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Micro-Blogging: Tumblr documentary
If you’re looking for a different point of view on micro-blogging - here’s a “documentary” on Tumblr. Users are talking about follower, real life meetings, why they are using etc.
Mostly sarcastic but also asking the the right question: Why do you spend so much time on tools like that - or what is it you’re missing from your life…
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Data-Visualization: Tag Clouds with Wordle
There are many tools around to create word clouds from text, tag lists etc.
“Wordle” allows you to copy / paste a text fragment into their user interface or link to a del.icio.us user name to use tags from the saved bookmarks. What differentiates Wordle from other tools are the various features to format the resulting word clouds. You can arrange the text layout in different ways (Horizontal / Vertical / mixed / Free flow), select fonts from a list and apply coloring templates for the display. The results are quite impressive and cover a broad spectrum of popular layouts…
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Humor: Help I’m bored
Another entry to our growing list of “Dada web sites”.
“Help I am bored” provides quick tips and remedies for 16 common situations - from Help - I’m homesick to Help-I feel old and of course Help - I’m bored. Some of the hints are…
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Games: Google Driving Simulator
Japanese Flash developer Kohring has just released a new version of his 2D driving simulator that uses street maps and satellite images from Google Maps as a playing ground.
While the simulation is still quite simply and does not detect collisions or road boundaries, its definitely a new way to use web 2.0 interfaces. We are looking forward to the first 3D simulation within Google Earth and other virtual world databases.
Preset locations include…
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Firefox Download Worldrecord attempt today
Don’t forget that it is Firefox download day today - Mozilla’s attempt to get into the Guinness Book of record for the most software downloads in 24 hours.
And expect that it might take some time until you’ll be able to download the new version of Firefox (see below)…
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Internet: Malware with 24h support services
So called Trojan and Malware kits have been around since quite some time and most of the people working with or on the Internet should by now have realized that the creation of Malware and spying on computers has developed into a full-fledged industry. And half-hearted security on web sites, corporate and private computers provides their share to the continuously growing size of bot networks together with operating systems that could sometimes best be described with the infamous term “unsafe at any speed”.
We’ve seen the first of these Malware kits in the 1990s - then targeted at so called script kids - but since these years of …
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Segway adds a social element to its gliders
Companies around the world - in an effort to create communities of users around their products - are picking up social networking approaches at a fast pace.
Earlier this month Segway has started to create a network and communications around their self-balancing scooters, allowing users to communicate, create groups, find like minded people around the world or just in their local area, discuss the latest news and share their experiences.
Like Nike and other consumer good companies, Segway with its “Segway Social” network is hoping to attract future buyers by providing them…
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Humor: Close Encounters of the Internet
A version of the famous scene from “Close Encounters” done by the SouthPark studios.
A giant Linksys router has arrived.
“…all right Internet, what do you want from us…“
Full episode available online.
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Cars: A hell of an accident
We’ve heard that some watch NASCAR races just for the accidents. Well here’s one to watch - Michael McDowell’s accident at the Texas Qualifying last Friday.
This is probably one of the worst NASCAR accidents we’ve seen ever, 185 - 190 miles on impact, flying through the air and then rolling across the track for a few hundred yards. The car looks like it went through the shredder and then - the guy just walks away.
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List of Lists: The 25 most valuable Blog properties
You might say - yet another list of top blogs. It is but it’s quite well done and based on potential advertising value and not only on number of hits per months.
While the author admits that it’s actually not possible to value the largest blogs appropriately, he nevertheless comes up with an interesting valuing approach - the amount a buyer might be willing to pay.
Only privately held blogs that are…
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