Remember the iconic Obama poster which became emblematic of the “change” theme during the 2008 presidential election?
Later, somebody made an image of Ron Paul in the same style. And the meme went viral.
Then somebody came up with a website where you can create the same kind of image online from your own digital photos.
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OK, you’ve heard of MySpace. Been there done that.
In fact it’s become fashionable to make fun of MySpace in favor of Facebook, the flavor-of-the-month social networking site.
Now get ready for MyOuterSpace.
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One of the most annoying things about Windows is software installation. In Linux if you want to install 10 software packages, you just click what software you want in the package installer, and it downloads and installs them all.
But in Windows, you go to 10 different websites, download and save their installers, run the setup programs, and click through the steps. Annoying like crazy.
Ninite is a website that lets you download a combined installer for some of the most popular free Windows programs.
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I found out about a new social media organization service called Cadmus the other day.
If you’re active in social networking like Twitter, you probably get a lot of updates in your incoming streams.
Cadmus organizes these streams and prevents you from having to wade through duplicates.
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I ran across a neat website the other day that checks your blog (or non-blog website) for a number of problems.
Even if you’ve been diligent in setting up your website, there’ll probably be a few things that ismyblogworking.com can tell you.
For example, let’s take a high-traffic blog, John Chow’s. Even his blog has a number of problems.
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Since you’re reading this article, you’re obviously a blog reader. Some of you may also be blog writers.
So how do you get paid for the content you write, and also give your (monetary) appreciation of those you read? For some, the answer is advertising.
Another payment solution (not involving advertising) was micro-payments. Flattr is a new twist on that which might just succeed.
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There are a lot of different websites out there for patients to get medical information that once was only accessible by doctors and other healthcare providers. This has led to a plethora of information disseminated throughout the internet right into the hands of patients themselves. How do you know which sites to trust? How do you know which sites are accurate?
A review of three medical sites by a medical student.
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Wolfram Alpha, the new search engine from Wolfram Research, the makers of the widely used Mathematica software, was launched on Friday. Before then, it was teasing earlybirds with this graphic:
Post launch
After the launch, heavy usage by new users led to frequent overloads, during which the system would was humorously programmed by Wolfram to mimic HAL [...]
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Bruce Perens is shutting down his website, technocrat.net, which was devoted to discussing technology policy.
It’s sad to see it go. I think one thing he could have done is make the site look nicer. People seem to unconsciously appreciate the fact that you’ve taken some time to design a site. I think readers think that [...]
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