Internet stories

Website translates text into images — time to call in sick

Eileen Marable
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 - 8:15am
 
If you were dazzled when the Internet brought you the site that turned your words into pirate or pimp speak, you are going to have fully prepare yourself for the awesomeness that is a site that translates your words into images from the result of a Google Images search. The site, called The Image Language, is kind of like reverse charades.

After 244 years, Encyclopaedia Britannica goes all digital

Eileen Marable
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 - 7:28am
 
When you mention the Encyclopaedia Britannica to people over 30 they will likely recall memories of pouring through one of its volumes to finish all kinds of grade school projects. The reference books that have been a cornerstone of living rooms and libraries for 244 years announced yesterday it will cease printing and will live on entirely in its online and digital ventures.

Google ready to lay thousands of miles of fiber in Kansas City

Travis Andrews
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 1:28pm
 
I've long been jealous of Kansas City (it has more fountains than any other city besides Rome!), and my reasons for jealousy have grown: Google is finally ready to install "thousands of miles of" fiber optic cable between the two Kansas Cities as part of its Google Fiber network. This means faster Internet speeds, which is even more important in our post-SOPA world (a whole two weeks later).

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