Slingette challenges you to help a… well, she's a ball of slime, really… anyway, you help Slingette navigate through increasingly challenging mazes of "grabs" and hazards.

the eclectic interests of an aging geek... computing, online life, current events, and a side dish of weirdness...
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Slingette challenges you to help a… well, she's a ball of slime, really… anyway, you help Slingette navigate through increasingly challenging mazes of "grabs" and hazards.
Gotta get me a Dalek Webcam…
I had no idea that videogames were so versatile…
"Unclutterer is the website for home and office organization. It's not just for the helplessly disorganized who would lose their head if it wasn't attached to them, and pack rats looking to put their stashes on a diet, but also for obsessive compulsive neat freaks looking to squeeze even more order into their lives. We hope we can make getting and staying organized fun and informative."
The recently posted list of 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online is, in fact, a list of smaller lists, but it's impressive nonetheless.
Like to eat? On a budget? Find out How to Feed Yourself for $15 a Week.
Old Computer Use: "An old computer these days is no longer a completely useless system… Here are ten twelve uses that I have discovered for that more "experienced" computer system!"
Moving? Need boxes? Check the U-Haul customer to customer boards and see if someone in your area is selling their used boxes, or even giving them away.
Here it is… the list of online services to end all such lists: 5000+ Resources to Do Just About Anything Online.
DM of the Rings: "Lord of the Rings is more or less the foundation of modern D&D. The latter rose from the former, although the two are now so estranged that to reunite them would be an act of savage madness. Imagine a gaggle of modern hack-n-slash roleplayers who had somehow never been exposed to the original Tolkien mythos, and then imagine taking those players and trying to introduce them to Tolkien via a D&D campaign."
"Libregamewiki is an encyclopedia on all the Free video games and the Free gaming culture in general… No freeware. No shareware. No crippleware. No spyware. No proprietary softwares. Just pure Free games!"
Here's a handy list of 100 things you can make yourself, including food, cosmetics, furniture, and more.
Google Reader finally adds a feature to search your feeds. Happy happy joy joy!
Uber-gamemaster Greg Costikyan debuts his game review site Play This Thing!: "Our basic idea is to feature one interesting game a day — to point you to the most interesting, creative, innovative, or just plain weird games out there. About half will be free, and about half games with some kind of free play option that you have to pay for if you want the full game — with, on Tuesdays, a tabletop game (board, roleplaying, or card game). Some of those will be free, too, as a PDF download or the like."