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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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
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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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Will “the raid on Gizmodo blogger Jason Chen’s house” wind up setting legal precedent concerning protection of online journalists and their sources? Read more: Search Warrant Used to Raid Gizmodo Blogger’s Home Reveals Apple’s Involvement | Fast Company
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Ben Millen, an industrial designer and engineer from Canada, has constructed an interesting diagram of the ecosystem that supports Apple’s iPhone: These are not maps in any conventional sense, but rather diagramatic representations of the interconnected space of technology, capital, instrumental value, exchange value, social and environmental impact that surround the device… via Ben Millen [...]
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That’s right. Portal is now both free to download and playable on a Mac. Sweet!
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According to the AP, soon-to-be-heroic technicians have uncovered 22 million email messages from the George W. Bush administration—far more than the Bush White House said they’d lost in the first place. “Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Iraq”: 22 Million Lost Bush White House Emails Recovered – whitehouse – Gizmodo.
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Google has a lovely doodle honoring Earth Day today. Personally not planning anything to observe the occasion since I believe we should be living everyday like the Earth needs our help… Google
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