Yesterday I got an email from Herb at Me.dium, it turns out we have a connection in common. Herb wanted to let me know about Me.dium’s new widget release. A few months ago I tried the widget in Firefox on a Mac and it was pretty unstable, thus I had it turned off. Herb’s note prompted me to try it again and lo and behold, it’s much better behaved and pretty interesting.

What is Me.dium? It’s a community browsing widget that associates users in real-time on a visual pane on the browser side panel. Practically, that means that as you browse, others who are browsing similar content show up on the panel, conversations can ensue, and recommendations about other interesting content can be shared. It’s pretty cool. The screenshot below shows a full Firefox window with Me.dium side panel active:

Since that’s a big screen shoved into a small area, I’ve captured some closeups as well. The image below shows the visual users panel (what you don’t see is that this is constantly moving and changing as your browsing proceeds and as associated users move from content area to content area.)



Concerned about privacy? I am to some extent, particularly when I access password protected content. Herb & Co. have thought this through and protect you automatically. See an example below when I visited my Google Webmaster Tools account:



Overall, I think this is a pretty cool tool. Now that it’s stable in my browser, I’ll try it for an extended period and report back anything I find interesting. I have to wonder if a Me.dium-vision ala Twittervision is in the works. I could imagine a virtual map of the web where bits and pieces move, grow, contract, connect, comment as the Me.dium community browses in real time. What value does this have? I don’t know, but it would be fascinating to watch!

Download the Me.dium widget and give it a whirl.

OK, Bonds now owns the home run record. Congratulations Barry. Now, can we please stop talking about him?

Via Hacked Gadgets:



This is a jet powered school bus. Yes, you read that right, jet powered. There’s also a video of it doing stupid engine tricks at Hacked Gadgets…My guess is more people would want to drive school buses if they had that kind of engine.




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Tesla Coupe


From CNN:

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) — Tesla Motors’ all-electric Roadster sports car will start rolling out to nearly 600 buyers lined up for the $100,000 vehicle by October or November, after a slight delay, the company’s chief said on Tuesday.

“We will definitely ship in that time frame,” CEO and co-founder Martin Eberhard told Reuters at a meeting of the Motor Press Guild, noting that the company had originally expected to begin deliveries during the summer.

… [on moving down market and why Tesla will whip GM]

“If I sell 10,000 White Stars (Tesla’s $65k family car,) it will be a screaming success for me,” he said. “But 10,000 Chevys sold would be a disaster.”

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This is pretty cool stuff. It glows in the dark and can be seen up to 400 feet (~130 meters) through 180 degrees. Can’t wait to get some? Visit Italian company Elshine.

Perhaps this is the way that religion can be removed from government? That was the plan all along, replace god with surveillance…