Interesting Things Links:
More women who like being on the road, recreating an historic road
trip. It’s a bit slick but an interesting attempt.
http://aliceramsey.org/
New research on the mathematics behind the “social web” and tagging:
(esp for info geeks)
http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2009/06/tagging.ars
A trainable advice engine.
http://www.hunch.com/tour/
Write up on what, why, and who here:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/06/15/hunch-machine-learni.html
Play with it an let me know what you think.
Art and Design Links:
Lego art:
http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2009/06/11/lego-voyage-dans-la.html
A little creepy, very dreamy:
http://sleepmachine.tumblr.com/post/123617216/venusflytrap-technohell
Tech and Gadget Links:
New faster SD cards for high resolution/high speed shooting. (Probably
good for the new video cameras.) Not here in the US yet. I’ll put them
on the watchlist and let you all know when I see them.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/06/15/panasonic-announces-class-10-sdhc-cards/
The killer phone app Loyalty card holder. I have a key chain weighed
down with the damn things. Too bad it doesn’t really work. (See
comments)
http://consumerist.com/5278161/
WTF Links:
There’s an explanation in the comments — just ignore it.
http://nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/011366.html#011366
NB for the next couple of months there will be morning linkage Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday. Wednesday a, if it happens at all, will
be afternoons.
It’s nice to be back wasting y’all’s time.