Picking up on my series about Google MLab I am just pointing out the first day of stats. Of the 1,370 visits to the page, 1,195 of them came right from Google.  That’s just over 87%. Did I make any money?  I made a little but not much to cover the domain cost yet. How [...]

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Google M Lab or Google Measurement Lab is a new tool from Google that allows anybody to keep an eye on their ISPs.  This is much more than a speed test.  For example you can see if your ISP hates BitTorrent.  However as I write this article the site is not working.  Google Trends Network [...]

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I nearly accidentally “reply all” a few times a year when I only want to reply to the sender.  While it’s not earth shattering, it quite could be!  For the most part, it’s only slightly embarrassing. Outlook, Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo mail, etc… should have a catch for this.  A “Are you sure that you want [...]

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When was the last time you used a phone booth or any payphone at all?  If you’re in your teens then probably never. They’re still around however, broken and unused. In my area of the world, Verizon is king for landlines and they own all the phones.  What to do with these? Well, I suggest [...]

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Google trends is under Terrorist attack.  If you go to www.google.com/trends you may still be able to see it.  Here’s a screenshot in case you miss it. So you can see, this should be quite insulting to people in the US. It’s been known for a while that Google Trends data is not very reliable [...]

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Why is Steve Jobs missing from MacWorld?  Some think he has health problems.  That most likely isn’t the case. The answer is really quite simple.  Apple wants Apple to be the same even when Steve Jobs is gone.  This makes sense!  However, who would fill his shoes? Steve Jobs is the evangelist that made Apple [...]

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