What is your state the worst at?
I’m not sure how scientific this infographic is, but it’s entertaining. Jeff Wysaski at Pleated-Jeans.com has posted a map of the U.S. that describes — according to statistics — what each state is the worst at.
Web Stuff
Dahl Funeral Chapel featured in NYT story
Bozeman’s Dahl Funeral Chapel was featured in a New York Times story about the growing practice of streaming video of funerals online for remote grievers.
Hacking the Legislature
Reporter John S. Adams took world-renowned computer security expert Brad Smith into the capitol in Helena and demonstrated — using a covert Bluetooth antenna and a cheap netbook — that many Bluetooth-enabled devices at the legislature are not secure.
Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi…
The brains at MIT have hacked a Kinect camera to create a three-dimensional hologram in real time — of course it was an image of Princess Leia.
Would we use less power if power cords glowed?
A new cell phone charger from Dexim, which the manufacturer just says is “neat,” may actually change the way we think about how we charge our devices, CNN reports.
Researchers find regional dialects come through on Twitter
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon have found that regional dialects show up even in the 140-character Tweets people send.
Wikipedia tool lets you play the role of book editor
A tool built in to the Wikipedia lets you create books out of articles of your choice, allowing you to play the role of book editor.
File your taxes from your smartphone
Looking to do your taxes on a 3-inch screen this year? There is an app for that, the New York Times reports: Intuit, the company… Read More »File your taxes from your smartphone
Future of bookmarking site Delicious uncertain
In which I recount my sketchy past relations with social bookmarking sites and tell why the imminent death of Delicious matters not to me.
Amber alerts to be broadcast via Facebook
As of today, Facebook users can receive Amber Alerts from their states as notifications in their news feed, thanks to a partnership between the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, the Department of Justice and the social networking company.