As some of you game fans out there have no doubt seen already (since it's appeared on every gaming blog I've seen this weekend) there has been a new screenshot for Duke Nukem Forever released recently.

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Last weekend I changed the ringtone on my Nokia 6600 to the Metal Gear Solid Codec call sound. Doesn't sound too out of place as a ringtone to people who don't know the game but it certainly gets a reaction from those who do. :)

Here's the MGS Codec Call Ringtone wave file I made if you'd like a copy for yourself. It's GSM encoded, mono, 22kHz. It's had the volume bumped up since it was coming out much too quiet to start with. Also, I've cut the end of it slightly since my phone has a slight pause between playing loops of a wave file. With the cut it plays back on my phone at about the same rhythm/spacing as in-game.

Edit: If my trimmed wave file isn't quite right for your phone, download the uncut, 16-bit PCM encoded, mono, 22KHz version to use and/or edit for yourself! If you're looking for a free tool to edit the wave file with I'd recommend the trial version of GoldWave.

Metal Gear Solid is © Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Nemo 33 can be found in Belgium (Brussels to be more exact) and is the world's deepest swimming pool. It's filled with 2,500,000 litres of spring water heated to 30°C which offer complete visibility down to 33 metres in it's deepest dive pit. It has also features caves at -10 metres (including three with air pockets that are constantly refreshed) and multiple viewing windows for visitors to observe the pool from outside.

For more information and photos check out the official Nemo 33 website.

Comet McNaught is a non-periodic comet (i.e we won't see it near us again for thousands of years, if ever) that passed by the Sun on January 12th - 14th and has since been visible to the Southern Hemisphere (and will remain visible for a while longer). The beautiful photo to the left was taken by photographer Jamie Newman in Auckland, New Zealand on January 18th. For the full-size version of this photo and a lot more from various photographers throughout the World, check SpaceWeather's Comet McNaught gallery.

Saw this on Boing Boing and it cracked me up. The Engrish I can understand but who thought that the demon face would be a good idea on the packaging for a kid's toy?!

The Children's Railway…FROM HELL

Earlier this week I found this interesting list of esoteric programming languages someone had created. Piet in particular really appealed to me, the programs are images that look like abstract paintings. The language is named after Piet Mondrian, a Dutch artist who painted geometric abstract pieces of art. The image at the top of this post is a valid Piet program, it solves the Towers of Hanoi problem. If you want to play with Piet you can download an interpreter such as npiet.

The xenocoder website has now been upgraded to WordPress 2.0.6, everything seems to be working okay but if you do find any problems feel free to let me know.

Oh, and if you're planning on upgrading your own WordPress blog to 2.0.6, and happen to use FeedBurner to manage your RSS feeds, you should check out this blog post.