Once you are through with the salacious details of the AOL user searches, you can move on to Wiki and see what the collective perverted mind is looking up.
August 29, 2006
August 28, 2006
August 24, 2006
AOL Search Data Revealed
Interested in what some randome luser decided to search for in AOL. Here is your chance. It’s another unique site by Andreas Wacker, who also brought you Blogsnow.
August 23, 2006
Distributed Search
The recent casual, unintentional invasion of AOL user privacy highlights the vulnerability of every Google user. Every search is tracked, stored, etc. and with enough time and research those records can easily be pointed back to an individual. The threat of the U.S. Government invading privacy through these means is also readily evident. However, there are solutions such as search proxies. Better yet, the use of a search engine not controlled by a private organization is another way the vulnerabilities could be avoided.
A major challenge to creating an independent search enginage is the question of how to replicate the massive resources brought to bear by a company like Google. Majestic 12 puts forth a potential solution: use distributed computing techniques for spidering. Details on the architecture are available, as is the client software should you wish to become a node. Most importantly, an alpha version of the search portal is operational.
Misanthropy
A website is attempting to collect 10,000 reasons the human race is doomed. Now that I’ve found the site, they’re going to have to up the limit…
August 20, 2006
August 19, 2006
Biking in New York
Most people probably don’t have any interest in biking the streets of New York given the aggresive nature of the drivers there. However, if you insist, you might find Bicycling Street Smarts a useful guide to saving your ass.
August 16, 2006
Internet Speed Test
Speedtest.net is a great, new tool for testing your ping, download, and upload speed against an number of servers located around the world.
August 15, 2006
Made in Heaven
Before the giant bunny, Jeff Koons, in an act of extraordinary narcissism made some pornography (photographs and statues) with his erstwhile wife, Ilona Staller, aka Cicciolina. Unsurprisingly, it looks just like hardcore pornography, but was it art?