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Photophlow gives new breath to flickr

Photophlow

Flickr has been around for a while (especially by web 2.0 standards) and has it's many fans. Rightfully so. We love Flickr too. But don't you feel Flickr needs some thing 'new'. You know, something to spice it up a little?

Enter Photophlow. This site brings a much needed social aspect to your Flickr photoset - conversation. Think about it, when you get back from a trip, isn't it fun to have your closest friends and family gather around while you show them your photos and re-live your experiences on your vacation? Photophlow acts as a chat room centered around photos on Flickr.

The site has a warm fuzzy feeling to it. The other Flickr users in the chat rooms are talkative and inviting. When you log into Photophlow, it almost feels like stepping into your favorite coffee shop on a winter day.

You can easily browse your photostream, public Flickr photos, and those photos of the users in your chat room. Clicking on a photo puts it in a window for everyone to see and conversations ensue.

Photophlow is in beta so expect the site to be slow at times. However Oortle, the company behind Photophlow has built a great web tool that deserves a look. It's also invitation only - so head over and add your name to the list.

For a great walk through of photophlow, check out their demo video.

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Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

CiviballsI have an absolute weakness for physics games, and while Civiballs isn't the strongest physics-based game, what it lacks in the physics department it makes up for a few times over in style and fun.

In Civiballs, you are presented with a few colored balls, and your goal is to get those balls into the same-colored urn on the level. The "civi" part of Civiballs is that there are 3 sets of levels to play, each representing a different civilization. While the civilization doesn't affect gameplay, the artwork for each level is beautifully themed to it's appropriate era.

To play the game, you are given only one tool - a sword with which to cut the chains that are holding the balls. The puzzle part of the game is in figuring out what order, and with what timing to cut each chain. Do it right, and all the right balls end up in the right urns, with no stray balls entering an urn (a no-no). Do it wrong, and you get to start over again.

Civiballs is not terribly deep on gameplay; the entire game can be completed in about 15 minutes. But if you enjoy this type of game, it will be a very enjoyable 15 minutes.

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