WizbangTech: September 2006 Archives

Do the Numa Numa Dance!

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: September 30, 2006

bLaugh.com puts out these cartoons, and I thought this one was pretty good. And if you don't know what the Numa Numa Dance is, don't ask, just click this link and don't make us have to look down on you for not knowing your internet folklore. ... [Full Story]

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Google is updating PageRank

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: September 29, 2006 · Comments (2)

Since Google doesn't like to announce what they're doing with their patented search technology, they don't tell us when they change the chief metric for figuring out how to rank your pages in search results. They call it PageRank, and it's incredibly important to rank high in it, as the... [Full Story]

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Have I mentioned I don't care about the HP thing?

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: September 28, 2006

You know the story, the HP debacle. 50 bajillion websites on the internet, and they're all talking about HP. How's about your try here or here or maybe here. Otherwise, I'm done with it here.... [Full Story]

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Apple! Go Green...er!

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: September 27, 2006 · Comments (1)

Greenpeace is taking Apple to task for not being green enough. Read this from their Apple mini-site: We love Apple. Apple knows more about "clean" design than anybody, right? So why do Macs, iPods, iBooks and the rest of their product range contain hazardous substances that other companies have abandoned?... [Full Story]

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Techmeme's new advertising model

Posted by John Stansbury · Published: September 26, 2006 · Comments (1)

It didn't seem like much of an idea, at first glance, really. Monday, Gabe Rivera announced a new sponsorship model - what amounts to the latest post from your RSS feed on the front page at Techmeme. That's right, all you get is your latest post on the Techmeme home... [Full Story]

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MT Plugin: NaughtyText 1.0

Posted by Kevin · Published: September 26, 2006 · Comments (5)

Naughty Text 1.0 is a port of Andy Yaco-Mink's NaughtyWordChars for Movable Type version 3.3 (and above). The plugin catches and cleans characters pasted in from Microsoft Word documents and other sources that contain "special" characters that tend to break site validation schemes - especially RSS. Using Naughty Text you... [Full Story]

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