Building Maker is a 3D modeling tool/ plugin for adding buildings to Google Earth.
It's fun to use and an easy way to get on the 3D map. It helps users make accurate 3D models of buildings.

Link: http://www.google.com/buildingmaker

Labels: crowdsourcing, fun, geolocation, google, image_processing, maps

Q: Do we need another browser?
A: A little competition in the browser market, even if it is crowded, can't hurt.

Arora, a free Windows, Mac and Linux cross-platform web browser built on WebKit with built-in support for ad blocking and embeded flash control.


Support: Linux, embedded Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, Windows and any other platforms supported by the Qt toolkit.

Description: Arora uses the QtWebKit port of the fully standards-compliant WebKit layout engine. It features fast rendering, powerful JavaScript engine and supports Netscape plugins.It began as a demo by Benjamin Meyer to help test the QtWebKit component.

Link: http://code.google.com/p/arora/

Labels: browser, fun

Berts Breakdown is an attempt to make a platform game using the new HTML5 canvas element.

Technology:
Javascript, HTML Canvas Tag. Blender 3D for the graphics with some tweaking in the GIMP.

It’s pretty impressive. He is also using Chrome Frame to have the game work on IE as well.

Links:
http://www.paulbrunt.co.uk/bert
http://www.chromeexperiments.com/detail/berts-breakdown/

Labels: fun, games, html, javascript

The ultimate goal of Build A Jam is to be the go-to site for music lovers of all types. We want you to have fun! People find comfort in the strangest sounds. Music is vibration, so on this site please feel free to make some noise!

Link: http://www.buildajam.com

Labels: audio, collaboration, fun, sharing, web_apps

Windows4all is web-based and requires Silverlight 2 to operate. Besides desktop, taskbar, start menu and sidebar currently it includes such applications as File Explorer, Internet Explorer, Video Player, Rich test editor, RSS reader, Notepad, Paint, Calculator, Games like Chess, Solitaire, etc..

link: http://windows4all.com/

Labels: fun, gadgets, mashups, rss

The goto operator can be used to jump to another section in the program. The target point is specified by a label followed by a colon, and the instruction is given as goto followed by the desired target label. [PHP 5.3]

Finally, we have... Goto in Javascript

Goto.js is the latest and greatest in GOTO technology. This script will allow you to use the GOTO functionality that you know and love directly in native javascript. This is a feature that the community has really been pushing for in the last few years...

Link: http://www.summerofgoto.com/

Labels: Frameworks, fun, javascript, web_development

MatterMeter is a service from Conversition Stategies, where you can share opinions on what really matters or not...its a kind of microblogging web tool with demographic questions, where we can together playable inform us about important things...

first look and impression about teh tool is very awesome...
and perhaps some day the content, which we are producing, imho, is possible to become more and more demographical significant quality for search engines in our future :)

-> have a own look at this funny tool: http://www.mattermeter.com :)

Labels: community, fun, mashups, microblogging, search, sharing, social_software

the main idea of this flash game is simple and creative: a red ball must catch or collect red flags.
for this we are going to "draw" different geometric shapes to make this work.

play Magic Pen (bubblebox.com)


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Labels: fun, games