Faraway, So Close

Something that I’ve been working on with a couple friends is a website called About This Mac, found at www.aboutthismac.com. The three of us are Mac nerds who get the odd *cough* Mac related question from friends/family. We thought we might as well put the answers we’re giving out there on the internet [...]

Firefox 3 is now available. If you go download it today from one of the links below, you could be helping to set a Guinness World record. The main website, http://www.spreadfirefox.com/ is down and probably getting hammered pretty hard today.

Mac OS X: link
Linux: link
Windows: link

Via Boingboing.net. I’m just going to basically repost it as my brain isn’t quite functioning yet this morning:
Clay Shirky’s posted a transcript of a recent talk he gave on “cognitive surplus” — the idea that automation gave us an enormous amount of free time to think and cogitate, and that sitcoms and other light [...]

Internet speed testing in my world.
Updated 10/27/2008:

Now with Shaw Extreme High Speed at Home:
Download - 4550kb/s
Upload - 483 kb/s

From Work:
Download - 6486 kb/s
Upload - 1707 kb/s

From Home:
Download: 1,418kb/s
Upload: 312kb/s
Updated

From Australia:
Download: 216kb/s
Upload: 52kb/s
What’s your internet speed?

I don’t recall posting this here, but I’ve got one SocialThing invite to give out. Leave a comment with an email address and I’ll send it your way.
If you’re not sure what this is (hi mom), just ignore and move on.

How to get the dreamlife of your dreams using the internet. If you didn’t understand the internet before, this video will help you get your head wrapped around it:

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