Another Whiz-Kid College Inventor
Among today's most-discussed personalities is one Ori Allon, a 26-year-old student whose algorithmic discovery has cuaght the attention -- and lured dollars rumored to be in the millions -- from Google. Following in the footsteps of the founders of such namestays as Google, Napster and Apple computers, he's another whiz kid whose brainiac idea paid off, literally. He's today's fourth burstiest person in the blogosphere. Google Blogoscoped provides some discussion.
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Category: The Gadget Scene
It's a Giant, Non-Movie Rabbit, Gromit
If it also had a hankering for cheese, the giant rabbit invading some English gardens would be almost too real for words, but as it is, the storyline from Wallace and Gromit's lastest movie, Curse of the Were-Rabbit, is too real for some of the English gardeners whose veggies are being nibbled by what they say is an oversized rabbit in Felton, UK. That's the gist of one of the weekend's most-cited news stories (No. 7) in the blogosphere. Demon rabbit or Easter Bunny? wonder a few LiveJournalers. An international plot or a job for MacGyver wonders a fellow LiveJournaler? Where's Anti-Pesto when you need them? asks another LiveJournaler, referring to the name of the pest control firm the two Claymation figures operated in the summertime blockbuster movie. Maybe the folks in Fenton can borrow the bunny vacuum from the movie studio?
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Category: Moving Pictures
Polluting the Mac Identity...or Shrewd Mac Move?
It sounds as serious and hard-working as it might be: Apple Boot Camp, which this week has been one of the most-discussed issues in the blogosphere. When Apple announced mid-week that it opening its new Intel-powered computers to run Windows applications through a download called Boot Camp, the industry shifted, paradigmically speaking (is that a word?). The first blog buzz, captured by BlogPulse citations to the Boot Camp news, is definitely hefty and international in flavor. Is this the beginning of Bill & Steve's Excellent Adventure? Will diehard PC users consider switching? The Unofficial Apple Weblog examines another motivation for the long-discussed marriage of the two platforms: the education market.
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Category: The Gadget Scene
An Old Crooner Who Sang of Young Love
Singer Gene Pitney, whose own hits included "Town Without Pity," "Only Love Can Break a Heart" and "Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart," and the man who penned the Roy Orbison hit "Hello, Mary Lou," was found dead in a hotel room in Cardiff, Wales, this week at age 65 while on a tour of the UK. He's today's burstiest person in the blogosphere. According to the BBC, Pitney's endorsement of the Rolling Stones also helped that band break into the U.S. market. Captain Lucy called Pitney "one of the truly great voices in rock and roll music." And MetaFilterobserved, "I can't think of anyone who as effectively communicated the emotional excesses of young love." Sigh...
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Category: Passings...
