Pigeon: Impossible

Pigeon: Impossible is a really well done and cool animated film about a secret agent and one very determined pigeon. A well executed and polished looking short film (6 min) gives great entertainment!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEjUAnPc2VA

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Pingtest.net

Having a good Internet connection is not just a matter of speed, other important parameters that affect the quality of your connection are round trip time, packet loss and jitter. Pingtest.net is a great service that lets you evaluate the quality of your connection by measuring ping time (round trip time), packet loss and jitter. Great for assessing your connection!

http://www.pingtest.net/

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A great Star Wars sleeping bag!

Han Solo saved Luke Skywalker's life by slicing the belly of a Tauntaun and letting him sleep in there. No you can let you kid sleep in a Tauntaun as well, but without the smelly intestines! This is a really cool sleeping bag for all Star Wars fans!

http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/plush/bb2e/

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Sumatra: A PDF reader

Sumatra is a very light weight and fast PDF reader and a such an excellent replacement for Adobe reader (really bloated and extremely slow). Sumatra focuses on being fast and small and as an added benefit, portable (it can run from an USB stick). A very good replacement for viewing PDF files!

http://blog.kowalczyk.info/software/sumatrapdf/index.html

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Testing your hearing

Do you have good hearing? Testing your hearing normally involves going to your doctor to perform a hearing test. No you can do a test on the Internet to see how well you hear (This is of course not a substitute for a real hearing test, but it can give you an indication).

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/jw/hearing.html

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Google Image swirl

Google has introduced a search method for pictures called Image swirl. It provides a new way of looking for similar pictures, where the pictures gets grouped together based on the content. It is a very intuitive way of searching images, check it out for yourself!

http://image-swirl.googlelabs.com

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Making proper backups

Most of us have thought about doing backups of our important data. Some of us have bought an extra disk and copied files to it. And even fewer have a well planned backup strategy, even though creating backups of your data is arguably one of the most important thing you have to do with your computer. Lifehacker have put together a great article on important things to consider when planning your backup strategy. For anyone with data they do not want to loose (i.e. everybody...) this is a must read.

http://lifehacker.com/5405775/youre-backing-up-your-data-the-wrong-way

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