Search Green Moon Death

Posted by Kenneth Ronkowitz on


I end up with a lot of bits and pieces of things that I wanted to blog about and don't have the time, so here are 4 WebCetera entries that might interest you.

1) SEARCH If you use Wikipedia but aren't satisfied with it's simple search box, try http://wikiseek.com - a more advanced way to search Wikipedia.

2) GREEN Looking to buy a hybrid car? I'm thinking about it. This site was the best one I came across for comparison, buying tips and specs and it includes a wiki and forums so that you can read other users/buyers/owners opinions. http://greenhybrid.com

3. MOON You used Google maps, but have you looked at the Google moon map? Driving directions are tough to get, but zoom in to max power... it's just as we always suspected.

4. DEATH A professor at the Baylor College of Medicine, has started an Net service called Deathswitch that allows users to send e-mail messages after their death. (I'm assuming that he HAS tenure.)

"You've got mail."
It costs $19.95 per year to reserve e-mail messages to be delivered only after your death. As creepy as that sounds, there are some practical applications: sending your significat other those computer passwords, where the safety-deposit keys are hiding, a final love letter, one last memo to the boss...

I'm not super-confident of its death-detection though. It would automatically send me a message every week or so to check that I'm still alive. (There is a "I'm just away on vacation mode" you can use - just don't die while you're vacationing!) If it doesn't get an answer it switches to “worry mode” and starts increasing the frequency of messages (sounds like spam to the dead) and eventually declares the customer dead. Out go the reserved emails. I'm thinking there might be some design flaws in Deathswitch, but points for originality.

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