links for 2010-11-30
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Those who study flags are called "vexillologists." They use vexillological symbols to indicate any of a half dozen characteristics of national flags, which consists of a sort of an abbreviated tic-tac-toe board with a one or more dots in places of the Xs and Os.
The military has deployed the XM-25 to Afghanistan. It fires 25mm rounds that function like tiny grenades—they explode when they reach the distance established by the rangefinder. Baddies hiding behind a wall? No problem!
A collection of delightful JavaScript website enhancements. Many are plugins for jQuery or Prototype.
This project develops open source software tools for digital asset reuse and visualization. Info-porn, basically. Their "graduated" projects are great, especially Timeline and Timeplot.
This is a slick login/registration UI that I'm bound to find a use for soon enough.
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