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5/4/06 Gil's LotD: Poetry, Stick figures, Music video

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http://www.spellingsociety.org/news/media/poems.php Poems about the odd words in English, they are very cool.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1103093891548277809# is hiliarious... a disco in an elevator. This is a must see.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/stickfiguresinperil/pool/ Photos taken of stick figures... in peril. This is pretty funny.

4/17/06 Gil's LotD: Zelda, The Internet, Homebrew clocks

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2713994116796945354# Old ad for the original NES Zelda game.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/index.php?p=2747 A map of the backbone routers of the Internet. This is pretty cool.
http://symlink.dk/projects/bob-clock/ A homemade clock which uses a single LED in a circle of LEDs to represent hour, minute, and second hands.

3/23/06 Gil's LotD: Hardcore alarm clarks, Driving pranks

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http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/puzzle-alarm-clock-presents-mild-challenge-wakes-you-up-157999.php An alarm clock which has a puzzle on top you need to solve in order to stop its alarm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoETMCosULQ Drivers go the speed limit which blocks off all traffic. A good, short documentary.