Filed under: Internet, Web services, Freeware, Open Source
Roll your own digg for free
Like digg? Wish you owned it? Well, now you can, sort of. Technocast has a tutorial up on how to create your own digg-like service,
using nothing more than WordPress and a the Pligg plug-in. Follow a few
simple steps, and you'll be diggin' it in no time. Of course, if your digg-clone catches on, you may need to pay your
hosting service for lots of extra bandwidth. But, presumably, by then you'll be rolling in so much Adsense dough that
you can write them a blank check. 
With Halloween fast approaching, it's a great time to get in some practice defending your territory against zombies. In Graveyard Shift, you take aim at zombies and other creepy-crawlies, blasting them into splatters of cartoony green guts. It's a casual first-person shooter, and it's very easy to get the hang of - use the mouse to aim, click to fire. Graveyard Shift has at least 15 levels, and it might even have some secret stages I haven't unlocked yet.
They key to getting good at Graveyard Shift is learning to use ...
