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Entries for August 8th, 2008

The Chinese Olympics 2008 Opening Ceremony

I know this is not strictly technology news, but still, I felt like sharing this…
I was watching the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics 2008, and I was impressed. Never in history do I think has there ever been such a massive effort of synchrony by so many humans.
The theme was amazing too: from ancient [...]

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Cuil?

Pronounced “cool”, the recent upping of “Cuil” is a phenomenon.
A new search engine, basing results on relevance rather than popularity, it is an interesting fact to note that in the first few days, the load was exceptionally heavy. Statcounter.com reveals it to be one of heaviest traffic loads of all - taking a possible 1 [...]

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