It’s interesting to see how the internet has evolved since the tech boon of the late 90’s. Probably the most bizarrely intriguing thing about the dot-com era is that a lot of the ventures and businesses that sprouted up were actually very good ideas that had legitimate profit potential. The problem (or one […]
I’m still trying to figure out the best way to keep this blog updated. I can usually easily come up with content to blog about, but my schedule these days is not particularly conducive to allowing me the time. It mainly boils down to energy and effort as it takes a fair amount […]
I was skeptical about Stephen Colbert’s new show on Comedy Central (The Colbert Report), but I figured I’d check it out anyways. I anticipated it might be a little too goofy, but it being ultimately grounded in raw political satire, it’s actually very very funny.
I just stumbled upon this quick mind exercise and it is very bizarre. Try it yourself. FYI I am in the alleged 98% of people.
I don’t think that I’m going to make use of this service, but I thought that Katy would appreciate it. Tadalist.com offers an online to-do list management system! It’s actually a stripped-down. free version of a much larger web-based project management and collaboration system so it’s limited in functionality and features. […]
I just stumbled across this and thought it might come in handy at some point. If you’re ever in need of calling some company’s customer support system and you want to talk to a real person rather than a machine, check out this Find-A-Human database. It maintains information on how to quickly get […]
I just came across another awesome extension so I couldn’t resist posting this one as well. If you happened to read a previous post of mine and you share similar frustrations, then perhaps this plugin is for you. In short, my previous post is just a rant about website developers that assume I […]
I would imagine that most people reading this have no doubt used some type of online mapping service such as Google Maps, MapQuest, Yahoo Maps, or one of the several other notable services out there. Additionally, I would also imagine that most have gone through the cumbersome procedure of either copying and pasting the […]
This is interesting:
Researchers at UC Berkeley claim they can just listen to keyboard taps and piece together a 96% accurate reconstruction of English words typed — and 90% of all randomly generated five-character passwords within 20 tries. The techniques used are “relatively easy” using a $10 PC microphone, open source spelling and grammar correction tools, […]
So this is apparently old news, but since I just learned of it myself, there are probably some people out there who are still unaware of it and would be just as amused as I am. First of all, as a little background for this story, the phrase “Google Bombed” is used to describe […]
