Play chess differently with fog of war, specific line of site, and your pieces randomized on the home row.

.ʇdıɹɔsɐʌɐظ ǝ1dɯıs ǝɯos ɥʇıʍ ɹǝʌo ʇxǝʇ ɹnoʎ dı1ɟ [ɐıʌ] .sıɥʇ op uɐɔ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ 'uʍop-ǝpısdn sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɹǝɥʇo ǝʞı1 ʞoo1 ʇɐɥʇ 8ɟʇn uı sɹǝʇɔɐɹɐɥɔ ɥbnouǝ ǝɹɐ ǝɹǝɥʇ 'ʎ1ʇuǝɹɐddɐ

Web2.0ized logos: they're all shiny and stuff! [via]

Google Web Accelerator back for now, anyway. It's been showing up advertised at the bottom of my Google searches all day. WinXP/2kSP3+, optimized for broadband. (What happened to accelerating the web for those of us who actually need it accelerated?) more inside