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Category Archives: Tech Opinion
google donates $20 million to charity
google donates $20 million to charity for Christmas / Holiday 2009 season Quote: “Because charities are experiencing their toughest year in decades, we have committed $20 million to helping those who help us all. Our gift to you is a gift to them. Happy Holidays” – From Google View their page Google will be donating to these organizations: Feeding America Boys and Girls Clubs Smile Train CARE, Mothers Matter World Wildlife Fund, Natural Capital Project Mobile Creches Prajwala HEAL Africa African Institute for Mathematical Sciences The Mango Tree National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Harlem Children’s Zone Save the Children, Latin America focus Reporters Without Borders Witness Loud Against Nazis Global Voices Ushahidi Save the Children, Middle East and Eurasia focus Grupo Cultural Afro Reaggae Ashesi University College, Ghana Pratham Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience Shin Shin Educational Foundation Tzu Chi Foundation
Your tech lesson of the day: 301 Redirects
What is a 301 redirect? The HTTP standard defines several status codes for redirection: * 300 multiple choices (e.g. offer different languages) * 301 moved permanently * 302 found (originally temporary redirect, but now commonly used to specify redirection for unspecified reason) * 303 see other (e.g. for results of cgi-scripts) * 307 temporary redirect Why do you want to use 301 redirects when possible? Google will transfer your existing search rankings and good keywords. Users will arrive at the new site seamlessly. How to do you create a 301 redirect? http://www.somacon.com/p145.php What is different about a meta refresh tag or javascript redirect A meta refresh tag or ( <meta http-equiv=”refresh” content=”0;url=http://www.google.com/”> ) a javascript redirect (window.location = http://google.com) waits for the window content to load, then tells the browser to go to the new location. A 301 redirect will send the user along to the new location before any content is served by using http headers. Why should you avoid meta refresh / javascript? Googlle bots don’t have javascript enabled. They don’t follow meta refresh pages. And your users will actually see the old page load, depending on how quick their browser is. It’s just not a great way to do a redirect, but sometimes the server doesn’t have the capability to give a 301, or you don’t have admin privileges to set one up. Can you give me an example of a .htaccess file redirect? The file will look like this: RewriteEngine on RewriteRule (.*) http://www.newsite.com/ [R=301,L] What does that mean? … Continue reading
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Increase Gmail search result count (from 20)
Are you frustrated that when you search g-mail there are only 20 results that show up at a time? It’s quite difficult to review, mark, and move messages when the search results are limited to 20 messages. Does it make sense that a “search company” which offers GIGABYTES of storage in their e-mail system limits your result count to 20? No. Of course not. Solutions 1. Creating a Filter (thanks Stephan) Create a filter with your search. Put your keywords in the “Contains the words” field, then click “test search” and hit continue. Next, create a label and apply the filter (ignore the warning that this will never apply to incoming mail) for the mail below. Of course it’s complicated to create a filter each time you want to search for a large amount of mail, but still better than the 20 mail-limit. 2. Suggest that Google fix it Visit the GMAIL SUGGESTIONS PAGE and choose the second one from the bottom “Better message search functionality” – also, possibly choose the dropdown box at the bottom, select OTHER, and tell google you want more than 20 results! :) One Related Labs Feature If you haven’t seen QuickLinks in Google Labs, it’s worth checking out. It still only gives you 20 results, but it is a way of having saved searches easily available without having to create a filter. About Quick Links Adds a box to the left column that gives you 1-click access to any bookmarkable URL in Gmail. You can use … Continue reading
Fit-PC 2 nettop stays slim, gets an Atom upgrade
clipped from www.engadget.com The original Fit-PC slim may have been able to proclaim itself the “world’s smallest,” but with an 500MHz AMD Geode processor and no more than 512MB of RAM, it had a bit of difficulty with the “PC” side of the equation. Fit-PC looks to have gone some way towards improving that with its new Fit-PC 2, however, which matches the current nettop ranks by adding your choice of an Atom Z530 or Z510 processor. Otherwise, you can expect the usual 1GB of RAM, your choice of 2.5-inch SATA hard drive, built-in WiFi, a generous six USB ports, HDMI out, XP or Ubuntu for an OS, and support for full 1,920 x 1,080 resolution. From the looks of it, this one is just starting to roll out now, and will set you back between $245 and $400 depending on the configuration. Still looking for more? Then head on past the break for a quick hands-on video.
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Google to reveal PC operating system
clipped from www.watoday.com.au July 8, 2009 Google will on Wednesday announce plans for a personal computer operating system, the New York Times reported, in what will be another clash between the Internet search king and software giant Microsoft. Details on the system were unavailable, other than it would be based on Google’s Chrome browser. The Mountain View, California company was set to make the announcement on its blog later on Wednesday, the Times said, citing sources briefed on the plans. Chrome was launched in September but has failed to enjoy the spectacular success of Google’s search engine. The company floated its first US television advertisements in recent months for the browser, which has captured just a tiny share of a market dominated by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Microsoft’s new search engine Bing was launched in a bid to hit back at Google’s gains in the search market, but still lags behind its rival.
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“What Exactly is a ‘Mashup’?”
clipped from netforbeginners.about.com You hear this “mashup” expression being used by techie friends of yours. They talk about “oh, that is such an awesome mashup”. But what exactly does “mashup” mean? “Mashup” comes from the term “mashed potatoes”, but is much more sophisticated. A “mashup” combines services from different websites into a single website. The intent is to give exceptional customer service to the reader by combining the best of two or more online software products. Mashups are not new, by any means. The idea of combining multiple software API services (“application programming interfaces”) is decades old. In fact, your Microsoft Windows operating system is a perfect everyday example of mashup programming. But in the last few years, web site mashups have become a serious business for web programmers.
Delicious Bookmarklet for Google Chrome
clipped from www.techlifeweb.com Drag this link: Bookmark on Delicious up to your Bookmarks Toolbar similar to how it is shown above.
X-Rite EODIS2 Eye-One Display 2
Just purchased an Xrite Eye One (Display 2) monitor calibration tool. Hope it gets here soon. The reviews look pretty awesome.
Winston-Salem Cabinets
So Wrobel’s Woodworking does custom cabinets in winston-salem, and their website is getting quite dated. It’s always good to have a web presence, but I think the site could use a bit more content, a new layout, and maybe some new design work. I am thinking about using a carousel-type gallery for their homepage, which would then link into their project pages. Also, I think carousel galleries can be cool, but also possibly annoying – and if flash is not used some browsers have trouble with the fluidness of animation (think firefox on mac). I wonder if they are a temporary trend.
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Stephen Wolfram to Answer Wolfram|Alpha Questions in Live Webcast
clipped from blog.wolframalpha.com Our team is hard at work going through the tens of thousands of comments, suggestions, and questions coming in about Wolfram|Alpha. We thought you’d enjoy hearing Stephen Wolfram respond to some of this feedback directly. This Thursday, June 4, at 4 pm US CDT, we invite you to join us for a live webcast as Stephen answers some of the questions you’ve sent in. He’ll discuss the problems, the fixes, the future, and more. If you have a question you’d like Stephen to answer, post it as a comment to this blog post. We’ll also be taking questions live on the justin.tv chat during the webcast. Thanks again for all of your interest and support. We look forward to sharing this live webcast with you.
