Murmurings
April 2008
- 16
- Get the skinny on what your next hotel really looks like—without all those lovely staged marketing shots. Check it out before you check in.
- http://www.realhotelphotos.com
- Submitted by Omar G.
- 15
- Check it ... The Poetic Prophet aka The SEO Rapper lays down the rhymes about design coding!
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0qMe7Z3EYg
- Submitted by Omar G.
- 14
- What happens when a “visual person” needs to find the right word? Well, if they’re smart visual people, they put down the dictionary and check out the Visual Thesaurus.
- http://www.visualthesaurus.com
- Submitted by Beverly J.
- 13
- You are but one grain of sand on a giant beach. Or, in this case, one pixel in a worldwide mosaic. See what that means and gain new understanding.
- http://www.royalsapien.com/pop1/
- Submitted by Matt S.
- 12
- Gadgets are taking over gaming, making the experience more real, and cluttering up your living room with mock musical instruments, lounge chairs, and plasma guns.
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23362935/
- Submitted by Mark H.
- 11
- Watching Microsoft like a hawk is their motto. Although you don’t really need the vision of a hawk to see something the size of a small country.
- http://bink.nu
- Submitted by Dr. Scott B.
- 10
- At any given moment, Google™ may have a better idea of where you are than you do. And then in the next moment, it may be about even. Point is, Google knows where you are.
- http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/28/google-doesnt-know-where-you-are-but-it-has-a-good-guess/
- Submitted by Larry P.
- 09
- Let’s see some ID, please—The end of anonymity on the Internet? Or maybe the end of anonymity anywhere.
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10441443/
- Submitted by John D.
- 08
- The Card Is Virtual—The Security Is Very Real. Paypal™ announces disposable debit card.
- http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/account/VDCFrequentlyAskedQuestions-outside
- Submitted by Anoush V.
- 07
- Nevada governor accidentally posts his Outlook™ password. Whoops! Well, it’s certainly more encouraging than if he’d posted it on purpose.
- http://www.politechbot.com/2007/07/20/whoops-nevada-governor/
- Submitted by Kenn F.
- 06
- Sears® shows people the softer side of spyware and makes them long for the days of that gigantic printed catalog they used to send out.
- http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080102-sears-come-see-the-softer-side-of-spyware.html
- Submitted by Lori D.
- 05
- Not all bots are bad. This one will rock your world in a good way, and its just too bad his evil bot brethren give him such a bad name.
- http://technology.newscientist.com/channel/tech/dn11434-robots-with-rhythm-could-rock-your-world.html
- Submitted by Christina F.
- 04
- For those who don’t already have one: the invisible Secret Service headset for extreme covert communications.
- http://blog.800hightech.com/smallest-communications-device-invisible-headset/1454/
- Submitted by Steve F.
- 03
- John Hodgman explains the Net Neutrality Act and distinguishes between a dump truck and a series of tubes.
- http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=114648&title=net-neutrality-act
- Submitted by Josh K.
- 02
- The FAA announced Boeing’s new 787 may be vulnerable to attacks from hackers using the plane’s on-board Internet access system. This has to mean even longer lines at security checkpoints, doesn’t it?
- http://www.wired.com/politics/security/news/2008/01/dreamliner_security
- Submitted by Spencer K.
- 01
- Take a look at trendwatching.com’s monthly Trend Briefings. A really cool newsletter that will make you hip whether you like it or not.
- http://www.trendwatching.com
- Submitted by Mia G.
