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<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>\u2014 1 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n The theme for the week is technology solving problems you didn\u2019t know you had. \u00a0For example, did you realize you needed a site that could rerhythmatize songs to a swing beat?<\/a>\u00a0 Now your friends can listen to songs they already like while you teach them the basic and underarm turns.<\/p>\n <\/a>\u2014 2 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n And this interactive illustration of different search\u00a0algorithms<\/a>\u00a0is also a nice way to give novices a user-friendly intro to a delightful subject.<\/p>\n <\/a>\u2014 3 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n I don\u2019t have any friends who are anything but novices at drill design, but I think we can all swoon over the cleverness of this mechanism for drilling rounded square holes anyway<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/a>\u2014 4 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n Here\u2019s another unexpected solution to a problem I\u2019d never thought about before: Disney animators use real people as stand-ins for characters, and this site has mashed up the references and the final frames<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n <\/a>\u2014 5 \u2014<\/strong><\/p>\n Perhaps I\u2019m getting a little far afield from my theme, but I never thought my relatively low desire to learn to juggle was a problem until I discovered\u00a0combat juggling!<\/em><\/a> (yes, you read that right).<\/p>\n Combat or gladiator is a game played by jugglers. In its most typical form, a number of players juggle three clubs each, attempting to interfere with other players\u2019 juggling, with the winner being the last to remain juggling three clubs \u2014 not necessarily those they started with.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n