Category Archives: Internet
What is Twitter Pollution?
Twitter Pollution Excessive targeted marketing using a social network’s status updates. Most people have at least heard of Twitter by now. The mini social network seemed like a great idea when it was born out of Odeo (a podcasting company). It can be highly addictive, and can even save you money on your text messaging [...]
Speeding Up Firefox
I am on a broadband connection this week, but it is nothing like my connection at home. So I decided to look for some ways to speed up my web browser. Fortunately, I use Firefox, so it is highly customizable. I found a great article on Free Republic, that really speeds up my web browsing [...]
Saving Website Passwords in Firefox…
Have you ever gone to a website’s login page, typed in your user name and password, only to find that Firefox does not ask to save your password. This usually happens with banks, credit card companies, etc. The problem is not with Firefox. The issue actually arises from the Javascript used on the website. Many [...]
Google To Launch Open Social API
Some great news broke today. MySpace will utilize Google’s new Social Network API, OpenSocial. According to TechCrunch, the APIs allow applications to run on multiple social networks and use standard web development tools like html, javascript, and flash. Using the API, you can access Profile Information, Friends Information, and Activities (i.e. profile changes). These APIs [...]
Get Free Telephone Service with a new VoIP Service
In the news today, Vonage lost their patent trial against Sprint. That means that there may be one less player in the internet phone service market. They are still in business, but with huge fines and the big phone companies suing whenever possible, it could be the beginning of the end for the first major [...]
Combat Spam using Gmail Filters
If you have an email address, and you sometimes check it, you do get spam. Modifying Benjamin Franklin’s original saying, it now reads: “There are three things certain in life, Death, Taxes, and Email Spam.” Email hosts and ISPs have their own problems with spam (infrastructure, bandwidth, etc.). I could go on about that, but [...]
2008 Politics: The year of the Political Web
You probably think I am crazy if you read the title of this article. Right now, I bet you are saying “Of course the subject of politics is online. Just ask John Kerry or Dan Rather what a bunch of bloggers equipped with your dirty secrets can do. Or look how much influence the fascist [...]
TV Watching for Internet People
Everyone enjoys surfing the internet. Many enjoy it so much that they don’t even use their TV. If they do want to watch programs, they do it online. Some people use Bittorrent, others YouTube, and still others go to special TV websites. I have found that most websites limit quality for the free content, but [...]
Busy Week(end)!
Jessica and I closed on our new home this weekend. It was exciting and stressful at the same time. We moved most of our stuff into the house on Thursday, and were able to finally get rid of our mini storage facility. Not that it was a bad place, just an extra expense that I [...]
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