Searchme: a new visual web search engine

This site lets you look at search results as full-size thumbnails that you can scroll through. Really makes scanning for the page you're looking for easy. They also have image and video search that plays right in their interface. Requires Flash for the full experience, but for the Flash-impaired there is also http://www.searchme.com/lite/.

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Top 5 Most Popular Searchme Feature Requests

Searchme is really listening to the beta testers.

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First Sunrise in 2008

The was the first sunrise of 2008 in Juoksengi Sweden. Just a couple minutes after taking the photo the sun was gone.

Christmas is Here!

Yes, Christmas is here (well, in Sweden anyway). Zoe went right to the tree to start opening her presents, so we let her open a couple before breakfast. Now it's time to prepare the Christmas dinner.

Merry Christmas

Reindeer

This was my first time shooting the local reindeer with our new Nikon D40 and a 18~200mm lens. It was nice to be able to zoom in on them from so far away.

Brazilian berry destroys cancer cells in lab, UF study shows

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A Brazilian berry popular in health food contains antioxidants that destroyed cultured human cancer cells in a recent University of Florida study, one of the first to investigate the fruit’s purported benefits.

Published today in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, the study showed extracts from acai (ah-SAH’-ee) berries triggered a self-destruct response in up to 86 percent of leukemia cells tested, said Stephen Talcott, an assistant professor with UF’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.

“Acai berries are already considered one of the richest fruit sources of antioxidants,” Talcott said. “This study was an important step toward learning what people may gain from using beverages, dietary supplements or other products made with the berries.”

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