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Oct 31, 2007 12:00 AM

What's Wired This Month: Sugar-Free Jell-O, iminilikewithyou.com, Sigur Ros

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The Animal Kingdom in Ultra-Hi-Res: Creature by Andrew Zuckerman

Don't call it a dating service. Instead of hand-holding and wonky soul-mate compatibility formulas, iilwy gives us what we really need: something frivolous to break the ice. To get attention, users generate and respond to silly question-and-answer games. Witty one-upmanship wins you friend status with those you admire, plus the right to keep flirting with them over IM. What happens next is your business.

The problem with wireless travel mouses? Enormous USB dongles that go missing minutes after you remove them from the package. Logitech solves both issues with the petite VX Nano. The USB receiver isn't much bigger than a grain of rice and tucks into the bottom of the peripheral when in transit. Icing: six months of battery life squeezed from two AAAs.

Back in 1997, when these orchestral post-rockers invented their own language, we were sold. Though singer Jónsi Birgisson no longer croons only in Hopelandic -- an elflike Icelandic-English hybrid -- the band's glacial tunes are as epic as ever. Accompanied by a tour DVD, this entrancing double album of live and previously unreleased tracks confirms that the dude is still cryptic, but somehow the songs don't want for translation.

Let's say that your full-time job and 4-year-old have distracted you from your maid-of-honor event-planning duties (we're speaking hypothetically, of course). You'll be thankful for Triporama. This site, which offers deals, group scheduling, and travel tips, is an excellent way to plan a multiperson getaway and look like Wonder Woman in the process.

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