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Category Archives: Internet

Facebook's Great Betrayal

This article entitled “Facebook's Great Betrayal” is a bit out-dated now but a few weeks ago, users logging in to Facebook were asked to choose some new privacy settings – many of them ominously set to “Everyone”.  A lot of the success of Facebook versus other social networking sites was that it gave users such […]

Posted 27 December 2009 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Waving Goodbye to 2009

Google Waving that is…

Posted 22 December 2009 § List § Main Page § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Send a Free Google Postcard (December 4, 2009)

To promote their Gmail service, Google is offering the chance for anyone to send a single free postcard to any US address, no strings attached.  Obviously being in Canada, this isn't as handy but you can still send it to someone you know in the US (or if you don't know anyone, why not drop […]

Posted 05 December 2009 § Main Page § United States § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – ThruYou – The YouTube Remix

ThruYou is a project that took clips of amateur musicians that were uploaded to YouTube and remixed them to create new music.  Very cool! 

Posted 01 December 2009 § Main Page § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Mashup of NHL Player Birthplaces (November 27, 2009)

This is very cool.  A Google Maps mash-up showing the birthplace of every player that's ever played in the NHL.  Although there is the expected broad swath through Canada, the northern US, Europe and Russia, I was surprised at how many countries and continents are actually represented.  (If you zoom in on the map, you'll […]

Posted 28 November 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – How Hard Is It To Vanish In The Digital Age? (November 20, 2009)

A writer for Wired magazine offers $5000 to anyone who can find him after he purposely attempts to drop out of society for a month.“The idea for the contest started with a series of questions, foremost among them: How hard is it to vanish in the digital age? Long fascinated by stories of faked deaths, […]

Posted 21 November 2009 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

10 Most Ridiculously Overpriced iPhone Apps

Because who wouldn't pay one grand for a single graphic of a red diamond that doesn't do anything else except prove that you have too much money?

Posted 16 November 2009 § List § Main Page § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

AskMetafilter – One of My "Favourite" Sites

AskMetaFilter has a page which lists their all-time most “Favourited” questions (warning: do not click unless you have a  LOT of time to waste!)  Interesting that the most favourited question – “What Book Is The Single Best Introduction To Your Field For The Layperson” – has nearly twice as many favourites (~1141) than the next […]

Posted 05 November 2009 § List § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

What Technology Most Blows Your Mind?

A fun discussion on Reddit, even with 85% of the answers being computers, cell phones or airplanes. “Reaching the Moon was certainly a highlight for our civilization, but it was a singular accomplishment. The one technological thing that most blows my mind is the one which made that lunar landing possible, is the civilization's greatest […]

Posted 04 November 2009 § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – The Longest Poem in the World (October 30, 2009)

LongestPoemInTheWorld.com takes updates from Twitter's public feed to create a never-ending stream of rhyming couplets – strangely engrossing. 

Posted 30 October 2009 § FridayFunLink § Main Page ‡ Comments (0) °