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Data-Visualization: Browser statistics as tree rings
Great interactive data visualization of the changing market share for the leading web browsers since 2002.
The source code for the animation is available by right clicking on the flash animation.
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Climate Change: Those hacked e-mails
Some more facts about “those leaked climate change emails” that have mobilized all those figures now claiming there’s nothing to be frightened about - its all a “scam” - you name it - well you know - just carry on watching TV - you know like the GOOOOOD people.
Yes Bernie that’s how you got those 50 billions but we’re not sure that this also works with mass manipulation.
And in completely unrelated news by these maSS-manipulators - the leading industrial nations - might be again announced during the Copenhagen photo opportunity - have agreed to shell out USD 10 Billions per year to fight those “non-existing” threats to human race on this planet - providing those monies to countries who are hardest hit by climate change - small island states - developing countries with long and low coast lines - i.e. BangLadesh - but don’t worry - nothing to fear here - move on - and if that won’t help - well there is still “duck and cover” that worked so well in the 1950s with the atomic bribery…
– So grandma is fine - and she lived for almost 80 years now - there ain’t no warming - she always says she’s feeling cold…
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Advertising: Polar Bear
Planet Stupid’s new Polar Bear ad causing quite a stir since a few days.
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Duvet-Dayz: Welcome back
It’s been a while since we’ve been around - so welcome back.
We’ve been busy doing a few other things but now there will be more duvet-dayz time reserved for us (and hopefully also for you).
So why not start over with some music?
Something nice and new - check the next post.
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Civil-Rights: (Official) Censorship is coming back to Europe
Today the German Parliament will vote on a new Censorship law to be put in place to block web content as decided by the German administration. Based on black listing web sites and blocking those at ISP level via DNS and the displaying of so-called Stop pages the planned law was originally been handed around and legislators were seeking public approval by false-flagging it as a solely preventive measure against child abuse / pornography.
While almost all experts heard on this matter (fighting such illegal material and use) have clearly demonstrated that the censoring of access is no way forward towards stopping such activities particularly as many of the web servers in question were even physically located in Germany and other means (take-down notice to providers) proofed that within shortest notice (often less than a day) the material was taken off the net, it became more and more clear that the German Government is seemingly following a completely different agenda. The latest text of the law not even contains a reference anymore to the previously so broadly used argument of fighting child abuse but provides the general right to block any Internet content as…
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Duvet-Dayz: More than 500,000 spam messages received and blocked
Earlier this month we received our 500,000nd spam message and thanks to our spam filters it was blocked like the many others before.
And the winner is..
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Humor: Google Trends meets Captain Obvious
Some things might be obvious, but when comparing cookies and weight on Google Trends, you’ll see that to the end of the year people seemingly care less for their weight and start looking for cookies.
Another one we’ve found is snow and ski (see below).
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Web Design: Color a web site
You can now listen to some of Tracy Chapman’s songs through her new web site with a really innovative (and interactive) design.
Visitors to her site can color all pages with a brush tool and fill the contours of all displayed elements.
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Google Search: List of available magazine
We played around with Google’s new feature to search and display complete magazines and here’s the list of currently available magazines we could find (35 magazines - in alphabetic order)…
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MTV Online Music Library opened
This is what we were waiting for. MTV Music has opened its huge music video collection and created a Hulu-like portal with currently about 22,000 music videos.
Now just add playlists and we will all be happy.
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