Chatroulette (previously) just got much more interesting [via Buzzfeed].
Webculture
5
Mar 10
Peering into the Heart of Digital Darkness
Peruse the digital footprints of the latest anti-government lunatic to die – J. Patrick Bedell, including his thoughts on marijuana as currency, 9/11 as an inside job, a love for libertarianism, and exactly the sort of insane, paranoid gibberish you would expect.
4
Mar 10
Yes, Ronald Reagan Belongs on Our Currency
Let me start off by saying that Reagan is the President of my youth, the President that as a child I trusted to keep the missiles from falling, who grieved the astronauts, and who – at the time, I thought – single-handedly defeated communism. You can solidly put me down in the “not a fan” column. Yet I still think he deserves a place on our currency.
25
Feb 10
Facebook Premium Invites?
While they may do it someday, that day isn’t today. The invites you are receiving to ‘Facebook Premium’ are a hoax. The instructions are as follows:
You supposedly get yourself on the queue for a free upgrade by pasting the following into the “invite friends” address box:
:elms=document.getElementById(’friends’).getElementsByTagName(’li’);for(var fid in elms){if(typeof elms[fid] === ‘object’){fs.click(elms[fid]);}}
That code will automatically invite all of your friends, presumably why we received the invite in the first place, and why it already has over 7,000 members.
17
Feb 10
Instant DVD Gratification is worth a Premium
I love me some Redbox. I’m ashamed to admit that I’m probably a good 5-years behind on movies I want to see. Buying any DVD (with the exception of kids’ movies) is a waste of money, in my opinion. I contemplated signing up for Netflix, but I doubt I would utilize the service enough to justify the expense. Redbox neatly fills that void by allowing me to pick up new releases at my convenience, all for the low price of $1 plus tax.
15
Feb 10
New (to me) Desktop Data Visualization Software
I just ran across a service (and downloadable application) by the name of Tableau Public which seems to be a free and easy way to visualize data sets and share them over the internet. There is a video here detailing how it works as well as a gallery of examples. Some of the examples include City Growth, US Population by Race, healthcare costs, historical unemployment, economic indicators and financial performance, and climate change.
12
Feb 10
Thoughts on Google Buzz
- Just like Facebook has done – repeatedly – Google has miscalculated privacy implications as well as the literacy of its total user base. Fortunately, they have an opportunity to recover, an opportunity they would be well advised to take advantage, which I suspect they are. So far, they’ve made a number of small but meaningful changes.
- I really like the ability to use the keyboard shortcuts from Google Reader. You can call them up by pressing [Shift+?] or view them here.
