OK, Deeder wins Trivia #3: indeed I was talking to Gabe Rivera (founder of techmeme.com) who holds a PhD from the University of Maryland on "Compiler Optimizations for Avoiding Cache Conflict Misses"
So Trivia #4 : where was this picture taken from... (I need the URL site :)
and yes, we're testing Google Search ...
In this video (find it :) I'm talking to a person. I need to know what the subject of the final academic paper of this person was :)
AND CONGRATS to Amnesic who found that quizz#2 were boats outside the Panama Canal :) Well done ! Please let us know how you thought about finding the right solution (it's in the middle, by the top of this screenshot)
Huge congratulations to Franck Zayan who found who was the person in the previous quizz I'm totally amazed that he found it in only 15 minutes (I called him up to understand how he did it !). He might care to tell us how in a reply here. In the meantime he wins a vpod.tv T-Shirt :)
So the person in the picture was the famous Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen.
Quizz #2 : where was this shot taken (I need Lat. and Long. coordinates on Google Earth :)
I was recently thinking what my favourite sites on the Internet were. I choose a mix of time spent on each site, and absolute usefulness. Here they go:
1) Wikipedia : I'm totally amazed at the quality of this service, and I use it basically several times a day to check on a fact, a definition, background info. Thumbs UP. My main source for the world's History now.
2) Google Earth: I used to pay for Keyhole, the original service before Google acquired it. I still love it, and I find the layers on top of it, APIs, zooming facilities extraordinary. Hopefully it will expand into more features (better manipulation of the maps, higher quality everywhere).
3) Techmeme : this site created by Gabe Rivera has been my start page for the past 14 months now. I don't use any of the so-called "start pages" services, and only use this one. This has replaced all my news sites, as I've stopped reading blogs.
4) Google Search : the key to finding anything on the net. I've tried using other services from competing companies, it's my favourite.
5) twitter : the new comer. I've been a member of several networking services for years : LinkedIn, A smallworld, facebook, plaxo, Xing, etc. I've never found a real value in them. With this service I keep in touch with my close friends, contacts, and love this new chat system. I check it at least twice a day to catch up.
Runner ups :
* for music: last.fm, Pandora, Rhapsody
* email: I use Apple's Mail + Thunderbird (I check 3 times a day)
* IM : Skype is my favourite, although I don't use voice that much.
So to illustrate the new found interest of the net, here's a little quizz, I'll be updating with a new question as soon as you find the answer.
Can anyone tell me who this person is, and what would have made this person worthwhile mentioning :) ?
