Ubiquity, a Mozilla Labs experiment into connecting the Web with language in an attempt to find new user interfaces that could make it possible for everyone to do common Web tasks more quickly and easily.
Lets you map and insert maps anywhere; translate on-page; search amazon, google, wikipedia, yahoo, youtube, etc.; digg and twitter; lookup and insert yelp review; get the weather; syntax highlight any code you find; and a lot more. Ubiquity “command list” to see them all.
Find and install new commands to extend your browser’s vocabulary through a simple subscription mechanism
FFL follow up with their outdoor campaign with this fabolusly twisted tv ad (which caused quite a stir in the UK, with Orangina moneyshot and other BS..)
Delicious revamped their website and it seems there’s now some issues with their automatic blog-posting feature. Here’s what made the news in the last few days:
Based in Fremont, California, GrandCentral provides an innovative web-based voice communications platform that helps you manage all your phones and phone numbers through one simple interface. You get a single phone number that forwards to all of your phones, giving you one number for life.
Based on the data gathered by Hoeckstra et al. in their study »Water Footprint of Nations« German designer Timm Kekeritz created this double-sided poster. One side visualizes the water footprint of selected nations, emphasizing the im- and export of virtual water. The other side shows the virtual water content of selected foods and commodities.
Lowe Sydney made noise around a low-interest football match between the Socceroos and Ghana by creating a fake Ghanaian fan club, which goes on a desperate mission to recruit people to be their missing ‘H’
Zimbabwe’s inflation rate has soared in the past three months and is now at 11.2 MILLION percent, the highest in the world, according to the country’s Central Statistical Office.
11.2 MILLION. I mean, between the time u get paid and the time u arrived at the store, u you lost every purchase power u had ;P
I blog earlier this month about James Powderly, his L.A.S.E.R. Stencil/Graffiti art and his involvement with the graffiti research lab. Well, he just got arrested in China for doing his thing…
“We present a framework for automatically enhancing videos of a static scene using a few photographs of the same scene. For example, our system can transfer photographic qualities such as high resolution, high dynamic range and better lighting from the photographs to the video. Additionally, the user can quickly modify the video by editing only a few still images of the scene. Finally, our system allows a user to remove unwanted objects and camera shake from the video. ”
swedish illustrator/ designer olle hemmendorff was commissioned, together with 7 other creatives
(patrik söderstam, hanna wieslander, marguerite seger, jonas wiehager and fredrik skogkvistby)
by nike to interpret a nike sportswear icon. hemmendorff created a burger sculpture of nike’s ‘air max 90′.
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American swimmer who holds world records in several events. Phelps won eight medals (six gold, two bronze) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, which tied the record for most medals at one Olympics, a record set by Alexander Dityatin in 1980. Phelps' international titles, along with his various world records, have resulted in him being named World Swimmer of the Year in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and American Swimmer of the Year in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007.
The Chinese government on Tuesday revoked the visa of 2006 Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek. Cheek is co-founder of Team Darfur, an organization attempting to draw attention to human rights violations in Darfur.
Cuprocking is the brain child of Sydney based artist Andy Uprock. By mapping out large areas of cyclone fencing and sticking plastic cups into the existing diamond shaped holes, Andy transforms streets and public areas into floating walk-by galleries.
The Chinese government on Tuesday revoked the visa of 2006 Olympic gold medalist Joey Cheek. Cheek is co-founder of Team Darfur, an organization attempting to draw attention to human rights violations in Darfur.
Cuprocking is the brain child of Sydney based artist Andy Uprock. By mapping out large areas of cyclone fencing and sticking plastic cups into the existing diamond shaped holes, Andy transforms streets and public areas into floating walk-by galleries.
Exxon Mobil Corp. reported second-quarter earnings of $11.68 billion Thursday, the biggest profit from operations ever by any U.S. corporation, but the results were well short of Wall Street expectations and its shares slumped 3 percent.
