Random.org’s heads or tails service is a site devoted to solving everything from domestic disputes to who gets the ball first in Football. It allows you to flip a virtual coin and the outcome is truly random because the system is based on true random numbers and not just pseudo random numbers that are often used in computer programs. You can even chose the type of coin you want to flip, shown above is the 1913 Liberty Head Nickel. We thought it was a pretty cool modern solution for an old fashioned system and I’m sure because of the new soda machine down the hall and lack of change around now we will be using it quite a bit.
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Lala is an interesting new P2P store that allows you to swap CD’s with other users for CD’s you want. It works like this - You sign up and set up a list of the CD’s you have as well as a list of CD’s you want. Lala will automatically send you an email several times a week telling you to send a CD from your have list to a certain user. Lala provides postage paid mailers to ship the CD’s in and by doing so you can build up credits to receive CD’s on your want list.  Lala isn’t free however the service does cost $1 a CD trade plus 49 cents for postage. However this does beat the 9-17$ CD’s are going for in stores these days. In short, the service is a reliable and fast way to trade CD’s and turn your old CD’s into something new. Check it out over at lala.com

We all saw it coming, and this appears to be the first step in Google’s quest to offer a free online word processing suit to compete with Microsoft Office. At first we were skeptical about the functionally of a completely online spreadsheet program. It appears though that Google’s online spreadsheet does offer benefits over traditional spreadsheets. For example Google Spreadsheet shares basically the same interface as a normal spreadsheet, however it allows you to share your documents instantly with other people who you chose as well as edit your sheet along with others in real time. (see below).
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Here at Infinity Labs we noticed its coming up on 10 years since we first started using the Internet. After taking a look back we really forgot how far the Internet has really come. So we have compiled a collection of websites, most almost comical from 5-10 years ago.

Lets start off with everyones favorite search engine back in 1996. Who doesn’t remember Yahoo!? The major contributor to the Web 1.0 boom, Yahoo now exists in Google’s shadow however at one time it dominated online search.

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Developed by Callum Prentice, Ubrowser is a web browser that demonstrates the power of embedding the Mozilla Geko rendering engine using LibXul into a browser. The web content is first retrieved and then it is rendered onto 3D geometry using Open GL. Ubrowser is compatible with almost every website that works with Firefox 1.5 and the executable as well as the source code are openly available to download at http://ubrowser.com. We tried out Ubrowser and we were very impressed with the speed of the rendering, the interactivity preserved, and the fact that it worked with just about every site we tried it out with. Ubrowser demonstrates 3D web browsing is no longer a concept and is now a reality. Check below for some more screens of Infinity Labs using Ubrowser.
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I periodically read Google’s Adsense blog. Often the posts feature sites that have had success with Adsense, or tips and exploration into how to use Adsense. However I was reading through the other day and I ran across a post that explores integration of google maps into your website. I have seen google maps popping up around on different sites, however I was unaware of the sheer potential that the software had for use on websites with a bit of XML and Javascript.

For example… I have started a website called Campus Xchange, which is aimed towards college students and allows them to buy and sell items with other students on their campus. After reading this article I have decided that it isn’t only an idea but it is completely feasible (with a bit of php and xml of course) to have a Google map for each campus that is able to dynamically place where each item is being sold on campus. I have been messing around with this for the majority of the day, and I hope to have a working example up in the next few days.

I am really pleased that Google maps provides this level of flexibly for a webmaster like myself, I think it’s a great idea, and I cant wait to see the different uses and applications for it people develop in the near future. I recommend that anyone with a website or blog check out the google maps article, and explore ways you can integrate such a great program into your site.
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