How Your Google Algorithm Sausage Gets Made
Google takes us deep inside the process of how its algorithms are tweaked. What’s their special sauce? Meetings, by the looks of it. And then some more meetings. Just like your job, except every person in that room is a millionaire (I assume). [GoogleBlog]
Teens on Facebook Are More Likely to Get Wasted
A recent study has linked teen Facebook use with drinking! Which is one of those studies that if someone told you about it at the party you’d stare at them for a second and say “and…?” and then the silence would sit heavy between and around you for the rest of the night, no matter how far across the room you migrate. [USNews]
Gang Members Busted after Twittery Party Planning
ATTN: Crips Members. The #CripsHoliday that had been scheduled @AmersfortPark has been rescheduled due to @NYPDnews reading @CripsGuy1′s unfortunate RT announcing said event. [NY Daily News]
How to Make Ice Cream with Liquid Nitrogen
NO. No. The only ice cream of the future I have room for in my life comes in dot form, and you dip it, and that’s final. Also Richard Blais does this better than any of the rest of us could ever hope to. [Village Voice]
Left Behind is our daily collection of chaff things we didn’t think was quite good enough to post on its own, and why.
Matt L
Friday, August 26, 2011 at 4:55 PMTeens who use facebook are more likely to be wasted… Reasons? I have a few
1. The term “Social Drinking” has been pumped into our heads since early school. And the term “Social Networking” is directly related to said statement. So, our heads are already relating social networking with social drinking. Ha, true!
2. People are more comfortable at parties with people they know. Facebook allows you to easily get to know a lot more people you wouldn’t normally get to know.
3. Everyone uses Facebook. Everyone drinks. (Except me, I don’t drink alcohol except in super special occasions, and although I technically use facebook, I only have one person on my friends list, because there are too many drunkards on facebook).
sean
Saturday, August 27, 2011 at 2:33 AMWhy do you use Facebook if you only have 1 friend on it?? Stalking other people??