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Alex Tew, the fellow behind Million Dollar Homepage, is set to launch his new MDH-like venture tomorrow. Pixelotto will offer 1M pixels of ad space for $2M…with half going to a lucky ad clicker and about half to Tew. Clever. Here’s a pre-launch screenshot. (thx, jonah)
Test yourself: how well can you pick out countries on a map of the world? I got a 59 my first time through…better than I thought I would do. (via plasticbag)
Worst analogies ever written in a high school essay. “He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree. “
Following three recent racial incidents (Michael Richards, Michael Irvin, and Mel Gibson), Malcolm Gladwell considers a possible spectrum of racial remarks.
Matt Haughey has a great idea about how to better search for missing persons: fly helicopters with cameras over the suspected locations, upload the resulting video/photos to the web, and an army of volunteers look the video/photos over for possible evidence. With enough eyeballs, all missing people are shallow.
A panel of critics at The Guardian pick the world’s 40 best directors. Anyone missing? (via khoi)
Update: A reader pointed out that this list probably isn’t that current (Errol Morris’ Fog of War is still forthcoming, for example). Oh and please note that the list is comprised of working directors; it’s not an all-time list. (thx, kate)
Pesky OS X bug: Powerbook/MacBook/MacBook Pro freezes when using Cmd-Tab. Has anyone else ran into this problem…or even better, a solution? It’s happened on my Powerbook every 2-3 weeks since I got it about a year ago…and 3 times in the past two days.
Using a geometric shape called a Reuleaux triangle, it’s possible to drill square holes. Click through for all the exciting math!
Update: A video of a Reuleaux triangle rotating in a square. (thx, will)
Update: More on the Reuleaux triangle at MathWorld. (thx, nevan)
Update: The Reuleaux triangle is also the basis for the Wankel engine.. (thx, brian & adam)
Sketchfighter 4000 is a gorgeous video game with a hand-drawn look. (via df)
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