All articles in category: "Webjunk"
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Optimus Prime needs a hug
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Some useful web applications
I think some of them will never even be looked at by myself, but some of them do sound pretty useful. Maybe one for you?
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I’m on Facebook now
Add me as a friend, Internets!
It’s like MySpace 2.0, but it doesn’t suck.
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World Wildlife Fund images
Check these out; they’re superb:
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The 20 Most Popular Sites for Bargain Hunters
Smart on line shoppers know that there can be a wide divergence in price between the same products from one e-tailer to the next, so in order to obtain the best deal you need to know where the bargains are. To that end, we have provide you with the Top 20 Most Popular Sites for Bargain Hunters ranked by 5 traffic data sources.
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Fifteen Last.fm Power Tweaks
One of the best ways to discover new music online is with Last.fm, a music recommendation community. Last.fm is a pretty simple way to listen to tunes, but there are a few quick and dirty ways you can oomph it up a little. Keep reading for fifteen ways to tweak your Last.fm listening experience.
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TMZ.com
Why, oh why, is TMZ so addictive? It’s just not good for you.
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Wikirage: See What’s Hot Now on Wikipedia
Thanks, Virgil! WikiScanner was first, now WIKIRAGE: “This site lists the pages in Wikipedia which are receiving the most edits per unique editor over various periods of time. Popular people in the news, the latest fads, and the hottest video games can be quickly identified by monitor this social phenomenon.”
…and of course, the things that people fight tooth and nail over, to control the news. You can use this to easily see where the current “edit wars” on Wikipedia are–just look at the last hours’ top items. Crazy. How long until Wikipedia starts hiding editing histories?
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Top 100 Undiscovered Web Sites
More from Digg: “Our list of the new and/or undiscovered Web sites that have grabbed our attention this year. You’ll see a large collection of Web applications and tech sites, excellent blogs, offbeat social networks, and, as always, a handful of addictive Flash games for those slow days at work.”
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25 Linux/UNIX commands that you must know
Why? Well, just because. No, really. You need these to play.
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Show Us Your Go Bag
For all the IT geeks out there: “Whatever you want to call it, today we’re taking a look at the bag full of gadgets and productivity tools you throw over your shoulder as you head out the door, confident that you’ve got everything you need to get things done.”
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Wikipedia Spin Jobs, part 3
And one more, for keeping score. I give this one week before larger mainstream media (CNN, ABC News, etc.) latch onto this and then all hell will absolutely break loose, leading to much hand wringing by Jimbo Wales and general Oh Noes! on Wikipedia. Gee, imagine that? Corporations and governments editing articles to get rid of negative information about them or to slander the competition!
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Wikipedia Spin Jobs, part 2
Another good article on the whole mess and brilliant idea here by Kristen Nicole.
In what could be considered a sociology experiment, Griffith found that a good portion of edits for company entries are being made by the companies themselves. This isn’t surprising at all–it’s something that’s been speculated upon, and tested on a smaller scale. The team behind Wikipedia is also aware of it, and has been working to deal with issues such as this. Wikipedia’s policies have changed since it’s onset, and the user-generated system has been improved as a result. There is also a new edit-marking system that’s currently being tested on Wikia for possible use on Wikipedia in the future, making it even easier to track changes made to entries.
This is what I mentioned yesterday.
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Wikipedia Spin Jobs
This is fantastic, and great idea by the programmer.
Caltech graduate student Virgil Griffith just launched an unofficial Wikipedia search tool that threatens to lay bare the ego-editing and anonymous flacking on the site. Enter the name of a corporation, organization or government entity and you get a list of IP addresses assigned to it. Then with one or two clicks, you can see all the anonymous edits made from those addresses anywhere in Wikipedia’s pages.
If any Wikipedia editors, admins, or public relations hacks from their Wikimedia Foundation whine or complain about it (that includes Jimbo Wales, but looking at you, Lise Diane Broer, User:Durova, and David Gerard, User:David Gerard), they need to be roundly slapped in the face by modern society for being obnoxious. To be honest, every edit on Wikipedia ought to include an IP address, irregardless of username, for the public to see. It’s the only way to expose bias and spin jobs, and to make sure that anyone defamed or libeled on their Wikipedia article is able to legally pursue those who committed illegal acts. For an example of how people have been severely hurt by Wikipedia, have you ever heard of John Seigenthaler? You should read about it.
Direct link to the awesome tool. I hope multiple corporations, agencies, and foundations get reamed if they’ve abused the system.
UPDATE: Wired Magazine is now having readers research and submit interesting results. Early winners (or rather, losers):
1. Fema.gov vandalized the John Orman, chairman of the CFL party’s Wiki page. 71.252.64.8 came back as- Multi-RBL check 71.252.64.8 (poker-2.fema.gov) using Robtex. FEMA, of course, is under Homeland Security, which the senator runs.
2. The Blackwater USA (a mercenary company with family ties to the Bush House) site was completely deleted and rewritten by Blackwater’s PR hacks to detail all their “services” and “sacrifices,” eliminating the facts (still available at SourceWatch) about their being founded and owned by billionaire right-wing fundamentalist Republicans.
3. The same IP from the House of Representatives that edited the ‘Dirty Sanchez’ article, also edited the ‘Bill Frist’ article.
I wonder if this will lead to Wikipedia trying to close the door on anonymous editing, or at least the ability of people to scan/research easily anonymous (IP) editing, for “privacy reasons”.
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Galaxy Hunters is live!
GALAXY HUNTERS is live! Go see: http://www.galaxyhunters.net
Writer: Andi Szilagyi
Artist: Josh Crowe
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