Archive for the ‘Fun stuff’ Category

Happy birthday, mr. Feynman!

Posted: May 11, 2012 in Fun stuff

He’d be 94 today.

Push that button !

Posted: April 12, 2012 in Fun stuff

Very well done, and easy to recycle !

SoMe and donuts (rel 4)

Posted: March 21, 2012 in Fun stuff, Social Media

Inspired by the fantastic idea of explaining a number of Social Networks using nothing but donuts which Douglas Wray posted on Instagram, I have expanded it with a couple more networks. No doubts this will need frequent updating, and perhaps all those who are engaging in some form of education on Social Media could adopt [...]

Lost in translation (?)

Posted: February 16, 2012 in Fun stuff

This is cruel, but impossible to resist. The below is a screenshot from the official page of the Italian Ministry of Education and Research, spotted by my ferocious colleague Alessandro. Have a laugh until they take it down: I just don’t have the nerve to break to them what “Doggy Style” means. (Hint: no, it [...]

All things big and small

Posted: February 13, 2012 in Fun stuff

Sure, we know that a quark is small and a galaxy is big, but exactly how much “big” is bigger than “small”? This project, by Cary and Michael Huang, (check out their other funky works) can help you visualize from the smallest things in the known Universe all the way up to the whole Universe [...]

Cool !

Posted: February 3, 2012 in Fun stuff, Politics

I’ll say it before the cynics jump in: I cannot believe that this was not staged, but if it wasn’t, then Obama has now replaced Steve McQueen as my King of Cool.

A new art form: twoosh

Posted: January 30, 2012 in Digital life, Fun stuff

What’s a twoosh? According to the Urban Dictionary, it’s a perfect, 140 char tweet. Roberto, a friend who’s very active on Twitter, asked what I thought the rules would be to qualify for a Twoosh and, unlike the pretty lax rules set forth by Lance Ulanoff on PC Magazine a couple of years ago, I [...]

The one where you get asked crazy, unexpected, offbalancing questions like these (vote your favorite): Check out the answers on Glassdoor.com, good read!

Geek vs. Nerd

Posted: January 4, 2012 in Fun stuff

Readers of this blog should not have much reason to doubt where my heart is, however, the fine (and otherwise pretty serious-looking) people at MastersinIT.org collected all the feature traits of those two sub-species in a compact infographic: I was doing OK until I got to the movies section, as I seem to like the [...]

Give me information!

Posted: December 13, 2011 in Fun stuff, Social Media

Just the latest bit of research to confirm that people seek relevant information in their internet wanderings. According to Manhattan Research (paywall) almost two europeans ourt of five would like to know more about their prescription drugs (study done over 3,020 patients in UK, D, F, S and I) with italians being the most interested [...]