People, Machines, Designed, We're all living in the future yada yada

None of these are from really enigmatic sources just the usual channels. But, for some reason I'm blown away with the stuff in them this week.

"What they know" is a pretty nifty and well done explanation of tracking devices (of the software nature not james bond nature) cookies, beacons and yummiest of all flash cookies. One thing that was annoying was upon returning to the site for the second time I couldn't click around till I'd gone through the intro tutorial again. Come on I'm from the click first ask questions later generation.
http://blogs.wsj.com/wtk/
Found via NPR

Speaking of Public Radio there's this

ha, funny

Illustrated Map of the History of Sci-Fi
http://www.boingboing.net/2011/03/09/wondrous-detailed-ma.html


This is a little too cutesy, but really interesting with the language and the fully wired house that will not doubt consume his family at some point

What your favorite classic rock band says about you
E.G. Led Zeppelin: The first three things you smoked were banana peels, catnip, and poppies, in that order.