Monthly Archive for April, 2002
sugata mitra’s hole in the wall experiment brought internet to ghetto kids in india. surprisingly, they learned how to bookmark websites, change desktop wallpaper and use microsoft paint on the window interface without their native language and any books to learn.
the whopping 20gig creative nomad jukebox 3 mp3 player is out for sale, competing against apple’s ipod. i still have to admit that ipod is still much sexier and smaller.
one day pill popping will replace your tea, coffee, coke and mountain due. however, it make take away the fun from coffee breaks and enjoying a cuppa to perk you up for the day.
(yet) another security problem uncovered in microsoft’s internet explorer. it is now extremely dangerous to use the back button in the browser. malicious websites can exploit to vulnerability in javascript to execute programs within your computer. wired has news on this as well.
sometimes i wonder about the negative stereotype against lawyers. time and again, news just makes me think less of the type of work they do. lawyers are going to help german’s railway operator, deutsche bahn, to sue google for linking to another site about rail sabotaging. i agree that the issue is controversial, but it is silly to try to censor and destroy the foundation of webpages, hyperlinking.
textarc presents a strange visualization of reading classical text, like alice in wonderland and hamlet.
disturbing moves by advertisers to target children with instant messaging buddies.
do you have an adventurous appetite? try quorn, a mycoprotein, fungus-like “mushroom” that taste like chicken.
check out the photographs of judy mandolf at gallerynow, portfolio.com and photoworkshop. she takes still life photographs with her digital camera (currently using the nikon coolpix 5000) and edits them with photoshop. her photos are soft and each carries their own unique mood.
here’s an interesting study on designing website for kids. children are similiar to adults, they prefer consistent interface with clear navigation choices.
ever considered buying google adwords for your blog publicity? here is an experiment on buying these keywords for poetry. interestingly, google censored the website when they found out what happened. you’ll be surprised how much some of these keywords cost in google. (no, sex is not the most expensive word, everyone is looking for something free on the internet)
with new memory chip designs, we may expect the end of computer rebooting in 3 years. (gross warning) things that can be pulled out of your eyes. this is a very impressive interactive website by vitaliy onishenko.
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