There’s a little “web tool” from Kagi (the independent search engine) called Small Web and it’s a great way to discover active bloggers that you might not have otherwise stumbled upon.
The concept is simple and very similar to StumbleUpon in it’s heyday:
Imagine the internet like a huge neighborhood. There’s a lot of folks around, but we rarely bump into each other, right?
Kagi’s all about humanizing the web and we want to help surface the people behind the posts and stories that zip by. This less known corner of the web is also known as the “small web”.
Hit ‘Next Post’ to read something new. We only show posts from the last seven days to keep it fresh. And yep, this whole thing is open-source. Oh, and no JavaScript on our end.
About — Kagi Small Web
So, bookmark the site, add it to your favourites, pin it to your speed dial – whatever the term is nowadays for remembering to visit a website regularly. And don’t forget to leave a comment on any interesting blogs you’ve read!
Some weeks you can feel like you can do a lot but have nothing to show for it. This week almost feels like one of those weeks. I have been busy, but I can’t tell you what I’ve done. And not because I am keeping it a secret.
This weekend is coming to a close. Amid meeting friends and volunteering at the Red Cross, we managed to clean the apartment, put up some picture frames and take a nice walk through Oslo.
Here’s a round up of things that have happened elsewhere:
Planting trees in Australia
Ecosia, the search engine that promises to plant trees around the globe, is putting 100% of it’s profits from this Thursday towards planting native, subtropical trees in the Byron Bay area of Australia.
All the details of the initiative are on the Ecosia blog. If you needed an excuse to move away from Google, at least for a day, there isn’t a better reason. Try it now.
℃opy ⅋ Ƥaste
Do you often need a special character in your writing, but you don’t know the secret keyboard shortcut? You need CopyChar. Just click or tap on a character and it will be copied to your clipboard.
I used to use CopyPasteCharacter for the same job, but they use Flash player and that’s dead wood.
The crown prince of Saudi Arabia showcases elite hacking skills
Apparently, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad bin Salman, sent an infected WhatsApp video to the world’s richest book store owner, Jeff Bezos. You might also know him as the big boss man of Amazon or Washington Post owner.
Should you care? Probably not. But you should probably care about your own digital security and privacy. You can get some great tips and tricks from privacytools.io.
EU look to ban face-recognition technology
According to a white-paper draft obtained by Politico, the EU are looking to ban the use of facial recognition technology in public spaces for the next five years. This would allow time for the introduction of proper regulation.
Google and Microsoft representatives have slightly different opinions on the issue. Coincidentally, Microsoft sells such technology to government agencies.
Pause before you begin
As we race towards the end of January, maybe it’s a good time for some reflection of the 11 months ahead. 99u have pulled together a guide based around 6 key areas of assessment based on a model published in 1976 by Dr. Bill Hettler.
