I can remember being assured ten years ago that the transition to IPv6 would take place long before the stock of IPv4 addresses ran low. Umm..maybe not: The IPcalypse is only 100 days away.
Category: Web/Tech
Free Nature Sounds
The Free Nature Sounds site not only provides a several nature based sounds, but allows you to mix them and make a sound file to download to your PC.
Google Celebrates Tchaikovsky’s 170th Birthday
10 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook Account
10 Reasons To Delete Your Facebook Account. I particularly like reason #6. Reason #5 is also very good.
Happy Pi Day
Fullscreen Weather
Weather Underground is providing a new full screen weather map new fullscreen map application.
Click on fullscreenweather.com and enter your area code. If you use Firefox or a similarly behaving browser, press F11 for an even bigger map. (Press again to restore your normal screen.)
Help EFF Research Web Browser Tracking
The Electronic Freedom Foundation is researching individual browser configurations to see how unique they are at Help EFF Research Web Browser Tracking. I wasn’t surprised to find out that my configuration is unique since I run Google Chrome on a Linux system. What did surprise me was learning that websites know what plugins I am running. They also provide a Primer on Information Theory and Privacy.
Make a monster
Make a monster is a fun flash application which allows you to assemble body parts into a monster.
Google Dashboard
Do you ever wonder how many Google services you use. Google Dashboard will tell you after you enter your Google account password.
Google Doodles
Tired of missing Google Doodles? Doodlewatch has a chronological log of the graphics displayed on the Google site. I’ve linked to the filter for the logos seen in the United States, but there are other filters for other countries.