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- September 2, 2008: The Chrome is out of the bag: Google's browser arrives today
- August 30, 2008: Ziggurat: Dubai Carbon Neutral Pyramid
- August 30, 2008: got meditation?
- August 21, 2008: "be water my friend!"
- August 9, 2008: Hello World !
- August 9, 2008: Beijing 2008 Olympic Games August 8-24
- July 26, 2008: Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
- July 19, 2008: Radiohead - House of Cards
- July 19, 2008: Small world experiment
- July 19, 2008: WikiLook 1.3.2 (Firefox add-on)
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Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread
July 26, 2008 by alikat.
“More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity.” more
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Radiohead - House of Cards
July 19, 2008 by alikat.
“In Radiohead’s new video for “House of Cards”, no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. … ” watch the video
The Making-of “House of Cards” video
“Learn about how the video of “House of Cards” was made and the various technologies that were used to capture and render 3D data.” watch the video
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Small world experiment
July 19, 2008 by alikat.
“The small world experiment comprised several experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram examining the average path length for social networks of people in the United States. The research was groundbreaking in that it suggested that human society is a small world type network characterized by short path lengths. The experiments are often associated with the phrase “six degrees of separation”, although Milgram did not use this term himself.” more
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WikiLook 1.3.2 (Firefox add-on)
July 19, 2008 by alikat.
“Definition (Wiktionary lookup) of any word, in any language right under your mouse pointer:)
1. Highlight any word or idiom with your mouse.
2. Move mouse pointer just a bit, still holding it over selected word.
3. Wait half a second…” download here
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Why You’re Better Off Avoiding the iPhone
July 16, 2008 by alikat.
lifehacker.com
"If you’re a free software lover who’s concerned about your privacy and the limitations of DRM, you don’t want an iPhone. Amidst Apple’s iPhone advertising blitz helped along by positively bubbly media coverage, the Free Software Foundation calls out the dark sides of the new iPhone."
Read the rest of the article and form your own judgment.
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Understanding the Pareto Principle (The 80/20 Rule)
July 8, 2008 by alikat.
“Originally, the Pareto Principle referred to the observation that 80% of Italy’s wealth belonged to only 20% of the population.
More generally, the Pareto Principle is the observation (not law) that most things in life are not distributed evenly. “
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