Samudra from the Oregon zoo is just too cute.

These inspirations for the sea serpent myth can apparently grow up to 15 meters. More infos on Wikipedia.

• MIT students turn internet into a sixth human sense (Wired)
• Wired further reports that the digital overload is frying our brains
• And Wired also has an article on the Action Figure Museum in Oklahoma where nerd’s dreams come true
• CIO magazine’s case against cloud computing
• Pew Internet’s report on Twitter and status updating shows that ‘… 11% of online American adults said they used a service like Twitter or another service that allowed them to share updates about themselves or to see the updates of others.’
  
• Tjoos is here to help you get discounts when shopping online, similar to RetailMeNot
• Possible link between dam and China quake (NYT)
• Be close to the musicians in the Berliner Philharmoniker’s Digital Concert Hall (there’s a concert on tonight at 8pm GMT+1)
• Lingerie manufacturer Agent Provocateur is leveraging social media again, this time around with a blog and on Twitter
• The aXXo files – an article about the interwebs most famous pirate who just ripped his 1000th DVD
• Get some insights into your sex life with Bedpost
• Web analytics thoughts on bounce rates and engagement
• 5 insights into allocating digital dollars
• 2 big satellites collide 500 miles over Siberia
• Last but not least the research you’ve been waiting for: Dog-show watchers buy pet supplies online

An epic shot from the tragic Victorian bushfires. The koala that was later named Sam stopped to quickly drink three bottles of water before getting herself some first aid for her burnt paws at a wildlife shelter. Full story at The Australian. Of course you can be useful too and make an online donation at the website of the Australian Red Cross.

Good stuff. Should sink them next time.

• 10 privacy settings Facebook users should know about
• Create your own Obamicon
• Doodle, a great and simple tool to schedule an event, will save you heaps of back and forth with your peers
• A new iPhone app allowing you access to your Google Anayltics data and via Stanza you can access Google’s Book Search
• Jakob Nielsen looks at 25 years of Macintosh’s UI (make sure you subscribe to his newsletter)
• Great research papers about the advertising industry on Futurelab’s site
• Agency clients slash budgets 20% or more, digital only bright spot
• Autoblog reports that Citroen will bring back the epic DS
• Some computer scientists think it’s time to rethink the internet
• Time to update your Google Earth app to the latest version so you can explore the oceans
• 2 weird sites:World Superhero Registry and Skull-A-Day
• Scientists found fossils of a 13m long snake
• Brilliant post about merging traditional and digital agencies
• Pew/Internet’s report on Generations Online in 2009
• The WEF in Davos is over but make sure you check out their social media portal as it’s a great case study on how engagement can happen
• Eyeblaster introduces Smart Versioning to optimise digital ads on the fly
• Last but not least you have to check out KitKat’s (Have a break, have a…) website thefirstworldwidewebsitewerenothinghappens.com

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