A great Quora thread that will make you laugh and cry, take your breath away and make you puke and make you realise how big and small we truly are. (The one from Titan is possibly my favourite on the page. So boring yet so amazingly unbelievable.)
Human-like Robots Always On, Free Internet Wherever You Are Or Wherever You Go Wearable Computers / Wearable Computers / Wearable Computers Driverless Cars and Increasingly Accessible Space Flight Renewable Energy Replacing Conventional Energy (how about Space-based Solar for something that’s really futuristic?) The best thing is that all of these things are very real and increasingly accessible to […]
A Ready-Made Google Calendar You Can Use Why the First Round of the Playoffs is Better Than the Finals How A Hockey Rink’s Surface Is Made: How Bad Do You Want It? My Predictions St Louis vs. San Jose Vancouver vs. Los Angeles Phoenix vs. Chicago Nashville vs. Detroit Boston vs. Washington (would like to […]
A very cool announcement from Google about an experimental, augmented reality wearable computer (translation: futuristic eyeglasses) that could crush Apple’s iPhone dominance if it takes off.
A number of Canadian libraries were selected for the ALA’s design showcase highlighting diverse areas of excellence including Youth Spaces, Green Facilities, Collaborative Learning and more.
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Posted 27 March 2012
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AskMetaFilter weighs in with the best apps for the new iPad. On the other hand, here are some quick negatives after a week’s use: – the app store seems A LOT less useful on the iPad than the iPhone. On the iPhone, it’s really easy to drill down by category in something like Games -> […]
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Posted 22 March 2012
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Well, based on how slow it’s been lately, either my computer’s dying or I have too many tabs open. Let’s hope it’s the latter as that’s easily solved! Super excited to see Ryan Meili’s name pop up as a strong “definitely maybe” in a recent list of potential NDP leadership candidates, especially since, as the […]
The “walking down the street, dancing” theme is a popular one for music videos, from REM to Hawksley Workman to the classic of the genre from The Verve. Here’s another one from Blur’s guitarist, Graham Coxon…
Stephen Wolfram is a famous computer scientist/physicist (though not everyone is a fan) who is behind the Wolfram Alpha search engine. He recently released some analysis of data he’s been collecting about his personal computing and productivity habits since the early 1990’s. Although MetaFilter has its usual snark in talking about this release (“All that data […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTayQhIkB58
