Archive for September, 2005
Yahoo! Site Explorer Beta
Posted on Friday, September 30th, 2005
Site Explorer Beta is open for public:
Why is this search different?
Site Explorer allows you to explore all the web pages indexed by Yahoo! Search. View the most popular pages from any site, dive into a comprehensive site map, and find pages that link to that site or any page.
Now if someone can explain me how […]
Posted in Yahoo, News, Internet, ThinkLemon, General | No Comments »
EyeToy Kinetic
Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
What do you get if you combine Sony(’s PlayStation) with Nike? Eyetoy Kinetic: A mind, body & soul work-out.
So no more excuses for the game addicted couch potatoes.
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Google Earth: Impact Structures Goodness
Posted on Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
Impact KML Downloads:
Impact Structures Top 25
African Impact Structures
Asian Impact Structures
Australian Impact Structures
European Impact Structures
North American Impact Structures
South American Impact Structures
A few of you noticed that I’ve released some more impact structures/craters for your enjoyment in Google Earth. For those who don’t… I’ve released all 172 impact structures on earth, nicely categorised by continent or, if […]
Posted in Google Earth, Google, Internet, General | 5 Comments »
Firefox 1.0.7 released
Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
According to the release notes:
Firefox 1.0.7 is a security and stability release. We strongly recommend that all users upgrade to this latest version.
This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability.
Get Firefox
On a sidenote. This is already […]
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Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar Beta vs Web Developer toolbar extension
Posted on Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
“Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery.” Or so they say. But I don’t know if this holds true when the imitating party is… Microsoft. Sorry Chris, it’s about time to move on to greener pastures.
Why the sarcasm? Well, Microsoft released a beta of their Developer Toolbar for Internet Explorer. So? Well, that’s what […]
Posted in WebDev, Internet, Intranet, Utilities, Development, Webdesign, Browsers, Firefox, Internet Explorer, General | 5 Comments »
Opera giving away their browser for free
Posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
You could have gotten a free copy of Opera on their 10th birthday already. But if you’ve missed that opportunity there’s some great news from Norway. Opera announced today it will be offering Opera for free! No more ad-banners and licensing fees. They will only charge you money for Premium Support.
“Today we invite the entire […]
Posted in Internet, News, Opera, Internet Explorer, Browsers, Firefox, General | 4 Comments »
PocketMod: Not everything needs to be digital
Posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
Why should you need a several hundred dollar/euro pocket organiser that’ll last for just one day on batterypower? Why not rethink paper? It’s been used for a few hundred years and still going strong. If you accidently drop or sit on it the interface it’s still readable and writable. No need to go look for […]
Posted in Utilities, Webdesign, Design, General | No Comments »
Google Earth for Mac
Posted on Tuesday, September 20th, 2005
What’s keeping you (Google) guys?
I know, 5% of an audience isn’t much of an audience to reckon with. And I could just whip out my Dell to play with GE. But as mentioned at launch:
Apple Macintosh computers are not supported at this time (but we are working on it).
I know 1,5 months isn’t a lot […]
Posted in Google Earth, Google, General | 15 Comments »
Commercial ads inside Google Earth
Posted on Friday, September 16th, 2005
Here’s something I noticed lately. Advertisement through placemarks.
I saw a few of these placemarks passing by on Googleearthhacks.com. What struck me was that they are blatant commercial placemarks. Whether they were put together by GE enthousiasts or not.
A few examples:
Youthhostel YMCA Hong Kong Which states phonenumber and roomrates.
Bungy Jumping Golden Eye 007 Which promotes a […]
Posted in Utilities, Google Earth, Google, Search, Internet, General | 1 Comment »
Google Blog Search fixes referral keywords
Posted on Friday, September 16th, 2005
During the first ‘24 hours’ of live beta, Google’s Blog Search was a nightmare for keyword tracking. Some of you noticed some weird referers showing up in their counter-tools. All this was caused by the redirects from the search results from Blog Search. This meant that anyone entering your site was leaving a referal from […]
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