Google is using us to track us more closely.

I’ve been noticing these CAPTCHAs with photos of numbers (that look like house numbers) on websites that usethe reCAPTCHA service (that Google bought a few years ago). My guess is that Google is using the service to make sure they are registering the correct street numbers on Google Maps (Street View).

A word about Gmail Tap (by Google)

Mér finnst eins og þegar LL Cool J segir “You can tap it in the morning, you can tap it in the kitchen, you can tap it in the movie theater…” þá sé hann að tala um eitthvað annað en snjallsíma ;)

Online Checkout - In Real Life (by googleanalytics)

Frekar gott :)

photojojo:

Google has added EXIF data to Google Images, allowing you to quickly look up details on how a particular photograph was taken, as long as the data is embedded.

Google Adds EXIF Data to Image Search

Cooooool. Nice. Very nice. Ég eeeelska EXIF data :)

Google CAPTCHA (aka. The Devil’s answering machine)

Have you ever listened to a CAPTCHA on one of Google’s sites (like when you’re signing up for Gmail)?

I’m glad I don’t have to rely on the audio version of Google’s CAPTCHAs. I’m not getting what’s being said (it sounds like when you play a record backwards)… Not that it’s any easier to read their CAPTCHAs.

Also, why isn’t Google using reCAPTCHA that they acquired in 2009?!

(Audio source)

Mjög gott :) Bara smella á [Listen] - maður þyrfti helst að loop-a þetta…

(via @yimmyayo)

Þetta er ástæðan fyrir því að mér finnst kúl að vera hjá DreamHost. Google tilkynnti þessa nýju græju í gær og DreamHost liðið er strax búið að skella þessu inn.

Búinn að virkja þetta á flestum lénum hjá mér og ég er nokkuð viss um að þetta sé að auka hraðann töluvert.

Mjög gott.

Er það ekki annars? Er fólk ekki að taka eftir auknum hraða á síðunum mínum?

peterbaker:

A densely populated neighborhood of Cape Coral, Florida. – via The Big Picture

This might be the most depressing thing I’ve ever seen.

En já, eins og hann segir þá eru sumar frekar ruglaðar - þetta er eiginlega of mikið kerfi, of þétt… OF MÖRG HÚS!

Human landscapes in SW Florida - The Big Picture - Boston.com

Whoa! Magnaðar myndir… Teknar úr Google Earth. Það er eiginlega alltaf áhugavert að sjá heiminn svona að ofan frá…

See what they did?

Nokkuð gott hjá Google :)

(via twitter)

Algjör snilld.
Síðan er þetta ekki gert í Flash eða eitthvað þannig. Nei, motherflippin’ HTML/CSS/something. Mjög kúl.

xkcd: Numbers

Áhugaverðar niðurstöður.

Google facts and figures (massive infographic)

Áhugaverðar upplýsingar um Google…

clientsfromhell:

Me: “Ok, we’ve pushed the site live.”

Client: “Why isn’t the site #1 on Google yet?”

Me: “We just pushed it live five minutes ago.”

Client: “Optimize the fireball.”

Me: “I’m sorry? Do you mean the firewall?”

Client: “I need more hits NOW, so I need you to optimize the fireball. I know what I’m talking about!”

Me: “We’ll get right on it.”

Seriously… það er fáránlega mikið af gullmolum á þessari síðu. Maður vonar eiginlega að þetta sé allt skáldað… þetta er bara of mikið.

clientsfromhell:

I have a once and a lifetime opportunity for the right designer who will help me to build the next twitter. 

You have to be an expert at: 

-Web design and graphics

-Website systems and programming

-Getting ranked 1st on google and getting 1 million visitors a month

This job is for an intern position with no pay, but you will be able to put this on your resume and get great exposure!

Whoa! Hvar sæki ég um þetta “starf”?!