Clusty is a change from other search engines because it sorts keywords into themed groups.
Just type a word, and the clustered groups are listed in a panel.
Use the tabs to direct your search to results from a particular source, or even to sites with a given extension; useful when looking for information on a government or country specific site.
http://www.dimdim. com/ This is a beta test phase of an open source online meeting room hosted in virtual space. No downloads or fees are called for. You access the meeting room through your browser, sharing PowerPoint presentations, text, webcam images and the activity on your desktop computer. You can walk your guests through web pages, spreadsheets, or design documents just as if they were sitting with you. It might be fun! There is a launch video at the site.
If you enjoy conferences you might find this site interesting because it is inspired by talks by the world's greatest thinkers. Themes are related to Technology, Entertainment, Design, Science, Culture and more. http://www.ted. com/
Some times its just a question of being in the right place at the right time, without ever knowing too much about photography. Even so, having a digital camera its worth knowing something about it, and this site will certainly help. http://www.photonhe ad.com/
A short while ago Microsoft announced a new imaging technology called "Photosynth" . Its been developed in collaboration with the University of Washington. This application will turn photographs into 3D effect. I've found a preview of it which will give an idea of how its going to perform. http://labs.live.com/photosynth/
The software will analyse photographs and look for similarities to understand how the contents of the picture relates to another, i.e. next to it, in front etc. The purpose is to create a new way of looking at photos.
There's a technical preview at the site which sets out the system requirements. I imagine those who are serious photographers or playing with images will have a blast with this.
"The world isn't run by weapons anymore, or energy, or money. It's run by little ones and zeroes, little bits of data. It's all just electrons. (from the movie: Sneakers)"