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Of 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

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 - […]

A 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 […]

Google 10th birthday

For its 10th birthday Google published a page where it’s possible to search the index of January 2001.

Google via kwout

Maps of the “Real” world

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

I came across OnionMap today. It’s a fantastic tool in flash to explore a town.

Data mining with Google … For Fun

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

A Funny comics from Dustinland

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

This 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 […]