With Facebook fully incorporating hashtags in the latest iteration of the dominant social network, hashtags have become an unparalleled form of communication over the interwebs. Whether they’re being used in place of sentences, in addition to phrases or simply for comic effect, it’s hard to scroll down the news feed Read More…
Tucked in an unassuming neighborhood in a district two miles southwest of the UC Berkeley campus, the “world’s safest” house stands boldly. And so does Eugene Tssui, a Cal alumnus and the house’s architect. In the past 20 years, the pair has challenged conventional wisdom and defied architecture’s status quo. Buying Read More…
You know all that daydreaming you do? It could be making you unhappy — at least, that’s what Matt Killingsworth’s findings suggest. His Harvard doctoral research, which tracked the day-to-day emotions of 15,000 participants, found that a wandering mind causes unhappiness. What’s more is that it doesn’t matter what you’re thinking Read More…
The classic “Why did the chicken cross the road?” joke seems to impress upon us time and time again the stupidity of our feathery friends. To get to the other side? That’s the dumbest reason we’ve ever heard. The chicken could have just stayed on the same side of the Read More…
Name: Awesome New Tab Page Platform: Google Chrome Price: Free Mission: Enhance your New Tab page with ultimate customizability and power. Clog rating: “Awesome, like you.” While the tagline is definitely high in flattery, the product certainly delivers. It falls into a category of extensions that people often overlook — Read More…
Sure, Twitter is a great place to browse through headlines, stay up to date on important news and disseminate revolutionary ideas. But we at the Clog think that a home page full of news sources alone can be quite depressing. What you just read might be the ultimate first-world problem. Read More…
Name: momenTOGO Platform: iOS Price: Free Description: Capture the moment and share your memory Today our spotlight turns to Fred Scarf, one of our very own Berkeley students in Interdisciplinary Studies, who has spent eight months creating momenTOGO for the iPhone. Upon seeing a close friend succumb to cancer at Read More…
“Would you rather win the lottery or become a paraplegic?” That’s the question that Harvard psychology professor Dan Gilbert opens with on his TED Talk, and as it turns out, it may not matter for your happiness: After one year, both paraplegics and lottery winners were equally happy. Strange, huh? Read More…
Have you ever played a dating simulation game before? We at the Clog are aware that you’re not going to admit it if you have, but there is no denying that playing one can be sort of be fun … well, until you remember that none of it is real Read More…
Name: Auto AirBears Platform: Google Chrome Price: Free Mission: “Automatically logs into AirBears” The dorms’ wireless service, ResComp, kicks you off the Internet at the conclusion of four hours online and requires you to enter your username and password every time. AirBears, the campus’s Wi-Fi, makes you log on every Read More…
