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productivity, programming, technology, web

Ramblings on Search.

A Better Search Engine.
X= (C*15) + (E*40) + ((A1*40) + (A2*30) + (A3*20) + (A4*10) + (A5*5)) + (M*20)

X = The ranking value for any given entry for a given search query.
C = The natural ranking given by a natural search engine analysis (such as provided via Google, Yahoo, Bing).
E = The ranking value given [...]

health, household, productivity, technology

Zeo – I Want It!

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Okay folks, I haven’t gotten my hands on this device yet but after reading Andy Oram’s post on it – I want it. The Zeo is a device that monitors how you are sleeping and then offers analysis of how you have been sleeping each night. I’d love to try this and see [...]

learning, productivity, programming, technology, web

My Platform as a Service (PaaS) List.

Some people are going to be up in arms over this list – because it isn’t truly a PaaS (platform as a service) list. I’m sure some noticeable entries are missing and some non-noticeable entries are present. The order is random. I’ve just been evaluating PaaS solutions and figured I’d post most of what I’ve [...]

household, productivity, services, software, video, web

Skype – A Better Telephone?

These days with the ubiquitous presence of cell phones the need for traditional landlines seems to be drastically decreasing and many individuals and families are choosing to abandon landlines altogether for only cellular service. Still, cell phones aren’t a perfect solution. They generally are fairly expensive on a per minute conversation basis, have high roaming [...]

household, productivity, technology, web

OpenDNS – free and extremely useful.

OpenDNS is one of those great services that is simply a no-brainer. It is a bit technical and for the lay-person may take 30 minutes to 1 hr. to understand what exactly the service does, why it is important, and how to get it setup on their home network…but trust me – its worth it.
So, [...]

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