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10 Awesome Tools To Get More Out of Wikipedia - Dumb Little Man

2009-06-17T09:46:00.000-07:00

"Wikipedia is an ocean of information. While you may still want to seek secondary information sources before trusting it entirely, you cannot argue that the site contains a plethora of useful information."

These are great tools for helping get timely information from Wikipedia.

Evolution of the Batman Logo [VIDEO]

2009-03-19T09:29:00.000-07:00

"Watch the Batman logo mutate over forty years. Fascinating from a cultural standpoint, but also from a design aesthetics one, as well. You really get a sense of how things became sleaker through the decades."

This is so cool.

Twitter Web Apps on Go2Web20

2009-03-12T01:22:00.000-07:00

"For the past two years, Go2web20 has been one of the biggest web2.0 directories out there. We built this application to enable people to stay up to date with all the new & hot services that are born daily into the web. In many cases, Go2web20 has been the first to report the existence of a new application."

Web 2.0 directory of Web 2.0 Web applications.

Porn in the USA: Conservatives are biggest consumers - science-in-society - 27 February 2009 - New Scientist

2009-03-01T20:04:00.000-08:00

"Those states that do consume the most porn tend to be more conservative and religious than states with lower levels of consumption, the study finds."

I find this interesting, but of course the burning question is "Why?".

Plants Clean Air and Water for Indoor Environments

2009-01-16T21:16:00.000-08:00

"Wolverton published his findings about using plants to improve indoor air quality in dozens of technical papers while with the Space Agency and as a simple consumer-friendly book, “How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 Houseplants That Purify Your Home or Office.” In it, he explains, in easy-to-understand terms, how plants emit water vapor that creates a pumping action to pull contaminated air down around a plant’s roots, where it is then converted into food for the plant."

Clean the air with plants. Excellent.

BBC NEWS | Health | Finger size link to earning power

2009-01-13T11:09:00.000-08:00

"Scientists at Cambridge University found that financial traders whose ring fingers are longer than their index fingers make the most money."

Most interesting study.

All My Faves | Why Search?

2009-01-09T10:29:00.000-08:00

"We have searched the web and provided you with a visual directory that includes the best sites in each category!"

An interesting trend. This is a high level visual directory. Directory versus Search.

eCalc- the best online Calculator

2009-01-01T13:26:00.000-08:00

"eCalc- the best online Calculator"

A cool online calculator. It has both a basic and an advanced version.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Study shows how spammers cash in

2008-11-10T09:19:00.000-08:00

"Spammers are turning a profit despite only getting one response for every 12.5m e-mails they send, finds a study."

I find this statistic staggering. I find it even more perplexing that anyone responds to spam.

Matisse's Glossary of Internet Terms

2008-10-04T18:11:00.000-07:00

"Glossary of Internet Terms"

A helpful and comprehensive glossary of Internet Terms.

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Political views 'all in the mind'

2008-09-18T17:59:00.000-07:00

"Scientists studying voters in the US say our political views may be an integral part of our physical makeup. Their research, published in the journal Science, indicates that people who are sensitive to fear or threat are likely to support a right wing agenda."

This seems to support the thinking and writing of George Lakoff.

StopForwarding.Us | About

2008-09-12T15:27:00.000-07:00

"This site was created to meet the need of those who are bothered by poor email etiquette, specifically when it comes to forwarded chain letters, urban myths, and bad jokes. The primary function of the site is to allow individuals to anonymously email someone who has sent them spam or forwards (also known as FWDs) a generic letter that politely asks the recipient to refrain from sending this type of email."

An anonymous way to ask someone to stop cluttering your inbox with unwanted email.

BBC NEWS | Technology | Computer viruses make it to orbit

2008-08-27T10:24:00.000-07:00

"Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.AG."

I cannot wait to hear how the computers were infected.

Signal Patterns | Login

2008-08-25T17:42:00.000-07:00

"Our research helps people develop a deeper understanding of their personality and preferences. By fostering self-discovery and expression, Signal Patterns gives people new ways to make powerful connections to the world around them."

In beta, but one to watch.

14 Places To Spot Popular Trends - What’s Hot Where and When?

2008-08-12T00:18:00.000-07:00

"A number of search engines and web portals track world’s hottest trends and get updated on a regular basis (instantly, daily or weekly):"

An irresistible list of what is hot on the Internet.

16 Websites to Super Charge Your English Vocabulary | Dumb Little Man

2008-08-08T16:24:00.000-07:00

"When it comes to online resources to improve your English language skills, there are millions of tools available. They range from software, tools, blogs, dictionaries, puzzles and much more. In this post I primarily mention websites which fall in the dictionary / thesaurus category. I'll preserve the other resources for another post."

A great list of helpful tools for the English Language.

Digital Ethnography » Blog Archive » “An anthropological introduction to YouTube” video of Library of Congress presentation

2008-08-05T15:49:00.000-07:00

"The video of the presentation I gave at the Library of Congress last month is finally ready. This was tons of fun to present. I decided to forgo the PowerPoint and instead worked with students to prepare over 40 minutes of video for the 55 minute presentation. This is the result:"

Wonderful and insightful.

Greg Verdino: Marketing, Media & Trends: Watch this...

2008-08-01T16:37:00.000-07:00

"Fascinating video about the evolution of web communications and the impact of Web 2.0 on just about everything - from Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University."

Michael Wesch is an anthropologist. This is an consideration of Web 2.0.

Official Google Blog: We knew the web was big...

2008-07-25T10:41:00.000-07:00

"Recently, even our search engineers stopped in awe about just how big the web is these days -- when our systems that process links on the web to find new content hit a milestone: 1 trillion (as in 1,000,000,000,000) unique URLs on the web at once!"

A trillion pages. How does one stand out in that crowd? Staggering.

World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos

2008-06-24T18:01:00.000-07:00

"World Mosaic Created From 1001 Web 2.0 Logos
1001 Different Clickable Web2.0 Logos"

Web 2.0 Trend: No Cost, No Login, No Install « Martin Winer

2008-06-18T12:43:00.000-07:00

"With the advent of Web 2.0 we’re witnessing a new movement, that of the no cost, no install, and no log in software."

This article deserves some link love. A nice collection of no cost, no install, no log in software. I love that. It should be an acronym. I suggest NOCIL (no cost, no install, no login).

Icon War

2008-06-05T23:34:00.000-07:00

Oh these sorts of graphics are so much fun. This one is a Icon War. I am just glad Norton gets zapped in the end.

How the Web Was Won: Entertainment & Culture: vanityfair.com

2008-06-05T17:08:00.000-07:00

"Fifty years ago, in response to the surprise Soviet launch of Sputnik, the U.S. military set up the Advanced Research Projects Agency. It would become the cradle of connectivity, spawning the era of Google and YouTube, of Amazon and Facebook, of the Drudge Report and the Obama campaign. Each breakthrough—network protocols, hypertext, the World Wide Web, the browser—inspired another as narrow-tied engineers, long-haired hackers, and other visionaries built the foundations for a world-changing technology."

From ARPA to Internet.

Kiva - What We Do

2008-05-25T11:57:00.000-07:00

"We Let You Loan to the Working Poor
Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of alleviating poverty.
Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs in the developing world."

A most worthy cause.

What’s the Ultimate Creativity Killer? | Copyblogger

2008-05-21T16:53:00.000-07:00

"What’s the Ultimate Creativity Killer?"

Great quotes like:

“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. ~Western Union internal memo, 1876.