With the recent release of Windows Vista a whole new world of potential, preinstalled, customers has been opened up.. The Vista sidebar gadget is an easy to install program that resides on the desktop and provides some small service to the user.. In some cases it may be a small program, an RSS feed, even [...]
Ok, so this really is funny.. Wil over at http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/ post this a couple days ago and I thought it was too funny not to share..
Let me start off by saying, yes, I know that the data collected by Alexa is only slightly better than useless for determining anything about ranking or positioning when it comes to Search Engine placement.. That said, there are a lot of people that use Alexa and it’s worth taking even a couple of minutes [...]
Blocking access to your website by banning ip addresses and ip ranges is becoming more and more of an issue as the spammers get more and more agressive, especially with blog spam.. Blocking a single ip address is pretty much a useless effort, but it is possible to block wide ranges of addresses with a [...]
or – Where is the line between the letter and the intent of the law? PhilC over at SEO Forum threw a mini tantrum over at Web Pro World about getting so many “spam” emails from them and iEntry (WPW’s parent).. The thread, as many things over there do, got heated, closed, and then moved [...]
ZDNet has a short article about Tim Berners-Lee’s talk about a semantic web wiki.. As a proponent of collaboration and artificial intelligence Tim’s stance on the subject is obvious.. A semantic web would allow search engines ingeneral, and artificial intelligence greater ability to deliver relevant content to the user.. And in an ideal world, I [...]
The great guys at O’Reilly have applied for a trademark for the term Web 2.0.. And they’ve already started sending out cease and desist letters to people using the term.. Tim claims to have invented the term in an article with MediaLive International.. While this may be the case, I find it interesting on several [...]
I just finished reading The Art of Intrusion by everyone’s favorite hacker, Kevin Mitnick.. The book focuses mainly on ways people try to gain access to networks, buildings, and information in general.. And it does a pretty good job of telling the stories of the people involved.. If you are looking for a guide to [...]
