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May 2005

182 posts

ScrappyGoo

Have a search term your alwasy using on Google will now you can get a RSS feed of the Google results for that search term. This is a very cool service. [ScrappyGoo]

How Big of Geek Are You?

I’m a geek.. I know I am. I’m a PC Geek from 16 years ago, now I’m a Mac Geek. How do I know all this? Because I took a test that told me so. You can take one too. Go to www.nerdtests.com/funtests.php and take the test yourself. But be true to yourself and answer the question honestly. I did and scored an 84, now I’m not sure if I’m happy with that or not! Let’s hear what you folks get for a score.

Go ahead play Google in the Search Engine Optimization game and get spanked

So what happens when your a search optimization company and you use tactics that piss off the folks at Google. Well your site can virtually be erased from search engine results. Not a very good sign when your company is trying to prove they are the king of the hill in search engine optimization. Guess what folks content is king

Turmoil at the Engadget Podcast!

Seems their is some turmoil over at the Engadget Podcast? [Eric Rice] Do I get the hint that their was some control issues?

Geek News Central #63 2005-05-10

One show away from the big announcement and those of you that submitted contest entries starting listening for your phone to ring because you never know when the Geek is going to come calling.. GNC-2005-05-10.mp3 GNC-2005-05-10.wma GNC-2005-05-10.ogg GNC-2005-05-10.torrent Techpodcasts.com wants to welcome our two newest members Slashdot Review and Girl on Tech Greasemonkey will blow you away! Broadcast Flag Broadcast

I will be contributing at Corante!

I will be contributing over at Corante starting this week, and I want to thank Alex for inviting me to participate. I will likely also be joining them in some of their podcast. Should be a lot of fun and this will give me an additional outlet to talk about what is happening in the podcasting community as a whole.

Gnomedex

The Geek from Geek News Central will be attending Gnomedex a change in plans was made this morning. [Gnomedex]

Google RideFinder

I am continually astounded by what Google comes up with (minus the accelerator). This is going to be my new favorite tool on Friday and Saturday nights right before I leave to go out... I'm a little perplexed by the city choices, with the obvious exceptions of San Francisco and New York. Cleveland? Where's Boston?? I'm assuming that it's using

An Example of Making Money in Podcasting.

Everyone is wondering how to make money in podcasting. Leo La Porte and the old Screen Savers bunch have found the answer. They started a weekly podcast called This Week in Technology. (TWIT) To keep the podcast ad-free they decided to set up a paypal button for subscribing. The podcast will always be free, but the $2 a month subscription gives you

So, You Think You Like it Hot??

I love spicy foods, but this is out of control! The sauce is 30 times hotter than the spiciest pepper and 8,000 times more fiery than Tabasco. Diners must sign a disclaimer recommending

Beautiful Women Selling Drugs!

First some background, I was aware of the practice outlined in the referenced article because I have a buddy who's wife is well easy on the eyes. She has several friends who are likewise. They all work for major drug companies as sales representatives. We also have a friend I will call sue who works in a doctors office and

Time Traveler was turned away!

It was reported today that a time traveler that attempted to join the MIT Time Travel convention was turned away, this was due to the convention not having enough capacity to allow everyone in. Apparently the Time Traveler was not able to tunnel through to the exact spot due to the latitude and longitude coordinates being skewed the time traveler

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