Friday, May 27, 2011

You3b

You've heard about YouTube (herein referred to as You2b). But you probably haven't heard of You3b. Have you? It's a triptych of 3 You2b videos looped such that together they form a whole new piece of art.

10 Fun & Useful Chrome Extensions For Your Wikipedia Browsing

Read the article on MakeUseOf.com. Personally, I use Wikipedia Smart Links, Wikipedia Image Preview, Ubuki, and LikeAWiki. Wikipedia Progress Tracker and Ngram are also interesting.

Why You Should Really Cut Back on Wikipedia - Gizmodo

Saw this article on Gizmodo, which basically links to http://xkcd.com/903/. You should read the comments on Gizmodo which refer to the tooltip (popup message when you hover) on the image on XKCD:
Wikipedia trivia: if you take any article, click on the first link in the article text not in parentheses or italics, and then repeat, you will eventually end up at 'Philosophy'.
Have you tried it out yet? :-D

Not all sunblock lotions are created equal

Read Find the Best Sunscreens with the Fewest Hazardous Ingredients, an article on Lifehacker.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Daft Punk visualised

Watch this: Anatomy of a Mashup: Definitive Daft Punk visualised

11 Entirely Legal & Free MP3 Album Downloads

This link is on Web Design News, but I originally saw this article on MakeUseOf.com, where it doesn't exist anymore, at least as of the time of this writing.

Free Movies Online‬‏

Guess where from. Duh. It's on YouTube. Yes, they are now streaming movies for a fee, at least in the US, I think. But they do have a selection of free movies assembled in their YouTube Movies page, with categories ranging from Documentary & Biography, Horror, Comedy, Mystery & Suspense, Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime, to... Indian Movies. No, it's not Mystery & Suspense. And guess what is currently the number 1 watched movie there. Pool Party. Nope, no mystery or suspense there.

Lady Gaga uses Chrome

Watch this, where else from, but on Google's own, Chrome YouTube Channel.

Research and insights to help marketers make smarter decisions

Guess where from. It's the big G, this side of the universe. Watch these video presentations from Google Think Insights. As G says, "we believe data beats opinion." Let's see you form your opinions on these data bits.

Thursday, May 5, 2011

So many cool things in slow motion

Here's one of the coolest ones, on YouTube; The Slow Mo Guys - Giant 6ft Water Balloon.

Chrome, meet Lynx

Feel the need for more (internet) speed? Then make the web (using Google's Chrome web browser) feel like the same way it was more than 15 or so years ago; i.e. like using the text-only Lynx browser. Read the article on SlashGear.

Two Google Chrome Ads

Today's post is brought to you by the letter A.

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

FREE Online Collaboration Software | Enterprise Social Network - chatter.com

Create a free private social network for your company on chatter.com. The service was launched at this year's Super Bowl and promoted by none other than the Baby Peas. Watch the commercials at http://babypeas.dipdive.com/.