Category: Internet

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

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

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?

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

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

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. 

Google Maps Navigation, Google Music Search and a Google View of the Internet in Five Years

This will possibly be the end of GPS companies such as Garmin and Tom Tom (their stocks have already plummeted since the announcement):Google also announced that soon, any

Music Monday – UTwo-be

Is there any other link today than the archive of the live U2 concert that was broadcast on YouTube last night?  I haven't seen any final figures yet

Good-bye GeoCities

Today sort of disappeared on me so I don't have time to do the “Thoughts on the RPL Staff Conference” post I promised yesterday.  Instead, some discussion at

Friday Fun Link – MailFreezr (Oct 23, 2009)

MailFreezr is a service which allows you to send an e-mail message to anyone anytime between 1-100 years from now (er, assuming the site's around then – which,

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