The Facebook API

Facebook has a very simple API to put things in your profile. Can you guess it from looking at this link to the great video by The Postal Service? 🙂

http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=http://www.transbuddha.com/index.php/buddha/the_postal_service_such_great_heights/

Barats and Bareta on Mother’s Day

I’ve seen this a number of times, and it never fails to make me laugh. These guys must be brothers in real life.

So while Mother’s Day has past, get a laugh now and save it for NEXT year.

Asteriods grows up

Part of being smart is knowing how to have fun, I believe.

When I was a kid, I loved going to the arcade and playing things like Asteroids. Now they come as nifty Flash apps like this: Luminara.

Have fun!

reCaPTCHA is a fascinating Web 2.0 idea

What is reCAPTCHA?

To quote the WiReD blog:

The idea behind reCAPTCHA is that, as long as we’re all solving these CAPTCHA puzzles, why not throw in some minimal additional data? By adding a second image with an unsolved word from the Internet Archive book scanning project, ReCAPTCHA allows users to channel their CAPTCHA solving skills into real world benefits.

To me, this is an innovative idea of putting the world to work. I wonder how many more companies are employing this approach?

Wake up at 4 a.m / nap at noon. Really!

Now, I used to try and do this (minimize the amount of sleep I could get by on), but I find the drawbacks outweigh the benefits. But I think sleep needed is highly dependent on the individual. If you would like to try and get by on less, try reading this article: Sleep Adjustment – Gain 10 days per year – Dumb Little Man