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Monday
Dec062010
Brandon DavenportFirst look at "Revolutions" exhibit at Computer History Museum with Woz
First look at "Revolutions" exhibit at Computer History Museum with Woz
This is a first look at the “Revolutions” exhibit at the Computer History Museum which showcases some of the early technology that got us to where we are today. Steve Wozniak decided to team up with Robert Scoble to explain all of these interesting things in the museum, and why they’re so vital to the existence of current technology.
Sunday
Nov282010
Unrelated Sunday - Epic Cat vs. Cat Street Fight
Unrelated Sunday - Epic Cat vs. Cat Street Fight
This is the greatest cat fight video you’ll see today, maybe even ever. Also, take notice of the crows cheering on the sidelines. It almost resembles a match from Street Fighter!
And while we don’t promote any kind of animal violence, anyone would admit that this is pretty awesome!
Monday
Nov222010
39% of employees would quit if Facebook was banned, and other statistics
By reading this, you’re basically a statistic. This (really well designed) infographic by OnlineMBA presents some of the most surprising statistics about people in the workplace, and how they waste time. Online videos, social networking and games are the downfall of most employees, and presumably cripple workplace efficiency — but we want to know what it’s like when theres no way for workers to take a break… personally, we’d go insane.
Sunday
Nov142010
Was Life on Earth Created by Zombie Cells from Outer Space?
Not only the craziest theory in the world, but the most awesome! Necropanspermia is the theory that zombie-like cells created life on earth, by traveling through space on debris, dying on our planet, and then repair themselves to create life. According to astrophysicist Paul S. Wesson, this is a very strong theory, but he can’t explain how the zombie cells’ repair mechanisms would work. Although this is theory is very interesting, Necropanspermia still has major holes in it’s logic — io9 has some more info.
Tuesday
Nov022010
An Inside Look of Where Foxconn Workers Sleep
Your iPhone is an amazing piece of tech — but you have to remember that it didn’t come out of thin air, it was assembled by the workers at China’s technical powerhouse Foxconn. The company has amassed 420,000 workers who now live on a 2.1 Kilometre-square campus, complete with safety nets to prevent any more suicides. Gizmodo got to take a walk around inside the living spaces of the Foxconn workers — here is what they saw.
Thursday
Oct212010
Newsmap.jp - The Latest Headlines presented in Colorful Style
Powered by Google, Newsmap takes all the latest headlines around the world and serves them up in a Treemap display. Breaking headlines appear larger, and the colors of each story correspond with the topic that it’s about. It’s a simple aggregator with an interesting style to deliver you the news, without all the spin and without all the forced feeding you might see on Huffingtonpost’s or CNN’s sites.
Newsmap.jp - Check it out
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