The Ultimate Joy of Randomness

Tuesday 13th of July, 2004 - 11:29 – Permalink

For god knows how long, I used to have my browser's home page set to Google's front page. After having switched to Mozilla Firefox (which has a built in Google search box) having Google as my home page really made no sense anymore.

I have now found the perfect replacement; The WikiPedia Random page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Randompage

By using this as my home page I'm greated with something new and informative every time I open a browser window. At this rate I'll be a Trivial Pursuit Grand Master within several hundred years, with virtually no effort!

Thanks to my latest-and-greatest home page I ran across Matt Keveney's Animated Engines. It's a great way to learn a bit about how different engines work (can't hurt, can it?) It uses trusty old GIF-animations, so there's no Flash required.

Tactile Feedback

And now for something completely different: I've long waited for touch-screen technology which is accurate and able to provide tactile feedback (tactile feedback means that you'll notice you've actually pressed something). If they are up to their own marketing hype the people behind the Jackito PDA/TDA might be on to something... Time will tell. Via Slashdot.