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Steve Fossett has been missing for several days. If you don’t remember, he is the first person to fly a plane around the world without refueling and the first person to fly around the world in a balloon. It is assumed his plane is somewhere in the Nevada desert.
Now with the help of Amazon’s Mechanical [...]

08NOV08 Major Update! Version 3 is here!!
This past February I posted a launcher for Windows Live Writer so that you can take it with your between computers and retain all your settings. Today I am releasing version 2.0 of the Launcher. Much has changed with Windows Live Writer and I have learned some new techniques [...]

Quechup is a new social network (do we really need another one??) If you aren’t careful you’ll end up spamming everyone in your address book when you sign up. This is bad mojo and I suggest we just say now to this and go back to the established networks we are already using.
Just say no [...]

Earlier this month 2 hot fixes were made available by Microsoft for Windows Vista.
KB938194 - This update resolves some compatibility issues and reliability issues in Windows Vista. By applying this update, you can achieve better reliability and hardware compatibility in various scenarios.
KB938979 - By applying this update, you can achieve better performance and responsiveness in various [...]

Google uses images to put astronomy on your desk.
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These features are in Google Earth 4.2.
 
 

Twitter now has People Search. This new Twitter feature lets you find people by searching profile information such as name, location, bio, and url. The search field is on the right side of Twitter when you sign in.

Technorati tags: twitter

A couple months ago Twitter took a habit of users and turned it into a feature. When people wanted to reply to someone else they would start their tweet something like “@yourtwitterusername I completely agree with you!”. Posts like that get grabbed by the system and put into your replies tab in twitter.
The [...]

The folks over at Mozilla have a cool little app called WebRunner. Basically it is a stripped down version of Firefox that lets you run single applications. For example, when you install WebRunner you will automatically get shortcuts to add to your desktop (if you want) to run Gmail, Google Groups, Google Docs and Google Calendar. [...]

I’ve created a new Yahoo Pipe that I call Tag Monitor. This Pipe will monitor Google Blogsearch, Technorati, del.icio.us, Ice Rocket, Sphere and Flickr for items taged with the word you enter. Its handy to create new feeds to follow events such as gnomedex07.
Tag Monitor
Technorati Tags: tagging, tags, gnomedex07

There are a few sites on the Internet that have been compiling books that are no longer in copyright. One of the oldest is Project Gutenberg. Basically you get to download full books in text format that you can read on your PC or handheld. A lot of the books are classics like Moby Dick or [...]