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The internet has made political protest much easier though you need to get a big crowd behind you with over 100 websites out there. A few months back this appeared.

Because Gordon Brown didn’t apologise to Congress when visiting the USA, so here’s your chance to email friends with an apology on his behalf! It’s nicelt done. It makes me think the the net is more powerful than the pen…(which is more powerful than the sword)…

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Now here’s a video that has been viewed over a million times. It shows a man going down a giant water-slide, flying through the air and landing in an inflatable pool.

It looks very good, isn’t very professional in production and you can see the man flying through the air (circled!) the big question though is it fake or amazingly real? You judge!

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I love it when you see somebody talented do something extraordinary with everyday objects. It gives me the hope that maybe, just maybe I could do that. Though deep in my heart I know I can’t and never will.

A point in question, this photograph and many others (Link goes via Google.com translation as original site is in Spanish). You can also see his art on the online Saatchi Gallery.

These are photo quality but drawn by hand using ballpoint pens from photos he has taken by the Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas. Apparently he goes through 4 pens per painting! They are of the “i can’t believe it’s not a photo” quality. Just amazing!

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It’s back again! No I don’t have any involvement or stand to get anything from having people click through, except it improves my mini-city. Someday I’ll be able to look at my Metropolis and think why?

It’s currently traffic jammed up; I know the feeling! More visitors paradoxically frees  up the traffic jam. That’s video game logic for you!

I’ll give you a clue, green is good, red is bad.

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There’s a new version of firefox version 3.5 which you can download here. It’s got a lot of new features, faster JavaScript and porn viewing mode (i.e. not tracked) just like in Google’s Chrome browser. It feel’s a bit snappier as well. You can see all the new features on this page. It’s certainly a major rival to Internet Explorer 8.

The picture shown is the live update which shows where people are downloading it and how many per second. BTW. If you download this version of firefox or have the previous one, type in about:robots into the address bar to see this Easter Egg.

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Black and white photos of nukes, nuclear bunker command consoles and aircraft! Scary and sort of awe inspiring.

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This is a website that has photos of unusual shaped buildings from around the world. You can vote on which are your favourites or suggest new ones.

http://unusual-architecture.com/Link

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Not so long ago, several key cables were accidentally cut and India/Asia lost a lot of connectivity. This picture lets you see why. Ok, so i like this kind of stuff; infrastructure etc! Doesn’t make me a bad guy!

Click the link (or the picture above) and it will take you to the Guardians website and the full size image.

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Sol it’s just another boring online product store? Not quite! Just watch it for a few seconds…

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I’ve seen this effect used recently in an advert in a newspaper or magazine so I expect to see it happen more over the next 12-18 months before it becomes a clche and advertising agencies look for something else new and fresh.

That said, it’s still pretty clever and must take a fair bit of time, tweaking and adjusting to get just the right shadow you want.
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This is a wonderful set of photos of a climb up the Bay Bridge and showing the views from the top which are just amazing.

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I have no idea what this is about but it’s colourful if rather badly wrong!

It’s just a map of the USA, seemingly as the Japanese (well those who can’t read an Atlas or view Google Maps) perceive the USA.

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Somewhere you don’t expect to find lots of lovely and interesting photos is Wikipedia (well I didn’t!).

Australian David Iliff has travelled to quite a number of places (poor bloke is currently in London- hard luck mate!) and these are some gorgeous photos and panoramas he has taken and put on on his user page in Wikipedia.

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It’s easier usually, camouflaging people or vehicles to blend in the background. These photos though show an entire aircraft factory (Lockheed Burbank) being camouflaged by building false fields to make it look as if it was plain country.

Obviously from the ground this probably wouldn’t fool the eye but from a mile above, which is where you would expect Japanese aircraft to attack it should easily confuse them. Clever stuff. There are 9 photos in all.

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Some of these statues are very strange indeed. Some aren’t exactly statues- like the Mini parked up the wall but they are all all a bit odd.

The rhino hanging in mid air is my favourite, followed closely by the women swinging the kid.

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