Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Posted October 21st, 2005 by Administrator
After patiently reviewing countless web sites and blogs over the past few days and hearing non-stop praise for the newest kid on the block, I finally received my Flock Developer Preview. Flock was discussed previously here on the blog. I plan on having a few pics up on Flickr a little later today. I, [...]
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: flock, del.icio.us, rss, blog, favorites
Posted October 19th, 2005 by Administrator
A few updates today: a little advertising via the Yahoo Publisher Network and RSS via Yahoo! You can find more information about how Yahoo! uses RSS here.
My thoughts on the advertising were: Nothing wrong with monetizing your blog. So, feel free to click on the advertising links because everytime you do [...]
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: yahoo, publisher, network, Y!Q, RSS
Posted October 6th, 2005 by Administrator
Ning, the newest darling of the Web 2.0 world, is making its way across blogs and technology news sites. The site itself pegs Ning as
a free online service (or, as we like to call it , a Playground) for building and using social applications. Social apps are web applications that enable anyone to [...]
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Posted October 5th, 2005 by Administrator
The blog has taken on a new addition – Weighted Words. Basically, this list produces the most commonly used words in the blog’s published entries. Eash word is then assigned a font based on the relative frequency that word appears as compared to others. For example, if the word “site” occurs more often [...]
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Posted September 15th, 2005 by Administrator
OK, so I recently started playing around with Flickr (as demonstrated by the sidebar on the right). Flickr is the best way to store, sort, search and share your photos online. There is a huge mass of photos in the world, and Flickr provides a way to organize yours, and for you and your [...]
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Posted September 15th, 2005 by Administrator
The browser for Web 2.0 apparently has arrived – or at least it will be here in October. Flock, a creation from veteran members of the Mozilla Foundation, creators of Firefox, has been deemed a “revolutionary” browser.
From what I have gleamed from the internet, Flock has been deemed a “social browser.” Basically, [...]
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Posted September 9th, 2005 by Administrator
Apple finally announced the much anticipated new iPod Nano yesterday in a media event. The new Nano comes in a 2GB (500 songs) or 4GB (1000 songs) version as well as the traditional white and the new black. Priced at $199 and $249, respectively, the Nano is set to replace the iPod [...]
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Posted August 26th, 2005 by Administrator
I have historically had a soft spot for most things science fiction. The most recent manifestation of this quirk has come in the form of Battlestar Galactica – the king of Sci Fi Friday on the Sci Fi Channel. Before you snicker and turn your nose up at the thought of another sci-fi [...]
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