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This is ridiculous, and I want one. Moshi Moshi Curve MM02 Cellphone+VOIP Headset

Using Windows 7’s “XP Mode” to run IE 6, IE 7 and IE8 side-by-side »

Nice tutorial on running IE 6, 7, and 8 all together on Windows 7. Download Windows XP Mode and Virtual PC at Microsoft’s site first.

“It is not the spectacular things that are the important things, but the unspectacular…” Dieter Rams. Great, short interview. (HT @mcphat)

Tarp surfing… ya… (HT: Jeff McFadden)

I consider that a man’s brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.

A fool takes in all the lumber of every sort that he comes across, so that the knowledge which might be useful to him gets crowded out, or at best is jumbled up with a lot of other things so that he has a difficulty in laying his hands upon it. Now the skilful workman is very careful indeed as to what he takes into his brain-attic. He will have nothing but the tools which may help him in doing his work, but of these he has a large assortment, and all in the most perfect order.

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—	Sherlock Holmes (er… Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) from A Study in Scarlet.

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First Look: Mattel’s Ghostbusters PKE Meter Replica

Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site »

An oldie but goodie. Time for a reread/refresher.

Why haven't Facebook, eBay, Twitter, and Google been successful in China? »

Great discussion on Quora. Seems like the best answers are a result of cultural saavy, not so much about censorship.

The way I understand gifts is that the giver must make a sacrifice, create an uneven exchange, bring himself closer to the recipient, create change and do it all with the right spirit.

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—	Seth’s Godin: Gifts, misunderstood

Best use of Lego ever.