The view from my outside window-- never seen it like this before

Mozilla achieved an important milestone in November, sailing past 20% market share over an entire month for the first time since its release in November 2004. Firefox leaped by almost a full percentage point over October, according to data provided by Net Applications. Microsoft will need a compelling new browser rather sooner than later.

Apple’s (AAPL) slice of the Internet pie grew measurably in November as both the Mac and the iPhone hit record numbers in a Net Applications Web survey issued overnight Monday and updated Monday morning. At the same time, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Web presence crossed two psychological barriers, with Windows’ Internet share dropping below 90%.

Dave Tiderman wondered if the decimal point was in the wrong place when he opened his $35,000 company bonus. Jose Rojas saw his $10,000 check and thought, "That can't be right."

I’m passionate about textures. I’ve already published some compilations, such as 30 free paper backgrounds and textures at my Creative Closeup blog and 10 grunge, rusty and dirty tileable textures at this site.

Miss Sally sent me out to get a broom and dustpan. I wandered up and down the broom and dustpan isle for an hour and used a series of tests and scientific studies to determine the best broom and dustpan combination. In the end, I picked the prettiest set.

ChrisVick: Just spent the last two hours playing TapDefense. Pretty fun game. Now off to sleep so I can wake up in a few hours.

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t can be tough putting together a good closed beta testing pool if you’re a small developer. Perhaps especially so if you’re developing for Mac, which, still has a smaller overall user base to draw from than Windows. MacDeveloper, a recently founded Mac testing community, wants to bring developers together with motivated, responsible beta testers.

Warning: Graphic language and will make your puppy cry.

An awesome illusion that's created with the use of strobe lights.

This is ridiculous. I can't believe what people will do to save a few bucks on stupid crap.

Who would win in a battle between Darth Vader & Capt Jean-Luc Picard? Lets see....

When it comes to sheer, blinding speed you can't beat supercomputers, and, once more, the fastest of the fast in the Top 500 Supercomputers, are Linux computers.

Apple has internally announced that its Apple Stores are authorized to match the Black Friday sales of any authorized Apple re-seller. There have been reports indicating that Apple was already planning significant price cuts for Black Friday, so this Thanksgiving should be a great time to purchase Apple products at attractive prices.

Proof that drugs can make you more attractive...

In the fall of 2003, a group of friends from Sweden decided to launch a BitTorrent tracker named ‘The Pirate Bay’. Today, roughly 5 years after this historic day, the founders of the site are celebrities in Sweden, and rockstars on the Internet.