Face Yourself: You’ve seen those sites where you type in your name and it gives you your porno name (Dirk Rammer), your hobo name (Trashpicker Charles) or even your Wu-Tang name (Tha 23rd Buchan) but Turn Your Name Into a Face takes things into a new, weirder direction, generating an 8-bit GameBoy RPG-esque face based on the letters of your name. I got a scowling, long-haired thing that looks like the lovechild of Johnny Ramone and King Koopa, which sadly, does not look much like me. Your results may vary at turnyournameintoaface.com.
Netstalgia: Feel old yet? The Interwebs have been around long enough for people to be nostalgic about the dot-com boom, just as the last of the hot methane gas escapes from the bloated carcass of Web 2.0. CNet’s U.K. site chronicles 10 of the biggest (and most expensive) dot-com disasters from an era when investors believed that selling soap online justified a $500-million IPO. Bad idea or before-their-time? Only you can decide at tinyurl.com/596noq.
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