Rambles Blog at Star Chamber

TracerLock is a company that filters the web while you sleep and emails you the results. Very similar to Spyonit.com (which I use on this site and like an awful lot) and somewhat similar to the Opencola.com concept.

Martin Wattenberg’s treemap implementation taken to the Smithsonian: HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things. Very nice, and a glimpse of things to come, I’m sure. This interface is getting heavy press, which is a pretty cool concept in itself.

MIT’s ( blogdex ) is now working, and sure enough, they scrape together all the content that’s being referenced by blogs around the world. Since the net is a pretty repetitive place, you get an idea very quickly of what’s hot right now. Look at the top items on this list. They’re all pretty good. When I last looked, my favorite was the faked lunar landing page. They think they’re pretty clever, those NASA people, but one look at this page will convince you of the enormous ruse they’ve got going.

This one is from Wally. Check out humanclock.com to see what time it is. Why go electronic when you can go human? A nice small humanizing gift for the wired world.

Learn how David Allen, the Getting Things Done guy, organizes his Palm. David Allen’s Gear, Tips, & Tools. This book is sweeping through my company like the stomach flu.

Meerkat: An Open Wire Service

Here’s a message from the inimitable Dave Winer. I think he does a good job with his short pithy description of why blogging is important. DaveNet : Connecting with Blogger.

There’s a list for everything, including how to look like a tiger. Do you have what it takes? Procedures for the North Allegheny Tiger Costume. Helpful hint: When asked, “Who are you really?” remember that you are a real tiger.

Arts & Letters Daily – ideas, criticism, debate

Go here. Do this. I don’t even know who to give credit to, but it’s damn good stuff. They appear to be things called “Presents” written by Ellen Pronk. Clever animation, beautiful concepts. Severe time-burner.