BBC: What’s Happened Since You Were Born?
This should be in every classroom. Enter in your date of birth, gender and height and see what has been happening on Earth since you’ve been born.
Live Polar Bear Cam
Explore.com has set up a really cool polar bear livestream.
Make Your Own OS X Yosemite USB Installer
Learn how to create your own USB installer disk for OS X Yosemite.
NYT: How Apple’s Siri Became One Autistic Boy’s B.F.F.
Judith Newman writes in the New York Times on how Siri is able to help her 13-year-old autistic son Gus indulge himself in all his information-rich queries.
LEGO Ends Shell Partnership
Greenpeace’s viral campaign has prompted LEGO to not renew £68M deal with Shell.
Terms of Service: Didn’t Read
“Terms of Service: Didn’t Read aims at creating a transparent and peer-reviewed process to rate and analyse Terms of Service and Privacy Policies in order to create a rating from Class A to Class E.”
Gravity Simulator
Click to add particle. Click and drag to specify velocity vector.
Google Apps for Education Users to Get Unlimited Storage
Due to be rolled out in the next few weeks, Google Apps for Education users will receive a substantial storage boost from 30GB to Unlimited through ‘Drive for Education’.
Should Teachers Be Using Minecraft in the Classroom?
“Looking at the faces of these young men as they explain why Minecraft needs to be in the classroom says it all.”