Entries from MediaBin tagged with 'popular'
Google's Clean Frontpage
Google understands something, so few companies do. Look at their search engine, look at the front page, the infamous www.google.com. What do you see? No ads, no 10 meg collection of Picture art, a minimal copyright notice. Does msnsearch do...
Gmail Still Beta?
Why is Gmail still "Beta" labeled? It works great. Rarely ever down. Millions of people are using it, rely on it, use it to manage other email sources. I know, the odds of "anyone commenting," on my blog. Seems low!...
NanoWriMo 2008
November is almost here! Have you decided to join the challenge? National Write A Novel Month is almost upon us. NaNoWriMo = Of course, my novel will be Science Fiction. Wikipedia on Nano Creative Writing Ready to Write a Novel?...
De-Clutter Your Space
More wisdom from LifeHacker, create an attack plan for your cluttered space. Know your problem A fearless inventory Get rid of stuff (/ junk) How to Create an Inventory; of Stored Items Quote LifeHacker = My basic advice. Evaluate goals....
Ideas Home Automation
Things to consider for making your home life, less stressful. Create Automatic PC Backups Make a Security Camera from your Webcam Learn About X10 Automation Don't Overlook Paper: KISS Put Soft Lights near your bed to Night-time Places Get Involved...
Knocking Wikipedia
Why is everyone so "hard on" Wikipedia? I agree, you need to check, what you read. Also, don't accept anything as legit, if not verified. Or seems "incredulous!" However, there are Editors at WIK, and it was built over multiple...
Looking for: How-Tos eHow
Very interesting site. Several topical areas: business, computers, culture, food & drink, holidays, legal, parenting, personal finance, relationships, and travel. How to Achieve Your Dream: 1: You have to do a little spring cleaning. 2: Look yourself in the eye,...
Wikipedia's Reference Desk
Did you know, there is a Reference Desk with several addressed subjects, answered by question?, on Wikipedia. A picture Areas such as: Computing Science Mathematics Miscellaneous Humanities Language Entertainment Archives The Archive page is the most interesting. It shows the...
Why Negatives
Questions: Media and Negatives Last Night, a King of Queens show was on. It focused all about Kevin James character and his character "stealing a baseball" from a young boy. If you have seen the show? The boy was taunting...
Where is Spain?
Occasionally, I'll browse Wikipedia, and I came across this amazing fact: Madrid Spain has the world's 5th largest Rail Line. (underground and or above ground serving a metropolitan arear). Not to insult Spain or the citizens of Madrid. I'm impressed....
Multiple Monitor Madness
Link 1: Does More Than One Monitor Improve Productivity? Link 2: Dual Monitors: The Big Screen Display Productivity Paradox Link 3:The Virtues of a Second Screen The comments on Lifehacker are why. I included the Link 2. My Opinion,...
Sights in Minneapolis
If you haven't been to the Twin Cities? You should go there, some time. The Home & Abroad web site shows local attractions of several US Cities, from the Guthrie Theater to the St. Paul Public Library & James J....
Join NaNoWriMo 2007
National Write a Novel Month is coming. Are you ready? NaNoWriMo I joined Nano back in 2005. However, I didn't complete it. At the time, I was without a printer, and time was against me. So, I could rattle on...
NaNoWriMo 2007
National Write a Novel Month is coming. Are you ready? What better excuse to stay indoors, perfect your writing skills, work online with everyone on NaNo, meet new people in your Nano Region, and just create a work of fiction....
Web 2.0 Listing
Do you know what Web 2.0 is? If you don't, get with it. It really isn't that hard. Just sort of a new way of looking at Computer applications & Internet productivity. = Flickr is probably about the #1 best...
Population and the Future
How does ND rank with population and our neighbor states? North Dakota Population Figures South Dakota Population Figures Minnesota Population Figures Montana Population Figures CANADA Manitoba Population Figures CANADA City Manitoba Site Cities Population Web Site Bismarck is considered an...
Freemind Update
• Have you tried Freemind? Ever seen a mind map? If you haven't? You have to at least try building one. . . . = Glen's plug page for Freemind Freemind is a wonderful application & free. It is available...
Topic: Important Keys
Question: Have you been working out with the Alt-?, Ctrl-k "Lookup Key Binding" function. There is a deeper reason to learn it and it's kin. Answer: Well, so far, we have been searching for functions, testing if key bindings are...
Topic: Defining Key Bindings
Question: Ok, how do I encode some custom key bindings? = There are several ways, to do this. You can setup a key binding on the fly. However, what is the use of this? If I want a key binding...
Lifehacker & Organizing
It seems there are all these web sites for people organizing or trying "todo" stuff. Such as Lifehacker. 43 Things 43 Folders Hipster PDA Getting Things Done by David Allen And more!!! del.icio.us Tags on Getting Things Done Online Organizing...
Linux Konfabulator
Everyone loves Konfabulator. Everyone except Linux people it seems? Why? = Because, their isn't one. Being a Linux / FreeBSD user myself, I can understand this. Also, there are some other problems with Konfabulator. What problems? = A lot of...
Typo and Rails
Ruby and Rails is getting really popular. • Scott Laird's blog called Scott's Stuff is rather revealing for a programmer blog. He is doing a lot of work with Ruby, Rails, Typo, and Flikr applications. Wow! Look at his categories....
Write a Novel
National Novel Writing Month is this November. The challenge is to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. The reason, just to prove you can do it. You can find all the information about it, here. This is free...
New Logo
What is Logo? Great way to learn starting programming. Recommended for your kids, even. They just came out with a new NetLogo at NorthWestern University. (This is free software, too.) Check it out - NetLogo. Glen...
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