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A history of the Flash game that became a denial of service attack for whomever hosted a version.
The original game now has its own site at http://www.yetisports.org/.

Mars24 is a Martian Sunclock, displaying what parts of the planet are in light, and what’s in shadow.

The Interactive Way To Go is a introduction to the game, translated into several languages. The rules and basic concepts of strategy are introduced through Java applets embedded throughout the site. Some of the applets walk you through play, while others present trivial and non-trivial puzzles where you’ll need to figure out how to keep [...]

Related to the discussion of Moneyball, the Baseball Prospectus considers the role of the Winner’s Curse on bidding on talent.
The curse is a side effect when bidding on something whose true value will not be known until after the auction; such as baseball players and oil leases; but the bidders have some information that allows [...]

[ via Anil Dash ] Cockeyed has a toy for comparing the scale of Baghdad to other cities, such as yours. “Hey, a JDAM can target my house from here!”