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27 October 2007

My Dots for Friday, October 26, 2007

L’aiglefin ou églefin (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) ou aigrefin ou haddock, est l'unique représentant du genre Melanogrammus (famille des Gadidae).
Kolja
Haddock

[tags: CulinaryAdventures, fish]

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26 October 2007

My Dots for Thursday, October 25, 2007

Quoted: Audi has revealed its metroproject quattro design study at the Tokyo Motor Show The car will provide technology clues to the look and packaging of a future Audi production cars.

[tags: electric, Audi, automotive]

Quoted: Eyejot is the easiest way to send and recieve video email messages. No download or installation required! Send a webcam message or captured video file to any email address, and they can watch it with just a click of a link. Best of all, it's free.

[tags: video, email]

Quoted: Entrepreneurs are working to revive a 19th-century dream: cars that run on compressed air.

[tags: automobiles, MDI]

As about makeuseof.com, it’s very different from most of the other tech blogs/websites. It’s unique and original in what it reviewes and how it does it. On makeuseof we don’t write about any new web applications that comes around but only about ones that are COOL, FREE and USEFUL. It may be a subjective judgement but that’s how it is. We also try to keep it simple and all accessible, so that even newbies who never used such sites like Digg and Delicious or ones who think AJAX is famous washing powder brand can easily find their way around.

[tags: cool websites]

Quoted: oSkope is a visual search assistant that lets your search Amazon, Ebay, YouTube and Flickr in a highly intuitive way

[tags: search, visual]

Check out some of the latest makeuseof discoveries. All listed websites are FREE (or come with decent free account option). No trials or buy-to-use craplets. For even more stuff make sure to subscribe to makeuseof directory.

[tags: cool websites, software]

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25 October 2007

My Dots for Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Discover your world family through DNA, connect with others to share and preserve family memories.

[tags: genealogy, DNA, search]

The Sorenson Database is the foremost collection of genetic genealogy data in the world. Search by DNA results or surname and find your place in the worldwide genetic family tree.

[tags: genealogy, DNA, search]

Bountii.com is a search engine that finds the best prices for electronics.

[tags: search, electronics, price]

Your personal information is being collected, bought, and sold by thousands of businesses every day. Without your consent.
ProQuo helps you to remove your name and personal information from thousands of marketing lists, data brokers and other organizations that send you unsolicited mail.

[tags: mail, spam, junk]

Quoted: Welcome to scitopia.org, the free federated search portal to the digital libraries of leading science and technology societies. Enter a term to find targeted, authoritative, ...

[tags: search, science]

GigaPan allows users to upload, share, and explore brilliant gigapixel+ panoramas from around the globe.

[tags: photography, zoom, sharing, upload]

Train Travel - France

[tags: TGV, train, travel, france]

Quoted: Toinou, Marseille, France: Find photos, descriptions, maps, and expert advice on things to do in Marseille, France on Yahoo! Travel.

[tags: restaura, recipes, seafood, Toinou, Francents]

This restaurant is really special. For 15 euros you are served a huge platter of assorted coquillages straight from the market stalls outside: oysters, mussels, crevettes, crab, langoustes and clams are all affordable for those on even the tightest budget.

[tags: restaura, recipes, seafood, Toinou, Francents]

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24 October 2007

23 October 2007

My Dots for Monday, October 22, 2007

By throwing its staff to the wolves at the first accusation of misconduct, the UN is baldly pandering to US government and media pressure.

[tags: UN]

The next generation Mozille Web browser will appear differently depending on which operating system is being used, as developers try to blend in multiple components seamlessly with Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux.

Quoted: TG Daily, Firefox 3 to build on heavy visual integration

[tags: Firefox, windows, os x]

Ontario (CA) – A new lithium-ion battery pack for the Toyota Prius may not lower gas prices, but it promises to make trips to the gas station less frequent – a lot less frequent. Made by Hymotion and A123 Systems - the same folks that brought you the batteries in the Killacycle – this aftermarket kit converts the car into a plug-in hybrid and allows it to run on electric power for the first forty miles of a trip. As you can expect, total gas mileage goes through the roof and company executives claim drivers can easily exceed 150 miles-per-gallon in the city and 100 MPG on the highways.

Quoted: TG Daily, TG Video: Aftermarket lithium-ion battery pack squeezes 150 MPG from a Toyota Prius

[tags: batteries, automotive, prius, video]

Quoted: As Apple gains PC market share, Jobs talks of a decade of upgrades

[tags: vista, iphone, ipod, apple, imac]

Quoted: The first commercial flight by the world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, has drawn a mixed bunch of passengers. - The Sydney Morning Herald

[tags: airbus, travel]

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21 October 2007

My Dots for Saturday, October 20, 2007

Here is our list of the Top 100 Classic Web Sites in 2007. You'll see a lot of familiar URLs on this list, and we hope there are also quite a few that you haven't heard of before. These sites are established and generally best-of-breed in their respective categories.

[tags: Websites]

Quoted: Radar Networks, the not-so-secret stealth startup, is finally unveiling its site, dubbed Twine. Twine is targeted straight at groupware and knowledge-management apps that ...

[tags: Twine, organizing, data, knowledge management]

Quoted: Flock 1.0 beta has been released for public download and is available here (at the time of writing it's not shown on the ...

[tags: flock, browser]

Quoted: Joost CEO Mike Volpi just suggested on stage at Web 2.0 that Joost is working on a browser-based version of its peer-to-peer Internet ...

[tags: joost, tv, video]

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