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Spout: social networking to find new films
Spout users each have a personal profile, which is dynamically updated as the users give their opinions on movies. These views are used to build lists of recommended movies for users based on their interests. They've been operating for some time now, but have been adding new features. Most notably a feature called Moviemind. It works by taking a movie title and then finding other movies for you that are similar. The social networking side allows you to meet up with other users who have similar tastes, and mine them for new movie ideas. You know, things that people used to do with real friends. Remember those things? Real friends? No? You're right, the internet knows you better than your real friends ever did anyway. Take its advice.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Edwin said 11:04PM on 5-24-2007
I prefer movie lens... it rawks hard
http://movielens.umn.edu/
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CHARLOTTE said 8:29AM on 6-25-2007
I IZ LOVIN BORAT N ITZ A BOYGIRL THING
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