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NiRF is a script, like sIFR, that allows you to use custom fonts on your website. It dynamically replaces text you identify with an image, rather than using non-browser-native objects like flash. NiRF reads all the information it needs from the CSS applied to your elements. Also, your text is still present so you won’t lose your hard-earned SEO. Best of all, it’s FREE!

Software to hack your AppleTV without breaking the seal or voiding your warranty.

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"Active Externalism," here, seems to be another term for "distributed cognition." That is, external artifacts used actively in the thought process are part of a feedback loop in cognition that partially externalizes our mind.