Archives for December 4, 2007

  1. Where in the World?

    I saw a news article this morning about a rare map that will be going on permanent display at the Library of Congress. This map, the 1507 Waldseemuller map, is unique because it is detailed beyond what was thought to have been known at the time it was made, and it is the first map [...]

  2. ScienceHack.com: User generated videos, approved by Scientists

    We all know there’s good stuff in YouTube and Google Video. People have created some amazing videos, but sometimes it’s just a bit challenging finding the good stuff. You know, the stuff that’s actually… what’s the word I’m looking for? FACTUAL. I mean, I could make a video about what happened during the Civil War, [...]

  3. VozMe: Sometimes you want to be read to

    This isn’t the most complicated Web2.0 tool, nor is it the shiniest, but it does exactly what it claims to do in a nice straightforward fashion. Submit some text into vozMe and it’ll convert it to an MP3 so you can hear it read aloud.  Couldn’t be easier.  Gravitate to Spanish or Italian?  It’s supporting [...]