Archive for the 'technology' Category
Google Copies Yahoo. Huh?
Read all about it.
5 MB Hard Drive - 1956
Wow!
Handling Porcupines, Trolls, and Other Online Vermin
I confess.
I have been guilty of not following Amy Gahran’s excellent advice on Handling Porcupines, Trolls, and Other Online Vermin. In the past several months I’ve violated so many of her guidelines and suggestions it’s depressing.
New Year’s Resolution: Do much better in this area.
VIDEO: michael richards (seinfeld’s “kramer”) loses it
**UPDATE** CBS has posted the full video clip of richards’ late show apology on its page of archived video. this after repeated submissions to youtube were removed at CBS’ request.
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to be fair, the video only depicts (what appears to be) richards’ overblown reaction to some hecklers. [...]
bill o’reilly disses ipods
dailytech quotes the comments o’reilly made on his radio show:
“I don’t own an iPod. I would never wear an iPod…If this is your primary focus in life - the machines…it’s going to have a staggeringly negative effect, all of this, for America…did you ever talk to these computer geeks? I mean, can you carry on [...]
“The Internet as a political medium, viable?”
Hilarious.
Larry King is interviewing Roseanne Barr when he tells her that he has never used the internet.
Goodness…
Update: A few comments from the Think Progress post.
kelso:
If Larry used the internet, maybe he could come up with better questions for his guests than asking them what their favorite food or color is.
I used to think it was [...]
ReviewMe: A Review
The following is a paid review:
Alright, now that you all know that we are going to be making some kudo bucks for this post, you may be tempted to stop reading. But don’t. This is actually a really interesting service/business.
If you’ve been following the blogosphere then you’ve heard of PayPerPost (sorry, no link [...]
Bayern Munich: We may sue Youtube
The German soccer club, Bayern Munich, is threatening to sue Youtube over videos that fans have taken during the Bayern Munich games and then posted on the uber-popular Youtube.
Today the German soccer team Bayern Munich threatened legal action against the site over the use of game footage. What’s interesting here is that Bayern president Karl-Heinz [...]
all-encompassingly Designers Get Press
The design that all-encompassingly has enjoyed for the past year is due to the skills of the web design firm in Uruguay, Studio ST.
And if designing all-encompassingly didn’t make them famous enough (or perhaps not…), a project they worked on just got some great press on Techcrunch.
SlideShare is a new service launching this morning that [...]
New Google Search Results?
Is Google celebrating its birthday by finally (permanently?) unveiling the new results page?
Here is what I’m seeing (click for full screen):
Holy Linkbait Batman!
I think that this conclusively proves once and for all that the absolute best way to “attract links and increase web traffic” is to write about that very topic or, even better, link to others who have already done so. This is kind of like the get-rich-quick schemes that involve you selling “informational products” [...]
Best. Spam. Ever.
From Kojo Annan.
Renew Your Passport Now
This seems like good advice.
If you have a passport, now is the time to renew it — even if it’s not set to expire anytime soon. If you don’t have a passport and think you might need one, now is the time to get it. In many countries, including the United States, passports will soon [...]
The All-Seeing Eye
Is it just me, or does the image choice for this business site spook you out too?
proposed bumper sticker
“it will be great when our schools have all the money they need and san francisco has to hold a bake sale to set up bus-fi
“bus-fi” is a free internet service that will be installed on city buses in the san francisco area. the cost of this proposed program is over $1/3 of a [...]
