Web 2.0: Is the Machine Using You???
We've come a long way, baby, and one of the most-cited Internet videos explains. It's "The Machine is Us/ing Us" and it's a fascinating history of the evolution of everything Internet....where it's been, where it's going. Credit goes to Dr. Michael Wesch, assistant professor of cultural anthropology at Kansas State University. Discuss, which the blogger at EverythingMiscellaneous did, describing the video as "the Web in 5 minutes." Not even 5, actually. It's worth checking out.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at 03:47 PM | Permalink
Category: In The Blogosphere
January 18, 2007
Strange Things: Candy Fortresses and Half-way Statistics
From the "creative people with too much time on their hands" department comes one of the most popular blog posts from the past several days: "What I did Over Christmas Vacation." To wit, a bunch of "Lord of the Rings" fans built a replica of Helm's Deep battle sing candy (Sourpatch Kids, Gummy Bears, lollipops, peppermints, icing etc). No pun intended, but...SWEET!...and rather nerdly.
What about guys?
And one of the week's top news stories -- that more U.S. women are spouse-less than those who are married -- was curious for what it didn't report: the number of men (over time) who are also spouse-less or not. The report noted generally that more men are married than women, but didn't provide comparative historical data for men. Hmmm... WhereItStands at least provides a timeline.
Posted by Sue MacDonald at 03:29 PM | Permalink
Category: Bizarre Blogger Stuff
