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Seesmic: No Business in “Video Conversations”

We haven’t written about Seesmic on NewTeeVee in a long time, and it sounds like this may well be the last time. The company is deemphasizing — though at this point not removing — its video conversation service in favor of supporting its social a…


Super close-up zoom into a tooth

Zoom into a Toothby Weird_Weird_Science

Robbo sez, “One of many videos on DailyMotion that feature a slow zoom in very very very close to everyday objects and human body parts.

This one is a tooth – and it is freaky to see up close just how porous an…


You get better results asking for stuff when you talk to the right ear

Researchers at University “Gabriele d’Annunzio” in Chieti, Italy have published the results of three cleverly designed studies that indicate that humans are more apt to act on information heard through their right ears than through their left.

Tommas…


Google Asks Common Man “What is a Browser?” Common Man Has No Clue [Video]

We know that Google has been heavily promoting their web browser – Google Chrome – going so far as to buy TV commercials in the US. The company has also published dozens of videos, some serious and some comical, to its YouTube channel.
One video…


Stroller Fail

Picture by: Dr. Ceilingz. Submitted by: Face, Via Fail Uploader


GOOD infographic: largest bankruptcies in history

GOOD magazine’s infographic reveals that recent bankruptcies dwarf Enron’s collapse. That gives Jeff Skilling something to be proud of!


Buzz Aldrin

“I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.”


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