OrganicHTML is a very cool flash site that takes a URL and spits out a cool flash generated plant. I can

Behind the Scenes at Google [WMV]. University of Washington has made available a 60min video of a speech that Googler Jeff Dean gave on October 21, 2004. He talks a lot about scaling, Google infrastructure, as well as how Google finds words related to the words you type. A really good lecture even for us jaded Google enthusiasts who think we know it all.

Bill Clinton to run for UN Secretary-General. He would be the first US leader of the UN and if he ran for the position would have support from Germany, France, England, Ireland, New Zealand, a handful of African states, Morocco and Egypt. It would be much harder to ignore Bill Clinton as the leader of the UN as it currently is to ignore Kofi Annan. Like him or not I think it means big things for the UN.

Curious, George: free font managers I’ve been searching for a good font manager and have been hoping to find a free one that is user friendly. I’ve looked around and can’t find any good reviews on any sties or blogs.

BBC to develop open-source streaming codec. Microsoft and Real Networks charge per viewer, per hour of encoded content. This price scheme can be very limiting for companies that want to offer more streaming media but can’t because of the cost limitations of not only bandwidth but also royalties. Known as Dirac its optimal performance is based off of a 3Ghz processor though they are hoping for better code optimization. They have been stuck using 20-year-old technology to avoid infringing on current patents.