Archive for July, 2006
How many contributors are there really at Web 2.0 sites?
0 Comments Published July 27th, 2006 in Media/TV/InternetRecently, Netscape decided to launch a competing website aimed squarely at Digg, one of many “social bookmarking” websites that rely solely on user-submitted items to deliver content. This blog post by ZDNet takes a look into just how much each user of these social networking sites is worth.
While traffic and usage numbers have grown […]
Yellow jacket nests the size of cars found in S. Alabama
0 Comments Published July 17th, 2006 in InterestingIn southern Alabama, yellow jacket nests have been found that have engulfed entire cars, containing as much as 100,000 workers and multiple queens:
The largest nest Ray has inspected this year filled the interior of a weathered 1955 Chevrolet parked in a rural Elmore County barn. That nest was about the size of a tire in […]
Trouble in the Middle East to affect everyone
1 Comment Published July 15th, 2006 in News, Rant/Opinion/RandomFirstly, sorry for not updating this blog in fifteen days. I have been dealing with some personal issues lately, and I have not been in a mood to write about anything other than those personal issues, which I would like to keep this particular blog free of.
However, I do feel about writing about the recent […]
Why is the Windows Vista taskbar and start menu black?
51 Comments Published July 1st, 2006 in Technology, VistaA thought just occured to me. In Windows Vista’s new Aero user interface (UI), all of the window titlebars and borders are translucent, and by default are a shade of silver, but can be changed to any color. However, the taskbar and the start menu have a black color scheme. No other part of the […]
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