January 31, 2006
Google Missed: I told you so :)
http://www.awadallah.com/blog/2006/01/31/google-missed-i-told-you-so/
wherein Arm gets to gloat a bit
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
IE7 Beta has Y! Search as Default
http://www.siliconvalleysleuth.com/2006/01/ie7s_do_no_evil.html
"Microsoft also deserves credit for making Yahoo and not MSN Search the default search engine." Is that a way of flipping off Google while they fix MSN Search?
Posted by jzawodn at
04:47 PM
The Online Storage Gang
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/31/the-online-storage-gang/
I've said it once and I'll say it again. WATCH THIS SPACE. It's going to be big.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:46 PM
Unhappy? That's rich . . .
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7-2016859,00.html
"Experiences, on the other hand, become more valuable to us as time goes on. Their charm does not wear off but increases as experience is central to our identity."
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
What do newspapers do????
http://blog.topix.net/archives/000094.html
"The newspaper of the future needs to fight for audience –- fight for its life, before someone comes and takes it from them."
Posted by jzawodn at
01:00 PM
Some printable paper rulers
http://www.vendian.org/mncharity/dir3/paper_rulers/
kick ass! now I can print rules whenever I need one
Posted by jzawodn at
12:47 PM
Yahoo programmer say Google to miss earnings forecast
http://money.cnn.com/2006/01/31/technology/browser0131/index.htm
Amr got himself all famous on the internets!
Posted by jzawodn at
12:46 PM
MaxScratch
http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/001117.php
for those "hard to scratch" areas I guess
Posted by jzawodn at
12:24 PM
Google's Ishtar Moment
http://techdirt.com/articles/20060131/0940200_F.shtml
"It's Google's big sellout moment. It goes against everything they represented -- something they're now trying to explain away with doubletalk and a quick rewrite of history."
Posted by jzawodn at
12:23 PM
Why Reboot?
http://www.exodus-dev.com/products/WhyReboot/
WhyReboot is a small (60KB) Windows application that displays a list of pending file operations that will occur after rebooting your computer. This is useful in determining why an installer has notified you that a reboot is needed.
Posted by jzawodn at
07:23 AM
January 30, 2006
Interview with the world's laziest man
http://www.svabhinava.org/friends/PaulWilson/LaziestMan-frame.html
"I absolutely refuse to work--have not, will not work. It's a waste of time. It's a waste of life. It's just a waste on every level, and it's the wrong way to be successful."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:23 PM
How To Sync Yahoo PIM, iCal & Address Book?
http://gigaom.com/2006/01/30/how-to-sync-yahoo-pim-ical-address-book/
my phone can't do any of this fancy stuff
Posted by jzawodn at
05:46 PM
Have you noticed....
http://www.grayhatnews.com/node/294
I have noticed many of those things...
Posted by jzawodn at
05:23 PM
MSN Falls Farther Behind
http://www.internetoutsider.com/2006/01/msn_falls_farth.html
"it is becoming clearer that, far from being a credible Google challenger, MSN isn't even in the same league." Shocker!
Posted by jzawodn at
05:23 PM
AOL Is Selling Access To Your Inbox
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/01/aol_is_selling_.html
"AOL announced that they are "phasing out" their enhanced whitelist program and forcing commercial mailers to use Goodmail if they want their mail to get through to inboxes."
Posted by jzawodn at
05:00 PM
Stumbling Tourist Smashes Rare China Vases
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_re_eu/britain_museum_mishap
"A visitor to a British museum tripped on his shoelace, stumbled down a stairway and fell into a display of centuries-old Chinese vases, shattering them into "very small pieces," officials said Monday." Heh.
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
Early Retirement
http://philip.greenspun.com/materialism/early-retirement/
This article addresses the joys, challenges, and some practical aspects of retiring young.
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
I want to build something that grows
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,1694487,00.html
The creator of Del.icio.us has big plans for his innovative social tagging site but has no regrets about selling it to Yahoo
Posted by jzawodn at
02:46 PM
A genius explains
http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1409903,00.html
"I memorised pi to 22,514 decimal places, and I am technically disabled. I just wanted to show people that disability needn't get in the way."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:46 PM
shock
http://mmk.livejournal.com/100390.html
"do no evil" vs. "do less evil"
Posted by jzawodn at
01:01 PM
Exploding the conference business
http://www.buzzmachine.com/index.php/2006/01/29/exploding-the-conference-business/
most conferences suck, yet we go anyway
Posted by jzawodn at
01:00 PM
Dell in Discreet Partnership with Google?
http://searchviews.com/archives/2006/01/dell_in_discree.php
Do you consider $1 billion over 3 years "discrete"?
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 AM
Google logo redesigned by Students for Free Tibet
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/29/google_logo_redesign.html
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 AM
How Much Do Search Engines Make From Adware/Spyware?
http://internetstockblog.com/article/6272
"Google and Yahoo make about $2.2 million per month, or $26 million per year, through this spyware-pushing advertising. That may not be big money to them, but to my eye it’s a lot."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:23 AM
January 28, 2006
The Real Irony Here...
http://battellemedia.com/archives/002275.php
"But Google? We thought...well, we thought you were different."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:23 AM
Google's DoubleSpeak
http://www.sourcelabs.com/blogs/ajb/2006/01/googles_doublespeak.html
"Google does one thing that really bothers me: it keeps all information about itself absolutely secret and lies and misleads the public to maintain that secrecy. For a company that sees itself as the stewards of the world's information, this is troubling
Posted by jzawodn at
07:23 AM
January 27, 2006
Make Jessica Alba Hot in 11 Steps!
http://www.imarc.net/blog/47/make_jessica_alba_hot_in_11_steps/
I know how to accomplish this in 0 steps.
Posted by jzawodn at
12:00 PM
Google Removes Its Help Entry on Censorship
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2006-01-27-n30.html
What used to say "we never censor" now simply 404s. So much fo "do no evil."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 AM
True colors
http://bambi.blogs.com/bambi_francisco/2006/01/true_colors.html
"Google's announcement Tuesday that it will comply with China's repressive laws by doctoring its search results in that country makes a mockery of those values."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:01 AM
Web Authoring Statistics
http://code.google.com/webstats/index.html
interesting google stats on web page elements and such
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 AM
January 26, 2006
try ruby! (in your browser)
http://tryruby.hobix.com/
wacky! the browser is the new xterm
Posted by jzawodn at
05:46 PM
Since the Catholic Church is arguing against using Jesus in beer ads...
http://forums.fark.com/cgi/fark/comments.pl?IDLink=1864103
photoshop some other ads that shouldn't have Jesus
Posted by jzawodn at
05:46 PM
A Visual of Google China
http://www.b3tards.com/uploads/google_china.gif
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
04:46 PM
Jeremy Zawodny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Zawodny
now I can claim to have invented podcasting!
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 AM
January 25, 2006
Quit Complaining About Your Job
http://www.arsmedia.ro/extra_fun/job/Quit_Complaining_About_Your_Job.html
classic but amusing pictures
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
Yahoo Ain’t Giving Up
http://jbotter.wordpress.com/2006/01/24/yahoo-aint-giving-up/
"little birdies have informed me that Yahoo has an offer on the table to buy Digg for somewhere in the range of $35 million dollars."
Posted by jzawodn at
12:00 PM
January 24, 2006
Corporate Bloggers: The Canary in the Coal Mine
http://hyku.com/blog/archives/000962.html
wherein I am a bird
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 PM
Yahoo! gives up quest for search dominance
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/256748_yahoo24.html
"It's not our goal to be No. 1 in Internet search. We would be very happy to maintain our market share."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 AM
January 23, 2006
Do Not Shave Your Ass Hair!
http://tadpolenet.com/blogs/index.php?blog=5&title=do_not_shave_your_ass_hair
if alt.tasteless was still popular, this would be there. beware: NSFW! (but funny)
Posted by jzawodn at
02:46 PM
Help the Justice Department out via Greasemonkey
http://www.hughes-family.org/wordpress/2006/01/23/help-the-justice-department-out-via-greasemonkey/
"I’ve written a Greasmonkey script, which will automatically submit 'bonus' google queries every time you visit a regular google page."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:46 PM
January 22, 2006
Why America Has to Be Fat
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR2006012100180.html
Too fat? Blame the economy, if you believe this bullshit...
Posted by jzawodn at
06:23 PM
Ticketmaster Copyright Infringement on Flickr
http://flickr.com/photos/kathryn/88718676/
how lame!
Posted by jzawodn at
06:23 PM
MSN search bites
http://markpincus.typepad.com/markpincus/2006/01/msn_search_bite.html
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
05:46 PM
Silicon Valley Watcher's Top 10 in Media List
http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/mt/archives/2006/01/more_svw_top_te_2.php
wherein I make the list, alnog with nine other geeky folks
Posted by jzawodn at
04:00 PM
January 21, 2006
Garmin: GNC 250XL
http://www.garmin.com/products/gnc250xl/#
GPS/COM unit that's in a plane I'd like to buy part of
Posted by jzawodn at
06:00 PM
Email inbox management in a new job
http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/01/21/email-mgmt-newjob/
"Any job worth having is messy and unclear in the first few months, so embrace the mess and let your inbox fill up without guilt."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:00 PM
junklog
http://junklog.com/
It's a site for logging and rating what you've read, watched and listened to.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 AM
January 19, 2006
OpenID
http://openid.net/
"This is a decentralized identity system, but one that's actually decentralized and doesn't entirely crumble if one company turns evil or goes out of business."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
RunwayFinder - a flight planning tool for pilots
http://www.runwayfinder.com/
another "google maps of aviation" site
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
YouTube Acquisition Rumors
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/18/youtube-is-probably-being-acquired/
who didn't see this coming?
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 AM
January 18, 2006
Yahoo Music Forces Netscape 4.7?
http://www.feedblog.org/2006/01/yahoo_music_for.html
"Hey Yahoo. 1998 called. They want their error message back."
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
All Your Sean Penn Gmails are Belong to Me
http://www.wdr1.com/blog/archives/000827.html
hahahahahahaha
Posted by jzawodn at
05:00 PM
How to Do What You Love
http://paulgraham.com/love.html
"By the time they reach an age to think about what they'd like to do, most kids have been thoroughly misled about the idea of loving one's work."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:46 PM
The Man Who Said No to Wal-Mart
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/102/open_snapper.html
"Every year, thousands of executives venture to Bentonville, Arkansas, hoping to get their products onto the shelves of the world's biggest retailer. But Jim Wier wanted Wal-Mart to stop selling his Snapper mowers."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:46 PM
ted: torrent episode downloader
http://www.rulecam.net/ted/
"Meet ted! Your new way of downloading tv shows from the web!" it was only a matter of time!
Posted by jzawodn at
02:23 PM
Instructables: step-by-step collaboration
http://www.instructables.com/
it's like Flickr but for "how-to" projects
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 AM
Web 3.0
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/web3point0
"But ours is a medium in which, more often than not, big teams have slowly and expensively labored to produce overly complex web applications whose usability was near nil on behalf of clients with at best vague goals."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 AM
January 17, 2006
OpenOSX
http://www.openosx.com/wintel/index.html
Run Windows on your Mac with OpenOSX WinTel
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
Iraqi Invasion: A Text Misadventure
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001561.html
oh. my. god. so fucking funny!
Posted by jzawodn at
04:46 PM
Google expanding into radio
http://bambi.blogs.com/bambi_francisco/2006/01/google_going_af.html
"Why is Google pushing into radio? Why not? It's an advertising company, after all. And, radio is not dead."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 AM
MySpace: Is 'ghetto' a design choice?
http://9rules.com/whitespace/myspace_is_ghetto_a_design_choice.php
"It empowers people to get their message out and make connections. That's the only way I can put it. Same reason why Xanga, FaceBook and LiveJournal are crazy popular."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 AM
Stylish 0.2
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=327735
Stylish is to CSS what Greasemonkey is to JavaScript.
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 AM
January 16, 2006
DMA Consumer Assistance
http://www.dmaconsumers.org/consumerassistance.html
here's where to find out how to opt-out of a buch of crap
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 PM
The Google Ass Kicking Continues
http://v7ndotcom-elursrebmem.webguerrilla.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem-the-google-ass-kicking-continues/
I guess we're faster at locating SEO spam. I wonder if that's good or bad...
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 PM
80 Cent
http://myspace.com/80centmusic
"80 Cent" is the new mash-up mix CD produced entirely by New York City's DJ Swindle. Fifty Cent acapellas over tightly produced beats using only samples from classic 80's bangers including artists like Flock of Seaguls, New Order, Depeche Mode, Aha!, INXS
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 PM
Stanford, meet the lightnet. Apple, get a clue.
http://weblog.infoworld.com/udell/2006/01/15.html#a1371
Jon digs into some Stanford media that required iTunes, discovers the hidden URLs, adds them to del.icio.us, and then ends up using iTunes anyway.
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
NaughtyWordChars
http://tech.huffingtonpost.com/2006/01/naughtywordchars.html
NaughtyWordChars is an MT plugin to strip malformed characters out of posts pasted in from Microsoft Word documents.
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
Open-Source Whatever
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/16/Open-Source-Community
Tim hits the nail on the head with this one
Posted by jzawodn at
01:46 PM
January 15, 2006
Gather Blather
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/002398.html
Agreed. This all sounds stupid.
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 PM
Movable Type 3.2 User Manual: Upgrading Movable Type
http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/docs/3.2/01_installation_and_upgrade/upgrading_movable_type.html
it's that time of year again!
Posted by jzawodn at
06:23 PM
Adobe Labs - Lightroom Beta 1 Overview Video
http://labs.macromedia.com/technologies/lightroom/video/#
Lightroom looks pretty impressive
Posted by jzawodn at
07:23 AM
January 14, 2006
livedoor PICS is a Flickr clone
http://bulknews.typepad.com/blog/2005/12/livedoor_pics_f.html
"Livedoor launched their new photo sharing service Livedoor PICS. Yeah, it's a complete clone of Flickr."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:23 PM
wankr beta
http://www.parm.net/web2.0/
"We promise that by the time this thing is finished, it'll have curvy edges everywhere, along with broken navigation, a confusing user interface and tags all over the fucking shop. It's going to be awesome."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
January 13, 2006
RASP Program Overview
http://www.drjack.info/twiki/bin/view/RASPop/ProgramOverview
Dr. Jack is making RASP available for other sites to generate local soaring forecasts
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
X-Ray Firefox Extension
http://www.designmeme.com/xray/
a cool extension for displaying markup inline
Posted by jzawodn at
12:00 PM
Yahoo is #1 at being #2
http://yahoo.webguerrilla.com/yahoo-number-2/
heh, not the first time I've heard that claim!
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 AM
The Best Blonde Joke Ever!
http://www.benhammersley.com/weblog/2006/01/12/im_so_going_to_hell_for_this.html
heh
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 AM
January 12, 2006
Win2VNC
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html
A dual-screen hack for Windows
Posted by jzawodn at
05:10 PM
Zazzle.com
http://www.zazzle.com/products/stamps.asp
Custom Postage Stamps
Posted by jzawodn at
05:09 PM
Yahoo Exec Exits For Automattic CEO Gig
http://gigaom.com/2006/01/11/automattic-wordpress/
cat's out of the bag... Toni is leaving to join up with Matt
Posted by jzawodn at
05:07 PM
January 11, 2006
Zazzle.com
http://www.zazzle.com/products/stamps.asp
Custom Postage Stamps
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 PM
Win2VNC
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/win2vnc.html
A dual-screen hack for Windows
Posted by jzawodn at
10:00 PM
Digg and the So-Called “Wisdom of Mobs”
http://mashable.com/2006/01/10/digg-and-the-so-called-wisdom-of-mobs/
musings on digg
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
The World is Flat
http://mitworld.mit.edu/stream/264/
Thomas Friedman's talk at MIT
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Summing collective ignorance
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/01/summing-collective-ignorance.html
more musings on digg
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Function Grapher Online
http://www.walterzorn.com/grapher/grapher_e.htm
graphing with div tags. crazy shit.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Flash Earth
http://www.flashearth.com/
uses images from google and/or msn
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Function Grapher Online
http://www.walterzorn.com/grapher/grapher_e.htm
graphing with div tags. crazy shit.
Posted by jzawodn at
05:23 PM
Orbitz Travel Deals RSS Feeds
http://www.orbitz.com/App/ViewRSSHelpPage
I've never seen so many Add To My Yahoo buttons in once place!
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 AM
Google Video and missing the wow
http://glinden.blogspot.com/2006/01/google-video-and-missing-wow.html
maybe they're running out of 'wow'?
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 AM
Susan Mernit is joining Yahoo!
http://susanmernit.blogspot.com/2006/01/newsflash-im-joining-yahoo.html
to help run the Personals group
Posted by jzawodn at
08:46 AM
How Apple lost it's Web Video mojo, and how it could get it back
http://epeus.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_epeus_archive.html#113691474857846379
that's always bothered me
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 AM
January 10, 2006
Debian key management problems
http://www.somebits.com/weblog/tech/debianKeys.html
Nelson documents how to fix the problem I just ran into. Kick ass.
Posted by jzawodn at
11:46 PM
The Conversations Network
http://www.conversationsnetwork.org/
it's alive!
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 AM
top ten blogger lies
http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002160.html
it's funny because it's true
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 AM
Flickr: Photos tagged with firstgoatse
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/firstgoatse/
hahaha... what an awesome use of flickr :-)
Posted by jzawodn at
09:23 AM
January 09, 2006
Fortune: 100 Best Companies to Work For
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/bestcompanies/full_list/
woohoo! we made the list...
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
Danny Sullivan responds to Jakob Nielsen
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060109-132719
and explains a lot more about on-line advertising and search
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
TechCrunch » Don’t Blow Your Beta
http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/09/dont-blow-your-beta/
"If you don’t support Firefox and, to a lesser extent, Safari, when you launch, you are going to be shunned by the early adopters."
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
Search Engines as Leeches on the Web
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/search_engines.html
uhm, no.
Posted by jzawodn at
06:46 PM
Putting the Slash in Slashdot
http://blog.datamation.com/blog/archives/2006/01/putting_the_sla.html
"Several times over the past few months I've added Slashdot's RSS feed to my reader, and I always end up deleting it shortly afterwards."
Posted by jzawodn at
11:00 AM
Mouse thrown into fire sets home ablaze
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/08/mouse_thrown_into_fire_sets_home_ablaze/?p1=MEWell_Pos4
"I had some leaves burning outside, so I threw it in the fire, and the mouse was on fire and ran back at the house,"
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 AM
Rude Place Names
http://www.i-r-genius.com/rudeplaces.html
featuring "Sugar Tit, South Carolina" and so many others
Posted by jzawodn at
07:23 AM
January 08, 2006
18 Tricks to Teach Your Body
http://www.menshealth.com/cda/article.do?site=MensHealth&channel=health&category=other.diseases.ailments&conitem=98f183b403517010VgnVCM200000cee793cd____&page=1
there's some funny stuff in here
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 PM
American Idol of Search - your search isnt my search
http://www.blogmaverick.com/entry/1234000713073447/
will objective search remain the people’s choice in search engines?
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 PM
Independent Individuals and Wise Crowds
http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail468.html
James Surowieki on ITConversations
Posted by jzawodn at
11:23 PM
Microsoft's Bill Gates Wants to Save the World
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/columns/powergrid/15456/index.html
"The way he talked about wiping out malaria was how he used to talk about wiping out Netscape."
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
Why is setting up a new PC still so painful?
http://www.chaddickerson.com/blog/2006/01/08/why-is-setting-up-a-new-pc-still-so-painful/
because advertsing is what subsidises low-cost PCs!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs
http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/01/the_top_ten_lie_1.html
heh, a good start
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
Making Sense Of Online Video
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/01/making_sense_of.html
in which Fred points out the lack of sense, using only a table
Posted by jzawodn at
08:23 PM
Searching where I’m not hated
http://weblog.philringnalda.com/2006/01/08/searching-where-im-not-hated
Phil is pissed at Google.
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Say Goodbye to Embarrassment
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/emotions
"Turning off an emotion is always a tough decision."
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 PM
Hands on with Google Pack
http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/google_pack.asp
"That description is vague and potentially inaccurate. Google Pack is indeed a collection of free software. Whether it's useful or improves the online experience is, I suppose, up to the individual."
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 PM
Americans Grow To Fit Their Environment
http://alchemic-spot.blogspot.com/2006/01/americans-grow-to-fit-their.html
I thought "people are getting bigger" and "houses are getting bigger", how do they relate?
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
Google Video Player Removed From Downloads of Google Video Pack
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060108-164237
WTF?
Posted by jzawodn at
03:00 PM
January 07, 2006
One Week Without Google
http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2006/01/one_week_withou.html#comment-12657090
Fred's trying Yahoo for a week
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10:46 PM
Early Yahoo! Acquisitions (the 1990s)
http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=81
I'd forgotten about many of these
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04:23 PM
SitePoint Forums - Sell Your Site
http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=56
Apparently you can sell your web sit here.
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07:23 AM
January 06, 2006
Yahoo! Go shows how to connect the Internet to devices
http://blogs.forrester.com/charleneli/2006/01/yahoo_go_shows_.html
I'm not sure what to make of all this yet.
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08:00 PM
Why Google Pack? Blame Larry and Sergey
http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/002348.html
hahaha
Posted by jzawodn at
07:46 PM
PHP Calendar Fun
http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2006/01/05/Calendar-Funnies
for some value of "fun" of course
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01:23 PM
Pop-up Potpourri: Sixth Time is the Charm
http://thedailywtf.com/forums/55885/ShowPost.aspx
get your daily dose of WTF
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12:23 PM
Twelve Signs You're Taking This Too Seriously
http://legendsofseo.blogspot.com/2006/01/twelve-signs-youre-taking-this-too.html
"You replaced your posters of Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff with 5-megapixel glossies of Jeremy Zawodny and Matt Cutts from PubCon X." This is all a bad dream...
Posted by jzawodn at
10:46 AM
Yahoo! Go - A Portal That Spans Devices
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/yahoo_go_a_port.php
"It also worries me that the TV part is limited to Windows XP PCs and mobile will be limited in terms of handsets and presumably carriers."
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10:23 AM
Tofu Dogs
http://www.yvesveggie.com/products_details.php?product_id=11&page=1&pIdName=Veggie%20Dogs
moden food cracks me up
Posted by jzawodn at
08:00 AM
January 05, 2006
Someday my prince will come. Or not.
http://ask.metafilter.com/mefi/30263
an interesting twist on an age-old question
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
Be more productive
http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/productivity
common sense that isn't
Posted by jzawodn at
09:46 PM
web economy bullshit generator
http://www.dack.com/web/bullshit.html
heh
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04:23 PM
Shoreline Flying Club
http://www.shorelineflyingclub.com/
a fairly new flying club based out of Palo Alto airport. They've got low fees and no monthly dues.
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07:46 AM
Phidgets Inc.
http://www.phidgets.com/index.php?module=pncommerce&func=categoryview&CID=14&KID=
Unique and Easy to Use USB Interfaces
Posted by jzawodn at
07:23 AM
January 04, 2006
U.S. nabs man with 'suicide bomber' written in journal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060104/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_life_passenger
An airline passenger with the words "suicide bomber" written in his journal was arrested when his plane arrived in San Jose, California, on Wednesday, but the words appeared to refer to music, the FBI said.
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04:23 PM
Internet Stocks 2005 Price Performance
http://internetstockblog.com/article/5418
a very useful representation of 2005 stock gains and losses
Posted by jzawodn at
04:23 PM
OK, $90 billion and Ballmer does the monkey-boy dance at Yahoo HQ -- but that's my final offer
http://blogs.siliconvalley.com/gmsv/2006/01/microsoft_offer.html
I would stick around long enough to witness that--then I'd quit.
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03:46 PM
The Original V8 snowblowers
http://www.v8snowblowers.com/
if only I lived where it snowed a lot
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07:46 AM
January 03, 2006
Yahoo! Shortcuts
http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/?fr=srch_more
do you think tihs page is intimidating for non-power users?
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10:00 PM
IKEA: The Swedish Feeding Trough
http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/0,1518,392850,00.html
so IKEA is the cheap place to get a meal in europe
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09:47 PM
Prove Christ exists, judge orders priest
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1967413,00.html#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=World
heh. it's about time!
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
Average Number of Vacation Days Around the World Per Year
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0922052.html
holy crap! the US is way below average
Posted by jzawodn at
01:23 PM
Bizarre self-referential warning sign
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/03/bizarre_selfreferent.html
that is quite honestly the funniest thing I've seen in a long time
Posted by jzawodn at
01:23 PM
Extratasty - You'll never be sober again!
http://www.extratasty.com/recipes
recipes + tags = drinking 2.0
Posted by jzawodn at
12:00 PM
Google: Read Our Lips: No Front-Page Ads
http://www.internetoutsider.com/2006/01/google_read_our.html
"Except in Belarus. And wherever else we feel like putting them. Whenever we feel like it."
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11:23 AM
Tracking Changes on Web Pages
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3574636
"Often a small change to a web page is a clue that something big has happened or will happen, and automated tracking tools alert you the moment something has changed."
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11:23 AM
January 02, 2006
Does Money Make Us Happy?
http://www.wisemin.com/wisminb.htm
A long but good aricle. The short answer is "no."
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06:23 PM
BatteryMINDer 12V 15W Solar Charger
http://www.batterymart.com/battery.mv?p=VDC-SCC015
a charger that could mount in/on my glider trailer
Posted by jzawodn at
10:27 AM
January 01, 2006
Cell Phone Jammer Review
http://www.autothing.com/funthings/Tech%20Reviews/Cell%20Phone%20Jammer%20Review.htm
I would love me one of those!
Posted by jzawodn at
10:23 PM
kill a Windows process from the command line with taskkill
http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips446.html
why didn't they just call it "kill" so I wouldn't have to run a fucking web search to find it?
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09:46 PM
Sysinternals Freeware - Handle
http://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/Handle.html
Ever wondered which program has a particular file or directory open? Now you can find out.
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09:46 PM
'Old School' Actor Cranshaw Dies at 86
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060101/ap_on_en_mo/obit_cranshaw
Patrick Cranshaw, who achieved cult-like status as fraternity brother "Blue" in the 2003 comedy "Old School," has died. He was 86.
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08:00 PM
A Call Center that Worked: Washington Mutual
http://jeremiahthewebprophet.blogspot.com/2005/12/call-center-that-worked-washington.html
I'm the third "Jeremy" to write about customer support today...but my story is different.
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07:23 PM
the FreeRadical
http://www.xtracycle.com/html/freeradical.php
The FreeRadical Hitchless Trailer attachment for your bicycle that deftly shifts your rear wheel back 15 inches. In doing so, it seemlessly adds a "trunk and a backseat" to your two-wheeler. With its built-in loading features, you now have yourself an S.U
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03:46 PM
Industry Feeling Presence of the 800-Pound Google
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-predict1jan01,1,2277666.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
"Former ABC executive Lloyd Braun, who was hired by Yahoo more than a year ago to oversee the Internet leader's foray into original programming on the Web, will exit after clashing repeatedly with Silicon Valley's laid-back culture."
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
Debian -- Network install from a minimal CD
http://www.us.debian.org/CD/netinst/
the latest netinst cds rock... you can configure software RAID from the start
Posted by jzawodn at
03:23 PM
Ajax Link Tracker
http://www.glennjones.net/Post/805/AjaxLinkTracker.htm
One of the more interesting aspects of Ajax is the ability to track a user’s interaction within the browser.
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03:23 PM
I Represent Me
http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2005/12/27/i-represent-me/
"corporations are increasingly only a figment of law that will eventually become less relevant as individuals decide to work on loosely joined, distributed, collaborative projects. Give it 20 years, you'll see."
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03:23 PM
Rowdy air passenger cast away on remote Atlantic isle
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051230/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_britain_drunk
"A drunken passenger on a holiday flight from England to Spain was dropped at a tiny island off the African coast after he swore at the cabin crew, a newspaper reported on Friday." Kick Ass!
Posted by jzawodn at
02:46 PM
Going Back Downstairs
http://www.russellbeattie.com/notebook/1008724.html
"I tried living in the Mac world for the past year (I got my mini last January) but I just can’t deal with not being able to be on the bleeding edge anymore."
Posted by jzawodn at
02:23 PM
BlogBillboard.com
http://www.blogbillboard.com/
a ripoff of the million dollar home page, aimed at bloggers
Posted by jzawodn at
02:23 PM
Why It's Impossible to Build a New Blog in 2006
http://www.newsome.org/2006/01/why-its-impossible-to-build-new-blog.shtml
"Unfortunately, like the real world, sometimes the blogosphere is about who you know as much as what you know."
Posted by jzawodn at
01:23 PM