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Google Redux: A Greasemonkey facelift for Google

by Jordan Running Mar 15th 2006

Back in January designer Andy Rutledge took on the task of redesigning Google's home page to make it, how shall we say, more designed. Of course, Rutledge doesn't work for Google and we'll never see it on Google.com--or will we? Tristan Dunn has put together a Greasemonkey script that replaces Google's home page with Rutledge's pretty "Google Redux" every time you visit. It's pretty weird loading up Google's home page to find something completely new and fresh. The script even checks for Google's fancy holiday logos.

Tags: Andy Rutledge, design, google, greasemonkey, redesign, redux, Tristan Dunn

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Civiballs is a beautiful, soothing physics puzzle Time Waster

I 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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