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Silly Molecules
Brainball
Free Copies
How to Obtain Free Copies and Do Other Fun Stuff to Copiers, useful the next time you are poor and at Kinko’s. Disclaimer: stealing is illegal.
Plastic Balls
Plastic Balls, it’s brickles/breakout meets a funnel.
There Are Infinitely Many Prime Twins
There Are Infinitely Many Prime Twins, a possible proof at Arxiv.org. It looks a little over my head.
Blogshares
The Racial Slur Database
Bug Me Not
BugMeNot.com, a free service that gives you login names/passwords to use for sites that require registration to view content. Includes a handy bookmarklet, too.
Bastet
Bastet, it’s the bastardized version of tetris where if always gives you the worst possible block. It’s really tough.