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Great review of cordless drills

rdo — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 01:05:19 +0000

I’m looking to replace an old cordless drill that no longer holds a charge and came across this pretty good article about current cordless drill products, options, and technology. It’s a shame that I’m having to replace my current drill, but unfortunately it was a bargain buy at the time and the company that made it apparently no longer exists. I’m going to spend a little more this time and get something that will hopefully last longer–my current favorite is this Panasonic that’s received good reviews on Amazon and elsewhere.

Salad Fingers

rdo — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 20:13:35 +0000

I came across this Flash animation series by a young artist named David Firth. Salad Fingers is a dark, sometimes comical but more often just plain disturbing look inside the mind of a lonely, childlike soul who enjoys nothing more than to stroke rusty metal surfaces with his long green fingers. I really enjoy the artist’s visual style and the devices he uses to convey the animations’ bleak and subtly discomforting atmosphere.

The series is available at Newgrounds as well as on David’s homepage. Not recommended for children.