Unmasking an SEO spammer and rewarding their competition (a case study)
This looks like it’ll be a fun read.
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From the blue screen of death and PC Load Letter through the Fail Whale and Moon Shark.
Interesting read…from the blue screen of death and PC Load Letter through the Fail Whale and Moon Shark.
CNET apologized for adding bloatware to the Nmap installer, but they’re still doing the same
Follow-up to the story I linked to a few days ago. CNET apologized for adding bloatware to the Nmap installer, but they’re still doing the same thing with other software.
Every time I’ve been to IKEA this year, I’ve wished I had a GPS map of the store. Looks like someone at Google had the same idea!
Every time I’ve been to IKEA this year, I’ve wished I had a GPS map of the store. Looks like someone at Google had the same idea!
Google LatLong: A new frontier for Google Maps: mapping the indoors
From lolcat to textspeak: How technology is shaping our language
Interesting read on how the internet, email, chat, mobile phones and more are changing language, from new words and slang to different modes of language and making written English more like the spoken varieties. (via Slashdot)
From lolcat to textspeak: How technology is shaping our language
Wow. Half-life of a StumbleUpon link compared to Facebook & Twitter: 400 hours vs. 3!
Wow. Half-life of a StumbleUpon link compared to Facebook & Twitter: 400 hours vs. 3! https://www.fastcompany.com/1792282/infographic-day-incredible-power-stumbleupon
Some incredible photos of last week’s major aurora display.
In case you missed it, Monday night in the northern latitudes
Some incredible photos of last week's major aurora display. I hear there were sightings as far south as Arizona, and I wonder: If I had driven up into the mountains above the cloud layer covering the LA basin, would I have seen flickering lights off in the north? (Presumably not. I'm sure if someone had seen the aurora from Mt. Wilson, it would have been mentioned in one of the articles I'd read.)
I’ve been seeing a lot of discussion of the Innovator’s Dilemma regarding Netflix as well
Steve Jobs Solved the Innovator’s Dilemma
An interesting read (via Slashdot). I’ve been seeing a lot of discussion of the Innovator’s Dilemma regarding Netflix as well, and the efforts to transition from DVDs to streaming as the primary focus.
Where people don’t use Facebook
Interesting map: Combine NASA’s view of the world at night with the map of Facebook usage, and you find out which developed countries do and don’t use Facebook.
Where people don’t use Facebook
Words mean things. Unfortunately, when you’re dealing with jargon…
Words mean things. Unfortunately, when you’re dealing with jargon, they don’t always mean the same things to different people.
Phil Plait: Scientists are from Mars, the public is from Earth | Bad Astronomy
A couple of days ago here on G+ I linked to a table that shows words scientists use, and how the public hears them – and it’s not the way the scientists think. I had more to say, so I wrote a whole post about it.
Bottom line: if scientists want to sway public opinion, they need to make sure what they say can be understood.
–GP
What scientists say, and what people hear, isn’t always the same thing. That’s a problem with any kind of jargon, but when you get into things that have been politicized, it’s important to be clear.
–FB
Putting the growth of the web in perspective
Putting the growth of the web in perspective: RT @pingdom Facebook now as big as the entire Internet was in 2004 #social
Just in time for National Coffee Day.
Just in time for National Coffee Day.
Coffee-powered car buzzes past speed record
Do you need coffee to get going every morning? So does this car, which this month broke a Guinness World Record ‘for vehicles run on gas from organic waste.’
CloudFlare is offering an automatic IPv6 gateway
Nice! Cloudflare is adding a feature to its service that allows computers on IPv6 networks to connect to your plain old IPv4 webserver.
Introducing CloudFlare’s Automatic IPv6 Gateway – CloudFlare’s blog
No, skeptics are not afraid of overturning their worldview…
Reaction to Faster Than Light Claims Expose Anti-Skeptic Myth
No, skeptics are not afraid of overturning their worldview, no matter what the UFO enthusiasts say.
Faster than light? Wanna bet?
Hear, hear! OAuth is really convenient, but some sites want way too much access to your account. (via @alexkingorg)
Hear, hear! OAuth is really convenient, but some sites want way too much access to your account. https://alexking.org/blog/2011/09/21/oauth-needs-partial-authorization (via @alexkingorg)
OK, I have to admit that “Chocwave” cupcakes are inspired.
OK, I have to admit that “Chocwave” cupcakes are inspired. (Transformers via @ComicsAlliance)
That’s oddly specific.
Medical Billing Codes For Injury Via Turtle Among Thousands Created by New Law
That’s oddly specific.
One step closer to the day we can order pizza online…and download it!
One step closer to the day we can order pizza online…and download it! https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/09/cornell-lab-prints-food-says-digital-cuisine-could-change-restaurants.html
It turns out that Facebook allows you to log in with two variations of your password…
Interesting: It turns out that Facebook allows you to log in with two variations of your password: One with the first letter capitalized (because so many mobile phones automatically capitalize the first letter of a field to “help” you) and one with all the capitals/lowercase flipped (so that you can still log in with CAPS LOCK on).