Man Bites Dog

Chinese man bites dog to death

I had to post this! Haha!

Pownce Vs Twitter

Can Pownce Pwn Twitter? Not If Jack Dorsey Keeps Walking To The Beat Of His Own Drum | The Tao Of Joe

I have a pownce account (and six invites if anyone is still interested), and I'm on twitter - and you know what? I like Twitter better (sounds like a tongue twister).

On Pownce I'm Kolya M. and on twitter I'm just kolya.

See you online.

Bar Codes

Scott Blake - Bar Code Art

This particular page let's you barcode demographic data of yourself into your own personal barcode. Works nicely.

Want Faster Web Loading?

OpenDNS

DNS is what allows you to type in a web address and end up at a website; DNS is transparent and yet fundamental to the operation of the Internet. There are two sides to DNS, the authoritative side which give out answers and the recursive side that ask questions on your behalf and holds onto them in case you ask again.

By using this site's DNS you can load from a cached version of the web page faster than your local ISP (not always - but most of the time).

Contactless payments; Secure or Not?

Good Read by Joel Hruska about contactless payment systems and their inherent (or lack thereof) security

As contactless payment systems begin to gain traction across the country, questions are mounting over whether or not the security backing the RF-based technology is sufficiently advanced to prevent account fraud and the theft of personal information. With contactless payment systems about to get even more popular in the United States, there are fears that the wireless technology behind those systems is not secure enough for widespread adoption, despite assurances from Visa, MasterCard, and other major players.

Roswell was REAL

Roswell aliens theory revived by deathbed confession

Who knew? Not much coverage of this is there? hmmm...

Social Technographics?

Which one are you?


Taken from a great article (although a little old already) at http://blogs.forrester.com