Welcome to the August 2004 Site of the Day archives. To see this today's site,
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08/30/04 - higgs boson - In 1993, the UK Science Minister, William Waldegrave, challenged physicists to produce an answer that would fit on one page to the question 'What is the Higgs boson, and why do we want to find it?'. Here are the winning entries. (www.phy.uct.ac.za/courses/phy400w/particle/higgs.htm)
08/27/04 - bringbackkirk.com - The home of a dedicated group of trekkies who believe that the death of Captain Kirk was a travesty that must be corrected. (bringbackkirk.com)
08/25/04 - google credit card search - The fine folks at Google have been kind enough to support searching ranges of numbers. By separating two numbers by "..", every page containing any number in that range is returned. This is quite convenient if you happen to forget your credit card number, and wish to find a helpful soul who may have it posted for you on his site. (google.com/search?q=visa+4500000000000000..4500999999999999)
08/24/04 - oedilf - The Oxford English Dictionary In Limerick Form. The name pretty much says it all. This group of people ahve set out to write a limerick for every word in the English Language. (www.oedilf.com)
08/18/04 - pixel field - Your goal in this game is to guide your three pixels through a minefield to collect the energy squares. It sounds pretty silly, but it can be quite addictive. (www.tonypa.pri.ee/pixelfield_e.html)
08/01/04 - knotplot - An incredible visual tool for studying and playing with mathematical knots. For the mathematician and layman alike. (knotplot.com)
