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UltimateDefrag Freeware Edition 1.72

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Robin

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Ultimate Defrag allows you to choose where on the platter to put files or directories – stuff you use a lot or want to run faster should be near the centre. It has an auto mode so that it puts the files in the right place automatically as it monitors file useage. It’s tiny (1.7 MB) and free.

Fire!

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Robin

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Nowadays, fireplaces are no longer just the plain old hole in the wall with chimney and wood affairs anymore. Designer fireplaces are the way to go!

Of course all these guys have a whole load more models available, and variations on the models shown here.

Shredder Surfboard

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Robin

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Mike Sheldrake

This is what happens when you get a nerd to design a surf board – a cardboard hollow, light structure which can be built on the cheap. He’s using easy tools to keep production costs down, and even though he’s not finished on his design, he’s got a pro to surf it and the pro digs it!

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Student isolates microbe that lunches on plastic bags

Posted on May 23, 2008 by Robin

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Instead of it taking 1000 years to degrade a plastic bag, he can do it in around 3 months with his microbes and their helper microbes.