I'd seen something like this once before for some other news event (Saddam's hanging?) and, as I suspected, someone has one again created a time lapse of how the Wikipedia article for the VT shootings developed over its first 12 hours. Kinda interesting watching the article grow/change/mutate in a very organic fashion. Actually, that makes […]
I came across the home page of a computer science professor who's given up on e-mail while searching for information on Facebook. (It's not that he's switched completely to Facebook as you might think though – he's actually become 99% snail mail and 1% fax from the sound of things. He doesn't use e-mail or […]
WebSite Grade For https://headtale.com : 69/100 (overall) A website grade of 69 for https://headtale.com means that of the thousands of websites that have previously been submitted to the tool, our algorithm has calculated that this site scores higher than 69% of them in terms of its marketing effectiveness. The algorithm uses a proprietary blend of […]
I've had this happen a couple times in the past few weeks so thought I'd mention it. If you add someone on Facebook who has the “Auto Reply” function on their e-mail program enabled, the “Jason Hammond has added you” message gets sent back and flows right through Facebook to your e-mail in-box thus revealing […]
A librarian at LPL named Kevin Moore started a Facebook group called “No, I don't look like a librarian” and a few people uploaded humourous pictures of themselves in various “non-librarian” activities to illustrate the point. Rory Litwin, on his blog, Library Juice, posted this in response:Yes, you do look like a librarian!Regarding the Facebook […]
Here's something for everbody back at FIMS as the semester comes to a close… (via Reddit)
So if you're reading this on Saturday March 24, 2007, you lose! Or something. Of course, it's after midnight on Friday March 23, 2007 so technically, I'm not participating properly either. Of course, I'm too much of an addict rebel to go along with any set day like this anyhow. Actually, that's not so far […]
LoudIt.org offers free MP3 audio books of classic works that you can download or read long with onscreen. (via MetaFilter)
I was recently forwarded an e-mail that mentioned how MIT is offering a variety of free University courses that cover almost their entire curriculum. This e-mail reminded me of a MetaFilter thread I saw a few weeks ago (and I think had even bookmarked into my “Potential FFL’s” folder) that mentions not only the MIT […]
A fellow FIMS student pointed me to a new human-assisted search engine called Cha-Cha. It allows you to do regular searches but if you're stymied, you can also click on the “Search With Guide” button, a chat box pops up and you're quickly connected with one of their guides. Who are the guides? It doesn't […]
