The Cult of Gary

22 Oct

Excluding Experts Exchange from Search Results

Experts Exchange drives me crazy. When I’m trying to solve a problem and I click an Experts Exchange link, I feel like I’ve been duped and I’ll never get those precious seconds back. I’ve been complaining loudly about this to my friends off and on for a while. One of them suggested a solution the [...]

25 May

Google Search History

I learned something neat tonight. You can view your google search history. That’s not new.
Now you can break it down by service, like news, images, maps, etc. One of the breakouts is sponsored links. That means you can see the google ad words you’ve actually clicked on. Mine appears to be mostly for key words [...]

08 Apr

My first impressions on AppEngine

I’ve been thinking about what AppEngine is. I’ve read some of the docs and watched some of the youtube videos. I agree with Don MacAskill’s impressions. Google has taken a very laser-focused approach.
Valleywag thinks that if Youtube was built on AppEngine, it would have been easier to integrate into the Google family. The problem is that you can’t build [...]

19 Nov

Gmail breaks the 5GB barrier

I just noticed this. I’m using 1248MB of a possible 5061. That’s 24%. I really should keep track of how much mail I have — I think I’m keeping pace or exceeding Google’s.

08 Nov

Google Maps has BC Transit Directions!

I just noticed this while doing some google mapping. No one believes me when I say it takes an hour to take transit to work and an 20 minutes to drive (I drive at 6:30AM, so it’s faster than Google says)!
This is awesome because Translink’s website is one of the worst I’ve used. It’s not [...]

15 Aug

CFL Needs An IT Wakeup Call

I’m currently playing around with Google Reader. I like it so far — I can aggregate all the sites I visit into one play. Plus, it’s all online, so I can get it from any computer or my blackberry. I can even view it offline with Google Gears.
I’ve been slowly adding feeds from the various [...]

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