Most Popular Movies and Books on Social Networks

Most Popular Movies and Books on Social Networks

orcut.jpgHere’s a really cool way to make a list of movies and books that are most popular among the people who are connected to you at Google’s Orkut. The author describes how he used Perl to construct a list of movies and books that are cited most in the profiles of the people who are at a maximum distance of 2 from him on Orkut. Having such a tool handy offers an interesting way to discover popular movies and books. I wish all social networking sites had this and NetFlix queues. Link.

Google Maps + Flickr

Google Maps + Flickr

map.jpgLocation based photos are here! Anyone can easily(ish) add photos by adding three tags to a picture, a “geo:lat=xx.xxx”, “geo:lon=xx.xxx” and “geotagged” tag. Then you can either wait for the system to pick it up from the RSS stream for “geotagged” or you add a link to “www.geobloggers.com”. When the link is clicked the site automagically looks up the photo pages you’ve just come from and searches it for “lat” and “lon” tags. Link.

iPod Linux Installer

iPod Linux Installer

tux.jpgWe use a 3G iPod to do 44kHz recordings for MAKE:Audio when we’re out and about…and if you’re interested, the updated installer is out with the new iPodLinux Kernel and podzilla as of April 4th, 2005. Fixes some playback issues, adds some new games, AAC support and better all around build. Link.

3D Printer made from a Glue Gun and Meccanno

gluegunfabber.jpgNo plans or how-to yet, but check out this homemade 3D printer “I’ve constructed a prototype turntable from Meccano that automatically lowers itself up to 60mm, currently at 0.75mm per revolution though this can be changed. This is intended for use in experiments in continuously extruding recycled HDPE…Recent fabrications include a 18mm high 19mm diameter cylinder with 0.85mm walls, and a 13mm high 43mm diameter cylinder with 1.75mm walls. Each layer is 0.25mm thick. It’s fascinating to watch in the same way as a potter is, at work on their wheel“. [Via Worldchanging] Link.