Tai Mingshen

I’m skeptical of the results from many of the instruments that claim to measure a person’s personality traits. An article about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in The Skeptics Dictionary discusses the theory and limitations of this test.

I attended a very interesting First Tuesday meeting in Bergen yesterday, where the theme was social networking trends. The speakers were:

Rune Røsten, managing director of Nettby, one of Norway’s largest social networks.

Jill Walker Rettberg, who is an associate professor at the University of Bergen and research blogger. Jill has provided a summary of her presentation on her blog, jilltxt.net.

Kjetil Manheim, an advisor on digital services and manager of Tarantell Innsikt. His presentation is available on SlideShare.

Dumb Little Man has posted an article, The Pros and Cons of Drinking Beer which concludes, with references to research studies, that drinking beer is probably good for you as long as it’s done in moderation.

[Via: Dumb Little Man]

Following up from my previous posting, this application has become my favourite blogging editor after problem-free use since installation. Windows Live Writer 2008 even supports WordPress tags. However, you have to use the Keywords field, not Insert Tags, for them to be stored in the WordPress database.

There are a number of excellent plug-ins available; I’m currently using Text Template and Polaroid Picture, available on Windows Live Gallery.

Unlimited downloads of free, legal music! There are 6200+ albums by 3700+ artists on jamendo. The artists allow everyone to download and share their music.

These applications are so useful! I use them on a memory stick, together with other favourite apps that do not require installation, to avoid having to install the same programs on all of my home/work PCs.

Flight Wait provides an indication of flight delays at airports in the USA.

See my previous posting on real-time commercial flight trackers for details on individual flights.

Open Source Living is a nice archive of Open Source software. Although not an extensive list, the 130 references are popular and widely recognized as quality software.

A video of Ray Venezia, a third-generation butcher and one of the biggest turkey purveyors in New York City, demonstrating how to carve a turkey.

[Via: The New York Times]

I’ve just come across Songza, which is a website hosting a very cool search engine and music player. It seems to be a mashup for searching music videos on YouTube. Type in the name of a band or song and Sonza provides a short list of matching search results. When you click on a song, you can play it directly by streaming, add it to an easily organized playlist, watch the YouTube video, copy the link or share it via an email or your website.