Portugal nomics

What the Finns need to know about Portugal :))

90º

How 90º can change everything :)

You're not so smart

An interesting site with several articles about the most diverse subjects such as placebo buttons.

New Google Images Search

The New Google Images Search can show up to 1,000 images per page. The search revamp will be available to all users next week. Google image search hasn't been updated since 2001 so this should be interesting!

Yolink

Yolink is a new search engine launched this week that provides semantic search i.e. it delivers content in context instead of just links.

Vertical news

Airline company Ryanair said it was in talks with US planemaker Boeing about adapting its aircraft so that some passengers could be placed in 'vertical seating'. The low-cost carrier, which in recent months has suggested heavy passengers pay a 'fat tax' and travellers pay to use its on-board toilets, said it wants to get more people onto its aircraft. Passengers wouldn't be fully standing, they would have something like a stool to lean on or to sit on. I don't know about security but the prices will be even cheaper. Read all about it here.

Intelligent Barcode

Now that's a fresh idea :) Read about it here!

Time-Lapse Globetrotting

Sean Stiegmeier traveled the world, heading to Prague, Japan, Banff, Utah, Oregon, California, and beyond. Along the way, he started experimenting with time-lapse photography. And what he came up with is pretty impressive. Above all, I loved the night sceneries.

Stomacher - Untitled/Dark Divider from Sean Stiegemeier on Vimeo.

It's not a portal it's a porthole!

This site is so rich in information that it will take time to explore. So far I've looked at one or two links in each section and was impressed with the results :) Start for instance with Brain Food and you'll see what I mean!

Pick two

It's hard to decide...

Adding Music to the Water

SwiMP3 was released into the market and was quickly regarded by TIME Magazine as one of the top inventions for 2005. Three years later the new player looks much better, the controls have been built directly into the side panels and the memory capacity was increased to 1GB (not much but more than enough for all the swimming I can handle in a day). This player integrates a revolutionary technology as it relies on bone conduction of sound providing you high-fidelity underwater. It's also versatile enough to support both MP3 and WMA playlists. The only downside is that this handy gadget will increase the price of your swimming practice...

Tag Galaxy

This is a a great way to search for Flickr photos. Tag Galaxy provides a 3D search engine (it's actually a photo-sphere you can spin around with the mouse) with visual representations of any data you'd like to find inside Flickr. You can insert an initial tag to search or choose a popular one. Once you find a picture you like, click it to have a look and click it again to get a close up and link directly to the Flickr profile of the photo's user.

Earth album alpha

Earth album alpha is a mash up of google earth and flickr so it's definitely an interesting way of wandering the planet plus you can get an iPhone App for it here.

Wisebread

Wisebread has got a great motto! This site is a great travel resource list for anyone who wants to travel on a low budget -and who doesn't?- plus and if you are interested you can also check good tips on personal finances, frugal living, careers and income and tons of other handy things.

World Clock

Statistics are worth what they are but they may well be addictive...You can check several yearly, monthly, weekly or today's statistics here.

Aardvark

The name is somehow unpronounceable but the idea behind it sounds great. If you like to learn and share knowledge or even trivial things, this is the right site for you. By the way..this site was recently bought by google.

Cooliris

I think it's always a good exercise to try something new each day. Cooliris for instance, can be downloaded for Google Chrome and is the official media app for Google's new superphone Nexus One. Have a look at it here.

Happy 2010!

Nothing like a new year for a fresh start with tons of creativity. Most things here are useless but who cares? Useless is not necessarily bad :)

http://abduzeedo.com/82-clever-and-creative-fred-friends-products

Save the words!

If you love words and reading as much as I do, you might want to take that step further and adopt a word. I have already adopted mine and by doing so I am commited to use it as much as I can in a wide range of different occasions and contexts. Read more about it here!

greatest ice cube list

My favourite ones...frozen smiles, gin and titonic ice tray and the shark fin ice cube :)

http://www.onemoregadget.com/the-greatest-list-of-the-coolest-ice-cubes-around/