For nearly all of my web-based searches, I use Google.com. However, I recently stumbled across an interesting service called Blackle Pages which I wanted to make sure I talked about on this site to give them a bit of additional exposure. According to their web site: “Blackle Pages is a directory of environmentally friendly products [...]
Over the past few years, I’ve resisted the urge to participate in the whole “MySpace” and “Facebook” movement…partially due to my age (37, not wanting to have to wade through lots of teenage testosterone and estrogen en route to reconnecting with long-lost family and friends), and partially due to the amount of time it takes [...]
As a bit of an astronomy buff, I am always looking for new and interesting resources for viewing the stars, planets and moons. I recently stumbled across a new service from Microsoft Research called the “WorldWide Telescope” which looks very promising! According to their site: “The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a Web 2.0 visualization software [...]
Spring time in the Midwest of the United States is an absolutely beautiful time of the year. Everything becomes green, flowers are blooming everywhere, and it is finally time to trade in boots and winter coats for shorts and t-shirts! However, Spring time in this part of the planet also means thunderstorms and, in some [...]
I’ve run across a few articles on the internet related to web site optimization and bandwidth conservation which say that, in effort to reduce the amount of bandwidth sites are consuming, they should consider off-loading the hosting of their imagery altogether. While this type of advice does solve one’s immediate need (if they are running [...]
One of my favorite tools that I use on my PC laptop on a daily basis is Clean My Registry, from Smart PC Solutions. Clean My Registry is a fast, simple and free program that is designed for one purpose: to clean one’s Windows Registry of fragmented, cluttered, obsolete and invalid data. It works like [...]
It was a cold, rainy Spring day here in Southwestern Minnesota yesterday, so of COURSE my mind drifted to only one thing: disc golf. My normal daily routine is to start my day in the late morning, catch-up on email and voice mail for about 3-4 hours, then head out to our local disc golf [...]
For as long as I can remember, I have been completely and utterly absorbed with music. Music of all kinds! From alternative, acoustical/vocal and rock to classical, blue grass, jazz and hip-hop, I just absolutely LOVE music of all kinds. Well, new country isn’t really my favorite…but every OTHER kind of music you [...]
One of the services which caught my attention in previous months was Google Website Optimizer. The service is not focused on image optimization in any direct way, although their web site mentions increasing visitor satisfaction, which faster page loads and much smaller image caching requirements will definitely contribute to visitor satisfaction. I have attempted to [...]
One of the cool programs that I use in my regular efforts to optimize files is PPTMinimizer. Developed by German-based Balesio, this is a program designed to take existing Microsoft PowerPoint files and reduce them in file size by over fifty (50) percent without any noticeable degradation on-screen. I didn’t believe the claims at [...]
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