Hold the spam, councillor told

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

An e-mail SNAFU has White Rock Coun. Stewart Peddemors apologizing for spam he sent to 3,000 people. [...more] [...more]

Be it ever so humble, for some drivers, theres no place like the ditch

Posted on July 21, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

They say theres no place like home for the holidays, but to many drivers, it appears theres no place like the ditch. [...more]

Do we need Internet neutrality?

Posted on July 14, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Theres a lively discussion across the Internet on the concept of Net neutrality, a term coined by law professor Tim Wu. According to Wikipedia.com, Net neutrality refers to [T]he neutrality of basic Internet protocols with respect to the ... [...more]

Abazab, widgets, and the growing demand for Web video

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Lucy is looking forward to the Pearl Jam concert at the Gorge Amphitheater in a few weeks. So are her friends who visit her MySpace page. Theyre planning on watching Lucys girl-at-the-gorge video commentary about the show almost as it ... [...more]

Firefox for Dummies (Part Two)

Posted on June 23, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Last Friday, we talked with Blake Ross, the 20-year old who started writing code for Netscape at age 14 and has since co-founded the Firefox project and SpreadFirefox.com. He is also author of the new book Firefox for Dummies. Ross had more to ... [...more]

Firefox for Dummies

Posted on June 16, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Last year was a breakout year for 20-year-old Blake Ross. He was on the cover of Wired magazine, nominated for Wireds Renegade of the Year and named Rolling Stone magazines Hot List. This came six years after he started working at Netscape ... [...more]

What We Like: Internet search trends

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Mt. St. Helens fin collapse, limonene legal define, and rescue me. These are some of the terms I entered in my Google search toolbar (toolbar.google.com) yesterday. Its fun to see what other people search for, and many search engines ... [...more]

Maximum Google: some helpful search tips

Posted on May 26, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Nowadays, your site must be listed in Google -- one of the most important crawler-based search engines. Not only do most people use it for search, but it also provides results for other major sites. Submission to Google is easy -- you need only ... [...more]

Spring cleaning . . . hard-drive style

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Your computer like your closet, basement, or favorite black outfit: it accumulates everything. Some debris we think we want to keep, but have long since forgotten or could never find if remembered. Its not all our doing, either. Im convinced ... [...more]

Television 2.0: The rising popularity of vodcasts

Posted on April 28, 2006 by Dana Greenlee

Someone went through a lot of trouble to very accurately depict The Simpsons intro with real-life actors. Im not sure who created it, but the 59-second video ( http://www.youtube.com/browse?s=mp&t=a ) is wildly popular, rated as the second ... [...more]