This is only a test.

That’s part of Rex’s point too; this line summed up Web 2.0 perfectly:

“Web 2.0, which meant anything, so therefore meant — and still means — nothing.”

To this day I’m trying to define Web 2.0.  I twittered the question but didn’t get much of a response. I blogged about it and had no comments.  After I posted a video on Youtube and uploaded a podcast, I still had questions. I checked out a local meetup but nobody could give me a solid definition. I read Wikipedia on the subject but it only had guidelines for identifying characteristics. I give up. I’m headed over to Slashdot.

If you have a few minutes, pop over to Rex’s blog and have a read.

Also, somebody tweet me when they know the answer or when an upgrade is released.

Thanks,

David

PS - sorry, I just felt like blogging even though I didn’t have much to say.  :/

Each bid costs $1 (one dollar), unless you buy bid credits in bulk.

Bidding on PushDeals.com is simple.

1. Sign up for an account
2. Add bid credits to your account via PayPal
3. Click on “Push to Bid” button

That’s all there is to it.  Bid increments 1¢ (one cent).  Each time a bidder clicks the Push to Bid button, the bid increases by a penny and the auction clock resets to 2 minutes.

Where the idea breaks down is when the auction is low.  Somebody who hopes to win a nice item on the cheap is going to be disapointed if you get in auction early and bid often.  At a dollar pop, it can get expensive.  So, basically, you’re hoping other people are going to bid up the item for you so you can grab it at the end.

The X-Box auction took as long as 13 hours and 54minutes to finish…probably less because bidders bid before each 2 minute countdown is finished.  We can round down and say that it was about 12 hours to close the auction.  So, the community basically bought somebody an X-Box 360 Elite for four hundred seventeen dollars.

Still, it’s an interesting idea.  I’m crossing my fingers that bid for 37 cents on an Amazon Kindle Wireless Reading Device holds up…oh…never mind;  I guess I have to bid again. 

Regards,

David

Somebody had complained that Google was unfair to them just because the site had changed.  Google is not a person; it’s a bunch of computers programmed by a lot of people.  Google does not hate you and is not sitting on a throne holding a scepter in one hand and a keyboard in the other.

Google does not care.

However, if Google was a person, you just pissed him or her off.

Here’s how you did it…

1. You took all the pages that Google painstakingly cataloged for you over the last 8 years and deleted them or moved them someplace without telling Google where they are.

2.  To add to that, Google doesn’t understand why you have a bunch of brand new pages all of a sudden; especially since it’s duplicate content to what’s already in the Google index, (but no longer on the site).

3. You Gave Google more work.  You have 95 links on your home page as opposed to the 49 you had before.  So…in essence, you’re telling Google, I hate you so much that your page rank means nothing to me…spread it out wherever you want.

4.  Your site structure looks more organized to humans but to Google it looks like a bigger mess than it was before.  Google doesn’t understand how your site is relevant for the letter “G” or “H”…or any of the other letters in the alphabet.

5.  Lastly, Google doesn’t like spider traps.  If you’re going to link to a page, make sure the spider can get out by following another link.  Blank pages are bad for spiders.

Hope it helps.

David

PS - hopefully the above paragraph was h*u%m!a^n *(r*e@a$d^a%b#l@e

Action.  Check it out and give it a chance.  Oh, don’t watch it in front of the kids.

Enjoy,

David

• Aries - You have a pimple somewhere on or around your face, body, or neighbor.
• Taurus - Don’t jump from a sky-scraper with an umbrella as a parachute today.
• Gemini -People have seen your evil twin hiding underneath your skin. (tip of the hat to TMBG)
• Leo - Be careful not to handstand on an alligator today.
• Virgo - Your one shy cookie…or you’re one cookie shy…something like that.
• Libra - Happy Birthday, FRUITLOOP!
• Scorpio - There’s an easier way to get that flavor than pouring coffee on a doughnut…I just don’t know what it is.
• Sagittarius - Don’t worry, the unemployed get benefits too.
• Capricorn - Don Cheadle will not be at your slumber party…don’t lie.
• Aquarius - You have to give 110% effort just to pay the interest for your constant laziness.
• Pisces - Try to avoid the caviar blended espresso; it’s not as delightful as it sounds.

My new favorite site for at least today is: http://www.hotchickswithdouchebags.com/ This never fails to amaze me when you see pretty girls with douche-bags.  Not actual douche-bags, you see; that would be a hygiene issue clearly out of my jurisdiction.  No, I mean the douchy douche-bag guys that have that same look of satisfied entitlement in every picture they take with a pretty lady, foxy mamma, or swell dame (foxy mamma reference for our older readership; swell dame reference for our much older readership).There are several categories of douche-bag:
1. The gang banger - identified by multiple tattoos with at least 2 on the neck or one on the shoulder and a hands raised motion with some sort of finger contortion that signifies an alliance with a specific group of people; (perhaps other gang members or college fraturnity).  These douche-bags are usually found at the beer tent of a regional car show taking pictures with the Miller Light girls.

2. The discontented malcontent non-conformer - This douche-bag where’s his trucker hat with a completely flat brim.  His ears are pierced with hoops and his hair is shaped all day long with a shampoo Mohawk…you remember…from this morning?  Yeah, they have short hair so it just looks douchy.

3.  And others…

Ok, I’m bored and I have work to do so enjoy.

David