Flying Lizards take top GT2 spot at St. Petersburg

April 4th, 2009 by John No comments »

Congratulations to the Flying Lizard team! The #45 Porsche 911 GT2, driven by Patrick Long and Jörg Bergmeister, take the top spot at today’s ALMS race at St. Petersburg. The Flying Lizard team was able to keep the car in the running, while many other participants fell out due to various technical difficulties.

P.S. Good to see BMW do so well, especially after the challenges they experienced at Sebring a few weeks ago. Great show!

MindRaider – Semantic Web Outliner

April 4th, 2009 by John 2 comments »

Found this nice Java app that takes the whole concept of semantic web to an implementable level: MindRaider – Semantic Web Outliner. I’ve been using InfoHesive by 2brightsparks but would welcome a cross-browser tool. Java Outline Editor, Freemind and 3D TopicScape (which just released a new version, BTW) are other tools I like, but neither has all the features in one package. MindRaider looks like it just might… Off to the tests…

Parody Motivator Generator from Despair.com

March 28th, 2009 by John No comments »

Despair.com has always been a great source of humor, especially poking fun at the motivational quips out there. Now, you can design your own demotivator at their very own Parody Motivator Generator. (There’s also one at http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php). Knock yourself out!

Academic Earth – Video lectures from the world’s top scholars

March 28th, 2009 by John No comments »

Want to learn something? Pretend you’re going to Yale? Brush up on some old knowledge? Check out the new service: Academic Earth – Video lectures from the world’s top scholars.

362 – Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension « Strange Maps

March 28th, 2009 by John No comments »

Ever wonder what other language speakers say when they don’t understand something? Is it Greek to everyone? What is it to Greek-speakers? Now you can know, thanks to 362 – Greek To Me: Mapping Mutual Incomprehension « Strange Maps. Very interesting. Guess the Japanese don’t have a comparative expression, since their bubble doesn’t link out… Anyone know?