March 2009
26 posts
Where 'Undo Send' and other Gmail ideas are born -... →
Nice article on Google Labs.
Indigo Girls: Folk rock in the digital age -... →
CNN covers Indigo Girls! Thank you, CNN :-)
9 Good Things The Internet Has Ruined Forever -... →
Number 9: Rick Astley…
Meat and mortality →
There has been a lot of news headlines recently about how eating red and processed meat can increase risk of death. How valid is this claim? Always take everything you read with a grain of salt. Quote from the article linked:
“At the same time that this paper appeared, showing increased red meat consumption to be tied to a slight increased risk of death (and showing that those subjects...
Why Asia Has the World's Best Airports -... →
Quote: “A focus on service and initiatives to make travel attractive even in tough times gives Asia four out of the five top spots in a global survey of airport quality.” Note: Singapore Changi airport comes in at number 2.
Palm's Secret Weapon for the Pre - BusinessWeek →
Another article on Palm Pre. I’m so jazzed about this phone.
Digital Domain - For Palm, Some Tough Smartphone... →
“In 2006, the year before Apple unveiled the iPhone, Ed Colligan, Palm’s chief executive, brushed aside the notion that Palm had anything to worry about from new entrants like Apple. “I would just caution people that think they’re going to walk in here,” he said. “We’ve struggled for a few years here figuring out how to make a decent phone,” he added. “PC guys are not going to just knock...
“[Lance] Armstrong did not stop to talk with reporters at the finish, but he...”
– NBC Sports reports on Lance Armstrong’s participation in Milan-San Remo cycling tournament. Has Twitter replaced press conference?
A new generation of Michigan fans enjoys NCAA... →
It’s great to have the Wolverines back in the NCAA Tournament again this year. I was a student around the era of the Fab Five and that was a really long time ago. To be honest, I haven’t invested my emotions on this team this season to protect myself from possible heartaches (yeah, I’m like that). But I’m really happy they get a win in the tournament. The next game...
What happens to our online assets after we die?
A dear friend of mine passed away recently, and like many of us these days, she had online presence with her Facebook profile, email accounts, blogs, etc. She was passionate about photography and it wouldn’t surprise me if some of her pictures are stored online and could be monetized someday. Like her, I also have many assets and information stored in various places on the internet. Some of...
The People and Experiences →
Via walpaper:noraleah
“Not long ago I got an email from a man named Keith who found my blog after googling “Denise Iverson,” my late birth-mother’s name. He worked at a Chicago drug store during high school; she kept stopping by. “I think she liked me,” he wrote, “but I would never know then as my 12 years of Catholic schooling taught me to avoid the opposite sex.” In 1968, she got up the...
This American Life: Bad Bank →
This is the collapse of the banking system explained in easy terms for the rest of us. This episode is about two weeks old, but I just got around to finishing listening to the recording and I just have to recommend it.
Operating System Interface Design Between... →
Very cool walk down the memory lane of operating systems.
It Is Truly a Planet Facebook →
Interesting note on the growth of Facebook outside of the United States.
He ignored friends →
University student in Singapore slashed his professor then committed suicide. World of Warcraft to blame?
mental_floss Blog » What’s a Hulu? The Origins of... →
Interesting list. Although “hulu” does not mean “butt” in Indonesian language, as the article stated (via onemoretimewithfeeling)
February 2009
35 posts
