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links for 2008-05-14

• YOUNGME - NOWME | ColorWars2008
  Contest: Find a childhood photo of yourself and “recreate that pose and picture as best you can with the current you.”
  (tags: photography via:vsl)
• Zebra Striping: Does It Really Help? | A List Apart
  In a quick study, Jessica Enders finds that while alternating shaded rows in data tables does not significantly improve accuracy, it does improve speed in looking up information.
  (tags: webdesign statistics data)
• Tweetburner
  Like tinyurl, except this service apparently lets you track how your condensed links are used.
  (tags: twitter tools statistics)
• Graphviz
  “Graphviz is open source graph visualization software. It has several main graph layout programs … It also has web and interactive graphical interfaces, and auxiliary tools, libraries, and language bindings.”
  (tags: software tools visualization via:pharkins)