Add This rocks

Today I want to mention a terrific new FREE service called Add This. By installing it on your site you provide viewers with a quick & easy way to share your site with their friends and social networks. Additionally Add This offers a control panel which allows you to see what your viewers are using it for. Many sites are using it and the integration with Twitter is particularly awesome. Try it out right now, you’ll see the Share button in the sidebar on the right. Let me know if you’re interested in adding it to your site.

Check out Wave – the future of communication

Google unveiled Wave at it’s I/O conference in late May. Wave is the mind-blowing multimedia, nonlinear evolution of email. Rather than a static message model that emulates real world mail, Wave works asynchronously and enables group editability. Instead of confusing lengthy email threads, conversations will be much more like talking face to face in that participants exchange information instantly and in a nonlinear format called Wavelengths. It is being developed by Lars and Jens Rasmussen. Who are they? Just the brothers who brought us Google maps! Check out the developer’s demo. It’s lenghty but worth it -  Wave!

Large Hadron Collider Rap

Hysterical rap overview of the large Hadron Collider by Kate McAlpine:

Illegaly detained? Maybe Twitter can help.

Freed Student uses Twitter to demand translator’s release.
(CNN)– James Karl Buck, An American student who used a microblog site to free himself from an Egyptian jail,  is harnessing the Web’s power again — this time to demand the release of his translator.

Buck hasn’t always had unwavering faith in social networking. He used to shy away from Web sites like MySpace, Twitter or Facebook, but his detention overseas and networking online for Maree (the translator) have changed his mind for good.

“What this shows us is that we the people can harness an incredible power against oppressors by simply communicating with each other,” Buck said. “It shows the power in unity through technology.”

See a charmingly dorky guy explain how Twitter works.

From the Bizarre Gadgets Department: Blood Vial Jewelry

This vaguely disturbing DIY memento hit my radar today. Maybe it’s the celebrity cache of Billy Bob & Angelina’s lovestruck jewelry, or perhaps it’s another step towards mass customization. Now that we’re buying and selling body parts, maybe we’re just intrigued with the value (sentimental or cash) of our physical bodies? Either way, it’s quite a conversation piece whether filled with synthetic blood, tears (extra yucky if you ask me), or the real deal. I like how the video sales dude suggests adding anti-coagulant. Thanks for the tip!

I hate to think of the marketing opportunities – would you buy Elvis blood if you could? Okay, but what about Paris? I think she could sell a few. Who can forget the vial of biological ABBA treasure purchased in Priscilla Queen of the Desert? Shudder.