Category: technology

Working from your Office 2.0

This is just a quick post of a new and wild, yet somewhat inviting, way to work from home.
Not to mention it brings a whole new meaning to heading out back because the wife has you in the “doghouse”

Back to work slackers!

or take a moment and leave a comment about what think of this “office environment” from OfficePOD

Live Auction Results from Domainer’s Mardi Gras

 

For those following the domain industry below is a list of names that were sold in the live auction, their reserve price and sale price.
Congrats to the owner of Voodoo.com and to the new owner of Voodoo.com Great sale that toped the auction Favorites.com had a reserve of $500,000 and that looks like it never made the sale. Worth the money, but not so easy a sell in current economic conditions.

 

Lot NumberTitleReserveSale Price
212430MardiGrasBasketUSD$ 0USD$ 300
212404StorageFacility.com ♦USD$ 3,500USD$ 5,000
193671Decor.netUSD$ 1,500USD$ 2,900
206502MardiGrasTube.comUSD$ 500USD$ 500
212428CandyCane.comUSD$ 10,000USD$ 10,000
189925Heal.tv ♦USD$ 0USD$ 300
212406Titillation.comUSD$ 0USD$ 1,400
212411Jobless.comUSD$ 10,000USD$ 14,000
212392Discretion.com ♦USD$ 3,000USD$ 5,250
199779Resolve.netUSD$ 1USD$ 800
212395ExerciseGuide.com ♦USD$ 3,000USD$ 3,500
212403ShowMeYourBoobs.c♦USD$ 0USD$ 850
202068ItalianHoliday.com ♦USD$ 0USD$ 1,750
169695DCW.com ♦USD$ 5,000USD$ 6,500
190124Suntanning.comUSD$ 22,500USD$ 22,500
212391Babefest.comUSD$ 0USD$ 650
212431CrawfishBasketUSD$ 0USD$ 150
212437TextLinks.comUSD$ 22,000USD$ 22,000
212434Dreamy.comUSD$ 4,000USD$ 9,000
212436PortableDrive.com ♦USD$ 1,500USD$ 1,500
212409WorkPrograms.com ♦USD$ 0USD$ 1,666
169699FinancialBailout.com ♦USD$ 2,500USD$ 3,750
212402PetHospitals.com ♦USD$ 4,500USD$ 4,500
202706SongDirectory.com ♦USD$ 0USD$ 303
201511BusinessProblems.c♦USD$ 0USD$ 850
209576AirlineRewards.com ♦USD$ 5,000USD$ 5,000
207572Couple.org ♦USD$ 0USD$ 600
212439Overwhelmed.comUSD$ 0USD$ 3,700
212408Voodoo.com ♦USD$ 300,000USD$ 300,000
212399LowFare.net ♦USD$ 0USD$ 1,100
195243RapidMoney.com ♦USD$ 999USD$ 1,000
185945MedicalTextbooks.c♦USD$ 1,000USD$ 1,500
212438TicketBooth.comUSD$ 2,100USD$ 3,800
212397GasCash.com ♦USD$ 0USD$ 400
212401NurseCollege.com ♦USD$ 2,000USD$ 2,000
166732BrightenTeeth.com ♦USD$ 0USD$ 800
212432VooDooDollJayUSD$ 0USD$ 125
212433VooDooDollAmmarUSD$ 0USD$ 275

Feedburner is now GoogleBurner…what?

Aftering reading about the Toads on roads that Google has added to there Google Earth, I headed over to Feedburner to check out my stats. Low as they are I like to look at them anyhow.

Turns out that if I want to continue to use “Burned Feeds”  I am required to move my feeds over to an exisiting Google account or no longer have them hosted/burned. Well, that made the choice more clear. Do it or Lose it. SO even more of the online world is being overtaken by the big G. I love all their services, but it starting to get a little scary out there on the planes of Cyberspace, or should we start calling it Google’s Space? They have their fingeres and toes in so many projects that many interenet users, markerters, affiliates, and domainers use on a daily bases.

Welcome to Googlespace, isn’t just part of Google Earth anymore!
Below is what they gave me once the transfer was complete.

We have successfully moved your feeds from FeedBurner account xxxx into your Google Account xxxxxxxx@gmail.com.

You will no longer be able to sign in to feedburner.com. From now on, you may now view and manage your feeds by visiting:

http://feedburner.google.com

Your old FeedBurner feeds (at feeds.feedburner.com) will automatically redirect traffic to their new addresses on the feeds2.feedburner.com domain. All of your feeds have been moved into your Google Account, along with your traffic stats. If you see “0” for the most recent day, don’t panic! It may take up to a week for a feed’s full dose of stats to appear in your Google Account.

RFID Room Key and Debit Card

This bracelet served as the room key and a debit card for restaurants and gift shops at the Great Wolf Lodge.

Check it out here

Thanks Shawn (aka: affiliatetip)

Google Phone Approved By FCC

 

I have been wanting to get an iPhone for some time now. I am already with ATT and just learned that the plans include "unlimited" internet for about 5 dollars more than I pay now. I have also just learned that the new Gphone named "DREAM" is a go for google.

Main article I read is here

Latest News

The long anticipated and first Android handset, the HTC Dream is all set for a Fall 2008 Release. You can expect the phone to have some great features and specs to illustrate the power of Android, Google’s new open source mobile operating system.

and to get a even more information on what the DREAM is go here

 

Hmm now I wonder if I’ll just wait and see what shakes out of the competition. The 4 year old razor still works fine.

Search Engines learns to crawl Flash

Google has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, we’ve improved the performance of this Flash indexing algorithm by integrating Adobe’s Flash Player technology.

Googles full article

More from their Webmaster Central Blog – Here

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Search Engine Land has a very nice write up on the new technology of SE

Their’s is here

And on the topic of video might as well toss in the Official Google YouTube Channel – Here

Getting updates about Mars

Mars Phoenix on TwitterGetting updates from a machince on MARS.  I can watch and read and follow on Twitter. I find this a great use for this tool (Twitter)

There are over 18,000 people following the Mars Updates.

I am and have found it all very captivating. More about Mars and twitter More on Mars Phoenix

I recall watching a special on OPB (oregon’s modified PBS channel) about sending a drone to one of the moons of Saturn. They said getting that kind thing to happen is like throwing a basket ball from NASA in Florida to anywhere in Europe and hitting nothing but net! And it a pricey game to play, with large risks. I’m happy just getting the updates from twitter. Nice and simple.

True File Compression Software For Free

Just zip itI think we all use some for of compression software in our daily Internet and office lives. Well maybe not all people, but st some point you encounter the question, ” How do I make this file smaller?” The compression software that is built into Windows XP isn’t really all that great at compression files, but it bundles them up for you nicely so they attach easily in emails and for storing on disk. I was using Fipzip for a long time just to bundle files to deliver to clients and friends, but that program while serving me well over the years just plains sucks for compression. I only spent 5 mins looking around the web for a replacement to flipzip and found Just-ZipIT. Downloaded and installed and performed a zip on a .psd file that started as a 182MB. Filpzip only crunched it down to 180MB and that just will not do. But Just-ZipIT drop it down to just a tad over 25MB.

softpediaNow that is compression, Woot!

  • This tiny app was FREE,
  • Has an Award from Softpedia claiming 100% Clean
  • No Adware
  • No Spyware,
  • No Viruses.

I give it a solid rating after its ease of use and its power of smashing data down small.

You can get it here

Obama Words

The new technology that surrounds the US Presidential election has found it’s way to a new widget, courtesy of Slate.com The new widget it turn is promoting a new set of words. These words are all the new rage & hype. You only have to ask yourself have you been “Obamafied” Check these out
and you too can get one of your own at Slate.comWords and tech and politics. Unification of sorts.