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u?op ?p?sdn p??? no? u??

flipYou know how when you were a kid you would type 80085 into a calculator because it sort of kind of looked like another word? Maybe that was just us. But modern computers give you oh so many more ways to make plain text borderline unreadable.

For instance, there's absolutely no practical reason you would ever want to u?op ?p?sdn ?x?? ?no? d?1?. But this little text inverter application has inspired hundreds of digg users to write comments that are best read if you're standing on your head.

Sure, it's kind of cool looking, but you know what else is cool? Being able to read the comments. Still, if you want to drive your mom crazy with your next email home, flip your text upside down and pretend not to understand why she's having trouble reading it.

[via AppScout]

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Flip, social media network for girls

flip social netork for girlsFlip, the new social media network built especially for girls by Conde Nast, has launched in beta. The idea of the site is to create a flipbook of photos, videos, and music. Users then grab different media elements like pics, stickers and backgrounds to customize their pages. The pages can be drawn on, written on, and music and animations enabled. Then, when everything is complete, they can be shared with friends. It's quite a different approach to MySpace, and to its competition, Piczo. Flipbooks are categorized so you can easily browse your interests. There are also Clubs, which enable you to join with like minded individuals and chat about your interests, just like in real life. Flip has a much better design that uses textures and 3D elements so you can feel like you are actually browsing at something interesting, unlike sites with no dimension to them at all, with the added touch of clutter.

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