07.16.08
Wordle
Create a pretty word cloud quickly and easily with Wordle. I created the following with the RSS feed for Tasgall.com.
This one is from a piece of code I picked at random.
Note: Java required.
07.08.08
The Gamble Collection
Just put online…
From 1908 to 1932, Sidney Gamble (1890-1968) visited China four times, traveling throughout the country to collect data for social-economic surveys and to photograph urban and rural life, public events, architecture, religious statuary, and the countryside. A sociologist, renowned China scholar, and avid amateur photographer, Gamble used some of the pictures to illustrate his monographs.
Great photos… Kudos to Duke Library for making them available to everyone.
07.05.08
Pink Noise
Got an annoyingly noisy work environment? Use white or pink noise…
Just in case you’re a web app only person… there are solutions for you too.
07.03.08
Modern Engineering…
It’s fascinating what modern engineering can do with an old idea…
There’s a lot of other good stuff at TED.com.
06.27.08
Public Tolerance
“The public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius.”
- Oscar Wilde
06.26.08
Fulgurator
“I’m pretty sure I’d get tazed walking around downtown waving this thing around.”
05.12.08
Dedication
Now, why can’t everyone else have this much dedication to their job?
After nearly four months of keeping a secret, 73-year-old Carl Hunter of Metairie claimed the $97 million Powerball jackpot from the Jan. 16 drawing at Louisiana Lottery headquarters…
The owner of a construction company, Hunter wanted to make sure his outstanding jobs were complete before “closing up shop” to redeem his winning ticket.
04.28.08
Facebook and Lack of Privacy
As if my previous comments on the topic weren’t enough… here’s the latest reason not to use social networking sites like Facebook… (from PhysOrg)
Turns out, even the privacy-conscious Sarah Browns of the world freely hand over personal information to perfect strangers. They do so every time they download and install what’s known as an “application,” one of thousands of mini-programs on a growing number of social networking sites that are designed by third-party developers for anything from games and sports teams to trivia quizzes and virtual gifts.
Brown, for instance, has installed applications on her Facebook page for Boston Bruins fans and another that allows her to post “bumper stickers” on her own page and those of her friends. It’s a core way to communicate on social networking sites, which allow friends to create pages about themselves and post photos and details about their lives and interests.
People often think Facebook profiles and sometimes MySpace pages, if they’re set as private, are only available to friends or specific groups, such as a university, workplace, or even a city.
But that’s not true if they use applications. On Facebook, for instance, applications can only be downloaded if a user checks a box allowing its developers to “know who I am and access my information,” which means everything on a profile, except contact info. Given little thought, agreeing to the terms has become a matter of routine for the nearly 70 million Facebook users worldwide who use applications to spruce up their pages and to flirt, play and bond with friends online.