Here's an "interesting" way to decide what to buy - whatever your neighbor buys...
Amazon now has something called "purchase circles". You can look up top-selling books, music, and dvds by location, university, company, and other categories.
Message to Rome, NY: you can do much better than Clay Aiken!!!
Perhaps it would be better if you followed the lead of other towns... say, San Diego.
Tuesday, April 26, 2005
Saturday, April 23, 2005
Sunday, April 17, 2005
The Grey Sweatsuit Revolution
The Grey Sweatsuit Revolution - A "revolution" for the fashionably challenged.
"Oh shit! How will I be cool? Maybe I’ll have to participate in something…" - GSS Mission Statement.
"Oh shit! How will I be cool? Maybe I’ll have to participate in something…" - GSS Mission Statement.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
The Official Site of Raymond Loewy
The Official Site of Raymond Loewy
"Father of Industrial Design" - talk about an impressive resume - have a look around the site.
He has a birdcage pattern on ceramics that I saw in a Palm Spring's vintage store and love - kind of strange since most his designs are quite industrial - the ceramics were fab midcentury design and colors.
"Father of Industrial Design" - talk about an impressive resume - have a look around the site.
He has a birdcage pattern on ceramics that I saw in a Palm Spring's vintage store and love - kind of strange since most his designs are quite industrial - the ceramics were fab midcentury design and colors.
WhatIfSports.com: THE Sports Simulation Site!
WhatIfSports.com: THE Sports Simulation Site!
Kevin, Jim, Ashley, and Fran - try the sim matchup. 2004 Yanks beat 2003 yanks at home 20 to 3.
:)
Kevin, Jim, Ashley, and Fran - try the sim matchup. 2004 Yanks beat 2003 yanks at home 20 to 3.
:)
Friday, March 18, 2005
TV-B-Gone From Cornfield Electronics
TV-B-Gone From Cornfield Electronics
My vote for the best product of the year!
Now I just have to convince myself to shell out 15 bucks plus shipping.
My vote for the best product of the year!
Now I just have to convince myself to shell out 15 bucks plus shipping.
Friday, March 04, 2005
Questions & Answers: Jesus H Christ
Questions & Answers: Jesus H Christ
It seems an impossible task to come up with an authoratative answer to the question "what does the H. stand for in Jesus H. Christ", but Michael Quinon of World Wide Words seems to have enough credentials going for him for me to accept his version.
The whole site is pretty interesting if you are intrigued by words, phrases, slang, etc.
It seems an impossible task to come up with an authoratative answer to the question "what does the H. stand for in Jesus H. Christ", but Michael Quinon of World Wide Words seems to have enough credentials going for him for me to accept his version.
The whole site is pretty interesting if you are intrigued by words, phrases, slang, etc.
Friday, February 25, 2005
Clusty the Clustering Engine
Clusty the Clustering Engine
Clusty the Clown? Weird name - pretty handy interface. The key is to use the drop down menu on the left side of the results page - see your results clustered by site type (.com, .net, .org, etc.), by topic, by search engine, etc. Also, the shopping clustering (engine powered by Bizrate). I also dig the "preview" button - it is the magnifying glass icon next to each result.
Clusty the Clown? Weird name - pretty handy interface. The key is to use the drop down menu on the left side of the results page - see your results clustered by site type (.com, .net, .org, etc.), by topic, by search engine, etc. Also, the shopping clustering (engine powered by Bizrate). I also dig the "preview" button - it is the magnifying glass icon next to each result.
MSN Search - try local search!
MSN Search
The new MSN search does a great job with "local" searching. Unlike most google and other search engines, it doesn't return phone book listings but actually finds sites that are produced in your geographical location. It guesses were you are located based on your ISP (internet service provider) and then looks for sites that are also hosted in that area. I did searches for "meditation" and for a local charter school and got great results. If it guesses your location incorrectly you can adjust it. I highly recommend giving it a try.
The new MSN search does a great job with "local" searching. Unlike most google and other search engines, it doesn't return phone book listings but actually finds sites that are produced in your geographical location. It guesses were you are located based on your ISP (internet service provider) and then looks for sites that are also hosted in that area. I did searches for "meditation" and for a local charter school and got great results. If it guesses your location incorrectly you can adjust it. I highly recommend giving it a try.
Thursday, February 17, 2005
Monday, February 14, 2005
Sunday, February 13, 2005
Friday, February 11, 2005
University of Nebraska Press - NINE
University of Nebraska Press - NINE
I decided to follow up my last post with a little explanantion as to why i would think "gee, I wonder what is at www.1.com"? I'm really not THAT strange - close, though, yes.
Actually, it was the "discovery" of this great journal called Nine. It is all about the social and cultural implications of baseball. Unfortunately, I can't offer any links to articles because they are only available in subscription databases.
I decided to follow up my last post with a little explanantion as to why i would think "gee, I wonder what is at www.1.com"? I'm really not THAT strange - close, though, yes.
Actually, it was the "discovery" of this great journal called Nine. It is all about the social and cultural implications of baseball. Unfortunately, I can't offer any links to articles because they are only available in subscription databases.
www.1.com? 2.com? 3.com?
How "cool" would you be if you owned www.1.com ? I use "cool" in the relative to total geekdom sense, of course! Well, I did a quick hunt for websites based on 1-10 and found out that it can't be done. One character domain names are not allowed. Three is the minimum now, although at one point it was two. www.11.com and www.12.com got lucky :) There isn't a www.13.com however - now that would be a pretty cool one to have.
Here's an activity for the truly bored: what lives on site like www.one.com (it is taken but not developed), www.two.com (it's a couples site of some sort), www.three.com (it is a really vague design/marketing organization), ... (i'll leave the rest to you).
Hell, it's friday!
Here's an activity for the truly bored: what lives on site like www.one.com (it is taken but not developed), www.two.com (it's a couples site of some sort), www.three.com (it is a really vague design/marketing organization), ... (i'll leave the rest to you).
Hell, it's friday!
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
Google Maps
Google Maps
I'm not so impressed with Google Maps - yet. It seemed slow to load the images, though the images are nice looking. However, Mapquest was quicker and seemed more detailed. However, they both use Navteq digital mapping company so it is sort of a toss-up. Just don't see any reason yet to quit using Mapquest.
I'm not so impressed with Google Maps - yet. It seemed slow to load the images, though the images are nice looking. However, Mapquest was quicker and seemed more detailed. However, they both use Navteq digital mapping company so it is sort of a toss-up. Just don't see any reason yet to quit using Mapquest.
Google Suggest
Google Suggest (Beta)
Today I tested out 2 new search tools in Google Labs. Google Suggest seems useful and particularly helpful to novice searchers. Basically, as you start to type your search terms, it shows you the number of hits for a variety of ways you could potentially "complete" the phrase.
If you haven't browsed Google Labs it is worth a visit. Many of the groovy Google Tools grew out of this lab, such as Google Scholar.
Today I tested out 2 new search tools in Google Labs. Google Suggest seems useful and particularly helpful to novice searchers. Basically, as you start to type your search terms, it shows you the number of hits for a variety of ways you could potentially "complete" the phrase.
If you haven't browsed Google Labs it is worth a visit. Many of the groovy Google Tools grew out of this lab, such as Google Scholar.
CNET Help.com Free Courses
CNET Help.com
CNET offers lots of free online courses on web design, XP maintenance, programming, etc. I have sampled a few and found them to be very well organized and informative.
CNET offers lots of free online courses on web design, XP maintenance, programming, etc. I have sampled a few and found them to be very well organized and informative.
Monday, February 07, 2005
Museum of bad album covers: the worst album covers ever! the top ten #2.
Museum of bad album covers: the worst album covers ever! the top ten #2.
Millie Jackson what were you thinking?!? (and who the hell are you?)
Millie Jackson what were you thinking?!? (and who the hell are you?)
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