Archive for September, 2006

Friday fun

September 29th, 2006 by schlemmsy

The English-to-12-Year-Old-AOLer Translator

September 29th, 2006 by schlemmsy

This translator will take what you write in it and turn it into the
manner a 12-year-old AOLer would write it. Type in what you want
translated and then click the button.

Flickr set: Lego Star Wars II

September 28th, 2006 by schlemmsy

Looks tasty!

Sense mapping

September 27th, 2006 by schlemmsy

Another variation on the theme…

New York City Smell Map

People assign different smell labels according to the various unsavoury scents found on the New York City underground subway.

Flickr map

September 27th, 2006 by martin

in a similar vein to wikimapia:

http://www.flickr.com/map/

looks like if your camera has gps settings, your photo gets added there.

gps test – look at the additional information bit on this page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckapublishing/242574831/

High-Definition Video — Bad For Consumers, Bad For Hollywood

September 27th, 2006 by stephan

Cory Doctorow has written this article about DRM and the future (or not) of of HD television.

There are details about technologies that Hollywood wants to put (or is already putting) in that expensive TV you just bought, as well as the numerous drawbacks (ie. “Sony’s first generation of Blu-Ray DVD drives *won’t play Blu-Ray movies*”) of the DRM future…

Wikimapia

September 27th, 2006 by conor

You might think that google maps is pretty hot but Wikimapia have put a little bit of a spin on things. Check it out over here. Looks pretty normal right? Well there are two things in the menu that make it that bit better.

  • You can search via TAG
  • You can link it to your GPS

Im sure as I get used to it there will be more. But looking good so far.

If you like Simpsons…

September 26th, 2006 by schlemmsy

You’ll also like:

Futurama - allfutus.com

Family Guy - all-fg.com

South Park - allsp.com

Any bets on how long until this, and Daily Motion (the host of most of these), gets shut down with a nice fat lawsuit?