Monthly Archives: January 2008

PDF Text Extraction In Your Browser – PDFTextOnline “Converts PDF text quickly and accurately # Handles all fonts and languages (including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and more) # Provides easy access to form data, document properties, and bookmarks” (tags: Adobe PDF … Continue reading →

Liberty Media Moves to Take IAC From Diller “Liberty Media Corp. took steps yesterday to seize control of IAC/InterActiveCorp from IAC Chairman Barry Diller, in a marked escalation of hostilities between Mr. Diller and his longtime backer, Liberty Chairman John … Continue reading →

Facebook Extends Platform to the Web – The Unofficial Facebook Blog “…what’s significant here is that Facebook has publicly released something that is intended to extend the platform to the outside. The public is now aware of the possibilities to … Continue reading →

Lighting Mods: DIY: Cheap Image Stabilizer for Your Cameras “With this stabilizer, you can hand-hold your camera with shutter speeds at least 3 stops slower than without it.” (tags: DIY HOWTO lighting Photography)

Could Instant Messaging (XMPP) Power the Future of Online Communication? – ReadWriteWeb “Automated alerts are useful in all kinds of more serious use-cases and why use polling to monitor changed conditions when you can use an open source protocol that … Continue reading →

joshua’s blog: put a proxy in front “When scaling from a single web server to multiple web servers, the typical practice is to put a load-balancing reverse HTTP proxy in front.” (tags: performance scalability tips architecture Web webservices webapp apache) … Continue reading →

CBS Will Try To Convert Last.FM Acquisition To Video Value | paidContent.org “press conference tomorrow with CEO Leslie Moonves and Last.fm co-founders Felix Miller and Martin Stiksel; no details but to announce “a new unprecedented service”—a video service, we’re hearing, … Continue reading →

trust but verify: Tuesday Roundup: Floyd Landis “The Winnipeg Free Press says that Floyd Landis is just a “bad memory” lost in the morass of the appeals process, but Rodney Harrison, who was suspended from the NFL for the first … Continue reading →

Three tips to protect your WordPress installation Lock down your WordPress Install with these simple tips (tags: wordpress Security apache blog blogging Blogs HOWTO)

Born: Comfortable shoes, crappy customer service: catbird.org: cat’s world. “I wanted to like this company with their super comfortable shoes. Instead, I’m left feeling like they don’t care about their customers and that they produce a shoddy product.” (tags: shopping … Continue reading →

Perspective: Myspace Still Kicking Facebook’s Ass in Traffic – ReadWriteWeb “Facebook is interesting but Myspace is where the users are, still.” (tags: facebook socialnetworking socialsoftware statistics stats analysis) Seth’s Blog: Workaholics “The passionate worker doesn’t show up because she’s afraid … Continue reading →

Gmail Manager :: Firefox Add-ons “Allows you to manage multiple Gmail accounts and receive new mail notifications. Displays your account details including unread messages, saved drafts, spam messages, labels with new mail, space used, and new mail snippets.” (tags: Firefox … Continue reading →

Pancakes for dinner: catbird.org: cat’s world. “This recipe is both sneaky and deceptively delicious.” (tags: Parenting parenthacks Recipe cooking Kids Food Family) PipeBytes “PipeBytes is a simple service which allows you to send a file to a friend.” (tags: Email … Continue reading →

FT.com / Home UK / UK – EMI chief confident of ability to call a new tune “EMI, the big music company, spends 25 million pounds a year “to scrap unsold CDs”. That’s about $50 million — a year.” “is … Continue reading →

52% of people who shop online do product research at Amazon.com – Bokardo “And, perhaps even more amazing is that what those shoppers are going for isn’t even provided by Amazon: customer reviews. Nope, much of the valuable information on … Continue reading →