Those clever gals and guys at the Google Labs are at it again. There’s a new enhanced version (the “universal version”) of search which combines results from image, video and text components in a single search result. This began to appear last weekend in search results from most of the major Google […]
Archive for May, 2007
Google Search Enhancements today and tomorrow
Published May 25th, 2007 in Google, Internet, Tech News, Tech Tips and Web 2.0. 1 Comment
Recently I was looking for something to block ads while I surf the net, something quick and clean, and preferably a plugin for Firefox. What I found was an extension called AdBlock Plus by Wladimir Palant. This has been a great little extension, as it blocks ads, (images, swfs, scripts) from appearing on the […]
New look for Google Analytics
Published May 16th, 2007 in Admin Tools, Google, Utilities and Web 2.0. 1 Comment Last week Google revamped their web-statistics package Google Analytics. The new look boasts some very web 2.0-ish graphs and provides all the same reports as before.
One of the new features is a drill-down world map, which provides a bit of an easier view of where your visitors are coming from. Some more detail from […]
Silverlight - Microsoft takes on Flash
Published May 16th, 2007 in Microsoft, Programming and Tech News. 0 Comments Microsoft has recently released Silverlight 1.0, a .NET-based competitor to Adobe’s Flash animation product.
This is an interesting strategic move as Microsoft is moving into what is clearly established territory for the Flash brand. Microsoft is extending the reach of the new Windows Presentation Foundations (WPF) to the web with a version being called WPF/E […]
Facebook and information privacy
Published May 6th, 2007 in Editorials, Tech News and Web 2.0. 1 Comment Well it’s been 9 whole days now, and I can officially say I’m a Facebook convert.
At last count, there were 116 people on my friends list. All of whom I’ve been friends with at some point in my past and many of whom I haven’t seen in years… a few almost a decade.
Tonight […]
Microsoft Longhorn/IIS 7.0 GoLive
Published May 5th, 2007 in Admin Tools, Microsoft and Tech News. 0 CommentsLast week (while I was too busy watching playoff hockey to post), Microsoft announced that the Beta 3 version of Windows Server “Longhorn” complete with the brand spankin’ new IIS 7.0 would be offered with a “Go-Live” license. This means that the new version can legally be deployed in a production environment prior to […]
That’s what you get for not paying attention
Published May 3rd, 2007 in Canucks and Hockey. 0 Comments *sigh*
It’s golf season.
Well done boys for a good solid year. Time to shore up that scoring and make another run in September.
Thanks to the Canucks on behalf of all your fans. We’re proud of you.
