Archive for the 'Internet' Category

Apple. Bringing Back America’s Puritan Ethic

Sunday, June 13th, 2010

Apple computer is working hard to bring back the golden age of American puritanism.

Secret Questions

Monday, May 3rd, 2010

Many banks use secret questions to help verify your identity. Often these are easily guessable or googleable things like your Mother’s maiden name or where you went to High School, but some banks are now allowing you to make your own questions, which is a good thing as this will be much harder to break. [...]

Alma

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo. Via Tor

What The Internet is For: Part 33

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

Behold! Google’s archive of the World Weekly News! The World’s Only Reliable Newspaper!

Gah, Turning into a Lazy Video Blogger

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Ok, not trying to turn into a lazy video blogger, but Jeff is headed to Antarctica and asked to see this video.

Friday Culture

Friday, September 18th, 2009

Two quick videos from around the webs for Friday: First up Swedish Death Metal Bluegrass: The the long forgotten 1951 version of Raiders of the Lost Ark:

Sites With Heart

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

I love websites that have a passion for something and aren’t afraid to show it. Sites that tear things down are easy, sites that show you great things you may have missed are much harder. That is why I love Scouting New York. The blog is by a film location scout and his love of [...]

Fan Made Green Lantern Trailer

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

This fan made film is pretty good. See if you can spot all the films they borrowed footage from.

Afraid of Worms?

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

If you been getting breathless warnings about the latest worm (Conficker) on the internet this is a handy little page that will tell you if you should be worried or not. Very clever trick using the worms attack against itself. Do you relatives all call you when one of these is on the news?

Awesome

Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

This is awesome. Two problems, we need an adult sized one and the inside should be red and smell bad.