I’m trying to decide what to be for Halloween this year. At various times, I have been Google’s original chef Charlie, a punk rocker with blue hair, and Inigo Montoya. Last year, I thought about going as Silent Bob from the movie Clerks, but Ask.com had killed Jeeves that year, so instead I dressed as [...]
Google engineer Bharat Mediratta discussed some Google engineering customs in the New York Times yesterday. Bharat goes beyond 20% time to talk about some different aspects of being an engineer at Google:Grouplets bring together like-minded engineers who care about things like documentation, improving our build system, or testing. It’s an informal process lets engineers contribute [...]
On Friday, Google Operating System noticed that Google Reader will tell you Google Reader subscriber numbers for a blog when you search to add a new feed. It didn’t take long for different folks to start collecting subscriber numbers for different blogs. I haven’t asked the Reader team about this, but it looks like this [...]
I’m still crunching on my non-webspam logistical project, plus I’m about 400 emails behind. I’m also going to fly up to Kirkland on Tuesday and Wednesday to say hello to the Webmaster Central team and check in with them. I feel bad for not posting much recently, so I rummaged around and found this gadget [...]
I’m still chugging on a logistical project (it’s not webspam related). Sorry that I’ve been quieter on the blog as a result; the logistical stuff cuts into my free time, which causes a direct decrease in the time available for blogging. In the mean time, here’s a few things that I thought were interesting:- [...]
Omron recently introduced a pedometer with a USB connector that can upload your step data to your computer. I’ve wanted something like this for years, so I ordered one from Amazon for 33 bucks and started testing it.My verdict? It’s the best pedometer I’ve tried. It’s accurate, and because it has two inertial sensors you [...]
I was reading all the TechCrunch40 coverage and I asked myself: “If I had five minutes to come up with a startup idea completely outside of search, what would it be?” This is more of a fun exercise, but feel free to pull apart the idea — or propose a better startup idea in the [...]
Quite a busy day today:- Yahoo bought Zimbra for $350 million dollars.- AOL decided to move their headquarters to New York.- Microsoft got a decision in Europe.- Lots of TechCrunch 40 coverage is up on techcrunch.com.- The New York Times is opening up large quantities of its premium content for free.- Apple is hosting a [...]
I know someone that got a hand-written letter in blue ink that says:Dear (name)My name is David, my wife is Jennifer. We would like to buy your house at (address). Please call me @ 408-772-0507.Sincerely,David JanMy friend thought this was strange and did a Google search for 408-772-0507 and came across this page [...]
