Tag Archives: articles

Websites that changed the world

Posted on August 16, 2006 by

From The Observer Websites that changed the world: This month the web is 15 years old and in that short time it has revolutionised the way we live, from shopping to booking flights, writing blogs to listening to music. Here, … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Tagged , , | Comments Off

Chocolate may boost brain power

Posted on May 30, 2006 by

Come chocolates, pequena; Come chocolates! Olha que não há mais metafísica no mundo senão chocolates. Excerpt from “Tabacaria” by Fernando Pessoa 76 years ago, Pessoa was already right: eat chocolates! A new study says that Chocolate may boost brain power … Continue reading →

Posted in food, science | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment

April Fool’s Day at Wikipedia

Posted on April 1, 2006 by

Man… I hate Wikipedia! I was searching for some information about April Fool’s Day, and the feature article of the day – what is very important today – and found this: April 1, 2006. Hey, you killed all the fun! … Continue reading →

Posted in April Fools' Day, culture, Internet | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The 10 Best Internet Spoofs

Posted on April 1, 2006 by

The Best Internet Spoofs according to Wired: Neiman Marcus cookie recipe, Boycott gas companies for one day, Bill Gates wants to send you money, ILoo, Savetoby.com (that is very stupid), Tourist Guy, GI Joe hostage, Dihydrogen monoxide kills, Duke Nukem … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, Internet | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Tags…. Tagging…

Posted on October 18, 2005 by

Some links about tags and tagging…. tags…. Did I say that I love tags? Well, I love them. – Danah Boyd made a neat list of links about it: articles on tagging (help?). – Google Adds Tagging: Google has silently … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet, social software | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The Science Of Happiness

Posted on October 4, 2005 by

Sunday Times article: So what do you have to do to find happiness? Are we wired up to be cheerful, or are some of us destined to languish in abject misery? Dorothy Wade reports on the new science of feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in science | Tagged , , , | Comments Off

Blogging linkdump

Posted on October 3, 2005 by

Lifehacker’s guide to weblog comments: twelve useful tips that everyone who reads blogs should read. Good blog commenters add to the discussion and are known as knowledgeable, informative, friendly and engaged. The Wired article Tips for the Crusading Blogger has … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, Internet, media, social software | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

The Most Importante People of the Century

Posted on September 26, 2005 by

From the TIME Magazine: TIME 100 – People of the Century. One century, 100 remarkable people, TIME has profiled those individuals who – for better or worse – most influenced the last 100 years. They are considered in five fields … Continue reading →

Posted in culture, music, science | Tagged , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Cookies!

Posted on September 22, 2005 by

At first the name of this post was Please Cynical-C go to hell, but I have already had two boxes of cookies since the last time that Chris, from Cynical-C Blog, eat some delicious chocolate cookies. So now I’m feeling … Continue reading →

Posted in food, fun, History, video | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Do you want some tea?

Posted on September 6, 2005 by Bibi

Do you know how to prepare a A Nice Cup of Tea? On this essay George Orwell explains the 11 rules for make it: 1. Use tea from India or Ceylon (Sri Lanka), not China 2. Use a teapot, preferably … Continue reading →

Posted in food | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments