Halloween Masks as Political Barometer

Via CNNmoney.com, sales of Halloween masks have correctly predicted the results of the last six presidential elections.

Non-flying Flying Saucer

Spotted a few monthes earlier by RoRk in Geneva, a smaller version of a non-flying flying saucer has been spotted in Lausanne.

Doppelgänger

Mein Doppelgänger macht Werbung für Elektrogeräte

Ubiquitous Phone Booth

A boothless and phoneless phone booth with analogical phonebook at EPFL.

EPFL Video Presentation

Video presentation of the EPFL used at I&C Research Day is available for download on EPFLTV.

With the anti-terrorist plan "Vigipirate"

With the anti-terrorist plan “Vigipirate” still applied, trash cans in subway of Lille have been transformed into cartons.

Transactive Memory

Transactive Memory is a theory proposed by Daniel Wegner at the Univ. of Virginia. Simply put, transactive knowledge means knowledge that is somehow available or possible because of transactions that take place between people. Transactive Memory theory examines the process by which individuals determine who knows what and who knows who knows what.

More on Transactive Memory via Manoj Sati.

Video Box Scores

Baseball is a natural fit with the Internet because of the sheer number of games each season, and because of the sport’s long history, devoted fans and rich statistics.

MLB.com now offers more than audio and video on demand. A new feature is “video box scores” that enable a fan to watch clips of each player’s at-bats, hits, walks or strikeouts. If Cubs’ pitcher Carlos Zambrano strikes out five batters that day, for instance, one could watch a video of each whiff. A stringer at each ballpark video-logs each event in the game and then posts it to the website.

Spam as Poetry

Spam poetry has be slashdotted by michael in his post Spam as Poetry.

My spam filter receives about 500/wk, and within those frisky messages, among the pulp and porn, comes some pretty daring poetry

Very similar to my Spam Poetry idea of From Spam to Info Art.

Da Boy is Fabien

According to the Ubran dictionary, the expression “da boy is fabien” means “he is weird”.