Find the best of the online image editor for you in a detailed comparison chart, watch the top 10 weirdest keyboards, check out Novell’s Vista/Linux comparison site, learn to build a simple search engine with PHP, and more in today’s edition of the Daily Friction.

Software and Services

• Online image editors compared – A comparison chart.

Hardware

• Top 10 weirdest keyboards ever – I’m sure every one of us can add a keyboard or two to that list.
• Desk of the future will charge electronic devices.

Information

• Novell has just launched a Vista/Linux comparison site, in anticipation of the Jan. 31 arrival of the retail version of Windows Vista.
• Where NOT to keep your servers according to Mother Nature – No wonder Google is building a new data center in North Carolina.

Web Development

• Building a simple search engine with PHP.

Bargains

• Remember: Many of these bargains may be discontinued hours or less after they are announced, check the specified price to see if you arrived on time.
• SanDisk 2 GB Ultra II Secure Digital Memory Card ($29.96).
• mobiBLU Cube DAH-1500i 1 GB Digital Audio Player Silver ($69.99).
• SimpleTech SimpleDrive 250 GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive ($104.99).
• Sennheiser PX 100 Collapsible Headphones ($39.99).

Fun

• Get a first life – A Second Life Satire Site – America’s teens, your First Life dream world awaits. Hang out at the mall! Embarrass yourself in gym class! Get acne! Visit this strange and exotic land where server lag doesn’t exist.
• Let them sing it for you – Type in your text and the online application will look up song lyrics that match, and put then together into one song – More annoying than fun…

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