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I Googled Apple

I Googled Apple

I swear I won’t use the word “evil” or “conspiracy” in this post, but…

This seems weird to me. I used Google to search for “Apple, Inc.” and I got a search result for “www.apple.com” with the title showing “Apple Computer, Inc.”

Now, as you know, “Apple Computer, Inc.” recently changed it’s name to “Apple Inc.” so I wasn’t sure why Google showed it as “Apple Computer, Inc.” I then went to www.apple.com and the title of the page is just “Apple” not even “Apple Inc.”

So that begs the question… What’s up? If they indexed the page the same as they index every other site on the web, why does it not match? Is Apple feeding a different result to the Googlebot? (A quick test with Perl’s LWP::UserAgent says probably not.) So really… what’s going on? I’d like to know…

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Another Fail

Disqus Fail

I know I’m in a small minority, but I actually like having things under my control. My web site, and even my comments… and if they fail, well, they fail. Everything fails at some point, but I guess I feel more comfortable knowing that when things fail there is at least some chance I can do something to fix it. Reboot the database server, reboot the web server.. something. When a cloud(ish) service fails, I just feel totally helpless. Like some kitten in a silly photo.

Kittens in a Bowl on a Scale

And while it’s fun to look at silly photos of kittens if you’re not the kitten, it may not be as much fun if you are the kitten.

(And yes, I am aware of the irony in this post, life is an ironic thing, or so I’m told.)

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This changes everything, even underwear!

Apple Box

download the large one

(consider it cc:by)

Apple Inc. came out with something new today an ZOMG it does something cool and I don’t know what it is but it’s better than the old one and holds more things and has more other things so yes I will need it when can I order it? Also, is it shiny? I hope it’s shiny! Or black! Black is good to. Maybe shiny on one side and black on the other? Is it made out of glass, or made out of metal, or some amazing combination of glass and metal!? Like a damn spaceship!

But really, Apple Inc. is the maker of fine consumer electronic devices for your Digital Lifestyle™. (Also, they make computers.)

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Planning for the future

  • 2005: Friendster? Whatever happened to that site? Does anyone use that anymore?
  • 2010: Myspace? Whatever happened to that site? Does anyone use that anymore?
  • 2015: Facebook? Whatever happened to that site? Does anyone use that anymore?

Make the future happen!

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BarCampMadison: Intellectual Property

Here’s a video from BarCampMadison, which took place August 28, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin. The session was titled “Intellectual Property” and was presented by Robyn Perrin.

Just a note on this video, the production is a bit poor, but I felt it was still worth sharing. I basically set up the camera, hit record, and ran off to another session. I did the best I could to clean up the audio, but didn’t really edit the image quality at all.

This video is also available at blip.tv and Archive.org and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.