The End of Google Bombing as We Know It

I have complained in the past about how crappy Google can be.  Especially when you see so many Google Bombs floating around that Google didn’t seem to mind.  Recently Google has announced a changed in their search algorithm to attempt to minimize the results of Googlebombing.  Search results for “miserable failure” and “santorum” should no …

Taking on WordPress and Flickr

I’ve recently installed Community Server over on Emailfriends.com as an experiment in social networking and to extend the user experience to Emailfriends.com.  This platform is pretty cool and is 100% ASP.NET 2.0/C#.  Everyone is used to running social networking apps with PHP/mySQL, so this will prove exciting to watch how it grows and handles user …

Ping Pong Ding Dong – My Private Collection

My friend was asking me where to ping when he posts a new blog entry.  I told him to go out back behind the house if he wants. hehe…ok, that was a bad joke.  But anyways here is my list of ping services I use: http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2 http://rpc.pingomatic.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping http://www.bloglines.com/ping http://ping.feedburner.com If you are using Windows …

My First Squidoo Lens

I have to say I’m in love with the publishing power of Squidoo.  I’ve just signed up and created my first “lens” about how those “Get Your Free XXXX” websites work.  I figured I’d write something about this because of the tons of pop-ups and banner ads floating around now about Getting a Free iPhone.  …

Mr T and Social Networking

I always try to relate old school pop-culture icons with new technology.   I do?  Well, sometimes.  Ok, I do it alot in conversations with people and yes I do get looked at funny. But this one really makes sense.   I’ve been really spending alot of time visiting social networks of all kinds but they all …

Dieting and Losing Weight – The Latest Buzz After the Holidays

It is no surprise to me that after binging every week during the holidays that I feel like I’ve gained a few pounds.  I did eat lots and I did gain some weight.  Apparently many others feel the same way too!  But figuring out how I was going to squeeze back into my 32 inch …

iTunes Marketing is Retro 90’s Amiga Graphics Demo

You kids probably have no idea what an Amiga is or what a graphics demo is, so let me first give you a bit of history.  The Commodore Amiga was one hot stinkin multi-media machine created in 1984.  Since its inception programmers from all around the world would hold demo competitions…basically a super drinking party …