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AllMyBrain is Tweeting
I’ve succumbed to the Micro Blogging movement. I figure it’s a little easier to keep people posted on various topics by posting a tweet rather than adding a new blog post for small items of information or links. Fell free to follow @allmybrain. I added a Twitter widget to WordPress as well, which seems to [...]
Do we really need super-fast broadband?
Wouldn’t it be nice to download your favorite music track in just 11 seconds? Or a 60 minute TV show in just 1 minute 2 seconds? How about a High definition movie in just over 14 minutes? Is this ever possible? With 50Mb broadband, it is. Virgin Media currently has a 50Mb service that lets [...]
Fixing the code highlighter for WordPress
Many of my posts have some sort of code, shell script, or other syntax highlighted portion. I’ve loved the code highligher plugin for wordpress. The version I’ve been using (1.8) doesn’t seem to have had any updates for quite some time. The only reason that bothers me in the slightest is that there is a [...]
Finding the Best Mobile Broadband Service
Mobile broadband is an exciting, fairly new service that provides wireless Internet access virtually anywhere you can get a mobile phone signal. The service usually requires some sort of data stick or card and is a very reasonably priced service that is much easier than trying to find hot spots, Wi-Fi or an un-secure wireless [...]
Internet on the go
I’m not very transient in my Internet usage, meaning that I use the Internet at home and at work, but not a lot while I’m traveling. On occasion however, I really wish I had a way to connect my laptop to the Internet somewhere where I don’t have a wireless connection. These days, getting on [...]
Is human powered search the next big thing?
I’d be well within reason to suggest that it would be somewhat difficult to use the web without a good search. Google has been so successful that their name has become a verb in the English language that defines using their service to search for something on the web. Traditionally, search engines compile a ginormous [...]