Web Grazing

Most of us have probably done this. You’re getting ready to study for an exam (for tomorrow!) and you think, “Ah, I really need to check my e-mail… What if the professor canceled the exam because her dog is getting a kidney transplant?” Wouldn’t want to study for nothing! So you get on the internet and while you’re checking you mail, you get a notice on Facebook and HAVE to check it out. Then you end up wasting about THREE HOURS browsing the internet, watching stupid videos of monkeys falling from trees, or cats licking dogs. What the hell?! It’s 3 in the morning and I still haven’t studied for my exam! FUCK!

Apparently, we as human beings really can’t help ourselves. And our brains actually think this is a GOOD thing!

Socialbookmarking is Broken

3 Ways Social Bookmarking is Broken and 3 Ways to Fix It

Like so many toys we are given, we have finally broken social bookmarking :(

flickrvision

flickrvision is a cool mashup site that shows you live uploads of photos on flickr as they are happening. From all around the world. It’s petty cool to see what other nations are uploading compared to the US in real time.

“Twitter is the new Facebook”?

I don’t think so… Twitter is fucking annoying.

DRM: Don’t Rip Me (Off)

I thought it was interesting the other day when we talked about buying CDs. I’ve never been a big CD buyer. I have probably owned a total of 6 CDs in my entire life. I grew up with Walkmen and portable CD players too, I just never go into CDs.