Category Archives: web

Thanks For The Help, Random Search Results I Don’t Want

This is something my ISP does when it can’t find a URL. Rather than default to your browser’s “Page Not Found” message it displays a page of Yahoo provided search results. This example shows the page you’re sent to when … Continue reading

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Lady Gaga on the Rdio

The best thing about Rdio is you can listen to a bunch of stuff you would NEVER EVER EVER EVER buy. Like this Lady Gaga person. Let’s see what she’s all about. 5 Minutes Later EWW GROSS! She wants your … Continue reading

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Rdio: First impressions

I got an invite to Rdio. First impressions after playing with it for 20 minutes: Ooh, it’ll actually try to stay in sync with my iTunes library. Doesn’t upload anything, just scans iTunes to match things up. That’s nice. AHH … Continue reading

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Some things should stay in the past

Facebook makes it real easy for your past to come back, either to bring you back some happiness, or to haunt you. Sometimes you’ll read stories about how high school sweethearts got married decades later after finding each other on … Continue reading

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Cupidtino – the dating site for Mac users

Cupidtino is a beautiful new dating site created for fans of Apple products by fans of Apple products! Why? Diehard Mac & Apple fans often have a lot in common – personalities, creative professions, a similar sense of style and … Continue reading

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The TwentyTen Theme

WordPress 3, which should be released pretty soon, is doing away with Kubrick as the default theme. In it’s place they’ll use Twenty Ten, a theme by designer Matt Thomas. If you haven’t seen this yet you should check it … Continue reading

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“I Donated”

Wired.com: What do you think of the push for an open, federated social network and the four NYU students who raised $200,000 for the Diaspora project without having a single line of code? Zuckerberg: I donated. I think it is … Continue reading

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Imagine a bank that doesn’t suck

I love this piece from Alex Payne, one of the first employees at Twitter, on why he’s quitting Twitter and starting work on a bank for the 21st century. Walking away from Twitter wasn’t an easy decision. Working there has … Continue reading

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Faceboogers, sometimes you deserve what you have

Why protect people like this from themselves?

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Link: Making Sense of Privacy and Publicity

Danah Boyd’s talk from this year’s SXSW. This part reminds me of times I’ve heard teachers think about deleting any trace of their lives online. Take, for example, your kid’s teacher. How public is she allowed to be online? Is … Continue reading

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