Here are some visual statistics measuring the volume of the internet into:

• reading
• weight
• ink cartridges
• time
• trees

Get answers for errors you encounter with this search engine.

ErrorKey

See the top 500 worst passwords (I agree when it comes to the offensive/expletive ones). Honestly, out of all the English words to chose from–anyway, that’s another post.

I noticed that the ones I had used years ago were on the list.  Quite interesting.

Examples of ‘clever’ passwords:

ncc1701 The ship number for the Starship Enterprise
thx1138 The name of George Lucas’s first movie, a 1971 remake of an earlier student project
qazwsx Follows a simple pattern when typed on a typical keyboard
666666 Six sixes
7777777 Seven sevens
ou812 The title of a 1988 Van Halen album
8675309 The number mentioned in the 1982 Tommy Tutone song. The song supposedly caused an epidemic of people dialing 867- 5309 and asking for “Jenny”

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TrackThisNow search engine is SO COOL!

STEP 1
Enter a keyword and select the country or country group that you want to track

STEP 2
Watch the map

STEP 3
Click on the placemarks on the map to read news from that country

TIP:
Just click on a country to track news from it

For the same search phrase, it tracks news, flickr, youtube videos, and twitter.   Try TrackThisNow for yourself!

There’s a new search engine on the block: TripleMe.  The search results are generated using computer technology for crawling and processing information from major search engines.  It even removes duplicate links.  Give it a try.

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The Scribbler – This is great inspiration for doodlers!  Draw anything on the board and watch the scribbler draw over it to make a generative illustration.  You’ll find something unique every time!

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Different ways we respond to online text:

1. Colleagues may obtain your informaiton through an intranet accessible only to employees.  Such visitors need clear, usuable, well-formatted information just as much as outsiders do.
2. Customers want to buy something from you.  They certainly want informaiton, but they also want clear, simple steps that let them buy what they want.
3. Lookers and listeners are mostly interested in graphics and sound.  Text doesn’t really interest them except as a guide to the next video clip, graphic image, song, or podcast.  Listeners may also include persons with visual impairments who need text that’s understandable when spoken by a voice program.
4. Readers want information but they are willing to scroll through complete documents.  They may well prefer text adapted for screen display.  Better yet, they like printer-friendly versions that they can print out and read on paper.
5. Talkers are visitors who want to comment on what they find on your site, and perhaps create a link to it on their own sites–especially if they’re running web logs (blogs) dealing with the same subjects you also deal with.
6. Users are looking for information.  They include customers as well as researchers.  They like “chunks”–stand-alone blocks of information, filling the screen with 100 words or less, requiring little or no scrolling.  Users need concise, well-organized, and well-mapped sites so they can go straight to what they want.

Taken from “Writing for the Web 3.0″ by Crawford Kilian

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The date for the Lord’s return has been predicted numerous times–and failed.  The date for the Y2K disaster came–and failed.  Now, according to this article, the expiry date for the internet is 3:14am, January 19, 2038.

I am technically challenged so I don’t know if it’s possible or not.  When I first read it, my heart sank, my fear-flushed face started perspiring, and my fingernails were chewed down to their roots (it would have made a good comic book cartoon).  Then I consoled myself by thinking that even if it’s true, that’s 30 years from now.  Surely the bugs will be worked out.

That led me to reflect on how dependent I am on the internet for a lot of things: research, social life, relationships, communication, etc.

How dependent are you on the internet?  For research: would you take the time to research things at a library?  For calculations: could you do basic math equations on paper?  For communicating: would you write letters?  Of course, I’m assuming there will still be libraries, paper, postal services, etc.  I have so many questions that I’m developing ‘thought knots.’

It’s your turn.  An internet-free world.  Is it possible?