Tuesday Link Prospecting
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Written By Reprise Media | June 13, 2006 | Share This
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Today marks the founding of Canada’s Yukon territory, way back in 1898, two years after the Klondike Gold Rush brought grizzled fortune hunters to the remote frontier in droves. Back then, search was all about little shiny nuggets, and the Google of the day was a stick with a big piece of metal stuck on one end. Check out more from Wikipedia, then claim these links:
Only don’t quote me on that We may have just referenced Wikipedia, but if you’re working on your Master’s Thesis it might not be such a great idea. The Chronicle of Higher Education quotes Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia’s founder, trying to dissuade college students from using the site for class research. “It’s good enough knowledge, depending on what your purpose is,” he says, but “For God sake, you’re in college; don’t cite the encyclopedia.” [sic]
From our ‘Not to Be Outdone’ Department… Just because Google Earth threw a little party doesn’t mean Yahoo! Maps can’t also have some fun. Jeremy Zawodny points out that the Yahoo! Maps API has been set free from many of its previous restrictions, notably those associated with commercial purposes. Users are now free to make mash-ups whether it’s for business or pleasure, and are allowed to advertise on sites where they display Yahoo! Maps, even on the same page.
Wherefore no WiFi, Sacramento? A deal to provide citywide WiFi access for California’s capital went in the commode Friday when Internet provider MobilePro withdrew its proposal. Their bid had been accepted last September, for one fee-supported high-speed tier that would blanket the city and one free-access tier that would be available only for two hours a day, in a limited area, with speeds of just 56Kbps. Sacramento decided their free network would be too paltry next to those planned in Portland and San Francisco, which promise wide coverage at 300Kbps and will be partly subsidized by ads. MobilePro balked when Sacramento demanded a plan more like those, saying, “We just could not make it work in our business model.”
And you thought YOU liked video games We’ve seen live-action re-creations of classic video games before, notably Super Mario Bros. and Punch Out!, lovingly (if crudely) crafted and taped for Internet consumption. But those required participants to do little more than run and jump. Surely you couldn’t mock up something like that for a complicated martial arts fighting game like Tekken…oh, wait. With just a camera, some computer effects and an array of sweet moves, three guys prove that yes, they do have way too much time on their hands (thanks, Digg).
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