Interesting links I found recently:

• Films considered the greatest ever – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia –
• Protovis – PolarClock – The PolarClock is an intriguing and aesthetically-pleasing visualization of the current time designed by Gabriel Bucknall. A single wedge encodes each time field (e.g., seconds, minutes) as both angle and fill color
• The Last Answer | Thrivenotes –
• Find Out If Your Computer Is Secretly Connecting to the Web –
• Multilingual list of Indian vegetables, spices and grains – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia –
• Top 10 Free Ways To Discover New Music Online –
• Invisible Web: What it is, Why it exists, How to find it, and Its inherent ambiguity –

Got this cartoon from Weblog Tools Collection.

In the current online world, how true is it Infact, on reading it, I immediately pictured a friend of mine who is a dedicated blogger and religiously blogs almost everyday!

I’m disgusted and extremely sad today. One of the best guys one can know, Tom Vogt, creator of the best game I have ever played, Battlemaster, which is a browser based, online RPG, recently gave up playing his own game. Why? Because some of the players playing _his_ game, accused him of cheating and using means which benifit him and his player.

Not only was that the must absurd and disgusting thing I heard, it hurt him so much, he decided to delete his account and give up playing _his_ own game. Today he made an announcement stating that he had been so disillusioned by that episode that he had lost motivation in the development of the game.

And I’m sad. Not for the development of the game but for Tom because from what interaction I have had with him, he is a fantastic guy and a terrific person. And he did not deserve to be treated as he was by players for whom he had done so much.

Edit: Removed an inflammatory comment. Not my style