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(Update on 2008-07-10: It appears, with the latest update to Google Trends, the “bug” I describe below has been fixed)
In case you’re not familiar with Google Trends, it allows you to graph the popularity of the search terms that people enter into Google Search. You can graph up to five terms, separated by commas, [...]
Many have already speculated on the reasons why Apple released Safari for Windows, the most obvious purpose being for iPhone compatibility testing, so the only thing I’ll add is that Safari has one obscure feature which IE, Firefox, and Opera don’t offer and probably never will. Native TIFF support. The Tagged Image File [...]
1) Someone really did trade a paper clip (after 14 other trades in a year) for a house!
Wikipedia - One_red_paperclip
Original Site: http://oneredpaperclip.blogspot.com
There have been other seemingly crazy ideas that have had some success:
2) Student sells each pixel on his web page for $1.
1 million pixels sold = $1 million dollars.
Wikipedia Article: Milliondollarhomepage
Original Site: http://milliondollarhomepage.com
3) A [...]
I’ve written a javascript program (latest version) which finds the solution to Wei-Hwa’s Puzzle Challenge #3 (formerly the Da Vinci Code Quest module). You can add his puzzle module to your Google Homepage here: fusion.google.com/add… or if you don’t want to sign up to get a Personalized Google Homepage, the latest puzzle is being posted [...]
I’ve checked the blogs I followed during the contest (see below*) but found no news on the winner of The Da Vinci Code Quest. Despite claims of sub-5 minute times on the final puzzle, no one has come forward. According to the rules it seems inevitable that the winner will eventually be known: [...]
As of 1PM today, the deadline passed on the final puzzle in The Da Vinci Code (buy it) Quest on Google. I completed it in 7m 20s so I guess I don’t have to worry about the tax consequences (fool.com) of being the winner. It took me about 2m 40s to complete the [...]
See below for the email Sony Pictures is sending out to the 10,000 finalists of The Quest. Congratulations to all who played. Note the video “thank you” message from Sir Ian McKellen with its subsequent plug for the movie AND merchandise. Now I just have to figure out if it makes sense to compete [...]
