links for 2006-08-15
- Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact New model segway. (tags: segway technology cooltools)
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August 2006
Compelling, in a weird kind of way
Just take a good look at these pictures! Thanks Aleksey! Technorati Tags: interesting, photography
Coolest connection speed tester ever
Speedtest.net is another wicked cool way to check how fast your internet connection really is. Tastes good and looks good too!
Demographically insensitive user interface
I was playing around with one or the other web site the other day, and upon requesting a registration I was asked to provide a secret answer to a question so tha...
Apple Online Store honors the Massachusetts Tax Holiday
Yeah, why wouldn’t they? In Massachusetts, Saturday Aug 12 and Sunday Aug 13, there is no 5% Sales Tax, even when buying stuff online. And Apple is honoring it. I don’t know, you can never be sure with Apple, they Think Different.
James Fallows: “The War on Terror is Over”
Another great article in The Atlantic, James Fallows: “Declaring Victory“ > “The United States is succeeding in its struggle against terrorism. The time has come to declare the ...
Read more →links for 2006-08-11
- The Julipedia: IMAP gateway to GMail Not sure how real or how useful this is, but it sounds important — an Imap gateway to gmail (tags: gmail imap [imap...
St Maarten is such a small island that the airport runs right up to the beach
Check out [this picture!](http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0385938&WxsIERv=Obrvat%20747-406&Wm=0&WdsYXMg=XYZ%20-%20Eblny%20Qhgpu%20Nveyvarf&QtODMg=Cuvyvcfohet%20%2F%20Fg.%20Znnegra%20-%20Cevaprff%20Whyvnan%20%28FKZ%20%2F%20GAPZ%29&ERDLTkt=Argureynaqf%20Nagvyyrf&ktODMp=Whar%2026%2C%202003&BP=1&...
Read more →Reminder: BlogBridge Skypecast tomorrow, Thursday, Aug 10, at 10:00am
Check here for the details! This will be an overview of BlogBridge 3.0 and the Feed Library, come one, come all! Technorati Tags: skype, skypecast
links for 2006-08-09
- Sharing PHP Code Snippets Looks like a good podcast to add to the list. (tags: php podcast scottjohson interesting) - Tagzania: tagging the planet (tags: interesting maps) - Platial.com (tags: map interesting)
Scratch and vote?
Here’s an interesting new development to apply technology to voter fraud and better voting. Technology? Oh, yeah, not computers, actually this is from your local lottery ticket: scratch and vote: Technology Review: Emerging Technologies and their Impact
links for 2006-08-08
- Sifry’s Alerts: State of the Blogosphere, August 2006 Really interesting review of statistics collected by Technorati about the blogosphere. (tags: blogosphere technorati blog statistics)
Super duper tie of your shoe laces!
Ever have your shoe laces come undone, over and over again? The usual mommy double know doesn’t work that well for me. Here’s an alternative: Ian’s Shoelace Site – Surgeon’s Shoelace Knot
links for 2006-08-07
- AOL Releases Search Logs from 500,000 Users Very interesting and possibly very worrysome. You’d think that releasing anonymous search results is no big deal (at least I did) but some examples mentioned in this brief article say otherwise (tags: interesting searh aol soflow privacy)
How to add a map to any blog page
I came across this interesting bit in LifeHacker: WikiMapia – The geographical wikipedia – Lifehacker. It teaches that using WikiMapia, you can add a map to any web pa...
Read more →Atlantic Magazine on Wikipedia
A really great article in The Atlantic about Wikipedia. Very relevant during this Wikimania weekend. > “Can thousands of Wikipedians be wrong? How an attempt to build an online encyclopedia touched off history’s biggest experiment in collaborative knowledge. ” (from “The Hive“) Check it out here! Technorati Tags: wikimania, wikipedia
links for 2006-08-06
- The Web-2.0, No-Bull-Shiitake Marketing Test by Seth Godin A good set of ideas about getting your (my) ideas to spread (tags: ideas sethgodin marketing soflow) - Pito’s Blog: Atlantic Magazine on Wikipedia (tags: wikimania wikipedia)
links for 2006-08-05
- BlogBridge: Wikipedia Topic Guide If you are going to Wikimania you might be interested in this collection of Wikipedia related blogs and feeds. (tags: wikipedia wikimania guide)
links for 2006-08-04
- Photoshop CS2 HDR A really wonderful photography site describes a technique for making digital photos really pop. (tags: hdr digital [photography](http://del.icio...
When is a native app not a native app?
Quite interesting analysis (at least to us Geeks) showing that the notion of a ‘WIndows XP’ standard or native UI is actually a myth. Read it here: Prashant Deva’s blog: How many of your Windows apps use the native Windows UI?