Bookmarks for 14 Aug 2009
- Dictionary.com Now A Giant Web Billboard. Your Ad Here.
On an unfortunately aggressive turn of events in internet advertising: "There are ads, and the there are ADS. Dictionary.com now features the latter, in what I can only describe as the most in-your-face advertisement I have ever seen on the web. About the only thing that could catch your eye more is if its next ad is for a porn or dead kittens." (advertising ) - The London Review of Breakfasts
A review of breakfast places in London and around the world. Especially valued for its pseudonymous contributors going by names such as Malcolm Eggs and Grease Witherspoon. (london food reviews blog breakfast ) - Homebrew Robot Raises Hand to Call Attention to Tweets | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
Li'l Ken's fame continues to spread far and wide. (ghack2 twitter robot arduino ) - Robot alerts you of happy and sad Tweets | Boing Boing Gadgets
"This is an adorable robot, created by one Ken Lim, that alerts you of important Twitter messages and encourages you to respond in his own cute cuddly way" (ghack2 twitter robot arduino ) - Make: Online : Building a robot army, one cuddly bot at a time…
Ken's robot makes it to Made. (ghack2 twitter robot arduino )