Monthly Archives: May 2009

Google and Preferred domain (www or non-www)

clipped from www.google.com Preferred domain (www or non-www) The preferred domain is the one that you would liked used to index your site’s pages (sometimes this is referred to as the canonical domain). Links may point to your site using … Continue reading

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Direct Folders

I love direct folders (pc). Direct Folders guarantees you quick and direct access to your  favorite and  recent folders. Jump to any deeply nested folder in a single mouse click. Direct Folders automatically resizes every standard file dialog, so you … Continue reading

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Hubble’s Final Mission

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google wave is going to be awesome

google wave is going to be awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_UyVmITiYQ

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Google’s Zip Code Lookup

So, I was using one of Google’s sign up forms, and I noticed that it gave me a nice tip – The valid zip codes for my state! Along with some sample zip codes for my country (usa). I opened … Continue reading

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Google Suggest Dissected…

clipped from serversideguy.blogspot.com People have been contributing their two cents to how this works, but I have un-compressed (ie. re-written) Google’s compressed javascript, so that the average web developer should be able to get a detailed understanding of how this … Continue reading

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The Word “Dollar” and the Dollar Sign $

clipped from projects.exeter.ac.uk Origins, History and Geography of Dollar Currencies From Thalers to Dollars Later on the English version of the name (dollar) was also applied to similar coins, not only ones minted in central Europe but also the Spanish … Continue reading

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ICC profiles in Photoshop 6.0 and later

clipped from kb2.adobe.com This record will give you a basic understanding of ICC profiles and how you can use them to get consistent and predictable color representation in Photoshop 6.0 or later. An ICC profile is a file that describes … Continue reading

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Link Farming – thoughts

So it’s sort of cool that twitter is not adding rel=”nofollow” to the links that you put in your tweets. And since everyone has a public page on twitter, those links get followed by google (and others). The bad part … Continue reading

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