Posted in google on November 12th, 2008 No Comments »
You gotta love the folks over at Google. To me this is brilliant! How does it work, here is what Google says:
“We’ve found that certain search terms are good indicators of flu activity. Google Flu Trends uses aggregated Google search data to estimate flu activity in your state up to two weeks faster than traditional [...]
Posted in google on September 2nd, 2008 No Comments »
Google had decided to put it’s hat in the ring to go up against browser giants such as Mozilla Firefox and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Today they have released their browser which they are calling Google Chrome. You can download the browser right here from Google.
If you are like me and aren’t ready to download a [...]
Posted in techie on July 20th, 2008 2 Comments »
I found a renewal promo code that seems to be non-expiring and gives you renewals at only $6.95 which will save you a couple bucks for each domain you have with GoDaddy. Oh I’ve read it only works with .com domains.
Anyways works for me at looks like it’s been around for a few years at [...]
Posted in google on July 18th, 2008 No Comments »
Ok so I admit I point this out less because it’s importance to the economy, but instead how amusing it is (in some ways) that a 10% decline in stock value for Google actually equates to $52.12. You heard me…Google’s stock dropped by $52.12 and it was only a 10% decline. That’s because their stock [...]
Posted in firefox on June 25th, 2008 No Comments »
After testing Firefox 3 out on a secondary system at home and then testing our the portal FF3 version with all my must-have extensions installed I decided to make the plunge on my main system. So far I’m liking it, although there are a couple extensions that I enjoy which are not compatible yet so [...]
Posted in techie on June 23rd, 2008 No Comments »
I’m hoping that this is a sign people are starting to wake up and realize how bad MySpace is compared to Facebook. I’m not really big into either, but I can tell you I much prefer using Facebook if anything based on its look and feel. Looking at profiles in MySpace is just asking for [...]
I’ve gotta say this is the most excited I’ve been about a new tool in a long time. RescueTime.com is a free application that automatically tracks your usage of the Internet and even off-line applications. You can use it to see where you are wasting all your time or you can use it for your [...]
Posted in best-of-web on May 6th, 2008 No Comments »
This is a message that should be spread all over. It’s about giving gratitude to soldiers when you see them at an airport or really wherever for that matter. This is a great idea as I’ve found myself personally wanting to say thank you to soldiers I see but also not wanting to bother them. [...]