Life explained, on flim. A new niche video-sharing site emerges. VideoJug provides ‘how-to’ videos on everything from ‘How to tie a full windsor knot’ to ‘ How to make Chicken Jalfrezi‘. Other unusual videos include ‘ How to do a testicular self-exam‘. If you want to know how to do something you should find it here.
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Universities boycott Maclean’s rankings. Eleven of Canada’s universities are refusing to participate in the Maclean’s university ranking issue. Top ranked University Of Waterloo is not one of the eleven — go figure.
Looked at the del.icio.us playtagger that was mentioned in the comments on lifehacker. It is also a great solution for the owner of the blog. Just include the tiny piece of javascript on your site and any mp3 you post will be streamable from the page via flash. The Greasemonkey script is still good for the hundreds of websites that won’t include the del.icio.us javascript (and the play button looks way cooler to boot).
The most useful Greasemonkey script ever. It inserts a play button next to any MP3 file you happen upon on the web. MP3 blogs just got way easier to sample. [via lifehacker]
Maybe We Should Just Make Mel Happy – an essay by Joel Stein in the current issue of Time is a humorous poke at his own religion and Mel Gibson.
Goggles: The Google Maps flight sim is an interesting mashup that utilizes a Flash overlay of Google maps.
A real world example of how important grammar is in everyday life. Rogers looks to face added costs after the placement of a second comma in their 14-page contract gave Aliant the right to terminate the contract by providing 1-year written notice.
FeelingBullish is a new social network for investors. Once you sign up, you become an analyst. The site logs all your stock ratings over time and creates a “FeelingBullish rank” based on the performance of your picks. [via mashable]
Ran across a great article on TechCrunch, though slightly dated, that compares a number of online storage options to backup your important data. Looking over their nice chart, OmniDrive seems to be a strong contender for ‘best in class’ supremacy. (note: on visiting their website I learned that they are still in private beta)
A more in-depth take on the TurnHere website from a advertising angle. Get local filmmakers to shoot ‘commercials’ about stores in an area and stylize them as ‘documentaries’. Seems okay to me.
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