Search results are only as good as their relevancy. Sometimes the highest ranking results are stale but the google spider seems to like it regardless. If i’m not happy w/ results or I need timely results I find myself searching on Twitter or Delicious to get some good ‘ol human suggestions.

Now that I can get timely Google results I’ll add this tool in my arsenal. Only thing it’s a pain in the ass to remember the extra get params (&tbs=qdr:X##&tbo=1) that Google needs appended to the given search url so I made a bookmarklet to make things KISS. After your search, just trigger the bookmarklet (defaults to 1 day) and go from there.

Google Liveify « drag to your toolbar

Google Live Reference

Just add these to the end of your search url if you want to override the 24hour default.

&tbs=qdr:X##&tbo=1

The X## portion gets replaced with:

• s## for number of seconds in the past: &tbs=qdr:s45&tbo=1
• n## for number of minutes &tbs=qdr:n5&tbo=1
• h## for number of hours &tbs=qdr:h2&tbo=1

You get the idea. Enjoy!

<img class=”right” src=”http://somedirection.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/goog.png” alt=”goog.png” border=”0″ width’em”157″ height=”58″ />

It’s funny because as much as I love Apple software, at the end of the day I know the future of software in the broadest sense belongs to Google. The computer of the future will be the network and cloud computing. I honestly think when we’re wired enough and fiber optics (or something better) is woven into our very being, we’ll be utilizing thin clients – probably 10th generation iPhones. Down the line (ridiculously far down the line) their lead in hardware is what really sets them apart. Even Google can’t catch up, it’s just not in their DNA. Both of these tech companies are already poised to transform our relationship with “computers”. Google on the OS, Apple on the hardware. You can take that to the bank. Hell I’m already most of the way there. I’m a Google Apps junkie who lives on his MacBook and wants a 3G iPhone like you read about.

What do you think the future holds for computing?

ReadWriteWeb Why Apple Will Dominate Next Gen Computing

• abuse xxx
• analysis of halloween retail sales
• customer service blog
• chelsea girl frat
• classytits
• tim ferriss girlfriend
• kaiser chiefs vending machine

Thanks for stopping by, hope you found what you were looking for!

Lately, it seems Google isn’t satisfied with just indexing the worlds information, but owning it as well (email, documents, analytics, social networks, online advertising, videos, etc etc ad nauseum).

I can see the discussion amongst Google engineers that sparked Google Knol.

Engineer #1: I’m tired of sending so much of our traffic to Wikipedia, they should come to us instead! Engineer #2: OWN IT!

Google Knol is designed to be a Squidoo, Mahalo, Wikipedia killer – Google Knol is in closed beta presently, but they’re hoping that it does better than Brazilian social network Orkut.

As if the whole internet doesn’t suck off Google’s teet enough already. They’re going after the only major untarnished Interweb destination that’s left: Wikipedia.org.

Is anyone scared yet?

Why did I get flashbacks of Dr. Edward Nygma aka the Riddler from Batman Forever, hooked up to his mind draining super crazy device pilfering all of the knowledge from unsuspecting Gothamites?

Google Knols All

What happens when “Don’t be evil” gets boring? Far in the future when Sergey and Larry are no longer the moral leaders of a powerful company, who becomes Google’s conciousness? What will be the next position posted on the Google job board when that happens, Chief Ethicist?

This Google is super ambitious and I love that – they raise the bar for the rest of us, but no one is safe from the Google machine. If they think they can do something better than you (and often they can), be afraid, be very afraid.

Sidenote: When Google gains it’s own consciousness we are so screwed.

Search for: has:attachment before:2007/01/01 and FW: before:2007/01/01

And wipe those suckers out. Happiness ensues.

You might want to backup all of your mail by downloading it first by configuring your own POP client.

I did some sleuthing and found that the character ? is common and stands by itself in most spams. English translation according to Google и == AND. I did a couple test searches and this seem to work well – so here’s what I came up with.

1. Create a new filter in Gmail (Settings > Filters)
2. Has The Words: и (Next Step)
3. x Delete (Create)

Spam free (for the most part) again!

UPDATE

I still got some Russian Spam THIS morning! Time for another filter.

1. Create a new filter in Gmail (Settings > Filters)
2. Has The Words: до (Next Step)
3. x Delete (Create)

The first thing I thought when I saw the new “My Maps” tab on Google Maps was this: I wonder how many developers’ hearts sank when they saw this today.

The current trend of mashups and the limitless of opportunities they bring will undoubtedly eventually be seen as ‘just a fad’. Any website that relies heavily on another company’s API is particularly susceptible to the consequences of leverage. Technology companies that build out their own API’s and release them so you can make ‘cool products’ with their data still hold all the leverage. There are no doubt some cool applications that utilize API’s out there, but do not get comfortable in your current position. If anything try your best to diversify what API’s are used in your mashup. You don’t hold the keys to your own fate, and this is an uncomfortable scenario that I feel will only occur more and more as time goes on. If you’re a web developer, do yourself a favor and concentrate on building something unique and useful.

To hold the keys, you need the leverage. You want to build the API, not build applications that are dependent on someone else’s API.

–

Only after some sleuthing did I find this article: Mashable: Platial Gets Screwed

–

UPDATE 4/28/2007

Found this great article on O’Reilly by Nat Torkington: Six Basic Truths of Free APIs