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The only thing I hate more than a desolate blog is a blog full of "sorry I haven't written in so long" apologies.  So without any apologies at all I present links of the "week" for week 42, 43, and 44.

• "Line Rider" - Ok, so this has already been swirling all over the net for the last month but it is too cool not to mention.
• 'Tower of Babel' translator made - In Star Trek every alien spoke English.  The show never explained this but the trekkie explanation was that they had real time universal translators.  Researches actually think this type of technology is within reach... well for existing human languages that is.  [via http://digg.com/]
• 10,000 coins topple - TV Squad - I've always liked watching toppling dominos.  I'm fascinated with the domino experts ability to stack all those blocks next to each other without accidentally knocking them all down.  Now imaging doing this with coins.  [via http://digg.com/]
• 5 Ways to Contribute to Open Source Projects Without Coding - Nongeek perspective - As a person that gives away free software and asked for modest donations I know first had how little propel contribute to these type of projects.  Here are some ways you can contribute to open source projects without giving cash. [via http://digg.com/]
• Ajaxian - Remote Scripting Transport Patent - Remote scripting (RS) is a set of methods that allow a webpage to communicate with the server without reloading the page.  In this way a web page can become a lot more interactive.  Working in the background to keep the data on the page fresh.  RS is now in widespread use across the web.  Well, I'd like to now state publicly that I invented remote scripting.  Why aren't I rich now?  Well, like most things I "invent"... I'm not the first.  History has it that RS was first invented in 1996 by MS.  Brent Ashley invented a version of RS in 2000.    My version in 2001 was definitely not the first.  RS is basically a technology discovered almost simultaneously by many web experimentalists trying to push the browser to the edge.  Well, it appears that there was one of us that actually applied for a patent.  Why didn't I patent it... well, patents are supposed to be non-obvious. 
• Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things - In Texas you can buy and carry a handgun on the streets but the purchase of organ shaped sex toys is illegal.
• Boing Boing: Hilarious pie-chart/video-game joke - What fraction of charts look like Pac-man?
• Briefli File Search - Simple file search by filename and extension.  This can be useful.  [via http://www.lifehacker.com/]
• FDA / EPA What You Need to Know About Mercury in Fish and Shellfish - March 2004 - Watch your fish intake.
• FT.com / Companies / Media & internet - Wikipedia founder plans rival - Another Idea I had but never executed (execution is everything).  Imagine Wikipedia with expert reviewers.  The only way to instill trust in Wikipedia is to have some review process.    [via http://www.drudgereport.com/]
• Gamoku - online games, anywhere, anytime - PDA sized flash games.  This is nice way for me to play games around the house with my Wifi connected Siemans SX66. [via http://www.downloadsquad.com/]
• Greatest car stunt ever attempted  - Attempted but failed.  [via http://digg.com/]
• How to Do Cube Roots of 9 Digit Numbers in Your Head - I always read these "math in your head" articles in hopes of improving my mental math skills.  Unfortunately, they are all the same.  Memorize some basic tables and use them to do complicated math.  I can hardly even remember my phone number.  [via http://digg.com/]
• http://www.msdewey.com/ - From the realm of absolutely pointless is this "interactive" search engine.  Video of an attractive woman comments on your search querys.  No point but at least she is hot.  [via http://www.lifehacker.com/ ]
• Mansion Impossible - Play the addictive property trading game for free - This is pretty fun.  Buy houses cheap and sell before the price drops.  Keep going tell you own a mansion.  If only really life were this easy.  Hell I'd settle for the smallest house on the block.    [via http://www.duvet-dayz.com/]
• Modern Mechanix - Lost: A Generation of Scientists - Interesting story of the WWII era standstill in fundamental scientific research in America [via http://digg.com/]
• Sketch your furniture in the air - Hopefully one day we can all grow our own furniture.  [via http://slashdot.org/]
• Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test - Need to test your broadband speed?  There are many sits that can do this but this one looks really good.  [via http://www.lifehacker.com/ ] 
• VivaLaGames.Com - Catapult - I love physics based games.  What more can I say? [via http://digg.com/]