Category: Internet

Internet Use in Small Town and Rural Canada

Despite the potential of the Internet as a tool to overcome distance, living in rural and small town Canada continues to be a factor associated with lower rates

Friday Fun Link – Seven Most Scandalous Wikipedia Edits (Sept 21, 2007)

I did an earlier post about the guy who designed a program to link IP addresses to Wikipedia edits. This has led to all kinds of discoveries of

Google Launches PowerPoint Clone, "Presently"

“Google has officially launched the missing piece in Google’s online office suite: Presently, a presentation product that competes directly with Microsoft PowerPoint.” (via TechCrunch)In related office suite news,

Universal Health Care 2.0

I had an appointment with a specialist last week and during the course of it, he asked me about a procedure I'd had over ten years ago.  Being

Breastbook?

Facebook has been censoring photos of breastfeeding mothers.  If you believe breastfeeding is a non-sexual, natural thing (and that your eyes won't melt if you catch the corner

I Scooped Newsweek

Of course, that's the equivalent of saying you beat your grandfather in the 100 metre dash but still...they're just getting around to a cover story on the latest

This Is Why Wikipedia Exists…

List of acquired tastes – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia(I'm proud to say that “cilantro” and “clamato” were two additions I made to the list although cilantro is still

Friday Fun Link – See Who's Editing Wikipedia (August 17, 2007)

Wikipedia allows anonymous edits but it does track the IP of anyone who makes the edit. So a Cal-Tech computer grad student, inspired by news last year that

Google Gets Healthy, Rate My MD

Google is apparently setting up a health site. Google Health Screenshots are now available online.  On a related note, I've talked about RateMyProfessors.com on this blog before but

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