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I've had so many "Pleasurable Distractions" the past few weeks I decided to do two weeks at a time.

• Andrew's Optical Illusion - Before an image hits your consciousness it goes through quite a bit of preprocessing.  One of the main things your brain is geared towards preprocessing is recognition of faces.  That is why we have a tendency to see the face of Jesus in a tree rather then inanimate objects.  Test it your self with this simple "optical illusion".
• fine art for children and babies - Nerdy baby flash cards.  I may just buy a set.
• For Some Athletes, Courses With No Classes - New York Times - I've mentioned before that I'm not a big fan of college sports.  I think the athletes are treated like gods and t goes to their heads.  Often times you're giving them an eduction on how to be a prick.  According to this article, at some colleges, that is where the education ends.
• Min-Height Fast Hack - In a past "Links of the Week" I linked to a hack to simulate the min-height CSS property in IE6 using a CSS expressions (basically javascript snippets in your style sheet).  For some reason one of my latest projects was choking on this.  Fortunately google supplied not only an alternative but a better solution overall.
• Monkey with a Deathwish - Google Video - Monkeys can be pranksters... we all know that.  But did you ever imagine a monkey picking on a couple of tigers?
• php-security-by-example.swf (application/x-shockwave-flash Object) -  Everyday I love PHP more and curse all the years I spent with ASP classic.  But, as with every web  programming language, caution is needed.
• Planet Tutorial - How to make planets in Paintshop.  Doesn't look easy but might be worth trying.
• Ten signs you're tech obsessed - Technology - theage.com.au - Two out of ten is not so bad.  I guess I am not as tech obsessed as I thought.  Or maybe I'm just too cheap to keep buying gadgets.
• The Form Assembly - Create and Process State-of-the-Art Web Forms - Online web form builder.  Pretty cool.
• Top 20 Blog Designs | Blog - What?  Hypercubed blog is missing!  Wait until they see my 4D version.
• Tricks for remembering names | 43 Folders -I am very bad with names.  It is not that I don't value the people I meet, but names just don't stick with me for some reason.  Maybe some of these tips will help.
• W3Counter - Global Web Stats - Most websites (including this blog) are designed to look good at 800x600 resolution.  Did you know that only approximately 11% web users browse at that resolution?  This and other stats can help you build a better site.
• YouTube - Bad Timing of hotels.com advertisement - Bad timing indeed.
• YouTube - Balloon Explosion - A water balloon, an X-acto knife, and a high speed video camera... awesome.