There have been several Pirate Party election candidates to date, but Jeff Coleman is notable for two reasons. The Canadian appears to be the first to stand for a national election outside of Europe: he’s contesting the Winnipeg North seat in a by-election next Tuesday.* (A by-election, like a special election in the United States, […]
[Via 9gag]
If you’re unfamiliar with the trend of “multi-track” a capella, allow me to explain. A number of YouTubers have been uploading videos of themselves singing all four parts of a barbershop quartet, recording one part, then recording a second part and so on, mixing them all together in on video. This can get downright ridiculous, […]
A Congressional report claims a state-run communications firm in China “hijacked” internet traffic for 18 minutes in April. China Telecom has denied the charge. The claims come in the annual report of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which appears to be based on the policy that “If you can’t beat them, join them… […]
[Via Deviantart | Darkywarky]
Here’s some very interesting demograpic information from Yahoo’s search engine statistics about Star Wars and Star Trek. It looks like Star Wars has a big lead in the female demographics for women aged 25-44, where Star Trek appears to keep a higher level of search from older men (35+). The information is pulled from a beta […]
Thought it couldn’t get better? Yep, you were right.
The story of a man’s life told through the facebook’s interface. [Via Vimeo]
“Geosocial” services such as Foursquare may get a lot of buzz, but they aren’t getting a lot of use. A new study finds that on an average day, only one in a hundred internet users access such a service. The Pew Internet & American Life Project interviewed 3,000 internet users about location-based services, those which […]
Well, aside from the curious name (it sounds like what my son says when he eats something he really doesn’t like) it looks like Blekko has people talking. And talking to the tune of $24 million in funding. What on earth is Blekko? According to TechRadar, Blekko is a search engine with a radically new […]