Peng Xiao » Webology Weekly http://blog.pengxiao.net Student. Internet Connoisseur. Gamer. Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:39:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Webology Weekly #3: Hang Drums, Samurai Swords, and Some Classic Videos http://blog.pengxiao.net/2009/02/webology-weekly-3/ http://blog.pengxiao.net/2009/02/webology-weekly-3/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:12:37 +0000 Peng http://blog.pengxiao.net/?p=308 Time for the third installment of Weekly Webology! (or should I call it Week-and-a-half-ology?) The past week was pretty hectic in terms of schoolwork. I was supposed to be working on my research paper and graduation project. Luckily for you, I spent the entire week crashing cars in Burnout Paradise and constantly refreshing Reddit. You might call that procrastination, I call it dedication. :/

Hang Drum

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This instrument should be a lot more popular. I get mesmerized every time.

Listen to the Hang Drum on Youtube

Samurai Sword Handle Umbrella

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An umbrella never looked so badass.

Get one at Thinkgeek

Fences Help You Organize Your Desktop

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This is now a must-have tool for me. My desktop has never been so organized.

Download it at Stardock Source: Lifehacker

Escape From City 17

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The Escape From City 17 short film series is an adaptation based on the Half Life computer game saga by Valve.

Watch it in HD on Youtube

Verizon is Good At Math

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Verizon thinks 0.002 dollars is equal to 0.002 cents. Unbelievable.

Watch it on Youtube

Google Earth 5.0 Beta Lets You Go Back in Time

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Download Google Earth + Google Earth Demo Video

$819  Billion Stimulus Package

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A nice visualization of the new stimulus package.

See it on the Washington Post

Oldies But Goodies

These are some old but really good videos. I’m thinking of making a pure video Weekly Webology for next week.

]]> http://blog.pengxiao.net/2009/02/webology-weekly-3/feed/ 3 Webology Weekly #2: Obama, Obama, Obama! http://blog.pengxiao.net/2009/01/webology-weekly-2/ http://blog.pengxiao.net/2009/01/webology-weekly-2/#comments Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:48:04 +0000 Peng http://blog.pengxiao.net/?p=256 Nothing much happened in the world this week. Except for, you know, the single most significant day in the past decade, Obama’s inauguration. I’m still having trouble adjusting to hearing good things come out of Washington. In a mere week, Obama has signed the closing of Guantanamo Bay, brought back the Freedom of Information Act, ordered withdrawal from Iraq, and banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees. Change indeed! Follow Obama’s progress with the Obameter. http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/

Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll.

Moving on… here are the coolest things on the internet this week.

Superuseless Superpowers

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The newest addition to my list of favorite webcomics. I especially like this one.

Melting Bunny

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Such a beautiful yet disturbing video. Poor bunny.

Incredibly slimming down (slightly disgusting pictures)

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The pictures speak for themselves. This guy lost a TON of weight. Literally.

Hacking Road Signs

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Atmosfear 1337 teaches you how to hack a road sign. Just so you know, DOTS is the default password. Holding “Control” and “Shift” while entering “DIPY” will reset the password to “DOTS”. Not that I condone such a horrible thing.

Portal Gun Replica

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If you haven’t beaten Portal already, what are you doing on the internet?

Accurate GOP logos

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What if the GOP elephant is accurate? Visit the site to see more. Sorry if I’m too biased. I’ve included a poll above to decide the political future of Webology Weekly.

P-P-P-Powerbook!

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An Ebay scammer messed with the wrong guy. Hilarious read!

Windows 7 Wordpad Will Open .docx Files

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Never worry about incompatibility again. -At least for people with Windows 7.

Honorable Mentions

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In a nutshell, Webology Weekly will be a weekly digest of the web. All of the coolest, funniest, weirdest, dumbest, and WTFest stuff on the internet smashed into one delicious post. Calm down, it’s not healthy to be that excited. So let’s get started.

Windows 7 beta keys for all

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Microsoft extended the 2.5 million people cap for the public beta of Windows 7. The public beta is now available for download until January 24th and lasts until August 1st. Grab yourself a copy, you won’t regret it.

Bonus: List of special features in Windows 7, How to dual boot Windows 7

Earth, Observed – The Big Picture

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As always, Boston.com delivers a breathtaking view of the world with their photo-blog series, The Big Picture. See for yourself.

Where Tijuana meets San Diego

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A picture of the Mexico – USA fence keeping the illegals out. Oh yea, USA is on the left.

Damien Walters is a ninja

Click here to view the embedded video.

I lost count after a gazillion backflips.

Double Decker Smart Car

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smart car + dumb people = funny.

Youtube Street Fighter

Click here to view the embedded video.

Ingenious use of Youtube’s annotation feature.

Chart of Charts

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This helps you choose which type of chart to use.

Cheers to You!

Click here to view the embedded video.

This is sad beyond all comprehension. I’ll take two.

Wingsuit Base Jumping

Crazy Europeans.

UN Headquarters in Gaza hit by Israeli white phosphorous shells

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The Geneva Convention prohibits the use of incindiary weapons against civilians or in civilian areas. Israel has denied the use of white phosphorous before. Enough said.

Bonus: Pictures of white phosphorous victims. (not pretty)

Honorable Mentions

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