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Monthly Archives: October 2004
What’s next in search?
It looks like the “what’s next in search” is quite a hot topic these days. Google released Google Desktop Search, Alexa the AWIS (Alexa Web Information API, to allow access through SOAP and REST), and looks like Yahoo! is close … Continue reading
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George W. Bush site access
I just noticed: http://www.georgewbush.com/ gives me an “Access Denied” message. That’s strange… Is it that my IP is outside the US? Let’s try from an IP located in the US… ssh.. lynx http://www.georgewbush.com/ It works! It seems that after China … Continue reading
Posted in misc
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How about a distributed query system?
I have been thinking for some time if a distributed search engine would be feasible. Usually, when people talk about distributed search engines they have in mind something like a cluster of machines where procesing power and other resources are … Continue reading
The WIRED CD
This is groundbreaking! An audio CD included in this month’s issue of the WIRED Magazine includes tracks from artists like Beastie Boys and David Byrne. What’s so interesting? All tracks are relased under a Creative Commons license that allows “noncommercial … Continue reading
Tagged IP, news
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Help get Firefox full-page ad in The New York Times!
spreadfirefox.com is organizing what could be the biggest promotion created and paid for by opensource community! Continue reading
Exporting a HUGE MySQL table on a slow server.
So, we had to export this MySQL table, nearly 1,000,000 rows. 1m rows is not much, I know, but the machine is a PII with 512MB RAM. mysqldump –opt dbname mytable >exportfile took for ever, and I think the machine … Continue reading
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Trackback Ethics?
Eliot’s piece on “trackback ethics” brings up an interesting aspect of trackback-ing… On the other hand, why is this different than posting a commnet including a link to your site? It’s not, it just more elegant (technicaly speaking). If you … Continue reading
Playing with Alexa Web Information Service 1.0 (Beta)
Having a closer look at Alexa Web Information Service and how it compares to Google Web APIs… Continue reading
Tagged alexa, web devel
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Spreadfirefox.com mention of g-metrics
spreadfirefox.com mentions g-metrics in their article Climbing in the charts! Hooray! BTW, I have to say that spreadfirefox.com is probably one of the the best on-line campaigns I’ve seen -a great product helps too..
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Amazon Web Services Release
From Jeff Barr’s Blog: “We rolled out the new release of the Amazon Web Services today. This release includes the E-Commerce Service and a beta of the Alexa Web Information Service.CNet already has the story.” I should have a look … Continue reading
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