http://wuog.org/digital The digital media staff weblog about the internet, memes and gadgetry. Wed, 27 Oct 2010 01:23:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Good day WUOG listeners and lovers! This is the 10/2 Interview with Hopeforagoldensummer live from the North Georgia Folk Music Festival. The interviewer is an ecstatic Sean (DJ S.O.S.) Click to hear about the soul, threadwork, instrumental wizardry and road wanderings of the 3-headed masters of "The ... http://wuog.org/digital/2010/10/25/hopeforagoldensummer-102-interview/ Oh man, I think the recent bugs at Facebook are all part of their rolling out of a shit-ton of contextual updates. Small additions that increase usability while increasing required bandwidth are good? Eh? http://wuog.org/digital/2010/07/01/new-facebook-user-rollover/ Virb is dead. Long live Virb! The social networking site that I fell in love with way back when is official closing—kind of. It’s no longer going to be a sexy alternative to MySpace. It’s no longer going to be a decent alternative to Tumblr and Posterous. Instead of being ... http://wuog.org/digital/2010/06/30/virb-gives-up-on-trying-to-be-facebook/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn-zvymlSvk&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] http://wuog.org/digital/2010/02/18/marines-work-inside-an-augmented-reality/ The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has broken a world record by sending two separate proton beams around a huge circle with more energy than ever before. The LHC is still a year away from reaching full power. Read more at Ars Technica. http://wuog.org/digital/2009/12/01/cern-sets-world-record/ Merlin Mann, of 43folders.com, explains how we must remember who we are and not go running to the internet for answers when we forget. Why do we check our e-mail so often? Why refresh Twitter and Facebook every few seconds? It's a long video; but, it is very well worth ... http://wuog.org/digital/2009/11/05/weve-forgotten-who-we-are/ Friend of the blog, Jennifer Teeter has a spanking new song out called "My Tapeworm." Give it a listen: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmkAL5SJuRQ&feature=player_profilepage[/youtube] http://wuog.org/digital/2009/10/20/my-tapeworm/ So, "everyone" knows about the new show this fall that premiered on the CW called The Beautiful Life. It was hyped up and stared one former OC star and one former High School Musical star. Well, it was cancelled after two episodes last month. But, my question is how ... http://wuog.org/digital/2009/10/19/sex-doesnt-sell/ Ok, we get it. Everyone loves Tumblr and Twitter and even FriendFeed. But, there has to be more out there, right? More than just those few and lovely ventures funded by the same few companies? Well, I present to you a round up of the social media underdogs. From start-ups ... http://wuog.org/digital/2009/10/13/the-social-media-underdogs/ Most people don't know what a browser is. Do you? [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4MwTvtyrUQ[/youtube] Of course you do. http://wuog.org/digital/2009/09/26/what-is-a-browser/