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Archive for May, 2008

Google Sitemaps Confusion

Friday, May 30th, 2008

OK, I finally got my sh*t together and got the WordPress Google Sitemaps plugin up and running. Boy, what a difference in traffic and ad clicks.
However, I’m really confused by the “Top Queries” section. Here’s what mine looks like:

So, this just doesn’t jive w/ what I see in analytics.  For example, I [...]

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Next Microsoft operating system has touch controls - Yahoo! News

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Next Microsoft operating system has touch controls - Yahoo! News
How is this news?  Every time I’m on a Windows machine, I have to “touch” the power button in order to reboot it…
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Popularity: 4% [?]

Grant’s Grunts » Building Green

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

Grant’s Grunts » Building Green
At any rate, are we fooling ourselves? I know reducing the energy we use is a good thing, so the well-insulated house and energy star appliances are all good. I also know using the low VOC stuff is good. And the Solar Water heater makes A LOT of [...]

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Building Green

Friday, May 16th, 2008

My wife and I are building a “green” home (if there is such a thing) and are wondering what has worked for people in the past.  These are the features we are putting in for our budget:

Active solar
passive solar design
Solar water heater
sealed crawlspace
“cool” attic (we live in NC) — meaning the attic temp. is [...]

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EU Concerned About Google’s Street View Images - Yahoo! News

Friday, May 16th, 2008

EU Concerned About Google’s Street View Images - Yahoo! News
Yeah, the EU is concerned that Google is infringing on it’s territory…  At least, that is the feeling I got in Amsterdam.  There were cameras darn near everywhere in that city.
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Popularity: 7% [?]

Windows Rant

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

Sigh, I have had to test on Windows XP and Vista lately.  What a miserable experience.  How do Windows users live with the constant messages asking for permission, etc?  My guess is they turn them all off…  I wonder how much productivity increase would be had in the enterprise if people didn’t constantly have [...]

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