December 2011
11 posts
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The Blue Pond
I also love this picture by Kent Shiraishi. [National Geographic via Reddit]
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Fall Gradient
I love this picture. [Daily Dose of Imagery]
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No, you can't search Google via their Facebook fan...
I wish I could say that I’m surprised to read this, but some people are actually trying to search Google through the Google fan page on Facebook. One Redditor decided to help them out. [Reddit]
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Google Zeitgeist 2011 →
I love these annual recaps of the year by Google. One day, I’m going to watch them all back-to-back, and I’ll feel like Mike Myers in Austin Powers after he got cryogenically reanimated. Except with (slightly) better teeth. [YouTube via Gizmodo]
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Mika-san explains Return of the Jedi →
This is adorable. Spoilers, obvi. [YouTube via Kotaku]
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Dogs in Cars
This slow-mo video of dogs sticking their heads out of car windows makes me happy. I can’t wait until I can get a dog of my own. Someday… [Doobybrain]
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Comic Sans Project →
This is brilliant. [Comic Sans Project via Eddie]
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The unintended effects of driverless cars →
I’m buried deep in Taxation of Corporate Transactions this weekend (I know you’re jelly), but I just had to escape for a second to share this post from Koushik Dutta on the potentially awesome side-effect of Google’s driverless car project.
Dutta compares cars, which are typically not in use most of the time, with airplanes, which are almost constantly in use. The...
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The Reason Android is Laggy →
This is quite possibly the geekiest link that I have ever shared (and that’s saying a lot), but if you’re wondering why some people claim that Android’s UI is “laggy,” Andrew Munn has posted his explanation (but first you should really read this post by Dianne Hackborn clarifying some of the misconceptions about Android graphics):
Work on Android started before the...
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The New Yorker breaks embargo for The Girl With... →
Embargoes be damned, film critic David Denby’s review of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo will apparently be published in tomorrow’s issue of The New Yorker. Denby’s reasons for breaking the embargo: 1) there are too many big movies coming out at the end of the year; and 2) it’s a positive review anyway.
I’m no expert when it comes to review embargos, but this...
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Path only works if you reject those friend... →
An interesting point by Josh Constine from TechCrunch on how sharing with less people might actually improve the experience of using Path:
Path lets you share things that only people who really care about you want to know, like when you wake up and go to sleep, or when you travel more than a few miles. If you are friends on Path with anyone you might feel embarrassed by sharing that content...