HOW WEBLOGS INC GAMES THE SYSTEM
It just occured to me: You know those posts Weblogs Inc feeds us about once a week, the ones that tell us "The Best Of Weblogs Inc"? They're all gaming Technorati. — See, the latest one of these "p...
Google: Kill Blogspot Already!!!
In the past few days, I've been inundated with an enormous amount of subscribed search spam for designated keywords. To the tune of hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of bunk entries. Who knew "lockergnome...
Meet the Life Hackers
In 2000, Gloria Mark was hired as a professor at the University of California at Irvine. Until then, she was working as a researcher, living a life of comparative peace. She would spend her days in ...
Google's Privacy Policy In Layman's Words
I've gone through the "highlights" of the Google Privacy Policy (which recently changed). The highlights document is supposed to be a translation of the longer legalese found in the full privacy poli...
Replacement on the way!
All that hard work paid off! A replacement computer is soon to be on its way. How fast, I'm not sure, but things have been speedy so far. — Like before, I'm not sure how talkative I'll get while w...
The falsehood of "No one wants to watch 320px video"
I have never seen the TV show, Lost. Ever. I don't even know what it's about, other than what I learned by watching the series premiere. — How did I get the series premiere? I just clicked one bu...
What "game styles" haven't been mined-out?
Master game designer Greg Costikyan has posted the PowerPoint deck from his Future Play conference presentation, titled, "Imagining New Game Styles." The presentation introduces the concepts of game ...
Yahoo Adds Its Name to AOL's Full Dance Card
Corporate Suitors Vie to Be ISP's Search Engine of Choice — Yahoo Inc. yesterday became the latest potential suitor for America Online, joining Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. in what may soon turn ...
Katamari Damacy 2 player collections 10^6 roses with oscillating fan
This Livejournaller connected an oscillating fan to his PS2's joystick in order to have repeat the same movements over and over again without intervention, enabling him to collection one million roses...
A Hard Ride For eDonkey
The file-sharing service has been forced to reinvent itself by a Supreme Court ruling — On the morning of June 27, Sam Yagan huddled with his partner, Jed McCaleb, before one of the five computer sc...
Moving to a new web host
Several people have asked for the recommended way to move to a new webhost or IP address without having problems in Google. I tested this method this past Sunday and everything worked fine for me. I...