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Printable Checklist

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:26:53 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Here is a customizable Printable Checklist. Title it what you want, title items to check-off as you go, add as many items as you reasonably need. A very cool idea.

Clip Source: printablechecklist.org

Printable Checklist

Click to edit

10 Steps To Privacy on Facebook

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:44:35 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Don't use it and have no interest in it, but I'm sure some here do.

Clip Source: www.allfacebook.com

Everyday I receive an email from somebody about how their account was hacked, how a friend tagged them in the photo and they want a way to avoid it, as well as a number of other complications related to their privacy on Facebook.

I figured that many people would benefit from a thorough overview on how to protect your privacy on Facebook. Below is a step by step process for protecting your privacy

1. Use Your Friend Lists

You can add each friend to more than one friend group

Friend groups should be used like “tags” as used elsewhere around the web

Friend Lists can have specific privacy policies applied to them

2. Remove Yourself From Facebook Search Results

How to Remove Yourself From Facebook Search Results

4. Avoid the Infamous Photo/Video Tag Mistake

5. Protect Your Albums

6. Prevent Stories From Showing Up in Your Friends’ News Feeds

7. Protect Against Published Application Stories

8. Make Your Contact Information Private

9. Avoid Embarrassing Wall Posts

10. Keep Your Friendships Private

25 Years Ago Today - Macintosh Was Introduced

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:10:58 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: It changed the world.

Clip Source: www.youtube.com

[Video]

Demo of the first Apple Macintosh by Steve Jobs, January 1984, in front of 3000 people. Andy Hertzfeld captured the moment quite well in his retelling: "Pandemonium reigns as the demo completes. Steve has the biggest smile I've ever seen on his face, obviously holding back tears as he is overwhelmed by the moment. The ovation continues for at least five minutes before he quiets the crowd down."

Court Case Over Teaser Content & Links Could Change The Internet

Sat, 24 Jan 2009 07:35:39 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: As avid Clipmarkers this seems to me to hit us right between the eyes. Silly lawsuit, but a lawsuit just the same.

Clip Source: crooksandliars.com

This could affect the blogosphere as we know it, most specifically news aggregators:

A copyright and trademark infringement lawsuit filed last month against The New York Times Co., owner of The Boston Globe and its Boston.com website, is being watched closely by news organizations, Internet researchers, independent bloggers, and companies that aggregate news online by linking to a variety of news sites.

At the heart of the complaint, lodged by GateHouse Media Inc., which publishes 125 community newspapers in Massachusetts, is the question of whether Internet news providers will be able to continue the practice of posting headlines and lead sentences from stories they link to on other sites.

the case could result in new guidelines for how much, if any, content from one website can be used by another.

How The Computer Gets The Answer

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:17:48 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: A great LIFE magazine article from Oct. '67. Full text and graphics at source. The basics are still the basics.

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

On the following pages Life presents a computer primer which, with the help of models, shows clearly what goes on inside a computer as it tackles one simple problem in addition. In just the same distinctively straightforward fashion, the computer would approach any problem, no matter how complex. On the pages following the problem, a new-style computer is opened up for inspection, with a close-in view of some of its sophisticated and surprisingly beautiful components.

Clip Source: blog.modernmechanix.com

One Change In the Openness of Government Found Today

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:53:14 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: What should we let the search engines read - BushCo compared to Obama?

Clip Source: www.kottke.org

Here's a small and nerdy measure of the huge change in the executive branch of the US government today. Here's the robots.txt file from whitehouse.gov yesterday:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /cgi-bin
Disallow: /search
Disallow: /query.html
Disallow: /omb/search
Disallow: /omb/query.html
Disallow: /expectmore/search
Disallow: /expectmore/query.html
Disallow: /results/search
Disallow: /results/query.html
Disallow: /earmarks/search
Disallow: /earmarks/query.html
Disallow: /help
Disallow: /360pics/text
Disallow: /911/911day/text
Disallow: /911/heroes/text

And it goes on like that for almost 2400 lines! Here's the new Obamafied robots.txt file:

User-agent: *
Disallow: /includes/

That's it! BTW, the robots.txt file tells search engines what to include and not include in their indexes. (thx, ian)

A Map of the Internet Undersea Cable System

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:58:31 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Click through to source for 1703x1037 sized image.

Clip Source: world-secure-channel.com

Google Purchases PaperofRecord.com & 20 Million Digitized Newspaper Pages

Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:10:53 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: This will really be a great research and learning tool.

Clip Source: blog.searchenginewatch.com

Google has completed the purchase of 20 million digitized historical newspaper pages from PaperofRecord.com. The two have had an agreement for two years and has now concluded in a sale that was voted on by shareholders of PaperofRecord's parent company, Cold North Wind, Inc.

This should be quite an asset to Google's historical newspaper initiative, announced in September.

PaperofRecord is based in Canada and was the first to digitize the entire history of the Toronto Star. In addition to digitizing newspapers in Canada, the United States, Mexico and Europe, PaperofRecord has digitized historical documents including he Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's longest serving Prime Minister.

Poodwaddle - Nothing clips but go look around

Sat, 29 Nov 2008 17:43:34 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Take a look at the clocks in the popular pages box.

Clip Source: www.poodwaddle.com

POODWADDLE

the search engine home page you can customize

Create your own home page with a search engine, dictionary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, maps, calculator, games, and more. Its easy. Simply click Home Page Editor and give it a try. Poodwaddle also provides the following tools:

Poodwaddle is constantly creating new Flash programs, most of which are offered free to anyone. You may link to them or load them onto your own website, blog, or even your myspace page. Check out our free clocks and other free gadgets. We accept any suggestions too, so if you want a special designed clock or some other animated gadget just for your website, we can make it FREE! NO COST EVER! Check out the Free Stuff page for more details.

Meltmail - Your Temporary Email Forwarding Address

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 19:15:45 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Handy for those pervasive marketing registrations we encounter when surfing widely.

Clip Source: meltmail.com

Enter your e-mail address in the text field and choose how long your Melt Mail foward-address should be available -- it's the melting point.

After hitting the "create"-button, a unique Meltmail is created which forwards every incoming mail to your e-mail acccount.

After the melting point is reached, we delete your real e-mail address from our database and also the Meltmail won't be available anymore.
So, we only store your e-mail address during the period of time you defined with the melting point.

HTTP Errors Illustrated

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 06:03:04 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: A bit of geek humor.

Clip Source: www.flickr.com

417 Expectation Failed

416 Requested Range Not Satisfied

415 Unsupported Media Type

414 Requested URL Too Long

413 Request Entity Too Large

411 Length Required

410 Gone

409 Conflict

408 Request Timeout

406 Not Acceptable

405 Method Not Allowed

404 Not Found

403 Forbidden

402 Payment Required

401 Unauthorized

400 Bad Request

Google SearchWiki - Customize Your Search Results

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:47:43 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: I think the new Yahoo!Glue feature is more appealing.

Clip Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

Have you ever wanted to mark up Google search results? Maybe you're an avid hiker and the trail map site you always go to is in the 4th or 5th position and you want to move it to the top. Or perhaps it's not there at all and you'd like to add it. Or maybe you'd like to add some notes about what you found on that site and why you thought it was useful. Starting today you can do all this and tailor Google search results to best meet your needs.

[Video]

Today we're launching SearchWiki, a way for you to customize search by re-ranking, deleting, adding, and commenting on search results. With just a single click you can move the results you like to the top or add a new site. You can also write notes attached to a particular site and remove results that you don't feel belong. These modifications will be shown to you every time you do the same search in the future. SearchWiki is available to signed-in Google users. We store your changes in your Google Account.

Yahoo Glue: Media-integrated topical search results

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:48:29 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: I wonder how Google will respond to this and not look "me-too" in doing so. I think it's a very handy idea.

Clip Source: glue.yahoo.com

Glue topic pages: all you need, all in one place.

Get great images, videos, articles, and more all on one page. Glue topic pages help you get to all the information you want with just one click.

Top 10 Glue pages

Let Me Google That For You

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:01:38 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: A great link to keep handy.

Clip Source: letmegooglethatforyou.com

let me that for you

This is for all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves.

Meet The Manchurian Microchip - The Spy On Every Motherboard?

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:11:25 GMT

clipped by: BartendingBear
clipper's remarks: Why worry about a virus when your computer can be told to phone home to China?

Clip Source: www.dailyartisan.com

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.

The Investigator

would be remiss not to make you aware of the hottest topic in U.S. counterintelligence circles: rogue microchips. This threat emanates from China (PRC) — and it is hugely significant.

The myth: Chinese intelligence services have concealed a microchip in every computer everywhere, programmed to “call home” if and when activated.

The reality: It may actually be true.

All computers on the market today — be they Dell, Toshiba, Sony, Apple or especially IBM — are assembled with components manufactured inside the PRC. Each component produced by the Chinese, according to a reliable source within the intelligence community, is secretly equipped with a hidden microchip that can be activated any time by China’s military intelligence services, the PLA.

“It is capable of providing Chinese intelligence with everything stored on your system

from e- mail to documents.

they now have the potential to do it when it suits their purposes.