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Greg Rutter’s Definitive List of The 99 Things You Should Have Already Experienced On The Internet Unless You’re a Loser or Old or Something.

This is Elaine Davidson, the “Most Pierced Woman” in the World. As of May 2008, Davidson’s piercings total 5,920. She was born in Brazil in 1965 and now resides in Edinburgh, Scotland. Wooa…

Ecofont was developed by SPRANQ to use less ink with no reduction in readability. The Dutch font is available for free download and free use here. The font is reported to use 20% less ink!

Twitterers, Check out Tweetwasters. This site was created by @itcn, designed by @reese and based on a concept by @sugarrae she thought of during a lecture aimed @streko. There is even a Tweetwasters Wordpress Plugin! Often, tweets seem to be too much information. Now we can see how much time is wasted to this addictive behavior.

Web Designer/Developer Cameron Adams, as a demonstration of non-library based JavaScript (and non-Flash) hacking, has produced an amazing toy: the JS-909 drum machine. Runs great and even has a visualization option, though it does load the execution down. Check this out and have some retro 80’s drum machine fun!

Wow. Location, location, location! These guys can really raise the roof for your dinner party. Not always a favorite place to dine, but certainly memorable.

For those who might make a New Year’s resolution to try linux this year, Download Squad has a nice article. It is helpful and not distribution specific. Check it out! Also, the latest incarnation of some of the most popular distros are getting good reviews.

Saw this linked and felt that many would benefit from a look-see. In this MRSA-inspired panic, water is your friend, not necessarily soap. Read the blog entry on Making Light for the whole story of how to wash properly.“The single best way to prevent the flu is to wash your hands. But not everyone knows how to do it.”

According to former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, as reported in the Telegraph UK, President George Bush is afraid of horses. He recalled a meeting in Mexico shortly after both men had been elected when Mr Fox offered Mr Bush a ride on a “big palomino” horse. Mr Fox, who left office in December, recalled Mr Bush “backing away” from the animal.

Duct Tape Server was built entirely from four rolls of gray Nashua duct tape, a quarter roll of translucent 3M duct tape, and these computer components:

• Pentium P4 2.4 GHz
• Intel SFF Motherboard
• 1GB twinned DDR RAM
• 80GB SATA HDD
• 350W PSU
• CDROM
• 2 80mm LED fans

Crazy html-coder/artist from Japan. Fascinating to watch this develop! [YouTube link]