Archive: Cool Stuff category
Watch this little French girl tell a story and I'm pretty sure you'll want to adopt her, too (via Garth Bruner):
Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.
See? ...
Today was like Christmas: Google just added todo lists to Gmail. I've been using Todoist for a while, but this looks like it may completely replace it.
Why is this awesome? For one thing, I'm almost always in Gmail, and having my todo items integrated into that workflow ...
Earlier this afternoon Google announced SearchWiki, which is pretty darn cool:
Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the ...
I've never actually seen Minority Report, but the user interface in the movie is legend. And legend is swiftly becoming reality:
Pretty dang amazing, and this is just the beginning. It's even ...
Monday night for FHE we made flamethrower pumpkins, and I decided to film it with my Flip Mino:
I'd forgotten how fun it is both to film (I love how cinematography is photography in ...
It's unbelievable -- the stuff of fantasy -- but it's real. See the Discovery channel video clip. And then see what he looks like after the operation. (Thanks to Daily Distraction for the ...
I went to the Orem Public Library tonight with some friends, and as I suspected would probably happen, the book sale lured me in. I walked out with 19 books. But it only cost me $16, which made me very happy because I spent $20 on a single ...
From Evan Williams' blog I came across Twitter in Plain English by Common Craft. It's only two and a half minutes and gives a great explanation of what Twitter is:
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Just discovered The Girl Effect via NorthTemple (which seems to be down at the moment, otherwise I'd link to it):
The Girl Effect, n. The powerful social and economic change brought about when girls have the opportunity to participate in their society.
Cool. It's basically microfinancing, focused specifically on ...
From Kottke via 37signals, trap-jaw ants that use their jaws to fling themselves high into the air:
Pretty darn cool.
