50 Things We Don’t Do Anymore Due to Technology

A study conducted by Mozy last year found that technology is replacing many of the tasks that have been mainstays in our lives for years. When you consider the telecom industry, for example, when was the last time you looked something up in a phone book? Or used a phone book? Sure, they have 50 listings for party clowns for your 8-year-old’s birthday party, but isn’t it just faster to search online? Have you or your children ever called to hear “At the sound of the tone, the time will be 4:13 PM”? 

Technology is making life easier, faster, more accurate, and more personal. Take a stroll down memory lane with us and review 50 of the things we don’t do (or maybe have never done) thanks to technology.

Courtesy of: Mozy

2012 top moments in LEGO !

The top 10 moments of 2012 recreated in LEGO! See Usain Bolt win the 100m, PSY dance Gangnam Style, Queen Elizabeth II celebrate her Diamond Jubilee and more !

Google Ventures 2012: year in review

"In 2012 Google Ventures grew across the board: our fund grew to $300 million per year, our team grew to 60 people, and the number of companies we've funded grew to over 150."

The Big Internet Museum

The Big Internet Museum, le premier musée au monde entièrement dédié à internet, vient d'être lancé. Il s'agit d'un musée digital fonctionnant sur le même principe qu'un musée traditionnel, avec des conservateurs et des collections permanentes.

L'histoire et les définitions d'internet sont expliquées et illustrées. Le design sobre et efficace, ainsi que la facilité de navigation sont particulièrement réussis.

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Common Physics Misconceptions

Just because to our eyes the Earth looks flat, velocities look like they simply add together, and light looks like it doesn’t attract gravitationally, is that an excuse to mislead ourselves and our children about the true nature of things?

NASA | Earth at Night

In daylight our big blue marble is all land, oceans and clouds. But the night - is electric. This view of Earth at night is a cloud-free view from space as acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership Satellite (Suomi NPP).

Dave Brubeck est décédé à l'âge de 92 ans

Le pianiste de jazz américain Dave Brubeck est décédé d'un arrêt cardiaque mercredi 5 décembre à la veille de son 92e anniversaire. Le jazzman avait connu la gloire dans les années 50 avec "Take five", tube planétaire enregistré avec son fameux quartette.

The Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress

If you’re a music historian or just love music, you need to check out a set of interviews now available via streaming from the Library of Congress.

More than 25 years ago, retired music executive Joe Smith accomplished a Herculean feat—he got more than 200 celebrated singers, musicians and industry icons to talk about their lives, music, experiences and contemporaries. In 2012 Smith donated this treasure trove of unedited sound recordings to the nation’s library.

They include Artie Shaw, Woody Herman, Ray Charles, Barbra Streisand, Little Richard, Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Elton John, Paul Simon, David Bowie, Billy Joel, Sting, Tony Bennett, Joan Baez, James Taylor, Dick Clark, Tina Turner, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Quincy Jones, David Geffen, Mickey Hart, Harry Belafonte..

The Rise of Data Science in the Age of Big Data Analytics

The reason why Big Data is important is because we want to use it to make sense of our world. It's tempting to think there's some "magic bullet" for analyzing big data, but simple "data distillation" often isn't enough, and unsupervised machine-learning systems can be dangerous (Like, bringing-down-the-entire-financial-system dangerous). 

Data Science is the key to unlocking insight from Big Data: by combining computer science skills with statistical analysis and a deep understanding of the data and problem we can not only make better predictions, but also fill in gaps in our knowledge, and even find answers to questions we hadn't even thought of yet.

The Psychology Of Music [Infographic]

University of Florida Masters in Music Education