08/07
How to add a map to any blog page — I came across this interesting bit in LifeHacker: WikiMapia – The geographical wikipedia – Lifehacker. It teaches that using WikiMapia, you can add a map to any web pa...
08/06
Atlantic Magazine on Wikipedia — A really great article in The Atlantic about Wikipedia. Very relevant during this Wikimania weekend. > “Can thousands of Wikipedians be wrong? How an attempt to build an online encyclopedia touched off history’s biggest experiment in collaborative knowledge. ” (from “The Hive“) Check it out here! Technorati Tags: wikimania, wikipedia
08/04
links for 2006-08-04 —
- Photoshop CS2 HDR A really wonderful photography site describes a technique for making digital photos really pop. (tags: hdr digital [photography](http://del.icio...
08/04
When is a native app not a native app? — Quite interesting analysis (at least to us Geeks) showing that the notion of a ‘WIndows XP’ standard or native UI is actually a myth. Read it here: Prashant Deva’s blog: How many of your Windows apps use the native Windows UI?
08/04
Mail rule to catch image spam — This is Mac specific, but I wouldn’t be surprised if people with more primitive computers could do something analogous. Basically we create a Mail rule that matches image spam messages: “The rule is based off of Bill’s observation that these spam emails always come from a different address, and the content type header (as you might now assume) begins with multipart/related'” Read more: A Mail.app rule for catching image spam – The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)
08/03
The role of RSS in Science Publishing — This article: The Role of RSS in Science Publishing: Syndication and Annotation on the Web is a very interesting survey of RSS and issues that folks in the Science community have to be aware of.
08/02
New York Times from the future — Look closely at this screen grab off the New York Times site. It was published on August 6, 2006. Look at the calendar on the wall. It’s only August 2, at least here in Boston. Maybe time moves quicker in New York? 
Technorati Tags: funny, newyorktimes
08/02
links for 2006-08-02 —
- My Brain Doesn’t Work That Way An interesting bit of ‘UI’ in MySpace for those of you who are interested in following this kind of stuff! (tags: myspace [customization](http://del.icio.us/...
08/02
Look closely: it’s a mermaid! — Yeah this is extraordinarily weird. As Yakov Smirnov says: “America, What a country!” It’s from EBay. Anyone want to bid? 
Technorati Tags: weird
07/28
Check out BlogBridge 3.0 — Just announced over on the BlogBridge site, BlogBridge 3.0. Check it out! I think you’ll like it. It has lots of new goodies, too many to mention here, but see the announcement for the juicy details!
07/26
“The Search” – A good read for most of you — If you read my blog chances are you’ll really enjoy John Batelle’s book The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture
. Actually it’s mostly about Google, but in a bit of clever marketing I think the broader title makes it more attractive. Many people have reviewed it so I won’t bother other than to say that it’s a really good read and worthwhile. Recommended.
07/24
Kurzweil AI.net has some good stuff — I knew about this site but recently came across a link to another quite interesting article, “Why We Can be Confident of Turing Test Capability Within a Quarter of a Century”. Yes, Kurzweil’s books are too long and repetitive, and he does hold some unusual views, but ...