links for 2007-12-17

“Apple quietly introduced an update to Garageband that adds a cool new feature: iPhone ringtone creation. Anything you’ve got in Garageband, you can turn into a ringtone.”

“The project, which is in an invitation-only beta stage, lets users create clean-looking Web pages with their photo and write entries on, for example, insomnia. Those entries are called “knols” for “unit of knowledge,” Google said.”

“Google announced last night they are starting a project called knol that will allow anyone to create wiki-like pages on topics. … My initial take on this is that knols are going to kill Wikipedia – but it will take time.”

I must be getting behind on the nets, as I only saw half of these before they appeared on a Top Ten list!

Here is the lost intro to A New Hope, edited out due to time restrictions: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=DCyPTM2FJgA

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