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Posts Tagged technology

Hitler finds out he is banned from Wikipedia (video)

Hee hee.
(via All Kidding, Asides)


Forestle: search engines go green

A “green” search engine, Forestle uses Google’s great system to perform searches - but as an added bonus, with each search they protect 0.1 m² of rainforest and have so far protected 467,587.0 m².  Every little bit helps, I think. They have a convenient search plugin you can install for that default search box at [...]


Tech Tool Round-up

I have been much remiss on my new social web tool experimentation lately - I would chock it up to GRADUATE SCHOOL MANIA and ignoring Lifehacker, among with several discarded technology-related RSS feeds.  Or maybe, the existing tools I have simply meet my needs.  But recently I came across a whole flurry of gizmos - [...]


Review: Tree Style Tab Firefox Extension

I have a history of being a major tab abuser in Firefox.  I am always working on several personal, professional and academic projects and often my research for all three overlap and intersect while I explore online, piling up in my tabs toolbar.  My friend Katie recently emailed to let me know about the Tree [...]


Link Love of Late

(Really) Stunning Desktop Wallpapers | Graphics | Smashing Magazine
Re: Why are you a vegan? - Big Think - One of the best video responses to the question I’ve seen.
7 Habits of Highly Innovative People | ThinkSimpleNow.com
Less internets please | Ask MetaFilter
Savage Minds: Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog » How to [...]


A Word on Managing Delicious Vegan Cookbook Overload with Vegan Blogs

It’s funny how I now that I have so many cookbooks, one of the ways I decide what recipes to make is by reading other vegan food blogs where people post pictures and stories about their cookbook creations. Sometimes having books full of endless delicious recipes can be overwhelming; I depend on the amazing [...]


Google Reader vs. Bloglines Beta: Who knew there was any question?

While blogging for work, I was surprised to read an enthusiastic article by Clay Burell about the new Bloglines Beta that got me thinking seriously about switching to Bloglines from Google Reader. I know, it’s shocking - abandon my beloved Google reading home to the competition?
Well after some preliminary market research, there are a [...]


Updates: Tumblr Infatuation and the Usual Stress Noises

What’s new?
1. Ever heard of any kind of disorder along the lines of self-destructive busy-itis or chronic-bee syndrome? I think that since I was perpetually busy in university with a 20 hour per week job and full time classes, I now have the tendency to take on an abundance of projects to [...]


Excellent: Create your own IE Voodoo Doll!

This may seem a bit evil, but trust me, if you’re a web designer and have ever tried to get something to work nicely in Internet Explorer … you’ll understand the feeling of wanting to stab it. Repeatedly.
Yes, you’ll note that this site still doesn’t function properly in Internet Explorer - and my statistics show [...]


Random Sunday Chatter

Looks like I’m going to see the Bee Movie tomorrow night. After this great teaser, how could I not? Also, Eddie Izzard was in it, who is utterly awesome. I think I will be content to follow him around in whatever movie he happens to be starring in, especially his own stand [...]