Archive for the ‘Tech’ Category

Understanding Twitter

To fully understand the capabilities and neatness of Twitter you must do more than sign up. Here are some things I’ve found keep me interested and engaged.

Find and follow people with like interests. Twitter doesn’t make this easy, you can use Summize.com or Google custom search.
Find and follow people who inspire you. A few who [...]

Amazon vs. iTunes - Rufus Wainwright: Poses

Amazon vs. iTunes

Ready to purchase Rufus Wainwright’s Poses album, I decided to take a look at Amazon’s online music service. The first thing I noticed was lower prices, the second, lack of copy-protection hassles. Below is an informal comparison of iTunes to Amazon’s online music offering. Which would you choose? The choice was easy for me.

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Upgraded to WordPress 2.5

Last night I upgraded to Wordpress 2.5. The Wordpress Automatic upgrade plug in made it a snap. I highly recommend Wordpress v2.5. There are many new features in the admin interface.

Print screen

Where is the print screen button on my Matias USB 2.0 keyboard?
Update: F13 (Option-F13 for active window)

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) & All Things Search

Lately my days at work include SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and working to improve the usability/functionality of AAFP search features using our in-house Google Mini’s. I attended Google Search Appliance Training at Fig Leaf software in the spring of 2007 which was a great start. I’ve quickly learned, SEO and search tasks could easily consume [...]

Comparison of similarly configured MacBook Pro and Dell Latitude D820

I received my Latidude D820 a few days ago. The Latitude D820 is close to the price of the MacBook Pro so I thought I’d compare the two.

Apple
MacBook Pro
Dell
Latitude D820

Processor
Intel
Core 2 Duo 2.16GHz (T7200) - 4mb L2 Cache
Intel
Core 2 Duo 2GHz (T7200) - 4mb L2 Cache

RAM
2gb
2gb

Hard Drive
120gb, 5400rpm
80gb, 7200rpm

Display
15.4″
TFT Widescreen
15.4″
WXSGA+

Video
ATI Radeon
X1600, 128mb
NVIDIA Quadro
NVS 100M, [...]