free google mini *conditions apply

http://services.google.com/appliance/switch/

*if you buy a google "maxi", and ditch your existing search engine before the end of this year.

search engine battles

So who was the first to index my blog?

The winner is... MSN, beating google and yahoo.

I've noticed this a several times now. MSN seem to be indexing web pages quicker.

Cake - Short Skirt / Long Jacket

I spent a couple of hours transcribing the trumpet line of this tune. So in the spirit of Open Source sharing, here it is for anyone who wants it.

cool stuff...

Google Reader is an RSS reader from those funky Google codeslingers.

It raises some questions as to how RSS feeds are indexed and searched? I really hadn't thought about it till now. Will the SEO freaks start working out how to get the number one position in RSS searches? Or have they already?

I like the keyboard shortcuts... must learn how to use them in HTML myself. j is down k is up... just like vi :-)

Falling Georgie

Wheeee this is fun Watch George Bush fall
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search engines

Hmmmm search engines. I'm over 'em. I want a find engine.

I'm looking for the name of a song that has lyrics that go something like "what's going on Mekong" (I think).

Google says "no"

Bill says "no"

Yahoo says "no"

After about half an hour of searching... I find what I'm looking for.

Ah ha! Mekon not Mekong. Roxanne Shante.

What can't search engines just find what you're looking for and not what you're actually looking for?

Some nice person had blogged the keywords Mekon and Mekong. Maybe there's a use for blogs after all.

time formats

OK, so this is my little pet hate. Date and Time formats. I go in to the blog settings, playing around with the bits you can click and find the date format for comments drop-down. It has the usual mix of bizarre formats but not my favorite. iso-8601 :-(

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

Still not sure. I guess it depends if you have something to say or not.

this blogging stuff

Hmmm, I'm in two minds about blogs. Not sure if they're a good thing or not. Ah well, lets give it a go and see.