If you’re still interested in the iPhone but don’t want that pricey AT&T plan, this site walks you through a way to unlock it to work with other providers. About time.

Oroboros is a different take on the classic game snake.

Gang Land News is full of mafia-related information. Don’t let the terrible web design throw you, if you’re interested in the subject you will find some good reading.

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice brings a heaping helping of depressing reading with the last statements of executed offenders.

59 Of The Coolest Toilet Signs Around The World.

An interesting read from The Economist: Who’s afraid of Google?

Rose & Camellia, finally a game about “the elegant art of feminine conflict”. Actually it’s just a game where you slap each other. Well done though.

If you’re a fan of music mash-ups, you must visit Go Home Productions for the currently available 5 year retrospective. 20 songs, all quality boots.

If you are using Netvibes (or a similar service), check out this desktop trick. I never did understand the point of the WEB desktop, but this is very useful. Plus check out my addition to this trick in the comments (bottom of screenshot).

Powerset, a new yet-to-be-released natural language search engine just posted their work on “parsing and indexing…the hardest corpus [they] could find: Miss South Carlolina’s response to the question, ‘Recent polls have shown that a fifth of Americans can’t locate the US on a map. Why do you think this is?’ ”

If you are curious about Powerset, here are some Powerset news clippings