Sometimes you run into something that you don’t really appreciate at first, but have to get accustomed to. There is this trend of so-called image macros, which basically are images with some text on them. Now when the same image keeps being used, with differing text, a new internet fad or meme is born. Advice Dog is such a [...] Continue Reading…
My New Visual Tumblr Blog
November 16th, 2009 · Linkfilter
I have tried to keep track of the websites where I have an account and share stuff on my Web Wide page. Now I have an addition. I made a Tumblr blog. Tumblr blogs are usually used for images or videos. You can also write blogposts with Tumblr, but thanks to the beautiful ready made themes and easy bookmarklet [...] Continue Reading…
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MakeUseOf: 9 Steps To A Great Start In Friendfeed
August 13th, 2009 · MakeUseOf
I’ve recently been hired by howto and tech blog MakeUseOf.com. I’m very excited about it and have already published a couple of posts, but am still in my probation period. The first one is 9 Steps To A Great Start In Friendfeed. I’ve written it as a small starters guide. Especially for people who are already using twitter [...] Continue Reading…
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Dial gdgt for gadgets
July 3rd, 2009 · Linkfilter
Who doesn’t call him or herself a gadgetlover? Everybody likes to look at and touch shiny new phones, laptop or gaming devices, right? We all like to open a package and smelling the plasticky Taiwanese smell before it dissolves (alright this is getting weird). Anyway, there is a new gadget site where you can go for all your gadget [...] Continue Reading…
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Please Say Something, a short film
June 18th, 2009 · Linkfilter
If you’ve got 10 minutes to spare please have a look at this award winning short film. Put on your headphones or loud speakers! Or even better, watch it in HD at vimeo.
Please Say Something – Full Length from David OReilly on Vimeo.
A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant Future. Winner of the Golden [...] Continue Reading…
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Your very own democratic news site
June 11th, 2009 · Linkfilter, Opinion
It are difficult times for newspapers. First the internet has taken over the function of marketplace and joblist from them and people went online for their news and opinion pieces. And now advertisers loose interest because there are less readers and these companies have less advertising budget. It’s hard to say what the future will look like for newspapers. [...] Continue Reading…
Tweeting Too Hard gives important tweets their deserved attention
May 23rd, 2009 · Linkfilter
The website Tweeting Too Hard shows a collection of tweets, on which every visitor can vote. The purpose is that eventually the most ridiculous and arrogant tweets will emerge.
This results in the following example gems:
it makes me sad, the more I have success the more people don’t like me…. – by @iamsammis
Went to the gym this morning. As I [...] Continue Reading…
Internet Information Overload? Subscribe to websites using RSS.
April 22nd, 2009 · Howto
Do you visit blogs or news sites regularly to see if there’s anything new? Then you could make things a lot easier for yourself by using a so called RSS-reader. With an RSS-reader you can subscribe to a website, so every time there’s something new on a site you receive that in your reader. This means that you don’t [...] Continue Reading…
Nieuwe oude media. Een lesje in TV-maken?
April 15th, 2009 · Opinion
[This post is currently only available in dutch, please use the button in the bar below to translate]
Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show is een talkshow waarin Kevin Pollak, een hollywoodster bekend van o.a. The Usual Suspects, allerlei bekende mensen interviewt over hun passies en projecten. Het betreft tot nu toe vooral collega acteurs en anderen uit de showbusiness, maar ook [...] Continue Reading…
A newer Friendfeed (and faster en better en prettier)
April 6th, 2009 · Linkfilter, Opinion
Friendfeed is a one stop shop for all of your social network and news needs. It exists for about two years now and is steadily growing. When Facebook launched their redesign a couple of weeks ago they had copied a large part of the interface of Friendfeed. Now Friendfeed has got a redesign of its own, which has launched [...] Continue Reading…
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