Monthly Archive: 2010 May

Boing Boing, redesigned

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Kudos to Boing Boing for redefining what a website redesign should be. The new layout is delightfully de-cluttered, putting way more focus on the content (by pretty much taking away anything else on which to focus). Making a commitment to content also means saying goodbye to ads. I can’t even remember how many ads there [...]

Dennis Hopper Dead at 74 (via ABC News)

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What are they gonna say about him? What are they gonna say? That he was a kind man? That he was a wise man? That he had plans, man? That he had wisdom? Bullshit, man! Dennis Hopper Dead at 74 – ABC News

People Search Engines like Spokeo can Make it Easy to Find Your Private Information Online (via ABC News)

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Finally! A site that conveniently aggregates all my online data and packages it for sale (along with your info) for just $2.95 a month! Wow!!!! OK, this sucks. People Search Engines like Spokeo can Make it Easy to Find Your Private Information Online – ABC News

‘Top Kill’ Effort Hasn’t Stopped Oil; Leak Meter Restarted (via PBS NewsHour)

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BP’s Suttles: ‘Top Kill’ Effort Hasn’t Stopped Oil; Leak Meter Restarted | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS

Gulf Oil Leak Suppressed For Now; Leak Meter Stopped (via PBS NewsHour)

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Finally a silver lining in the gulf oil leak story: Adm. Allen: Gulf Oil Leak Suppressed For Now; Leak Meter Stopped | The Rundown News Blog | PBS NewsHour | PBS Here’s some more info on the “Top Kill” technique that seems to have worked to stop the oil leak: Watch Animation of the Oil [...]

The TED v. Sarah Silverman Fight Turns Really Retarded

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This is old news to the Internet, but kinda new to me. Apparently Sarah Silverman was invited to do her shtick at TED in February, but the organizers didn’t think she’d actually DO HER SHTICK. Officially the are saying very little about it, but a flame war erupted on Twitter. Read about it: The TED [...]

“Monika” by John Barone (via Flickr)

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On Flickr I ran across a beautiful set of shots of a model called Monika by British photographer John Barone (view his professional portfolio). The creativity in the variety of styles of images is amazing!! This one and this one are my favorites. Which is/are yours?

Infographic of the Day: Everything We Know About the BP Spill. Seriously, Everything (via Fast Company)

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Here’s an infographic that tries to sum up everything about the BP oil spill. View the full-sized version made by Infographic World.

Can an open alternative oust Facebook?

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Four NYU students with over $100K in funding think the answer is “Yes.” Their project is called Diaspora, yet they aren’t going to start coding til their done with school this summer. Another possible alternative is OneSocialWeb, though its name is horrible name and it has a poor intro video. OSW’s mission is “creating a [...]

Gesture-Based Computing Uses $1 Lycra Gloves (via Wired.com)

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A pair of lycra gloves–with 20 irregularly shaped patches in ten different colors–held in front of a webcam can generate a unique pattern with every wave of the hand or flex of the finger. That can be matched against a database of gestures and translated into commands for the computer. The gloves can cost just [...]

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