It’s been an running joke at digg for a while now. Each new Top 10 story would get the inevitable comment of :”Now, we only need a Top 10 of Top 10s and everything would be perfect.” The wait is over: here is that Top 10, in no particular order…

1. Top 10 Accidental discoveries: Wired ranked Viagra, LSD and X-rays as their 3 best accidental discoveries
2. Top 10 Free Time-Wasting Sites: Open this link with extreme caution. Enough said.
3. Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations: I want that Lego Pinball Machine… Some people have WAY too much time in their hands.
4. Top 10 Wierdest Keyboards: The Virtual Laser Keyboard has been around for a while, but here are some new and/or more obscure ones for you pleasure.
5. Top 10 Things that are not taught in Design School: A nice post summarising why design school is good, but not enough. Very interesting read.
6. Top 10 OpenSource Web Designs: Let’s stay in design for a while and take a quick glimpse at the top 10 designs downloaded today on Open Web Design.
7. Top 10 strangest iPod accessories: In case you need an iBed or an iVibrator…
8. Top 10 System Administrator Truths: Sound advice such as “Printers suck” and “Backups are crucial”. There are less obvious things too, and not far from the Real Truth
9. Top 10 Science Pictures of 2005: The BBC runs this selection once a year, and it’s always fun to watch. The descriptions are useful too!
10. Top 10 Crazy Science Things You Didn’t Know: With a name like this, it’s hard to miss. It has some nice things in it, though such as “You can Hypnotize Chickens “, “Don’t laugh too much, it can kill you ” and “Your hand can have a life of it’s own ” all with basic explainations.

An honorable mention goes to techEblog, who runs regularly some of the wierdest and imaginative top 10s known to man.

July 22nd, 2006 | Internet | 38 comments

This morning the social-news website digg lauched the version 3.0 of their service. It marks their first step outside the relams of technology news, where they were focusing before. The stories are now divided into 6 containers, which can all be subdivided into smaller categories:

• Technology
• Science
• World & Buisness
• Entertainement
• Videos
• Gaming

What is really nice is that they give the user the possibility to customize which stories are appearing on the main page. The new design also puts a stronger emphasis on the friends you have on digg, with the addition of the “Agreed On” column in the friends panel. It shows stories that you might like based on the fact that two (or more!) people in your friend list have dugg the same story.

Some new features will roll out in mid-july, such as the so-called “Digg-spy-on-crack” and “Digg-incoming”. Both present new way of visualizing the flow of information on the site. Check the latest diggnation podcast for a live demo.

June 26th, 2006 | Internet | No comments