Facebook Lite -- I Like!!

We just broke the news earlier tonight that Facebook (Facebook) is launching a newer, simplified version of the Facebook platform, called Facebook Lite. This news comes only a day after Facebook made its blockbuster acquisition of FriendFeed and rolled out its Realtime Facebook Search. You may be asking yourself “what the heck is Facebook Lite?” or maybe “why would Facebook launch a stripped-down version of its website?” We’re here to answer those questions, and we have screenshots of the new Facebook Lite to help us out.

1. What is Facebook Lite?

A: It is a completely stripped-down version of the Facebook platform. From what we can tell, it is almost like a Twitter (Twitter) stream: you can see your most recent status updates and the updates of your friends. There is a left-hand navigation with four main categories: Wall, Info, Friends, and Photos & Videos. It does little more than that.

2. What does Facebook Lite look like?

A: Here is what we believe to be a screenshot of Facebook Lite, courtesy of Hacker News (Hacker News):

Very stripped down, very basic, very reminiscient of Twitter and FriendFeed (FriendFeed).

3. Is this Facebook integrating with FriendFeed?

A: Most likely not. The deal is still new to integrate their technologies in this way, and we’re hearing reports that these tests have been ongoing for the last 2-3 days. That would put its development well before the FriendFeed acquisition

4. What’s the point of Facebook Lite?

A: Speculation says it’s a direct assault on Twitter. Facebook continues to find ways to make itself competitive with Twitter. This is why Facebook has been launching features such as public profiles, profile fans, public status updates, and realtime search. Twitter is simple, so Facebook’s fighting back with the same.

However, we don’t know for sure. They may just be making a speedier version for slow connections. We’ll find out more from the Facebook team soon.

5. How can I access it?

A: It’s a limited test for only a subset of users. The fact that thousands, if not millions of users got the test notice was a bug. Most likely Facebook will open up the test to more users very soon, especially since everybody now knows about it.

Source: Ben Parr of Mashable

The Thai Massage and My Happy Ending

Join me on my trip to Thailand as I explore the inner workings and happy endings (yeah really!) of the Thai massage.

Experiment #10: Ten Bottles Performed Live

Ten bottles of Diet Coke and over fifty Mentos mints in a live choreographed fountain!

Extreme Diet Coke & Mentos Experiments

What happens when you mix 200 liters of Diet Coke and over 500 Mentos mints? The results are completely insane!!!

My Fave Google Page of the Day

Whatever this means, I find it cool!

Meteor my way!

I'll be out meteor watching tonight.

PARIS (AFP) - - The night sky will sparkle with "falling stars" on Tuesday and Wednesday as Earth passes through a trail of dusty debris from the Swift-Tuttle Comet, say scientists.

The light show, called the Perseid meteor shower, kicks off each year in late-July and increases in intensity, peaking a couple of weeks later.

On a clear night in a dark sky "you should see dozens of meteors per hour," notes Bill Cooke of NASA's Meteoroid Environment Office.

East Asia is best placed to see the shower at its most intense moment, which is predicted for 1800 GMT on August 12, according to the US publication Sky and Telescope (skyandtelescope.com).

The meteors are also active for many days before and after this date, though the light reflected by a waning quarter moon may obstruct the view somewhat.

The Perseids occur when Earth runs into a trail of dust and pebbles deposited by the comet Swift-Tuttle in its 130-year orbit around the Sun.

This debris strikes the upper atmosphere at around 60 kilometers (37 miles) per second, a speed that causes it to burn up into a white-hot streaks. Bigger chunks can be seen as fireballs.

Meteor showers vary from year to year, depending on the amount of debris.

In the early 1990s, there were several spectacular Perseid shows, with bursts of several hundred meteors per hour.

Meteors are named after the constellation from which they seem to appear -- in this case, Perseus, a northern constellation lying east of Cassiopeia and north of Taurus.

Source: Yahoo news.

Psp addicts in Singapore

PSPs are getting so popular here in Singapore that everywhere you go, you'll see kids, teens and adults getting so hook in it.
Latest in my survey, I just found out another age bracket is screaming not to be left out.
To my surprise,
who says psp is just for kids?






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