A while ago (sometime last year that I don’t remember anymore) I came across a quick blurb in a now long-forgotten Google blog entry telling users exactly how to get their names verified for their Google Profile pages.
It’s really simple, and free — the whole thing’s furnished by Knol, which has itself become somewhat forgotten [...]

The Snow Leopard Login Screen
Apple is good at designing things simply and beautifully enough that users generally make little to no changes to their UI — but let’s face it, that space background gets pretty old after the first thousand logins, and they really should have included the login screen aesthetics in the system prefs.
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Egg Watchers isn’t just useful as an egg timer, but it’s damn cute in doing it. When you hit the site, you’re given the option of choosing the size of your egg — medium, large, or extra large — and whether or not the egg is fresh from the fridge or sitting at room temperature. [...]