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Hugg: diggs get green
We rarely get through a day without hearing about global warming, and how to make our lives a bit greener. Now Hugg brings it all online.Hugg, similar to the social news website digg, allows users to vote up and down top news stories. But this site was built by the folks behind the popular eco-blog Treehugger, and it concentrates on green news. With an array of user submitted green news from green gift giving, practical ways to washing clothes and eco-friendly flooring, Hugg is on its way to being your one stop shop for the latest green news and trends in the marketplace.
Categories include architecture, beauty, celebrity, fashion and food. It is a relatively new site that is a bit low on the user submitted news at the moment, but it is growing with at least a few stories hitting the website each day.
So if you're feeling a little green, check in to Hugg to see what the hottest and freshest eco news is of the day.
I don't know if this is a labor of love or merely the brainchild of four very gifted games designers, but Level Up is a really weird mash-up of gaming elements that you have probably never seen in a Flash game before.
Let's start with the premise itself: Groundhog Day meets Memento. The game experience revolves around 'days': you explore the world and the clock slowly ticks towards the evening. You bounce around picking up gems and talking to the denizens of 'Level Upland'. Eventually you feel tired and head back to ...