Archive for May, 2008
23andMe Unveils 23andWe
23andMe just sent out an email announcing the launch of 23andWe. Awwwww another cute name.
The concept behind 23andWe is pretty simple: They provide me with easy, fun questions in survey form and I get to see how my answers compare to the rest of the 23andMe community. At the same time, 23andMe is correlating my [...]
When It Comes to Refried Beans, I Choose Rosarita Every Time
I recently graduated from college and moved into my own apartment. That means that I've been buying stuff on a routine basis to keep my "household" running smoothly (i.e. food, cleaning, hygiene, storage etc).
In stepping into this world of buying things on a routine basis I've become hyper-aware of how indistinguishable most products are [...]
SNPedia Releases a Mac Version of Their Promethease Tool. Hurray!
I've been waiting for Mike Cariaso over at SNPedia to turn out a Mac version of their Promethease tool.
Well, last night Mike emailed me and told me they now have a Mac version. I immediately ran my raw genome data (a file downloaded from my 23andMe account) through the tool, which took about 2 [...]
Google Health is a Phenomenally Useful Tool for Armchair Doctors
Google Health officially launched today and I couldn't help but create a profile and see what I could do. In under 5 minutes, I linked my Longs Drugs account to my profile, added my doctor to my profile and added some pertinent personal details.
Right now, the feature that impresses me the most is the [...]
The “TechCrunch Bump” Isn’t Magic for Small Blogs
Back in early December 2007, Mike Arrington wrote a TechCrunch post that linked to this blog. His post sent over a horde of TC readers AKA the "TechCrunch bump".
Above: This blog's unique visitors, 12/4-2007-5/16/2008
At the time, I thought it was going to give my blog a huge reader base that would cling to my [...]
Wiki: Where to Watch NBA Games Online
We here at BUZZYEAH love watching NBA games. Go Warriors! However, we don't have cable or TV so we have to do all our NBA watching at friends' homes or on the Internet.
We've noticed through our own Google-searching experiences that it's hard to find sites that stream NBA games online. They either have strings attached [...]
ESPN360.com Streams NBA Games, But Your Internet Provider Needs To Be on the “List”.
This blog gets a lot of Google searchers looking for where to watch NBA games online. I wish a had a definitive answer for where to watch NBA games online but I don't.
ESPN360.com is one of those places where you can find streaming NBA games online. But, it's not available to everyone.
If your Internet provider [...]
Stop Putting Yellow Pages Directories on My Doorstep
Yellow Pages directories used to be such useful tools. Remember those days? Everyone had one in their home in close proximity to their landlines. You could walk down the street and find one attached to every payphone in town.
I don't know about you but Yellow Pages directories don't seem like tools anymore. They just seem [...]
Gapminder: A Playground for Global Data Trends
Presentations of global data trends sound boring, right? Not so when it involves Hans Rosling and his Trendalyzer software.
Trust me. I just spent 30min messing around with Trendalyzer over on Gapminder.org.
I stumbled across Hans' Trendalyzer after watching this video of his amazing presentation at TED in March 2007. In the presentation, he blew [...]
d.light is a Bright Solution
d.light design's goal is to make kerosene lanterns extinct as soon as possible. Why do they want to do this? They think they have a lighting solution that provides a safer, brighter and more affordable light to the widely-used kerosene lantern.
You're probably saying to yourself, "But, I don't own a kerosene lantern". You're right. But, [...]
