Shea’s been wanting a Wii for a long time and it was looking like we’d get one this Christmas. But then, she came across the XBox Kinect – a motion-based gaming system where, instead of any handheld controller, your body motions are scanned by a camera/scanner combo placed somewhere near your TV and that’s how […]
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Popular Science Lecturer Collapses, Students Rush To…Twitter?
Stories like this are only hastening my arrival at a “kids these days!” state of old man intolerance and disgust. Okay, I’m sure part of this isn’t just a generation of insensitive, YouTube zomboids not reacting to an emergency but also a terrible example of the bystander effect, except, like so many other things, the […]
Music Monday – “Don’t Let Me Down(load)”
After years of back and forth between Apple (the Beatles record label) and Apple (the technology company), the Beatles are now on iTunes!
The Library’s Role in Supporting Wikipedia
Wikipedia is having its annual fundraising drive and that got me thinking about a recent conversation I had with a fellow librarian. The discussion started as one of those “is reference dead?” chats (I don’t think it is by the way – though it’s definitely taken a pretty big hit with the rise of the […]
Facebook: “The Wild West of the Internet Tamed to Fit Suburban Fantasies of the Suburban Soul”
Good article about how Facebook has come to replace previous ways that we tried to both conform and compete with our social peers.
Yumm: A Recipe Bookmark Site
I had a longish post in mind but with perfect timing, I was at work all day on Friday feeling fine then got home, immediately started shivering and fell into bed for a couple hours. The rest of the weekend was a rotating spin of bed, bathroom and my good friend (Pepto) Bismal. Now, after […]
Geek Heaven: Augmented Reality Star Wars iPhone App
Le drool… (via Daily Mail)
Facebook: Behind the Scenes
The Daily Beast did a month-long experiment to discover the inner workings of Facebook – how it determines who shows up on your News Feed, what can influence how often people show up and so on. Some of the findings: A bias against newcomers “Most Recent” doesn’t tell the whole story. Links are favored over […]
Friday Fun Link – MapCrunch: Google Street View Meets ChatRoulette
MapCrunch is a very cool mash-up that’s sort of a cross between Google Street View and ChatRoulette (but with a lot more clicking if you want to see some nudity!) Instead, the site gives you a random shot from Google Street View, either anywhere in the world or narrowed down by specific country or continent. […]
(Yet Another) Technological Threat To Libraries
OuiBox (warning: music autoplays) is not only an online word processor and a way to connect to various social media sites but it claims to have the ability to help you fill in facts as you write! We’re not there yet but the fact that this was posted to Reddit with a subject line of […]