Across my twitter stream recently came the following casual missive: Facebook almost seem to make a point of making their app worse & worse with each “update”. – curlydena Just a regular user of Facebook (I assume) making a very relevant observation. I don’t follow curlydena (but i think i’d like to drink with her); … Read more
I was listing to one of my regular podcasts on Saturday: 60-Second Science from Scientific American. [iTunes] This particular snippet of science in the news was titled Box Jellyfish Eyes Aim at the Trees. It seems that box jellyfish have 24 eyes, and four of them point above the water’s surface. They use those four … Read more
Last Friday I read an innocent enough tweet from @Slate: Tornado outbreak now the worst US natural disaster since Katrina:http://slate.me/m8ZWnN – Apr 29 2011 My first reaction was “wow, those tornados were nasty.” Which is, i’m sure, how it was intended. Then I thought “worst? what are they using to determine badness?” Of course, this … Read more
Slate Daily Podcast includes a variety of weekly podcasts on different subjects. I think i prefer the Culture Gabfest (FB) infinitesimally more than the Political Gabfest (FB), which is to say it teeters back and forth as to which I prefer each week. One thing they do is have each gabfest participant “endorse” some cultural … Read more
I mentioned a while back that I saw the Google Street View car pass while I was working on the building. Then, not too long ago, Dwight mentioned that he saw someone in the street view before he visited for the first time. I finally got around to checking it out myself. Bill painting. All … Read more
The Chron.com (The Houston Chronicle’s web site) re-visualized it’s site some time ago, using their new green logo. (Everyone loves to be green) But their micro image, known as a favicon, seems to be vestigial. I never like the old icon, with a built in pointer on it. I know the pointer was their whole … Read more