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links for 2005-07-29

July 29, 2005

• Broccoli Packs Powerful Punch To Bladder Cancer Cells
  “Researchers have isolated compounds from the vegetable broccoli that they believe may help prevent or slow the progress of bladder cancer.” There you go.
  (tags: broccoli bladder cancer research)
• Ice lake found on the Red Planet
  “A giant patch of frozen water has been pictured nestled within an unnamed impact crater on Mars.” If anything, it is good news for space-travelling ice skaters.
  (tags: mars ice picture news)
• Carburetor breast fantasy wins bad writing contest
  “A Microsoft analyst has won an annual contest celebrating bad writing by comparing fixing carburetors to fondling a woman’s breasts.” Need I say more?
  (tags: quirky news)
• Let’s Speak Alien - In Ten Easy Lessons
  “It’s not difficult; once you’ve mastered these basic rules, you’ll be able to produce names and phrases just as stereotypical as theirs!” A must-read for sci-fi writer wannabes.
  (tags: humour satire)
• Alexander Kohlhofer’s plasticshore.com / icon
  “Each icon is a 9x9 pixel matrix created by a plasticshore user using the icon editor. Each icon can be downloaded in various sizes and used freely.” Cool tool.
  (tags: icon online tools)
• Dragger
  See how good you are at solving puzzles in this image drag-and-drop game. It’s simple, but I like simple games. I hope you do, too. It’s a good time-killer.
  (tags: javascript games)