Monthly Archives: December 2007
How fast can you type?
The mysterious jphantom has a very simple but good web app to test your typing speed. Check it out here. My results are below. Anyone want to challenge me?
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2008 Predictions
Non-technology blogs will experience their biggest year of growth yet. Both readers and writers are participating more in the blog community. It is now easier than ever to start up a blog. The word blog is becoming mainstream, and the … Continue reading
Why do people google URLs?
Just a quick note….I was just going through my blog stats and noticed several searches consisting of URLs bringing traffic to this blog. Most of them were to post pages and the URL is relatively long, and therefore must have … Continue reading
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Most Anticipated Product of 2008
My most anticipated product of 2008 is the smartpen: Livescribe . I first read about this over at portable gadget. It is due to be out in Q1 of 2008 and is expected to be priced at under $200. Livescribe … Continue reading
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Top 10 Excessive Christmas Light Displays
I have spent years crawling the web for the best Christmas displays so you don’t have to. Here are the 10 best displays that I have come across. Note: ‘Excessive’ has no negative connotations. 10. Just barely making it onto … Continue reading
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Speedlinking: Family Tech Support Roundup
Yes, it is family tech support season again. If you know how to install Firefox, you are regarded as a technological god and are automatically recruited to fix anything that contains a transistor. Now back at home for Christmas, geeks … Continue reading
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This Blog is For Sale.
That’s right, this blog is now for sale. Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog has a tool for estimating the value of blogs. It uses a ratio between the number of links and the dollar value. It isn’t accurate at all, … Continue reading
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Comedy ahead: Creationist Museums in Canada.
I have been aware of creationist museums existing in the states, which is scary but it doesn’t surprise me. Before today, I did not know that 28 exist worldwide, including 2 in Canada. Wikipedia has a list of them here. … Continue reading
