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Attention! Tests area!

Some of you expressed concern about the disappearance of the ranking in the past days.

We are currently working on its improvement, with a few bonus surprises!

It is quite possible that some profiles will see a something new in the coming days. Feel free to test and tell us what you think.

For those who don't have it yet, patience, it will soon happen!

Spot Junkyard Illusion: Spot the difference!

Wanna play with Crickee Team? Find eight diffences between two pics ...

Solutions are here. If you find one more diffrence, please leave a comment.


Technorati tags: Spot the difference; Crickee

Crickees’ Crush* of the week: TheCougar aka Kevin from A Start Up a Day

TheCougar aka Kevin
Originally uploaded by crickee.

This week Crickee carries a torch for The Cougar aka Kevin from A Start Up a Day, an outlet for any random The Cougar's idea around new startup companies.



Disclosure: Kevin is also author of TweeTweeT, a new Twitter mashup project. The idea behind this site is to capture two random Tweets and create a conversation between two cartoon characters. Usually the Tweets are not at all related, but sometimes they come together in surprising ways! Visit it and enjoy!



You can join Kevin's community on MyBlogLog here and there on Spicypage.

*Few months ago, Crickee Land opened an ambassy on MyBlogLog. Since a couple of weeks, Crickee Land has opened another ambassy on Spicypage. That's why Crickees' "crush of the week" comes on a MyBlogLogger or a Spicypager or both!



Technorati tags: MyBlogLog; SpicyPage; Kevin Leneway; Community

Eternity II, coming soon: Wanna win $2 million?

Eternity II
Originally uploaded by crickee.

One of the fastest selling puzzles of all time is back with a fantastic $2 million prize on offer to the first person to complete the 256 piece puzzle…..it could be you!
It could be Crickee ;-)

Eternity is the follow up to Eternity I which captured the imagination of thousands of people in the UK 8 years ago when a cheque for £1 million was handed over to a student who successfully solved the puzzle 18 months after launch.

Unlike most puzzles, which only have one correct way of completing the final solution, there are thousands of ways that Eternity II can be solved to win the $2 million prize. The puzzle consists of 256 square pieces that are bordered by coloured patterns which must be aligned across the whole puzzle.

When you have completed your puzzle submit your solution as fast as you can. All solutions submitted will be locked away in a vault until 31st December 2008. On 31st December all solutions will be opened in date order received and the first person with a complete solution wins $2million.

Good Luck ;-)



Technorati tags: Eternity II

Crickee in American Sign Language (ASL)

Whatever the language you speak, Crickee is always Crickee, all over the world.

Last week, one of you asked how to sign Crickee in American Sign Language. (ASL)

If you're interested in, you can go here ans there.


Technorati tags: ASL; Crickee

Nintendo Secret School

Believe it or not, Crickee has discovered Nintendo Secret School: there's also sexual education in Nintendo Land!


Un-be-liev-able but true and useful!

Technorati tags: Nintendo; Sexual Education

Wanna not believe your eyes?

Stare at middle of the strobing lines for about 20 seconds and then look away.


Warning: Don't try it if you risk photosensitive epilepsy ...

Click me to get trippy


via Paul Neave, serial Flash fettler and interactive designer


Technorati tags: Neave Strobe

News at a glance: Crickee keeps an eye on Blogs

This week a big news over all: Happy Blogiversary! It's been 10 years since the blog was born.

• The Wall Street Journal reminds us of the 10th anniversary of the blog: Love them or hate them, they've roiled presidential campaigns and given everyman a global soapbox. Twelve commentators -- including Tom Wolfe, Newt Gingrich, the SEC's Christopher Cox and actress-turned-blogger Mia Farrow -- on what blogs mean to them.

On Dec. 23, 1997, on his site, Robot Wisdom (still existing), Jorn Barger wrote: “I decided to start my own webpage logging the best stuff I find as I surf, on a daily basis,”

The Oxford English Dictionary regards this as the primordial root of the word “weblog.”


10 years or 13 years?

• According to an alert Slahdot user, Blog was born December 1994 with Steve Jackson publishing a site called "The Daily Illuminator" (still existing) which should be beyond a shadow of a doubt a daily weblog.

Never mind! Happy Blogiversary to all!


Technorati tags: News of the week; Blogiversary; SlashDot; WSJ

Banana Security: Just smile ;-)

Banana Security: Just smile ;-)

Originally uploaded by crickee.

If you are tired of locking your PC each time you leave and entering password too much times, smile, Banana Security has a solution and is the solution.


You just need a webcam and to download the free BananaScreen. And then what happens?

Create your face model through BananaScreen, enroll it and that's it, your password is now your face.

Each time you move away from the computer, Banana locks it.

When you come back, Banana unlocks it for you and you only!

Give it a try here. That's amazing!


Hey Banana Security great Team, what about a mobile version of Banana Screen?


Disclosure: At this time, Banana security is available for Windows XP only.

If you are a Mac user, as Pedro our VP product, be happy, the Mac version should be available at the end of July, except if Banana Security's Mac Dev remains on vacation ;-)




Technorati tags: Banana Security; Facial Recognition

Free Contest: What’s your diet Coke moment?

Diet Coke 25th anniversary
Originally uploaded by crickee.

At this moment, it's not really an ad, because at Crickee we just like so much Diet Coke! And more than this, free contests.

Enter for a chance to win a hot weekend getaway to a Condé Nast Traveler Hot List or Gold List property!
No purchase or payment of any kinds is necessary to enter or win this contest.

In honor of Diet Coke’s 25th anniversary, upload a photo taken by you of your favorite Diet Coke moment (a Diet Coke bottle or can must appear in the photo), and enter for a chance to win a hot weekend getaway for two to a Condé Nast Traveler Hot List or Gold List property in the U.S.
Photos must be received by August 20, 2007. Rules are here.

Bt the way, July, 9 Diet Coke 25th Anniversary Silver Slim Can Debuts.
Pretty nice, isn't it? Enjoy and happy Anniversary Diet Coke ;-)





Technorati tags: Diet Coke; 25th Anniversary; Condé Nast