Wikipedia-based Search Engine: The Next Google?
Techcrunch reports on a new project by Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia. Read it if you are interested in the future of search: Techcrunch: Wikipedia-based Search Engine UPDATE: Jimmy Wales left a comment that the article on Techcrunch isn’t correct and the screenshot has nothing to do with what they are working on. More information on the search.wikia.com page:...
read moreBuying books: Local Store VS Amazon
A few times a year I order a bunch of books from Amazon. Every time I read about an intersting book or someone tells me I should read a certain book I look it up at Amazon and add it to my Cart. And now and then I make a selection of all the books in my Cart and have that selection mailed to me. Today I ordered the following books: “Next” Michael Crichton; Hardcover; $15.37 (not available) “A Perfect Mess” Eric Abrahamson; Hardcover; $17.93 (not available) “The World Is Flat” Thomas L. Friedman; Hardcover;...
read moreGoogle domains for sale?
Well yeah, if you don’t mind weird domainname extensions. Check these available Google domains: google.co.tm – Turkmenistan google.com.tm – Turkmenistan google.com.ac – Ascension Island google.com.hr – Croatia All available for registration! One condition: you will need a local precence and be prepared to get sued by Google. But at least you will be the proud owner of a Google domain, for a while. You could also try to buy Google.ac. But there are a few restrictions: “this domain is for sale,but never...
read moreBoris with a Beard on Bright.nl???
So I’m in staying in bed today because I’m a bit sick. My stomach is upset. The doctor said it was either “Smoking, spicey food, stress or alcohol or any combination of those 4 factors”. I don’t eat spicey food and don’t smoke but stress and alcohol I have had my share of these last few months. I have watched the directors cut of Blade Runner and a few scenes of Swordfish. Swordfish is such a bad movie that I couldn’t finish it. Then I answered some email and started browsing through my RSS feeds. I...
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