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Google Zeitgeist 2005

Those evil folks at Google published their 2005 Zeitgeist, so I thought I’d see how hip I am (or ain’t) by checking their lists…

Google.com – Top Gainers of 2005

  1. Myspace – I’ve used it. The UI is a nightmare. Not for people over 25.
  2. Ares – no clue…
  3. Baidu – no clue…
  4. wikipedia – Yes, I’ve edited the Podcasting page…
  5. orkut – Probably haven’t used it since January 2005.
  6. iTunes – Use it daily.
  7. Sky News – no clue…
  8. World of Warcraft – A videogame, right? Have not played it…
  9. Green Day – Knew these guys back in the early 1990s when Al Sob was in the band…
  10. Leonardo da Vinci – Crazy inventor guy. He’s cool.

Google News – Top Searches in 2005

  1. Janet Jackson – don’t care…
  2. Hurricane Katrina – bad news, sucked big time.
  3. tsunami – bad news, sucked big time.
  4. xbox 360 – don’t care…
  5. Brad Pitt – don’t care…
  6. Michael Jackson – don’t care… scares me…
  7. American Idol – don’t care…
  8. Britney Spears – don’t care…
  9. Angelina Jolie – don’t care… (no, really!)
  10. Harry Potter – Saw a movie, was ok, have not read the books.

Froogle – Top Searches in 2005

  1. ipod – Despite my (helping in) inventing podcasting :) I still don’t have one.
  2. digital camera – Had one, it broke, now my phone takes my photos.
  3. mp3 player – I have one, or three.
  4. ipod mini – Don’t have one of these either. (But my cousin does.)
  5. psp – Don’t have one. Would like one, even though Sony sucks.
  6. laptop – Have a whole bunch of old, underpowered laptops.
  7. xbox – Dont’ have one. Don’t want one.
  8. ipod shuffle – What? No screen? Don’t want one.
  9. computer desk – I have this! Woohoo!
  10. ipod nano – Don’t have one. (Fingers are firmly crossed though!)

There ya go… 2005 in review, courtesy of the evil folks at Google, and the non-evil folks at RasterWeb!

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The End of IE (Mac)

Microsoft finally admitted IE/Mac is dead. Or will be dead shortly.

What about your Mac OS 9 friends? First of all, they might want to upgrade to Mac OS X. Apple has made amazing strides in the last 6 years… (Yes, I do know people still running Mac OS 9.) The last time I had to deal with Mac OS 9 browsers I picked WaMCom, which is basically Mozilla.

In all honestly, I’ll miss IE. I mean, think of the humor that will be lost!

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delisync for Scuttle

So much for “release early” eh? I finally, after a few requests, got around to putting up the code I used to sync my del.icio.us bookmarks with Scuttle. (See: Why Scuttle is neat.)

Go ahead and grab delisync and please make it better, because while it sort-of works, it also sort-of sucks… And I’d like a better version.

This code assumes you have a local Scuttle install, if not, change the code. (You should be able to point it at Scuttle.org or any Scuttle install where you have an account.) Also, you will have to hardcode your username/password’s for del.icio.us and Scuttle…

All of this magic is really possible because Scuttle supports (most of) the del.icio.us API, so in theory you could do things in reverse, or upside down, or 3 ways from Tuesday, whatever that means. If only all of the “social bookmark” sites had API’s… (At least one other has told me they are “working on it” or something like that…)

Let me know how it goes. I’m not completely against improving it, but I think others may be better suited than me to do so… It’s GPL‘d so have at it.

(See Also: Scuttle at Sourceforge.)

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Wanted: Linux Server Admin

Yo… We’re looking for a Linux Server Admin who wants a full time gig. you should know Apache and Tomcat and MySQL, and it would be nice if you knew a bit about JSP, PHP and Perl as well. When I say “know” I mean “know how to keep these things running and optimized on a bunch of Linux servers” and not “know how to write code in PHP, Perl, Java…”

So anyway, are you a Linux Server Admin? Do you know one? Get in touch with me… Thanks…

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Rinky Dink

I know, living on the lake is nothing but pleasure right? Summers swimming, winters ice fishing, or skating… Skating you say? You think it’s easy building a good ice rink?

At first, it was just a matter of shoveling the snow off of the ice, but as you walk across the ice, and sled across the ice, and (attempt to) skate across the ice, the ice gets pretty unsmooth, which makes the skating part a bit difficult…

Oh sure, we’ve tried sweeping and shoveling, and it’s not like we have a zamboni laying around, so next we’re going to try watering the rink, and hoping that it freezes smooth.

Now I’ve got to go find all of the hoses, some duct tape, rubber gloves, and a copy of The Mighty Ducks…