Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-13
- Yahoo is not happy with a recent document listing the prices a gov pays to spy on users – http://is.gd/5eGQs #
- A first review of the Barnes and Noblel Nook http://is.gd/5eKBy #
- A very strange new product called orbitwheels – it’s like a skateboard and skates mixed – http://is.gd/5eTwF #
- an interesting history of chinese imigration in San Fransico (and how a fire really helped things) http://is.gd/5eUdv #
- User agreements on websites discussed in detail – http://is.gd/5eWZr #
- a great visualization of new york by income http://is.gd/5eXDK #
- Car hit by wrecking ball in new york http://is.gd/5eXTB #
- beautiful snowflake images via daring fireball – http://is.gd/5fGU7 #
- funny photoshop mistakes – http://is.gd/5fHfx #
- I am a believer. This explains why I suck at tetris – The tetris god -http://is.gd/5fScx #
- Facebook users are not careful enough with their data – http://is.gd/5fWah #
- funny sign mistranslations… http://is.gd/5fXkz #
- Ethiopia’s vanishing tribes – crazy photos – http://is.gd/5gCMJ #
- Thunderbird 3 is out – http://is.gd/5gQ4g #
- A 4 year old gives a surprisingly coherent rant on peace – http://is.gd/5gQeu #
- livingstories is a very cool new google product for reviewing the news. It’s timeline based. Check it out at – http://is.gd/5gQoW #
- More coffee less cancer – what could be wrong with that? http://is.gd/5gQr8 #
- Boom boom is monkey for something. Monkey’s language explained – http://is.gd/5gRv8 #
- Robot Dance Compitition – just creepy – http://is.gd/5hnZg #
- A day in the life of the internet via lifehacker: crazy cool stats – http://is.gd/5hoij #
- Bears playing hockey: The internet gives me millions of things I never thought I’d say… http://is.gd/5hs6K #
- Americans consume 34 GB of content per day?? http://is.gd/5huDF #
- I’m reading 20,000 leagues under the sea. I was dubious at first, but it’s lovely. #readinglist #
- 2000 Leagues is like a science lesson on everything from the displacement of ships to botony. Crazy.. #readinglist #
- “Janine Melnitz: Do you believe in U.F.O.s, astral projections, mental telepathy, E.S.P., clairvoyance,…” http://tumblr.com/xuq4l57cq #
- Documentary about origami obsessionals? http://is.gd/5iVmf #
- via lifehacker -How Do You Explain Computer Concepts to Non-Tech Types? http://is.gd/5j4Ui #
- I’ve just agreed to join a marathon relay race in Bangalore – The Midnight Marathon… This is truly a silly idea (on my part)… #
- @ABetterGoogle That’s not exactly what the article says. Our writer MS is a bit dubious about the benefits… in reply to ABetterGoogle #
- Start of the best of 2009 articles #bestof2009 http://is.gd/5j7cq #
- Another Nook Review – http://is.gd/5j7on #
- three seconds to turn a page??? David Pogue’s review of the Nook http://is.gd/5j7EC #
- Most popular how-to articles from lifehacker #bestof2009 http://is.gd/5j8vU #
- Wow – these are great playhouses that some very indulgent parents have provided – http://is.gd/5j8yx #
- Rather funny flowchart to help select your morning cereal – http://is.gd/5jCgA #
- Facebook’s new privacy settings explained – http://is.gd/5jCoU #
- The Itunes-ization of the e-books? I don’t get it. http://is.gd/5jE1N #
- Weekend project – I’m going to try to install Jolicloud on my netbook… it’s a cloud OS similar to the one from Google #
- jolicloud installed and rockin’… I had a bit of fun trying to get chrome installed and Hulu doesn’t work from India, but it’s pretty cool #
- Geeky Wrapping paper – http://bit.ly/4tusVg #
- an interview with the improv everywhere team and videos of their work – http://is.gd/5kPZW #
- year in ideas from the new york times – too cool – http://is.gd/5kQfj #
- Cows With Names Make More Milk is my favorite one so far – http://is.gd/5kQfj #
- pubsubhubbub is probably the silliest name I’ve ever heard… but it’s a cool technology – http://is.gd/5kS0S #
- Raisin Bran ad featuring a reformed flesh eating alien – http://is.gd/5kSGs #
- Crazy mexican drug smuggling tunnel – http://is.gd/5kT4i #
- popular photography hacks of 2009 #bestof2009 http://is.gd/5lDbH #
- A seemingly good blackberry case – http://is.gd/5lDeH #
- post to your wordpress.com blog via the twitter api – http://is.gd/5ltzq #