Here’s a few statistics that explain why: By March 2006, 84 million Americans had broadband at home, a 40% jump from 2005 figures By March 2006, some 48 million Americans were regular online content creators By the end of 2005,…
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Here we go again…
Well I’ve decided it’s time to get back on the stick and start posting again. Seems like when things get busy something has to go and the blog ends up being the one to go. Either things are settling down…
CSS Live — Watch a page come together.
Shows how a site goes from plain white to full design, step by step. read more | digg story No tags for this post.
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WordPress 2.0 Release on December 26
WordPress 2.0 Release on December 26 Filed under: WordPress, Release — Dougal @ 11:09 pm In response to concerns about availability of support over the Christmas holiday, the release of WordPress 2.0 has been delayed until December 26. This will…
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Organizational Structure
Xooglers is a blog written by an ex-Google employee. His insight is well written and interesting. I particularly like where he talks about the hiring practices at Google. If you can actually get an organization to run the way he…
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Tivo finally fixes my biggest complaint…
I can’t tell you how many times a show I wanted to record has not recorded because one of the networks decided to run their show two or three minutes past the hour. Well according to PVRwire this will no…
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Google Zeitgeist
Google Zeitgeist Zeitgeist Explained zeit·geist | Pronunciation: ‘tsIt-“gIst, ‘zIt | Function: noun | Etymology: German, from Zeit (time) + Geist (spirit) | Date: 1884 | Meaning: the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era from Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate® Dictionary.…
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New Google Toys
Google released two new Firefox extensions today! I’ve been hooked on the IE Google toolbar for some time, in fact it is the one feature I really miss when using Firefox….not any more! Today Google released three new extensions for…
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- US Supreme Court temporarily blocks deportations of Venezuelan migrants under wartime law - Reuters
- Rosenberg: Is Putin's 'Easter truce' cause for scepticism or chance for peace? - BBC
- Pope gives Easter blessing in highest-profile appearance yet after briefly meeting Vance - CNN
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- NBA Playoffs: Los Angeles Lakers succumb to heavy defeat against Minnesota Timberwolves in Game 1 despite late comeback - CNN
- 'Biological reality': What genetics has taught us about race - BBC
- It’s Springtime on Polaris-9b, and the Exoflowers Are Blooming - The New York Times
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- Trump Draft Order Would Drastically Overhaul U.S. State Department - The New York Times