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Good guidelines on improving pagerank. via LazyGeek

I am on vacation, and probably won’t update until 20th March 2006.

Charles Babbage’s Difference Engine implemented in Lego.

Americans have more leisure time than before.

But why do Americans feel so harried? Weirdly, prosperity may be to blame in two ways. First, thanks to rising real incomes, an American’s time is worth more now. A walk in the park is more expensive than it used to be. (When people complain to him about being too busy, Mr Hamermesh tells them that their real problem is too much money.)

Hikaru Dodorango is a trend in Japan to polish balls of mud until they shine. More on Hikaru Dodorango.

I’ve changed the site layout and some code behind it. Weird bugs are likely — so do let me know of any that you find.

Inspiration – not motivation – for writing.

My hard drive is experiencing some strange noises but I am unsure if the drive is failing. How can I determine if the noises are due to a failing hard drive? By listening to hard disk noises — available as mp3s.

O’Reilly hacks.

Web design patterns.