I think this game took me about 10 minutes to beat but I found it creative and neat none-the-less. A series of stages encourages you to move an elephant through a single level towards a mario style pipe… Seems easy at first, but notice the lack of directions? you’re left to figure out all the levels on your own. See how well you can do on your first try. Hit the jump for my screencapped final score.

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TIME has released thier impression of what the top 50 websites of 2009 are, even though its not even September of the same year… umm quick qustion: can TIME travel THROUGH TIME?! oh man, I seriously need to borrow that technology and go back and meet me some dinosaurs. Hit the jump for the full list, or if you’re an elitist (you’re not) then you can get the link to TIME’s website there too.

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NERD ALERT: So, I’ve done lots of testing with the new Windows version and read plenty of articles… But for some reason this one caught my eye just a little more than the rest. Maybe it was the 80+ benchmarks that they performed, or the unbiased writing that truely reflected how the majority of the public felt about past releases with Microsoft.

For XP users, the security improvements are equally worthy of praise, while Vista users will be thrilled with the much improved, much less annoying UAC.

If you’ve been doubting at all that Win7 could be just another Vista, here is the article to convince you otherwise. Spoiler Alert: They give it a 9 / 10.

[via Windows 7 Review: XP vs Vista vs 7 in 80+ Benchmarks @ Maximum PC]

Are we all ready for the rush of news posts? My internet was down yesterday (the site wasn’t), so now I’ve got a backlog of content for you.

Sure, we’ve all been RickRolled at least once in our lives, but when I was sent this, I just had to share. It actually goes together quite nicely… makes you wonder if there is someone playing two songs at once all the time to find the perfect combinations of songs.

Thanks to Tom for the new take on an old hit.

Whenever any of us get bored at work or need some mental floss we all know where to head. (no not mentalfloss… jeeze) we go to the cracked.com lists. Here’s another one that I’ve just been linked to (Thanks Acai, if that is your real name). This cracked list is of the most extreme photos that aren’t actually photoshopped, even though you think they are. Hit the jump for a few of my favourites, even though they are much more believable if you check the site which has the explanation for each.

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I warn you now, this post has a lot more artsy element than most that will ever appear on the site, but I really felt I had to share it anyway. Above is a picture painted by a 6 year old… I don’t know about you but when I was 6, my artwork looked very different.

Experts have said that the six-year-old’s atmospheric paintings, which began with harbour scenes and expanded to include rural vistas, animal portraits and landmarks, have perspective, shadow and reflections that demonstrate an ability well beyond his years.

Hit the jump for the full collection and a link to the news article…

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Last Feb there was an auction on EBay that listed a bike which was rad to the power of sick. I had the link to it sent to me a few times, so I’m sure you saw it at some point. Well turns out the auction was actually an experiment in creativity. THEY FOILED US ALL! Geekologie even ran a story on the matter. Pretty cool guys!

The dudes bought an ordinary bike on ebay then sold it with a rad to the power of sick description. Proof that creativity really does help.

[via 'Rad To The Power Of Sick' BMX Bike Actually (Successful) Experiment In Creative Marketing @ Geekologie]

I’ve done plenty of research on the web for webcam setups in the past. I’ve always had an interest in public webcam and I’ve attempted to setup cheap and effective versions for a while now, but when I came across this blog entry everything else seemed inadequate. Its a neat read for anyone who likes solar powered ideas or public webcams… Check out the full entry in the link below.

About six months ago I got this crazy idea. What if I put a webcam up on our hill? There was no power up there, so I thought of the options. I settled on the idea of building a solar powered webcam. Having never done this before, I set out to learn about solar panels, batteries, and webcams. I’ve tried to capture the important parts here so you can learn from what I’ve done and build your own solar powered webcam.

Thanks for the information Bill!

[via How to build a Solar Powered Webcam @ Bill's Blog]

Are you as worried about the Robot-Apocolypse as I am? Plan on telling the robot overlords that you are actually a robot as well, sent back in time from the future … which is why you appear to be human? Me too… But one thing I hand’t concidered is the name that I would undoubtdly be asked for. And not my human name, but my robot name! Good thing I had this site sent to me though! Now I know…

Get your own name generated at the Official Site, then post your name to the comments…

Am I the only one that is aware of the future? Am I the only one that is stock piling weapons and amunition in my desk for the coming robot-apocolypse?! Seriously I dont think im getting through to anyone else!

Such self-configuring robots have existed in the world of academic labs for some years now. Last year, a research group at the University of Pennsylvania caught attention with their walking modular robot that slowly reassembled itself after being kicked apart.

Several U.S. military branches and government agencies besides NASA have also shown interest in the idea of shape-shifting, self-repairing robots.

umm… excuse me while I go change my pants.

[via Superbot: The Real Transformer | LiveScience.]