For those of us tied to our computers with an umbilical usb cord, this just fits right in. A cozy little blanket, powered by your computer. From brando.
Via techie diva ; Tags: usb, heating blanket, heating pad, computer, gadget, cold
Widgetbox has launched a new widget they are calling a blidget: blog + widget = blidget. Basically, take your blog and make it into a widget that others can grab and place onto their sites.
It’s a simple concept, not new to blogs. Lots of sites display the RSS feed’s of sites they enjoy or author, usually in a very similar format. However, the blidget ups it by making it not only possible for you to display the feed, but for others to easily grab and reuse it for themselves.
By creating a blidget and adding a Widgetbox "Get Widget" button on their blog, bloggers can more easily stimulate syndication to increase the exposure and distribution of their blog.
Blidgets combine the power of RSS syndicated content with the rich interactivity and easy page integration of widgets. The visitor to a blog will see the blogger’s blidget and an invitation to subscribe to the widget for use on their own web page, blog or profile. Blidgets can be installed on any web service allowing users to post them on their blogs as well as social networks and web pages. [Source]
I have created one blidget so far, for Blogaholics. It was a simple process: drop in RSS feed, choose a design, sign up and there you go. I honestly expected it to be more finicky. Here is the Blogaholics blidget, as well as a copy in the sidebar:
removed for now
Via crunch gear ; Tags: blidget, blidgets, widget, widgets, widgetbox, blog, blogging, sidebar, social networking
The Hubble Space Telescope’s main camera — the ACS (advanced camera for surveys) — has stopped working. It went into safe mode early Saturday morning, and engineers for the space telescope have little hope it can be fixed.
This camera was replaced recently, it is only 4 years old. And the next mission to the telescope will probably not have time to fix this issue, which is not an easy task.
The next Hubble mission is aimed at increasing the telescope’s capability and keep it running until the Webb telescope can be launched early next decade.
Niall has written a nice summary of the existing options that web applications have for storing data locally: Boost Ajax performance using local storage
Client-side storage addressable from any web page has the potential to change the way we build web pages and the division of labor between client and server. Just as CSS and JavaScript created new ways to style and interact with a page, the client-side storage capabilities of modern browsers will create a new concept of a web application runtime.
YouTube has announced today that it will be enabling a revenue share system:
"Chad Hurley, co-founder of YouTube, said Saturday that the wildly successful site will start sharing revenue with its millions of users.
Hurley, who along with the site’s co-founders sold YouTube to Google for $1.65 billion in November, said one of the major innovations the site is working on is a way to allow users to be paid for content.
‘We are getting an audience large enough where we have an opportunity to support creativity, to foster creativity through sharing revenue with our users,’ Hurley said at the World Economic Forum. ‘So in the coming months, we are going to be opening that up.’ " [Source]
Does this have something to do with the YouTube deals? (Google, Warner Music, Verizon, NBC, etc) How content will be syndicated? To identify material that is copyright? Or to simply bump up the marketing hype and make YouTube even more viral than it already is.
So, my question, being in the Entertainment industry – what constitutes original content? What is the line for ‘parody’ or fair use? I know already networks take different stances on it. I’ve even been thanked by the WB for my videos, while had one from another network stripped. So, how will this change the system?
Via digg ; Tags: youtube, revshare, rev share, revenue share, revenue sharing, video, video blogging, video blog, youtube money, youtube deals, making money online
The next big revolution to come out of Apple – the iBoob!
"Apple Computer reported today that it has developed computer chips that can store and play music inside women’s breasts. The i-boob is considered to be a major breakthrough because women are always complaining about men staring at their breasts and not listening to them." – Cathia
Via the ever hilarious Maryam. And note – I spent far too much time putting together that graphic ;)
Yesterday we braved the mall to buy a new vacuum. Our second-hand ancient vacuum was just not cutting it. Although we spent a great deal of time drooling over the Dyson, we settled on the Dirt Devil Reaction Dual Cyclonic.
The vacuum features similar dual cyclonic action as the Dyson, to provide greater suction on a more constant basis. It also has tools that work on carpet, laminate and tile, which was a requirement.Â
I think it’s a pretty vacuum, as far as they go, and Ianiv (the vacuumer) says it did a good job. Yay!
Tags: dirt devil, dirt devil reaction, dual cyclonic, vacuum
