Random Articles

• Weinberger is the Capital of Duh “The amount of time our son is being required to spend memorizing whether Bismarck is the capital of North or South Dakota will dwarf the total amount of time he would spend in his lifteime looking it up at Google. This is information that adds nothing to this comprehension of the world. ” - David
• Digg Dumb Deep Down “That means that, if Digg were actually based on the Wisdom of Crowds principle, you’d never see how many people had dugg an article before you choose to digg it yourself. Additionally, you’d only ever vote on a random selection of articles.” - J Wynia I think the transparency allowed by internet technologies make true Wisdom
• Gizmo Project now supports AIM and MSN ‘… Gizmo Project now supports AIM and MSN ‘buddies’. But not both at the same time. If they did, I’d drop Adium. But they don’t so I still don’t have a reason to use Gizmo over my current Skype/Adium combo.
• Maps of Parallel Americas: Republik van Nieuw Nederland If you’ve ever wondered what New York would be like if it remained a Dutch colony until the late 1700s? I’m thankful we finally have an answer. “New Netherland achieved independence in 1798, after the ‘old’ Netherlands were overrun by the French. Philip Schuyler, the last Director-General of the colony, became the first Prime Minister of the
• Charging for the Silver Lining “Skydeck is now focusing on building features that it can charge for, instead of free services that attract users but not revenue.” - Brad Stone, New York Times Thank [your-preferred-deity-here]. You know I have a pet peeve with ‘businesses’ where the metric of success doesn’t start with a $. Perhaps Web 2.0 will end the same way