The Digg Effect: A Deconstruction
The Digg effect on a Wordpress site. Includes stats. We’ve all seen Wordperss sites crumble under the digg effect, see how this one stayed online.
Addicted to the Net? Here`s the Cure
Chinese internet “addicts” will go to camp to be cured. About 2.6 million - or 13 per cent - of China’s 20 million internet users under 18 were classed as addicts. The experimental 10-day program will accept those aged between 14-22 after psychological tests and evaluations.
26 Sites That Pays You to Blog
If you firmly believe that writing pay post is one good way to revenue from your blog, here’s a list of web services that pays you to write for them. This list will be updated periodically, so if you have a paid post service I’ve missed out I’d like to add them to the list. Necessary credits will be given.
“Lost Words” From The English Language
There are rare words, and there are rarer words, but only a very special word qualifies as a bona fide lost word. Of course, no word in the Compendium can be completely lost, or I could never have found it. To as great an extent as possible, I have tried to use a set of criteria by which truly rare but real English words can be classified as lost.
How to Show-Off Your New iPhone in a Totally 100% Dignified Manner
When a stranger asks for the time, be sure to whip out your iPhone, hold it high, and wave it around so everyone can see its impressive “clock” function. Then shout, “Anyone else need to know the time?!!! Because I…HAVE… AN iPHONE!!!”
20 Ways to Use Gmail Filters
One of the coolest things about Gmail is its filters — set up properly, filters can add loads of functionality to your already-powerful Gmail account. Save time and space, rid your inbox of unwanted emails, and turn your Gmail into a multi-functional tool with simple filters. via
Google “She invented” Result Did you mean “He invented”
I was arguing with my girlfriend about women not inventing anything useful. In an attempt to prove me wrong she Googled “She invented” only to have ask Did you mean “He invented” | via |
Top 100 Alternative Search Engines, March 2007
In this month’s Top 100 list, there are 16 new alt search engines. also March’s Search Engine of the Month is KoolTorch, which has a unique, patented design allows you to see 10, 50, even 100 search results all at once. Each colored wheel lets you drill down into a category, or you can “mouse over” the bubbles to see a miniature preview. |via digg|
The Floating City of the Year 2000 (from 1979)
The Sea City 2000 shows some great paleo-future technology such as the dish-shaped antenna that “beams microwave energy, generated by solar cells, to a receiver on the nearby coast.” The bottom right corner shows a Buckminster Fuller design for a floating community. His design includes shops, schools and homes for 5,000 people.
Digg featured on BBC News
Digg was featured on BBC News as part of their technology show, “Click”, in a feature called Webscape which features new and interesting web sites.
