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Eye tracking is the process of measuring either the point of gaze ("where we are looking") or the motion of an eye relative to the head. An eye tracker is a device for measuring eye positions and eye movements.

2008 Typo Hunt Across America!

Jeff Deck and Benjamin Herson are traveling across the US of States correcting spelling and punctuation errors wherever they find them.

Hmmm...as per that Lynne Truss book, we're not sure if this is a good thing or just an extreme act of pedantry. Would probably make an interesting documentary though...I doubt a lot of people will appreciate being corrected.

Cameron Adams' Cubescape

Cameron Adams' new project Cubescape is a work of JavaScript genius. When you're done playing, go check out some of the masterpieces that other users have created.

Top 10 most common passwords

The top ten most common passwords in the UK (in 2006):

  1. "123"
  2. "password"
  3. "liverpool"
  4. "letmein"
  5. "123456"
  6. "qwerty"
  7. "charlie"
  8. "monkey"
  9. "arsenal"
  10. "thomas"

[via digital lifestyles]

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Logos, remixed

Check out Mario Amaya's logo mashups - part one and part two. Giving these familiar symbols an unfamiliar twist is brilliantly disconcerting!

UV compact mirrors

More good stuff from Japan...CScout reports that Horiuchi Mirror Manufacturers has released a set of compact and lipstick mirrors that allow you to check both your makeup and the UV level at the same time!

"Yes to all"

Signal vs. Noise reader Scott Hughes found this dialog box on a colleague's PC.

It just about beats this one in the unusability stakes.

Children and proverbs

From Boulder Therapist:

"A first grade teacher collected well known proverbs. She gave each child in her class the first half of a proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. Their insight may surprise you..."

...It certainly did us! Our personal favourite: "Two's company, three's...the Musketeers!"

[via Chris Glass]

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