Adventures in Trucking

Pronounced Cool, Cuil.com is a new search engine started by some ex-Google employees. Cuil indexes three times more of the web than google and search results are presented differently than what everyone is used to. Google needs some competition. What about Yahoo and MSN Live? Google needs some competition. The reason google dominates the search engine war is the frequency and the amount of updates it goes after compared to Yahoo and MSN. Google sends tons more web indexing robots all over the internet than Yahoo or MSN and is the main reason it dominates because their search results are [...More...]

Another freelance job board, hire or be hired. http://www.odesk.com/users/~~633b855b7e8ac156 Profile is a work in progress. There are tests involved in their certifications, you don’t just say you’re qualified and get these. They’re linked to my profile on oDesk where I can be hired. Until I get home and have the time to take the CompTIA and Microsoft tests, these will have to do. I’d put them on the sidebar, but they’re too wide. Scored in the top 20% on both of these: Update: While waiting for the summer semester to start I did a couple more tests. A really good [...More...]

Pronounced Recall. Remember Jott? I wrote about it awhile back and I’ve been using it to send myself reminders, especially when I’m driving. I use my recorder more, but it doesn’t have a reminder function. Jott is changing to a paid service, but they’re leaving a few basic options free and adding a small monthly price to some of the more advanced features. There’s nothing wrong with a company wanting to make money from subscriptions to their service, but it’s tough to compete when someone else is offering the same thing for free. ReQall is still free. Does email and [...More...]