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What is a Feed? RSS? Subscribe?

  • 19 May, 2006

What is a feed? A feed is a web document that usually ends in .xml or .rss and it is a slimed down version of a website that is created to be easily syndicated. It may be represented by an orange icon.  What does it cost? $0 – It’s free. What is a feed reader? […]

Pingoat is Sick – I’m not a spammer.

  • 18 May, 2006

I found out today that Pingoat is not accepting any pings from blogs for a while. you must now visit the site and fill in the information. Service issues are coming up and it’s just not working well right now. So I went over and put in my info and it said I was blacklisted […]

Amazing Apple Store Entrance

  • 18 May, 2006

Now this is shopping in style! The glass cube that is the entrance to the Fifth Avenue (NYC) Apple store. See more pictures!

iPox Mangled

  • 17 May, 2006

I was surfing around Deviantart yesterday and I found a mangled version of iPox. Someone took iPox and Vista Fox and merged them. Let me just say that I don’t care if you mod my theme, but I do have a few requests. First, please ask. Second, make sure you update the install files correctly. […]

Technorati and Portal Chicklets

  • 16 May, 2006

I’ve updated the Chicklet Creator with new buttons today. Now included are Technorati (add to favorites), Protopage, Pageflakes and Netvibes. I may have another new button in the works, but feel free to share any services that I’m missing. I’ve also updated the Yahoo, Rojo, Newsgator and Pluck images to come directly from those services, […]

Skype To Wireless & Land Lines Free

  • 15 May, 2006

Skype has announced that, until the end of the year, you can use Skype to any phone in the US or Canada for free! I tried it with my cell and it worked, but I didn’t talk to myself. But it also didn’t charge me or ask for money. Sweet! This means that tomorrow night, […]

Poseidon at the IMAX

  • 15 May, 2006

On Saturday we checked out Poseidon, not just at the movie theater but at the IMAX. IMAX movies are presented on a 3 story tall screen with a six-channel digital sound system that can’t be found anywhere else. It uses film which is 10x larger than standard movie theaters to bring incredible sharpness and clarity […]

My Sharks Mate A Lot

  • 14 May, 2006

It’s true. I started with two sharks and now I’m up to 11! To clarify, I got a great application called Fish. I realized I hadn’t tried it out since I got my sweet new machine. It runs so much better than on my previous machine. Fish is a virtual aquarium. It allows me to […]

yExplore Updated for Better Results

  • 13 May, 2006

It took much longer than expected to get approved by Mozilla, the approval line must be really long, but yExplore 1.1beta is now out! yExplore 1.1beta changes the URL structure that access’ Yahoo Site Explorer. It’ll now give you the most accurate data right away. The change is is in response to my odd Yahoo […]

Browsing with Opera 9 Beta

  • 12 May, 2006

I’ve recently started checking out Opera 9 Beta I’m not sure why I stumbled across it but I have to say, it’s quite a nice browser. Now I’m a Firefox guy and there are to many good features to pass up, but Opera is pretty slick too. They’ve added support for WYSIWYG editors like those […]