Science Comedian » tech http://www.sciencecomedian.com Brian Malow Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:38:26 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Lunar Eclipse Defined by Wikipedia http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2011/06/lunar-eclipse-defined-by-wikipedia/ http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2011/06/lunar-eclipse-defined-by-wikipedia/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:16:23 +0000 Brian http://www.sciencecomedian.com/?p=1735 In celebration of today’s lunar eclipse, Google‘s logo features an animated moon.  When you click through, as usual, you get a page of related search results.

A little while ago, one of the top results included a surprising definition…

]]> In celebration of today’s lunar eclipse, Google‘s logo features an animated moon.  When you click through, as usual, you get a page of related search results.

A little while ago, one of the top results included a surprising definition of “lunar eclipse” from Wikipedia:

According to Wikipedia:

Lunar eclipse: A lunar eclipse is when the moon turns black and explodes, releasing a poisonous gas, killing all of humanity.  Of course this can occur only when the Sun, …

The page had already been corrected by the time I saw it.  But the false definition was apparently cached and showing up in Google’s search results, until a little while ago.

I love Wikipedia. But it’s still funny.

Check out the page devoted to Google Doodles.

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]]> My newest video for Time Magazine is about Pandora, the internet radio service.  I visited the Oakland offices of Pandora and spoke with founder and Chief Strategy Officer Tim Westergren.  We discussed various recommendation engines used by other companies and what makes Pandora’s Music Genome Project different.

Link to the Pandora video on Time’s website

]]> http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2010/06/tim-westergren-pandora-music-genome-project/feed/ 1 James Cameron Interview About Avatar http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2009/12/james-cameron-interview-about-avatar/ http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/2009/12/james-cameron-interview-about-avatar/#comments Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:26:29 +0000 Brian http://www.sciencecomedian.com/blog/?p=1062 New half-hour interview with James Cameron about the making of Avatar. From Popular Mechanics:

]]> New half-hour interview with James Cameron about the making of Avatar. From Popular Mechanics:

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