Big Tree Defense is quite an innovative and elegant take on the tower defense game.. grow a tree to defend against the insects..

http://www.freeworld...x/bigtreedefense.htm

Holy Rube Goldberg, Batman! OK Go does it again:


- Oshyan

I just discovered that youtube has a bunch of very good quality live performance videos from the 60s and 70s of one of my favorite groups, The Pentangle (i actually had a chance to see them live when i lived in england briefly).  They played a combination of old medieval folk songs and jazz/rock stuff.  Really amazing stuff.

Maybe start here (I Got A Feeling):
http://www.youtube.c...nGeI&feature=related

Then for a take on an old traditional (Willy of Winsbury):
http://www.youtube.c...Dru0&feature=related

Then try Light Flight:
http://www.youtube.c...Jnfg&feature=related

The latest edition of Stephen's Tech News is out.  Table of Contents:

• U.K. bill would 'outlaw open Wi-Fi'
• Microsoft takes off gloves against Google
• Tools for Putting Web Apps to the Cross-Browser Test
• New glasses-free 3D game for Nintendo DSi
• Sony: Don't hold your breath for PS4
• The Awful Anti-Pirate System That Will Probably Work
• Europe 'will not accept' three strikes in Acta treaty
• Government departments allowed to use Firefox
• No Lie! Your Facebook Profile Is the Real You
• Win A Free Ticket to Google IO 2010

This is the ugly side of review sites and of scrambling to get content into top positions in search engines.

The plaintiff claims that Yelp sales staff then began calling the hospital frequently with “high-pressure” tactics promising to move or delete negative reviews in exchange for purchasing a one-year advertising contract. The site also allegedly promised to ensure that negative reviews wouldn’t appear in Google or other search engine results.
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During interviews with dozens of business owners over a span of several months, six people told this newspaper that Yelp sales representatives promised to move or remove negative reviews if their business would advertise. In another six instances, positive reviews disappeared — or negative ones appeared — after owners declined to advertise.
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Because they were often asked to advertise soon after receiving negative reviews, many of these business owners believe Yelp employees use such reviews as sales leads. Several, including John, even suspect Yelp employees of writing them. Indeed, Yelp does pay some employees to write reviews of businesses that are solicited for advertising. And in at least one documented instance, a business owner who refused to advertise subsequently received a negative review from a Yelp employee.

http://www.eastbayex.../Content?oid=1176635
http://www.wired.com...or-alleged-extortion

While I was looking for a shell extension so that I could right click on any file and or directory and be able to copy path and or file to my clip board, I found http://www.codeunit.co.za – Software, Code, Technology and Tutorials that I thought I’d like to share here.

http://www.codeunit.co.za