This year’s “word of the year” for 2009? The New Oxford American Dictionary says “unfriend:”
To remove someone as a ‘friend’ on a social networking site such as Facebook.
Although I understand how popular this word is, it’s a little depressing . . .
[from CNN]
Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category
Firefox Turns 5
Posted in Browsers, Fun on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Mozilla Firefox browser is ready for school! It turned 5 on November 9th. Stop by to wish it a happy birthday!
The Mom Song
Posted in Fun on March 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
OK– so there’s nothing technical about this one, but I had to post it. It’s for all the Moms out there — and even for those of you who had Moms. See if it reminds you of anyone.
[from My Uncle]
How Fast is Google Chrome?
Posted in Browsers, Fun, Internet, Research, Trends on March 20, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Check out some of these experiments! Using both Google Chrome and Javascript, programmers are showing us how fast and flexible this browser really is. As you’re playing with some of these experiments, consider how quickly it responds to your mouse/input. It’s very much like having an application installed on your computer — except that it’s [...]
Steve Wozniak “Dancing With The Stars”
Posted in Fun, Hardware on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you haven’t yet seen it, Steve Wozniak — co-founder of Apple Computer — was seen having a great time on Dancing with the Stars.
It’s great seeing someone so well-known step out of their comfort zone and have fun doing it!
Life Magazine Photo Archive
Posted in Fun, Searching on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Google Image Search now includes the photo archive from Life Magazine. Life was known for its photographs and its great that we can see these photos. They span the 1860s and the Civil War through the 1970s and Mohammed Ali and Joe Frazier.
You can limit your search to just the Life photos by adding “source:life” [...]
What Type of Blog is This?
Posted in Accessibility, Blogs/RSS, Fun on November 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hangingtogether.org had an interesting post which included web services that can provide information about different blogs. These blog analysis tools are supposed to provide you with more insight into the blog and its author. So, I tried it. Here’s what I found out about this blog:
Gender Analyzer — “We have strong indicators that http://libtechtexas.wordpress.com/ is [...]
CNN’s Hologram
Posted in Fun, Trends on November 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Although we’re being told that this wasn’t exactly a hologram, it looked like it to me. I was clicking through news channels the evening of the Presidential election and actually caught this segment live. My mouth dropped:
Was it necessary? Probably not. Was it cool? Definitely! Could it have been cooler? Sure [...]
Google Turns 10
Posted in Fun, Searching on November 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It seems hard to believe that Google has been around for ten years. They’ve provided a timeline of their history, which includes all the special graphics they’ve used on their search home page through the years as well as milestones and very interesting tidbits about the company itself. Happy Birthday!
[from The Official Google Blog]
Swype
Posted in Accessibility, E-mail, Fun, Handhelds, Software on November 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve ever tried to type using a cell phone, you’ve probably encountered the T9 system. It’s the predictive typing system. So, when you type a letter, you get a list of words you’ve used before that start with that letter. The more letters you type, the more likely your word will be in the [...]
