The Last Podcast

What’s the Point of Checking In?

Frederic — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:02:54 PDT

[cross-posted on NewsGrange.com] I used to think that location-based services like Foursquare, Gowalla, Brightkite and all of their clones represented the next big thing in mobile. The reality, however, is that even though all of these companies are still growing (or at least say they are), I just can’t figure out why I should continue [...]

Facebook Login is Hard: Welcome to Idiocracy

Frederic — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:42:50 PST

We saw an interesting phenomenon on ReadWriteWeb today. My colleague Mike Melanson wrote a post about Facebook Connect, which now shows up as the #1 search results on Google News and also as a new result on Google’s main search engine. That – by itself – wouldn’t be something out of the ordinary, but here is what [...]

A Twitter Map of the United States

Frederic — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:39:53 PST

Via HubSpot:

the CLOUD – raisethecloud.org

Frederic — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:01:00 PST

via raisethecloud.org I have no idea what the purpose of this thing is supposed to be. It sure looks cool, though. Posted via web from Newsgrange

Ommwriter is quickly becoming my favorite word processor on the Mac

Frederic — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:11:18 PST

via ommwriter.com I write quite a lot every day and being able to handle constant distractions is part of my job description. But sometimes, it’s just nice to be able to focus on your text without having anything else come in your way. Posted via web from Newsgrange

Shamwow Jam – DJ Steve Porter

Frederic — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:51:58 PST

via youtube.com Posted via web from Newsgrange

Infostate of Africa

Frederic — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:19:19 PST

via appfrica.net From Appfrica: “People often only see Africa from one perspective, here’s another. The above infographic details some of the happenings over the past few years in regards to infrastructure improvement and capacity building in Africa, paritcularly in the area of the internet and cost. The sources are various reports from the International Monetary [...]

Mandelbulb: The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbrot Fractal

Frederic — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:03:27 PST

via skytopia.com Posted via web from Newsgrange

Make $8 to copy and paste a blog post – WebPoint VPN is looking for 100 spam blogs

Frederic — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:41:19 PST

I've always been fascinated by how the dirty underground world of paid blog posts works. Over time, I've signed up for a few services to see what they offered. This is what I saw in my mailbox today: Hi there Frederic, Do you blog? Would you like to earn $8 real fast for blogging an [...]

The Dark Side of Planet Earth

Frederic — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:52:57 PST

via vimeo.com Posted via web from Newsgrange

Cloud Computing Explained

Frederic — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:00:21 PST

via cnn.com Not sure why CNN calls it the ‘secret’ online cloud, but I guess it’ll make more people check it out… Posted via web from Newsgrange

The Nigerians now customize their 419 scams?

Frederic — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:03:01 PDT

Just got this in my mailbox. Standard 419 stuff, but this one is actually somewhat targeted: Hello my name is tineke am from U SA and i am a journalist i work for newspapers and magazines and some T V i am in Nigeria for some new and information we like sell some information that [...]

WordPress for iPhone 2 Has Arrived

Frederic — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:48:09 PDT

Just a quick test of WordPress for iPhone 2

Twilight Trailer Recut as a Horror Movie

Frederic — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:15:04 PDT

via youtube.com Posted via web from Newsgrange

Why do some US school not allow students to wear baggy pants? Check out this video…

Frederic — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:09:26 PDT

via youtube.com Posted via web from Newsgrange