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McDonald’s video game is a full-fledged business simulation game (like SimCity) based on McDonald’s. It’s written entirely in Flash. You don’t need to download it — just play the game on your browser.

Fred Gratzon’s advice on work

I just do what I want to do and learn what I want to learn and enjoy what I want to enjoy and sometimes I get so wonderfully and powerfully caught up in some project and I start dreaming expansive daydreams and I go for it with every ounce of energy and enthusiasm and love that I can muster.

And the money . . . it just takes care of itself.

How to remove carpet impressions. Just steam iron the carpet.

55 ways to have fun with Google.

Mathematics, marriage and finding somewhere to eat has a simple solution to all these problems. Whether you’re hiring someone, or picking a partner, or finding a house — or any problem that requires you to pick the best among N choices — here’s the rule.

Scan the first 37% of choices. Then pick the first one that’s better than anything you’ve seen so far.

According to the hygiene hypothesis, exposure early in life to infections from household dust, germy siblings or surfaces may reduce the risk of developing disease in adulthood.

New in Picasa‘s beta:

• geotagging (place photos on the map)
• search by colour (find photos with red and yellow)
• hide pictures: that’s useful, sometimes…
• upload to Google video and to Picasa Web
• FTP your photos

Google has released Picasa Web Albums and I managed to sign up. See my web albums.

The bad part about Picasa Web is that it’s a long way from Flickr in terms of tagging and sharing. But it probably wasn’t built for that.

The good part is that it’s integrated with Picasa (integration with Flickr was my top wishlist item for Picasa) and best of all, with Google Earth. You can geotag photos on the new Beta version of Picasa.

Teenagers use it in classes, to avoid detection by teachers. Shopkeepers use the same technology to drive away rowdy teenagers, by creating a loud sound that doesn’t affect adults.

This works because adults gradually lose the ability to hear high-pitched sounds. (via NY Times)

I almost fell for this piece of spam.