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I like Facebook for checking out what my friends and formerly long-lost acquaintances are up to. I look at pictures and read status updates. Occasionally, I comment on people’s pictures or status updates. It’s great. But I don’t think that everything belongs on Facebook. Here’s a status and comment thread I read today. I changed […]

Two great uses for the Internet. 1. meetup.com : This is a site dedicated to getting people to meet up and do stuff that they like to do. For example, do you like, or have an interest in science, BBQ, sewing, reading, blues, cycling, Spanish, or formula one racing? Are you a homesick Aussie expat, […]

Many of the touch-screen devices (like the iPhone) only work when touched by a hand, as opposed to a glove or stylus. That’s because it uses a “capacitive” rather than “resistive” system in order to allow for multi-touch gestures. Don’t ask me for a clearer explanation of that, ’cause you’re not getting one. Ok, so […]

My friend and neighbor, Jill, pointed out that subscribers to weeklyrob only see a sliver of each post, until they actually visit the site itself. Which, apparently, is a bit too much to ask of her. Humph. I’m glad she told me, because I had no idea that there’s a box I had to uncheck. […]

The Fabulous Fox Theatre in Atlanta is an extraordinary place. It was designed to be sort of mosque-like, but also like the palace of a sheik. It’s huge, and has lots of rooms and corridors and everything is decorated. Because my friend Amy is the assistant production manager there, I was allowed to do something […]

Crazy stonehenge-like clock. Found on Boing boing gadgets.

So I looked up weeklyrob in Cuil. One of the interesting things about Cuil is that it can show pics next the results it finds. Except for one small problem: The pics are often wrong. Look above, for example, to find a correct result for a weeklyrob post, but with a picture of… well… Honestly, […]

Nowhere do they say how to pronounce their stupid web site name, but it’s supposed to be the big Google-killer. I’ll believe it when I see it. It’s nice to look at (once you’ve searched for something, that is. I don’t really dig the black screen), but so far it hasn’t actually found what I’m […]