flickr Brandnewbrain. For several years my name will be flying through space on a CD on a NASA spacecraft. I like the idea.
Free broadband in hotels
Radisson SAS today announced that their hotels now will offer free broadband for guests. Most hotels also have wifi. So now you can surf from the lounge or stream “The girl from Ipanema” in the elevator! This is a good thing. Start the competition! Hotel wifi has been too expensive for long, and hopefully others [...]
The top 50 spam words
Activsoftware has posted a list of the 50 words with the highest spam/ham ratio. In other words: The 50 words that most often show up in spam but NOT in normal mails. “Click” is not a such word, as it’s often used in normal mails.
Making your own pizza
Billy Reisinger has posted “The ridiculously thorough guide to making your own pizza”. Wonderful. All the details you didn’t know that you didn’t know. Even a section on how to toss the pizza in the air: “You will spin the dough counter-clockwise if you are right handed; clockwise if you are left-handed. Before you toss, [...]
Norwegian goverment improves privacy laws
Norwegian Minister of justice, Odd Einar Dørum, wants to improve laws to protect individuals privacy. Some background first: In Norway, wine and spirits are only sold through staterun shops called “Vinmonopolet” (or “Polet” – as most people say). Recently there has been a case where employees in Vinmonopolet are suspected to get money from wine [...]
Man on the moon
I’m sitting on the lawn, the summer is finally here, it’s 22:36 in the evening, the sun just disappeared below the horizon, it’s 18 degrees Celsius (that’s 33,8 F), and Michael Stipe is singing “If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon” somewhere below me. R.E.M. is playing here [...]
3D wallpapers from Richard Rosenman
3D designer Richard Rosenman has some cool 3D wallpapers on his site. Makes your desktop very deep.
Anina – and synchronicity
I was reading about the European blogosphere wiki at Boingboing some days ago. I edited the wiki, and also had a look at the very interesting site of Loic Le Meur, and found the link to beautiful model Anina. Check out her pics at Flickr: Then, only hours later, the same Anina blogs about a [...]
How Bob the Millionaire became a pirate
Eirik picks up crayons, draws and explains why people will continue to download TV-shows until the networks figure it out. Technorati tag: bittorrent / comic / lost
Meet the Harry Potters
Abebooks has a page with interviews with Harry Potters of the world. Not J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, but the real ones, the ones that are genuinely called Harry Potter. “Being Harry Potter has several other advantages. “I ran for election as a local government councilor and I went up against the mayor,” said Harry, [...]
Users never use advanced software features
“Unless we desperately need a particular functionality, chances are we will not be using it. In market research studies my company has conducted, learning about new features is often cited as the biggest issue users have with new technology.” and… “Apple is popular in the market because even a non-technical user can immediately grasp the [...]
Celine Dion is BAAAAAD
Anil just got 200 extra points from me! Hilarious. Technorati tags: music / fun
