Bing Your Britain blogger competition
Last weekend I was invited to an all day blogger competition on behalf of the popular Microsoft search engine, Bing.
As photography plays such a central role on the Bing home page, the team at Bing decided it’d be a good idea to send everyone off on a crazy, all day photography competition!
Sony Wants You! $10,000 Scholarship up for Grabs
Contrary to popular belief, there are more than a few girl gamers out there, serving up their own brand of pwnage with a smile. When it comes to game development, women continue to be an underrepresented segment of the industry. Sony Online Entertainment is doing their part to remedy the situation with the G.I.R.L. scholarship.
The G.I.R.L. (Gamers In Real Life) program was created to affect how women are portrayed in video games. And there’s no better way to change the machine than to work from within. In conjunction with the program there is also a scholarship was created with the express purpose of recruiting into the fields of video game production and design.
Cast Your Vote for Computer Engineer Barbie
Now that geeks are considered sexy, we techies are finally being appreciated for our sparkling intellect, and almost obsessional love of tech. In my mind, we were always sexy, but it just took mainstream society awhile to catch on. Now one of our most treasured mainstream childhood icons might be getting in on the geek sexy angle.
Mattel creator of the iconic Barbie doll is asking people to vote on the dolls next career. Since her debut in 1959, Barbie has had over 120 careers. She’s been an astronaut, a rock star, and a veterinarian. Hey, she has to pay off the mortgage for that dream house and Ferrari somehow.
Listed among the possible careers is computer engineer. I can think of no better way to show the next generation the coolness of tech than presenting some lucky youngster with a shiny ne “Computer Engineer” Barbie. Please lend your vote and let’s initiate Barbie into our ultra-cool society of tech.
The results on the voting will be available on February 12. So vote and keep your fingers crossed.
Via CrunchGear
The new PBS NewsHour: Pick and choose the news to use
The PBS NewsHour is undergoing major remodeling. That’s good news for US newshounds who need more than a flood of celebrity gossip followed by 20-second snippets of real news but don’t have time to watch an hour-long broadcast every evening.
The NewsHour has beefed up its online presence in a major way and also embraced podcasts, RSS feeds, Facebook, and Twitter. Even if you don’t own a TV, you can keep up with the NewsHour’s in-depth treatment of the day’s news automagically.
Listen to interviews with movers and shakers and the smart folks who analyze their moves and shakes, Paul Solman’s lucid explanations of what’s up (and down!) in the financial world, international news from all over, plus thoughtful looks at current issues like health care reform, the environment, the arts….life, the universe, and everything.
There’s way more here than the NewsHour folks are able to cram into their daily hour on TV, but it’s served cafeteria-style, so you can pick and choose just what news you can use. And there are extras like special material for teachers to bring to their classrooms.
Wardrobe Made Simple by Shmotter.com
Okay, it’s almost time to start switching from our fall gear into our winter wear. Are you wondering whether those slouchy boots clash with that bag or if you can get away with wearing leggings under that dress? Before you shell out a small fortune making potential fashion faux pas, mayhaps you should pay a visit to Shmotter.com.
A new web startup, Shmotter is your own personal lookbook. Populated with clothes and accessories from a large selection of retailers, the site allows fashion mavens to put a look together without the hassle of running from store to store like a mad woman. Just select the piece of clothing or fashion accoutrement you want to sort through using the available tab to select from tops, dresses, bags, etc.
When you’ve find the piece you’re looking for simply drag it over to the left side of the screen to add to part of your look and rinse, wash, and repeat until you’ve created your look. And since sometimes you really need a second opinion, you can save your outfit to your profile and have the Shmotter community vote on your wardrobe to determine whether it’s a fashion hit or miss. (The outfit that you’re viewing in the pic is one I put together. I call it Dark and Stormy. Thoughts?)
