A new species of lemur has been named for former Monty Python member John Cleese. It is named “avahi cleesei” and as the anthropologist points out, lemurs don’t do silly walks, but they do do silly jumps.
Riya Gobbled by Google?
Rummors are flying today that yet-to-be-launched photo recognition site Riya is to be acquired by Google. It would certainly make another fine addition to the Google arsenal.
More as things develop (or don’t).
Sherlock Holmes Reloaded
The Standford University is making available the Sherlock Holmes stories as they originally appeared in Strand magazine. You can subscribe to them via print or receive a notification to download the PDF when it becomes available.
Distribution will start in January of 2006.
Adding to Information Overload
If you are a total newsfeed and IM junkie, you can combine these to add to your own personal information overload by using immedi.at Using this site, you can be notified via MSN Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, Jabber, and AIM/ICQ of things of interest in your news feeds. From their site:
Use immedi.at to be notified instantly when:
* news on a certain topic is posted
* your competitor does something of interest
* something interesting happens with a favorite sports team
* your name or company is written about
* you receive new email
The second to last bullet seems a tad on the Narcissistic side, but, hey, every one has different needs.