Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
Thursday, January 12th, 2006
The title to this post is misleading. Not only will I not be talking about all things spell checking, but I will be talking about precisely two things spell checking: the WordPress spell checker I use and a Firefox spell checking extension.
First, a few months ago I managed to somehow ...
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Monday, November 28th, 2005
One in six Americans have at some point tried to sell a good online, reports InformationWeek. I find these numbers very surprising. Amanda Lenhart disagrees:
"I'd say these numbers were only moderately surprising," said Amanda Lenhart, the senior research specialist at Pew Internet who co-authored the survey.
One in six Americans. Wow. ...
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Sunday, July 31st, 2005
Paul recently wrote an ode to Craigslist, and after today's experience, I must join him.
I sold my very first item on Craigslist today: a computer desk I bought two years ago when I moved to California. With the move to the new apartment, I found that a smaller computer cart ...
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Monday, July 18th, 2005
Well, not really. But Google Maps did find an interestingly shaped cluster of buildings at the United States naval complex on Bougainville Road in San Diego. You can see the map in this article from The Register.
The article also includes a brief story about one of Hitler's supposed escapes and ...
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Friday, July 8th, 2005
Charles Cooper wrote an opinion piece over at CNet about the possible imposition of a future sales tax for purchases made over the Internet. It does not appear as though anything is imminent, but moves are being made in this direction that may stick in the not so distant ...
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Thursday, July 7th, 2005
You have probably already heard about the bombings that rocked London's mass transit system this morning. In quite amazing fashion, Wikipedia is already hosting a detailed entry describing these bombings. The article contains a time line, information about causalities, descriptions of the various responses to the bombings, and a collection ...
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