A concordance of Welsh words, e.g. if you want to see how words are used in a variety of sentences.
http://www.testunau.org/mynegair/
2008-02-12
The Grammy in Mathematics
"Mathematician nominated for award for restoring the only known recording of a live Woody Guthrie performance"http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20080209/mathtrek.asp
Fontifier - Your own handwriting on your computer
"Fontifier lets you use your own handwriting for the text you write on your computer. It turns a scanned sample of your handwriting into a handwriting font that you can use in your word processor or graphics program, just like regular fonts such as Helvetica."http://www.fontifier.com/
Notebook or Musical Box?
"At first glance it resembles musical box in the Victorian style, however, in reality this is none other than the portable computer Hewlett-Packard ZT1000 on basis of Windows xp and Ubuntu Linux" [babelfish translation]http://www.novate.ru/blogs/010170/8513
100 Year-old Tortoise acts as Mom to Baby Hippo
"A baby hippopotamus that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast has formed a strong bond with a giant male century-old tortoise in an animal facility in the port city of Mombassa , officials said The hippopotamus, nicknamed Owen and weighing about 300 kilograms (650 pounds), was swept down Sabaki River into the Indian Ocean, then forced back to shore when tsunami waves struck the Kenyan coast on December 26, before wildlife rangers rescued him."http://www.floristone.com/hippopotamus-tortoise.html
Star Forts
"star forts are incredible, relatively unappreciated structures that have recently become a fascination of mine - humungous constructions that only really become visually stunning when you look down on them from above. this type of fortification design was adopted in the early 16th century [...] many of them still stand today in varying sizes. some are empty, some contain ruins. some, as you’ll see below, contain entire villages. [...]"http://deputy-dog.com/2008/02/02/6-incredible-star-forts/
100+ Useful Web Resources for Small Business and Non Profits
"I often get questions about creating, maintaining, and optimizing an online presence from small businesses and non profits; how to get into search engine results, how to redesign an old site, what tools are available that are useful, inexpensive or free. If you know of any tool or resource I have not listed, that is particularly good for small businesses, please take a moment and leave it in the comments below."
http://blog-well.com/2008/02/11/100-useful-web-resources-for-small-business-and-non-profits/
Save Orphan Works
"Orphan works are — broadly speaking — any copyrighted works where the rights holder is hard to find. Because the cost of finding the owner is so high, creators can't build on orphan works, even when they'd be willing to pay to use them. In many cases the works were abandoned because they no longer produced any income. In most cases, rights holders, once found, are delighted to have their work used."http://eldred.cc/
7,200 bananas stacked by Sagmeister
"Experience the sight (and smell) of 72,000 ripening bananas at the Deitch Gallery" [New York]http://www.core77.com/blog/events/7200_bananas_stacked_by_sagmeister_8925.asp
Freescreencast.com
"We make screencasting simple from begining to end. Record your screen, upload, and share with ease. No tech degree required."http://freescreencast.com/
For example: http://freescreencast.com/screencasts/watch/149/Creating-screencasts-with-FreeScreencastcom
passportstamp.com
"Welcome to passportstamp.com, the site for tracking your overseas visits."http://www.passportstamp.com/
Horsesurfing
"Horsesurfing: The British-invented sport combines the technical skill of surfing with the raw power of horse riding"http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=513450&in_page_id=1770&ito=newsnow
10 Amazing Tree Houses from Around the World
"Some structures are built on trees or hung from trees, but some unusual tree houses are even grown from trees or built right into a tree. Some people live in trees as a luxury, some to help save the environment and others out of tradition or necessity."http://weburbanist.com/2008/02/10/10-amazing-tree-houses-from-around-the-world-sustainable-unique-and-creative-designs/
Lock-In - Bruce Schneier
"With enough lock-in, a company can protect its market share even as it reduces customer service, raises prices, refuses to innovate and otherwise abuses its customer base. It should be no surprise that this sounds like pretty much every experience you've had with IT companies: Once the industry discovered lock-in, everyone started figuring out how to get as much of it as they can."http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/02/lockin.html
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