Showing posts with label Technology News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology News. Show all posts

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Sloppy Google: What If Google Got Lazy? (VIDEO)

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Google does a lot of interesting stuff, but nothing quite like "Sloppy Google." The project, which is a mash-up of html5 canvas, javascript, processing.js, jQuery, Google Search API, according to the site's about page, aims to help people reimagine how the web could work. It's also a lot of fun to see what types of results it comes up with. The modified search engine frequently misspells words, returns random results, and in generally sloppy. The "hand-drawn" interface also transforms in odd ways. The lazy google search plays on the concept of a real human being behind the machine, manually doing searches, reports TechCrunch. The "I'm Feeling Lucky" button is always out of service.

Check out Sloppy Google for yourself here.

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Defriend Day Etiquette: Why It's OK To Unfriend On Facebook (POLL)

If you haven't heard, it's Defriend Day today, March 4, 2011, at least according to author Mark Dice. Dice posted an article on InfoWars and an accompanying video (scroll down to view it) outlining reasons you should consider going on a de-friending spree today. He says it's totally OK to defriend and here are some of the reasons why:

  • They may be "an acquaintance [you're never] ever going to see in real life ever again"
  • They could be stalking you
  • They could be screwing you over

It just isn't worth having more friends than others by accepting people at random, because you have mutual friends or because you met them once at a party, Dice explains. "You open up your world to them," he said. Not content with Dice's explanation? Make sure to check out these seven reasons you may defriend someone on Facebook. And if you're a gamer, you may want to read this post, which looks at whether the defriending should also apply to your gaming friends. To defriend someone, you have to scroll down to "unfriend" on that person's Facebook page. Watch the full video about Defriend Day below and don't forget to take our poll.

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