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 […]
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 […]
LongestPoemInTheWorld.com takes updates from Twitter's public feed to create a never-ending stream of rhyming couplets – strangely engrossing.
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 search for a song or band will result in a stream of the song being returned from various partners which will be able to be played in […]
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 but some media outlets were reporting that there was likely an audience of hundreds of thousands of viewers watching live around the world and that figure will […]
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 MetaFilter about Geocities which officially goes offline tomorrow.
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, even for it to be there in a year, I'd say the odds aren't that great! Plus who knows what technology will do in the next 5, […]
It's like looking into the future…
Shea posted a hilarious anti-breastfeeding article pro-Nestle Fake Milk Formula to her Facebook status with the usual heavy response to anytime this type of topic comes up – from both pro-breastfeeding moms and those who weren't able to or aren't as worked up about the prevalance of formula in our society. It made me think, […]
The Reddit title for this video pretty much sums it up…uhm, anybody wanna come to a Win7 party at my house on uhm, how about February 30th?
