I love this idea so much! Score experience point (XP) depending on how you use the web!
Weird Stuff I Like (WSIL)
- Passively Multiplayer Online Games
Finally, a kind of multiplayer game anyone can play, whether they realize it or not. Simply install their Firefox plugin and score experience points dependng on how you use the web. It realized different types of users, from hoarders (keeps information to themselves) to pathmakers (tags and sorts information). Keywords: mmorpg, gaming, funny - Atten.TV
Instead of video, now you can broadcast your web clicks live, so others can see what web sites you’re looking at. Keywords: attention, browser, social, privacy, sousveillance, web2.0 - JUSTIN.TV: How webcam sex nearly saved the world – Valleywag
A great overview of Justin.tv’s sex scene, as compared to the rest of Internet history in voyeurism and camwhoring. Keywords: sex, wearable, camera, web, sousveillance, privacy - 1000 journals: global collaborative artform
A journal gets passed on from person to person, country to country. Results in a published book with artwork from all over the world. Keywords: art, collaboration, books - The Wordpress plugin you don’t want to install: Next Of Kin
What happens to your blog when you die? This plugin kicks in when you don’t login to your blog within a specified period of time, then sends an email you’ve prepared to your "next of kin" who can then look after your blog when you’re gone. Keywords: email, plugins, wordpress, lifehack - Chinese School Kids Getting Married Via MMO
Marriage now epidemic? Oh, just kids playing games… right. Keywords: social, china, mmorpg, gaming
Singapore
- News: First direct terabit submarine cable network between Southeast Asia and the United States
Someone finally realized how painfully slow our Internet is… Ten organisations have signed contracts to build the $US500m Asia America Gateway (AAG) cable, the first direct terabit submarine cable network between Southeast Asia and the United States. Keywords: news, internet, singapore, america, network, business - Podcast.sg: Singapore’s Podcasts
Owned by MediaCorp, this Singapore site gives you podcasts of their various radio stations. Keywords: podcast, singapore - LaoZhaBor’s Rap (with Eng Subtitles)
Lao Zha Bor translates to "old woman", but it’s a funny word, which fits this really funny lady. Whoever said senior citizens are irrelevant hasn’t met this one yet. Just hear her rap! Keywords: singapore, bloggers, funny, music - Princess Sabrina | Just memories…
No, this blog doesn’t look the slightest bit like sparklette.net… does it? :P Keywords: funny, blog, singapore - :: Singapore Internet Research Center ::
Selected Internet-related Journal Articles and Book Chapters from SIRC Associates Keywords: internet, singapore, research - MOE R&D: Publications on ICT in Education
The Singapore Ministry of Education R&D department’s selected publications relating to InfoComm Technology in education. Last updated May 2006 though. Keywords: internet, research, education, learning, singapore
Academia
- TED | Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video)
With ample anecdotes and witty asides, Robinson points out the many ways our schools fail to recognize — much less cultivate — the talents of many brilliant people. Keywords: education, creative, ideas - Video: RSS in Plain English
For RSS evangelists… convert your friends to RSS today! Keywords: rss, howto, teaching, education, video - Moving beyond podcasts: The academic experience
These professors take to new media naturally, by using video and audio recordings to assist in explaining difficult concepts, then distributing them as DVD attachments with their textbooks, or as podcasts on their web sites. Keywords: podcasting, academia, education, teaching, trends, video, howto, web2.0 - Marina’s Bloggariffic » Is netcasting for schools a reality?
Besides Second Life, Marina is a teacher who wants to promote netcasting in Singapore schools. She recalls the days of CDIS videos back in primary school as a means of reinforcing lessons in class. Keywords: education, teaching, video, podcasting, singapore - Cognitive Daily: If you want to persuade a woman, look straight at her
Hmm, an interesting take on an individual’s gaze in physical vs. real world setting, and how researchers experiments with "gazing tricks" so listeners think they get all the attention. Keywords: secondlife, nonverbal, gender, research - How-To: Excel Formulas for Grading
God-sent I tell you… it’s making life that much easier if you have to handle multiple classes with tons of students. Keywords: education, academia, teaching, productivity - Firefox search plugin for Google Scholar via UB
Google Scholar provides direct links to articles in journal databases if your IP can be authenticated as a subscribing institution’s — very convenient for on-campus users, but more of a hassle for off-campus users. This plugin fixes that problem! Keywords: plugin, firefox, ub, productivity, academia
Hackery
- Hackszine.com: Bypassing Online Censorship
An updated look at techniques for bypassing online censorship, ranging from web-based to software-based solutions. Keywords: censorship, hacking, howto - Laptops and flat panels also vulnerable to Van Eck eavesdropping
Back in the day, Wim Van Eck proved that it was possible to tune into the radio emissions of electromagnetic coils in a CRT display. Looks like even LCDs are peekable too, since a similar principle could be applied to the LCD monitor cables. Keywords: hacking, surveillance - MacLockPick – Crack Passwords in Mac OS X
Great, create an app that cracks passwords, say that it’s only for law enforcement, charge $499 for it, and the next thing you’ll know, it’ll show up in your neighborhood bittorrent site. Keywords: mac, security, privacy - Put on the DemocraKey "computer condom"
Got a USB stick? Of all the tips offer on Lifehacker, this one’s my favorite. All kinds of logging apps could be running on a public terminal, so this digital "condom" helps protect your privacy. Keywords: security, hacks, privacy - Magic Wand: How Hackers Make Use Of Their Wii-motes – WSJ.com
Wiimote hackery appears on the Wall Street Journal. Show how people use it beyond controlling the game console. Keywords: newspapers, wii, hacking
Macintosh
- Fon Spot Mac Linux Download | Martin Varsavsky
You’ve heard of the FON wifi router. Now you can provide the same FON service through your Mac or Linux machine’s wireless adapter. Pretty neat. Keywords: free, linux, mac, network, wifi, wireless - Kernel Panic Screensaver!
Return of the Mac pranks! Keywords: apple, freeware, funny, mac, screensaver - SyncTunes: Sync iTunes to whatever…
For Mac users, SyncTunes transfers files that work with Palm PDAs, Sony PSP, Sony Ericsson K750/P910/W800i, no-brand MP3 player. Almost anything that mounts on your desktop. Keywords: itunes, apple, productivity, podcast, tools - Dash Clipping: Don’t wait for Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
Dash Clipping is a universal widget tool that allows you to turn any part of any web page into a Dashboard widget with a couple of clicks. Download it here. Keywords: widgets, apple, web, tools, mac, dashboard
Wants
- Simply Audiobooks – Free Book Download
I don’t know why these are free, but they are… Keywords: audio, books, free - Amazon.com: Planet Earth – The Complete BBC Series [HD DVD]
Been hearing good things about this HD DVD documentary of Planet Earth… I’d buy it if I could playback HD. Keywords: video, dvd, hd, documentary, environment - Barry’s Farm: Laptop Sleeve for Corporate America
Why get a boring sleeve for your brand new laptop when you can get something like this? Don’t you know? Geek is the nu-cool! Keywords: macbook, design, funny, gadget
