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This article was written on July 31, 2008 by CyberNet.

The famed social bookmarking service Delicious uncovered a new design today that is supposed to be faster, include more powerful searching, and be flat out easier on the eyes. Sound exciting? Well, we first got a glimpse of the new design nearly a year ago, but there were some bumps in the road that kept them from getting it released.

One other thing that heavy Delicious users will notice is that the domain is no longer Del.icio.us like we’re all used to. Instead they’ve moved the site to Delicious.com, which will probably be easier for new members to remember. It’s just sad to see one of the first web 2.0-style domain names get retired.

The new site is already live, and you can start playing with the great new features:

• Speed: We’ve moved to a new infrastructure that makes every page faster. This new platform will enable us to keep up with traffic growth while ensuring Delicious is responsive and reliable. You may not have noticed, but the old back-end was getting creaky under the load of five million users.
• Search: We’ve completely overhauled our search engine to make it faster and more powerful. Searches used to take ages to return results; now they’re very quick. The new search engine is also smarter, and more social: you can search within one of your tags, another user’s public bookmarks, or your social network. Now it’s easier to take advantage of the expertise and interests of your friends, not to mention the Delicious community at large.
• Design: Finally, we’ve updated the user interface to improve usability and add a few often-requested features (such as selectable detail levels and alphabetical sorting of bookmarks). Our goal has been to keep the new design similar in spirit to the old one, so all of you veterans should be able to jump in without any confusion. At the same time, we’re hoping that newcomers to Delicious will find it easier to learn. Check out the What’s New page for an overview of the changes, or watch this animation that sums it up nicely:

Personally I’ve never used Delicious very much, and so I’m curious what the Delicious users out there think of the new design. Is it everything you hoped for?

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A 555 timer chip may be pretty versatile as far as integrated circuits go, but when it comes to helping you take a load off, well, it’s a little… small. The opposite is true of this version built by the folks at Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories, however, which makes up for what it lacks in transistors and silicon with some first class foot-resting abilities. Best of all, the lab has provided a complete guide for building your own — that includes the use of a CNC machine and laser etching, although it could also be built the old fashioned way pretty easily (or scaled up to coffee table size, for that matter) if you’re so inclined. Hit the source link below for all the details.

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories builds a 555 chip you can rest your feet on originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:47:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This article was written on July 29, 2007 by CyberNet.

While CDs aren’t as popular these days, they’re still around. At some point, I’m sure you’ve had to deal with a scratched CD. Instead of throwing out the CD everytime this happens, try using a cloth to polish the surface of the CD first. If that doesn’t work, here are a few other suggestions:

Toothpaste

Toothpaste – believe it or not, regular toothpaste (not the gel kind) works well for scratches on a CD. All you have to do is put a small amount on a cotton swab and rub over the scratches until you’ve removed them. This is probably the cheapest method that you’re going to find.

Metal Polish

If you tried the toothpaste method and that didn’t completely work, another alternative is to get some metal polish (like Brasso) and use a cotton swab to polish the scratch, and then rub a small amount of Vaseline on the CD moving from the center to the rim.

Skip Dr.

This is one of the more expensive methods that you’re going to find, but if you’re needing to repair an expensive Xbox game, this is cheaper than buying it new again.

Skip Dr. claims to fix scratches that cause your disc to skip and freeze. The kit retails for over $50, but Amazon sells it for $25.99 and it includes resurfacing fluid, a drying cloth, and a felt buffing square.

General rule of thumb

A general rule of thumb that everybody should know by now is that you hold a disc by the outer edges, or stick your finger through the middle hole. Often times problems with your discs will come from fingerprints and rough handling.

When polishing your CD, use a lint-free cloth and wipe the CD from the center and move your way to the edge. Don’t wipe in circles!

If you have any additional suggestions, or you know of something that has worked well for you, please share…

Source: Hardware Secrets

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That familiar death-knell typically confined to Bobby Fischer’s favorite pastime is taking a very real step outside the chessboard to corner one of its own. In a sweeping decision from the International Computer Games Association (ICGA), chess engine Rybka — four-time World Computer Chess Championship winner — and its creator, Vasik Rajlich, have been banned for life from chess’ nerd World Cup for the uncredited use of competitor code. Reacting to controversy that the now-deposed winner owed its upper hand to rival engine Fruit’s open-source roots, the ICGA assembled a 34-person panel and reverse engineered its way to a guilty sentence. Adding more insult to title-stripping injury, the gaming association has also demanded Rajlich (pictured above) return all trophies and prize money. It’s a disheartening turn of events in the otherwise exciting man vs. machine board game battle that could have been easily avoided with a public ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ Checkmate!

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