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You’re looking at my new wheels. I decided to finally break down and get a bike because I didn’t have anything else better to do during the summer and I’m looking to explore Seattle in a bit more intimate setting. I’m also getting this insane idea that it might be fun to participate in a sprint triathlon or longer rides like the Seattle to Portland ride.

I was looking into getting the Cannondale Bad Boy Disc, but ended up going this route for a number of reasons. The Express came with handle bar extenders, a carbon fiber fork and shifters that I considered easier to maneuver than the BBD’s. I took it out for a spin a few days ago and did about 12 miles in Beacon Hill and Madrona. Good times.

Since it is the start of the Word Cup, why not show a site that has been “doing Ajax” for years. VG Nett Live! is a norweigan website that updates a live game in real time, and has a lot of clean DOM/Ajax functionality throughout.

Come on England!

The Bank of Montreal has announced that it will refund a total of $7.1 million to about 28,000 customers who overpaid penalties on certain mortgage transactions.

The Bank of Montreal said Friday will refund $7.1 million to 28,000 customers who overpaid mortgage penalties, saying it made a mistake in some of its calculations.

BMO Bank of Montreal to Reimburse Customers for Mortgage Penalty Overpayments TORONTO, June 9 /CNW/ - BMO Bank of Montreal today announced that it will be providing refunds to approximately 28,000 mortgage ...

Over at Midgard CMS, they have created protoGrowl, a JavaScript utility to bubble up event notifications in a web page. This library is inspired by the OS X tool Growl that gives a system level notification system to Mac OS X.

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Simple to learn, yet difficult to master, this collection of Mahjongg Solitaire, Gin, and Checkers offers endless hours of excitement. Have fun learning with the intro tutorial or try specific strategies using practice options against eight computer personalities. Play the most popular variations, track your statistics, or try challenging others online in our free Internet lobby.

A laser light game of logic and deduction. Fire lasers into the black box and use clues to discover what pieces lie inside. Pieces include prisms, mirrors, color filters and more. Based in part on the popular laser logic game Aargon.

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Summer’s that time of year when a lot of Googlers channel our inner Tiger, Ronaldinho, Venus, Shaq or Albert. Admittedly, most of us are weekend warriors and couch potatoes, not to mention keyboard jockeys — and we tend to fall into a few other categories, too. Fortunately Google can help us all out: we’ve got some new sports-related products and search features launching. When it comes to sports information, do you recognize your type here?

Hometown Hero. Whether across continents or across branches of the family tree, you’re fiercely loyal to that team that stirred your childhood passions. But time zones, TV broadcast schedules, and the demands of, say, work or dinner may not always cooperate. Now Google can deliver up-to-the-minute scores, stats, and schedules 24x7. Check out:

- Google.com — Fire it up on the browser of either your PC or mobile device to search for your favorite World Cup group or team to view real-time scores and schedules

- Sports Gadgets — Add these to your personalized Google homepage, including a new one with World Cup info

- Google SMS — Text-message a team name to 46645 (GOOGL) in the U.S. for World Cup scores and schedules. Fans in Germany, Japan and Canada can also give it a whirl.

- Google Desktop - Get live World Cup scores right on your desktop with this Soccer Scores gadget

Sports-Commentator-In-Training. Forget “le mot juste” — you’re about “le stat juste” or “le uplifting personal story juste.” You color commentator-wannabes have to have the latest data in hand and want to connect with others just like you, since your significant other has probably long since tuned you out). Check out:

Joga.com — Football (a.k.a. “soccer” in the U.S.) fans, build your own groups and clubs, share all kinds of football-related info, upload photos and video, and get updates on matches and events

Google Alerts — Get current news and website changes as they happen by creating Alerts for your favorite teams and players

Google Video — If you can't be in Germany this month, feed your football fever at this special section of Google Video

The Intellectual. You look underneath the sweat and adrenaline to explore the cultural and psychological underpinnings of sports and sporting events. Big questions like football vs. soccer, or perhaps basketball vs. ice hockey as a preferred winter sport. Or maybe the impact of major sports events on worker productivity. To further indulge your curiosity, there’s Google Trends.

The One with Team Pajamas. Enough said. If you're a fan of both football and Firefox, soon you can grab this Joga.com extension built in collaboration with Firefox to show support for your team (or all 32 of them) while you're surfing the web. You'll have a constant pulse on games, players, and stats.

Update: Google.com results currently support group or team search only. Added Google Video link; added link to Google Desktop Soccer Scores gadget.