Researchers at the University of Michigan did an experiment to figure out how much Internet search was worth. They asked students to find answers to questions using the stacks (average time: 22 minutes) then using Google (average time: 7 minutes) then used the difference (15 minutes) and the average American wage ($22/hour) to determine that […]
Now this is social media I can get behind – tell the site which beers you prefer and it will make recommendations for your next brew!
…say “Takei” according to Star Trek’s George Takei who is taking on a controversial Tennessee law by suggesting people could use his surname as a replacement for the word “gay”. (via MetaFilter)
There are all sorts of sites that allow you to rate various things connected to your life – your teachers, your professors, your workplace, your doctor, your neighbours (oops, appears to no longer exist). And now, a site that allows you to rate your politicians as well. Most of these sites are based on anonymous […]
For the longest time, “Angry Birds” was the most popular game on the iPhone store and for the longest time, I resisted buying it because ninety-nine cents seemed like a lot to pay for something that looked like a silly kid’s game. 😉 But I finally broke down and bought it and though I don’t […]
Tout is a new social media site that combines elements of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to allow you to do 15-second video status updates. “Some moments in life just can’t be reflected in text. Tout delivers “life as it happens” in full-motion color and sound, as opposed to ‘life as it’s written in 140 characters […]
This clip is pretty cool for all manner of reasons – amazing technology, cutting-edge video editing – combine when an MIT scientist captures the first 90 000 hours of his son’s life on tape to try to understand how language develops.
I really wish I could remember where I first came across this site otherwise it’s going to look *really* suspicious. But anyhow, I did somehow manage to stumble across a new dating site called What’s Your Price which has a bit of a unique twist – men (who are called “The Generous” in the site’s […]
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Posted 08 April 2011
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In honour of the Flames’ Jarome Iginla getting his 1000th career point tonight, here’s a really cool site that displays the names of two fairly equal NHL players and allows you to pick which one you think is best. (If you don’t recognize one or both players, it helpfully puts their career stats side-by-side and […]
I’m at the NDP convention this weekend and one fun thing they did is release a YouTube playlist of all the candidate’s favourite songs. Reflecting the diversity of the party, there’s classics and country and indie and metal and dance. If you can’t be at the after parties, it’s the next best thing! One other […]
