Category: Useful Web Sites
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How VeloNews Built their Cycling Race Ticker
Reading Time: 3 minutesVeloNews Ticker: This is the latest advancement in live coverage of pro cycling events, brought to us by VeloNews. Earlier today I spoke to Jeff Henderson from One Million Revolutions who developed the VeloNews Ticker that’s being used for the first time at the 2006 Tour de Georgia cycling race. VeloNews has…
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Download.com Publishes Handy Firefox Optimization Tips
Reading Time: < 1 minuteDownload.com recently published Optimizing Firefox, a special section loaded with tips on how to improve the performance of Firefox. I found a lot of information about Firefox in it that I didn’t know. For instance: Download performance can be improved by deleting the record of old downloads from the Download Manager.…
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If You Didn’t Get Your Fill of Super Bowl Commericals…
Reading Time: < 1 minute… you can turn to the following resources for replays and critical analysis: AdFreak from AdWeek.com: They live blogged the ads and had some interesting stats and asides thrown in. AdJab the advertising blog from Weblogs, Inc. Google Video has the ads available for playback USA Today has posted the results…
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Babygadget Debuts with “Contemporary Finds for Modern Tots”
Reading Time: < 1 minutePoplife Media, the company that brought you Popgadget (the personal technology site for women), has just rolled out Babygadget. Babygadget is a blog about gadgets that mainly appeal to a baby’s parents, not necessarily to the baby him or herself. White Hot Infant Feeding Spoons are a good example of the…
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Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 Combines an 8.1-Megapixel Camera with Unique Photo Viewing and Editing Features
Reading Time: 2 minutesA friend of mine told me that Rush Limbaugh has been raving about the Sony Cybershot DSC-N1 digital camera. Apparently, he got one from a national sponsor that is a computer retailer, and he was struck by the high resolution and the 3-inch touch-sensitive screen on the back of the camera. I…
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RushLimbaugh.com Publishes Two Music Videos Formatted for iPod with Video Playback Produced by Soldiers Overseas
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEarlier today, Rush Limbaugh announced on his syndicated radio show that two music videos from Sgt. Clay Smith are available in iPod Video format exclusively on RushLimbaugh.com. The music videos videos were discussed on Rush Limbaugh’s program on November 23 when Limbaugh replayed a call he took during a podcast that…
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Why Are The Operation Gadget Sidebars Out of Alignment?
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA few Operation Gadget readers have written since we redesigned our pages to point out that the page sidebars are out of alignment on their browsers. Most of the people who are experiencing this are using Firefox 1.07 or earlier. These alignment problems are fixed in Firefox 1.5. Firefox 1.5 has…