I think the title of this one says it all. A survey was done of undergraduate college students and 73% responded that iPods were more “in” than beer. It is the second time that beer has been unseated as #1 in the annual survey. The last time beer lost was in 1997 when it lost… Read more »
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Another Special Date/Time
This year has brought another special date and time. It is now 6:06:06 on 6/6/06 Happy 6-6-6-6-6-6 day!
Office Supplies Trebuchet
If I had some needle-nose pliers right now, I would totally build one of these.
Computer Part Mona Lisa
Is that a half-smile? Nope, it’s just some sticks of of RAM and a PCI card. The Computer part Mona Lisa is titled: Technology Smiling, and is on display at a tech exhibit in Beijing.
Wikimapia
Taking the customization of Wikipedia and the mapping ability of Google Maps, the new Wikimapia lets anyone anywhere put location specific information on a map of the world. Similar to just about any wiki, information can be tagged and edited by anyone visiting the site. To add something to the wikimap, just zoom to the… Read more »
Mosaic Zoom
Mosaic zoom mosaic zoom mosaic zoom getty image mosaic zoom mosaic zoom…
Google Trends
Google Trends was released today along with a few other new tools. Trends is a bit like Google Fight that I blogged about last year except the data is probably a little more detailed and accurate since it’s coming straight from the source. You can type in several terms and Google will show you a… Read more »
ASCII Maps
Ever wondered what a map of your neighborhood looked like in ASCII text? Well, wonder no more – ASCII Maps is now available to provide an ASCII text version of Google Maps. It isn’t very useful at all since you can’t really tell what you’re looking at. But for you die-hard text-lovin’ ASCII art fans,… Read more »
New Mac Ads
Apple released a new set of ads recently that are pretty funny. Good ole Justin Long (Warren Cheswick from Ed) and John Hodgman (I think that’s who it is) make a pretty funny pair.
Street Wars
Check out this live action assassin game in LA. At the beginning of this three-week game, people that have signed up to play get an envelope that includes: A picture of their intended target(s) The home address of their intended target(s) The work address of their intended target(s) The name of their intended target(s) Contact… Read more »
New Look for Techory.com
I’ve been playing around with a new design for a little while now, and am finally to the point where it’s ready to go live. I don’t think it’s quite done yet (probably won’t ever be satisfied). I’ll still be tweaking things for a while, but I thought I would at least get it out… Read more »
What’s the Date and Time?
It is now a very special moment in time: 1:02:03 on 4/05/06! Happy 1-2-3-4-5-6 day!
cFree Wireless Officially Launches
It was a bit of a chilly day to be sitting outside surfing the internet on a laptop Tuesday, but that was the day of the official launch to the cFree Wireless Network. cFree has been a project I’ve been working with for a little under two years now. The initial idea for the project… Read more »
Real American Hero…
GI Joe is there! Goooooooooo Joe! Hasbro has taken all of the old GI Joe cartoons and put them online. They’ve also added Beast Wars, Transformers and quite a few others. Take a trip down cartoon memory lane! Well, now you know… and knowing is half the battle
Newsvine
On March first a great little website called Newsvine opened their doors to the public. I was fortunate enough to get a beta invite to the site and have been playing with it for quite a while now. It has quickly become my news outlet of choice on the web. Now you’re probably asking yourselves,… Read more »
