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NerdTests.com Fun Tests – Nerd Quiz
I am heartbroken to discover that I only rate as semi-nerdy. I think the problem is that my nerdiness is restricted to tech nerdiness rather than general science nerdiness (on which front I score pathetically low). I'll keep my eye out for something that tests...
ctrl-ault-del ” Blog Archive ” Salon and Technorati
Salon now features Technorati trackers that tell you who is blogging in response to any given Salon story. This would be a great feature for lots of sites.
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Salon now features Technorati trackers that tell you who is blogging in response to any given Salon story. This would be a great feature for lots of sites, and while I can imagine some workarounds that would allow sites to effectively achieve this, the…
Quick Online Tips: The Great Flickr Tools Collection
The Great Flickr Tools Collection: From Quick Online Tips — the people who brought the world the del.icio.us tools collection — an equally fabulous collection of tools to make your all-Flickr lifestyle that much better. Flickr is a terrific photo sha…
Canadian Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation (C2D2)
The first-ever Canadian Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation is scheduled for October 27-30 in Ottawa. The web site is now online with lots of opportunity for further input into the conference agenda.
15 things you can do with RSS (it was supposed to be 10, but I got carried away) – Tim Yang’s Geek Blog
Tim Yang’s list of fifteen things to do with RSS is the blog meme of the week. Only fifteen! What does he do with all the hours left over?
Keep an eye on this space for many more — today’s posts re: Feedster should give a few hints.
Kitsilano with Character: Your Home in Vancouver
It's official: we're now planning our move to Toronto, aiming for August 05. As a result our FABULOUS house is up for rent or exchange — and our ideal situation is to find some charming soul in Toronto who will trade houses with us for some extended peri
More kudos for Feedster
Another great discovery: Feedster lets you create a feed based on a search that is limited to the feeds listed within a given OPML file. An OPML file is better known as a blogroll -- basically list of RSS subscriptions (such as the one created by Bloglines when you...
Cisco product placement?
On 24 tonight, in the face of a fictional denial-of-service attack, the fictional cyberwhiz of the fictional intelligence agency notes that they're in good shape because "the Cisco network is self-defending."
Tag-friendly Feedster
Since Technorati does not yet provide RSS feeds on its tag pages, I've been looking for an alternate way of subscribing to RSS feeds for particular blog categories/tags (the way I subscribe to del.icio.us tag feeds). The happy discovery is that Feedster supports...