Have you ever been bored and felt like you reached the end of the Internet with nothing else to find? Social web services like StumbleUpon help you find new items on the web that others would recommend. XKCD, the maker of fine stick figure comics, has a new side project available for testing called The XKCD Holistic Browser. Basically, you type in a web address and hit 'Go'. … [Read more...]
Please do not spam my sites to promote your products, DISH Network
As a website owner, I see a lot of spam. Along with the usual "lottery winnings" and "work from home" opportunities in my e-mail, I receive more in the form of blog comments or messages from the contact form. A lot of it is jibberish, broken English, and nonsensical or selling what is clearly a scam product (SEO, viagra, etc). Fortunately some plugins and filters catch a lot of … [Read more...]
Microsoft Research ChronoZoom project timelines everything
The latest project from Microsoft Research entered beta today. It's called ChronoZoom. It seems to use the same technology as the previous Microsoft Research project SeaDragon which allows you to embed high resolution images on the web and then zoom in or out to see the detail or the scale, respectively. This time, instead of zooming in on an image, you're zooming in on … [Read more...]
This scanner has some serious bugs
A scanner would make a pretty good ant farm. Five years ago, I installed an ant colony inside my old scanner that allowed me to scan in high definition this ever evolving microcosm (animal, vegetable and mineral). The resulting clip is a close-up examination of how these tiny beings live in this unique ant farm. I observed how decay and corrosion slowly but surely invaded the … [Read more...]
20 Crimes Solved by Facebook
You're gonna be making some Friends in the big house and I don't think you're going to Like it after your crimes were cracked thanks to Facebook. Check out the infographic after the jump. … [Read more...]