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February 15, 2007

Yahoo! Pipes – What A Great Idea

Yahoo! proves once again that there’s still innovation left in them, this time with Yahoo! Pipes. Yahoo! Pipes lets a user define a pipe, which is a way to customize the web to your needs. A simple example would be “take the latest articles in New York Times and find related pictures on flickr”. The number of possibilities is enormous. Here’s an article about 5 ways to use Yahoo! Pipes.

I’m really impressed with the idea. This can be used to create very nice, dynamic content by users. You can also check out the main Yahoo! Pipes website for some selected pipes. (via Digg)

February 14, 2007March 18, 2019

Why You Should Care About RSS

I wrote before about Google’s RSS reader (previous post link) but I always wanted to educate about RSS. I just couldn’t find the right way to explain it, so that it will be perfectly clear how anyone can use RSS for consuming content faster and better. Luckily for me, Download Squad (main website link) took the time to write an article called “why do you care about RSS?”, which does the explaining work. They include both sides – the reader and the website owner, which is also nice.

February 13, 2007February 13, 2007

Don’t Wash Dishes… Create Them (Video)

The Dishmaker, still in development, is a device that creates dishes out of acrylic material so that when you’re done eating from them you can place them back in the machine for re-use, without the need to wash them. Watch the video – it’s actually a cool idea. I only wish they would somehow apply this to laundry.

February 12, 2007

Software Engineering Proverbs

Here’s a nice collection of software engineering proverbs. Some of them are so true, some are just funny. Most of them are both. (via Digg)

February 7, 2007

Usless Account, A Place To Get A… Useless Account

Useless Account is one of those places on the Internet where people do a lot of work just to get a joke through. In this website you can get an absolutely useless user account and “…Impress your friends with your ability to tab through form fields and arrow through saved field values!”. What a great value for a useless account. (via TechCrunch)

February 6, 2007

World’s Funniest Commercials Video

If you need a good laugh, here’s a 45 minute show of the world’s funniest commercials. (via Digg)

February 1, 2007February 3, 2007

Bill Gates On The Daily Show Video

Bill Gates is… you know who it is. Microsoft’s chairman and one of the world’s biggest philanthropists rarely gives interviews to entertainment shows, but I guess Windows Vista ~~needs~~ justifies it. So here’s the video of Bill Gates On The Daily Show. (via Digg)

January 31, 2007

The Amazing Story Of Tetris Video

Tetris needs no introduction. It’s one of the most popular games in the world despite its simple gameplay. This 1 hour BBC show tells the amazing story of this game, which includes collisions between cold war politics and big capitalist companies, as the game was originally created in Russia. (via Digg)

January 30, 2007January 30, 2007

Train Your Brain

Did you know that doing taxes might actually help you to keep your brain sharp? Here are two articles about things you can do to keep your brain sharp.

By the way, you’re welcome to do my taxes anytime. (via Lifehacker)

January 24, 2007January 24, 2007

More People With A Lot Of Free Time…

…for example, the people that create the Ban Comic Sans website, which is dedicated to… well…. banning the font Comic Sans, releases by Microsoft to the world in 1995. They even have a Comic Sans-spotting flickr group.