(from an email discussion) Results 1 – 10 of about 194,000,000 for jesus Results 1 – 10 of about 76,000,000 for beatles So Jesus is more popular than the Beatles. But wait.. Results 1 – 10 of about 43,600,000 for “jesus christ” According to Google, the Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ. Maybe John … Continue reading “More Popular than Jesus”
Category: Internet
MySpace
“I was just over at Myspace. What a shitty, filthy neighborhood that has become. Street performers, hookers and runaways everywhere.” — Marc Maron (via Twitter)
Even when Microsoft tries to do good…
…they somehow manage to be at least a little bit evil. For example: Microsoft has put the Richard Feynman Messenger Series of lectures online. Which is definitely a good thing. Unfortunately, Silverlight is required to access the content of this page. Which wouldn’t be so bad, but this page doesn’t work with Moonlight. Apparently, we … Continue reading “Even when Microsoft tries to do good…”
Flash Intro?
(via email) Should your website have a flash intro?
You Twit Face
In the year 3000, Youtube,Twitter and Facebook will merge to form one super time-wasting website called YouTwitFace. — Conan O’Brien Someone has already registered: youtwitface.com youtwitface.net youtwitface.org Damn…
Classmates.com sucks!
Classmates.com sucks: $39/year to see content one can get for free on Facebook or MySpace Classmates.com periodically sends email informing one of new content that cannot be seen unless one is a paying customer Classmates.com has so many adds it puts MySpace to shame
Those Wacky Jesuits
Jesuits say take word of God to Second Life: ROME (Reuters) – Catholic missionaries have always trekked to dangerous parts of the Earth to spread the word of God — now they are being encouraged to go into the virtual realm of Second Life to save virtual souls. In an article in Rome-based Jesuit journal … Continue reading “Those Wacky Jesuits”
Movable Type is going open source
MovableType: 3 Years Too Late? I made the switch from Movable Type to WordPress a little over two years ago largely because WordPress is open source and MovableType was not at the time. If Movable Type had been open source from the beginning, it’s possible I’d still be using it.
Google Bombs Away
Remembering the First Google Bomb Earlier today, Matt Cutts and the Google software engineering team posted an update citing the progress they’ve been making fighting Google bombs. Back in the old days, these pranks were common practice, but they’ve become less prevalent thanks to Google’s diligence. That’s OK — link bombs are so 2001. In … Continue reading “Google Bombs Away”
Experiment or Blog-Whoring?
(via Pharyngula) Short Version: Link to this post in the name of science. Ask others to do the same. Results to be announced during the "Meet the Bloggers" panel at MLA 2006. OK, I’ll play: http://acephalous.typepad.com/acephalous/2006/11/measuring_the_s.html