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New Gmail feature to prevent sending email by mistakes
0 Comments Published by cjlise October 7th, 2008 in Software, Fun, Google, WebOf course this would be annoying for every mail that we send, but as it is limited to late email sent on week end this feature might be useful:
Official Gmail Blog: New in Labs: Stop sending mail you later regret via kwout
The Economist Sums Up Financial Crisis: “Oh Fuck!” via kwout
Quote of the Day:”every saint has a past, every sinner has a future”
0 Comments Published by cjlise October 4th, 2008 in Web
Warren Buffet questioned about the financial crisis actually in the US by CNNMoney.com gave this wise answer:
“I don’t worry too much about pointing fingers at the past,” he said.
“I operate on the theory that every saint has a past, every sinner has a future.”
Buffett: $700 billion bailout may not be be big enough - […]
In search of an online Tickler system
0 Comments Published by cjlise October 4th, 2008 in Software, Google, Productivity, WebA tickler file is presented as a key tool for organization in David Allen’s book Getting things Done. I’m searching for an electronic version of this system. And so far I didn’t find anything that give full satisfaction. The 2 tools I found are email notification in the future:
iTickleMe: Email Follow-Up Reminders. Here how […]
For its 10th birthday Google published a page where it’s possible to search the index of January 2001.
Google via kwout
The Telegraph published 18 maps that displays the world according a defined criteria. For instance the map below shows the world according the tourist destination.
The Atlas of the Real World - Telegraph via kwout
OnionMap: Interactive 3D maps of world most popular cities
0 Comments Published by cjlise September 17th, 2008 in Software, WebI came across OnionMap today. It’s a fantastic tool in flash to explore a town.
xkcd published a great cartoon that shows how Google statistics can be used for Data Mining and fun:
xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe via kwout
I came across this comics site today. And I found the comics below very funny. I recognized some of the “people”.
Dustinland - The People In Your Office via kwout
An Amazing Tutorial For Bayesian Reasoning
0 Comments Published by cjlise July 22nd, 2008 in Software, Health, Science, WebThis web page is an amazing tutorial for application of Bayes’ theorem. One of the problem resolved by this theorem is:
1% of women at age forty who participate in routine screening have breast cancer. 80% of women with breast cancer will get positive mammographies. 9.6% of women without breast cancer will also get […]
