Google Realtime
Whether it's Google making it so results are displayed as we type them in, or some other web-innovation, we all know that the way information is displayed on the web is constantly changing.
That's what makes Google Realtime so cool.
Google Realtime is basically an automatically updating newsfeed that displays the latest results on a given topic. It gathers its results from various social media websites (like Twitter, Facebook and more) and presents them to you without the need to keep searching. It's cool, because Realtime not only shows you the web's train of thought, but clues you into news - sometimes as it's happening!
Here's the skinny:
Browse over to Google.com and click on More, located at the top. You'll see Realtime - click it.
At the Google Realtime page, type in something you want to keep tabs on in the Search Box. I chose New York Blizzard 2010, because it's topical. Now click Search.
The results will pop up on the next page. Pay attention to the feed results, because new ones will be appearing on a fairly regular basis. If you see one you like, click its link.
P.S. On the left side of the screen, you'll see location options, enabling you to see what people are saying about your selected search topic in other parts of the world. You can choose Anywhere (offering the most results), Nearby (using your Google location) or Custom Search (just type in a location and search).
How unbelievably cool!
Whether it's Google making it so results are displayed as we type them in, or some other web-innovation, we all know that the way information is displayed on the web is constantly changing.
That's what makes Google Realtime so cool.
Google Realtime is basically an automatically updating newsfeed that displays the latest results on a given topic. It gathers its results from various social media websites (like Twitter, Facebook and more) and presents them to you without the need to keep searching. It's cool, because Realtime not only shows you the web's train of thought, but clues you into news - sometimes as it's happening!
Here's the skinny:
Browse over to Google.com and click on More, located at the top. You'll see Realtime - click it.
At the Google Realtime page, type in something you want to keep tabs on in the Search Box. I chose New York Blizzard 2010, because it's topical. Now click Search.
The results will pop up on the next page. Pay attention to the feed results, because new ones will be appearing on a fairly regular basis. If you see one you like, click its link.
P.S. On the left side of the screen, you'll see location options, enabling you to see what people are saying about your selected search topic in other parts of the world. You can choose Anywhere (offering the most results), Nearby (using your Google location) or Custom Search (just type in a location and search).
How unbelievably cool!
Do you have multiple social networks that you try to keep updated? Wouldn't it be nice to able to update them all at once? Well now you can with Ping.
You'll have to register to be able to use it, but it's free! So just fill out the registration form with an e-mail address and password and then click the Sign Up button. Then you're whisked off to a list of social network sites. To connect them to your Ping account, all you have to do is click Add Network, and then follow the directions for that social networking site.
Once you've added all the social networks you want to update at once, you'll be able to use the Dashboard to post messages! Just type in a message, select the networks you want it to post to and click the Ping It button.
This makes it easy to update your status everywhere you need to all at once! No more logging into multiple sites to post the same message! Check it out today!
http://ping.fm/
IPv6 is going to be the next big thing and there is a countdown on the number of days IPv4 is going to last. Some number it at around 150 days and that is quite scary. IPv4 has a much smaller network load and the end of IPv4 will result in a slowdown of the existing infrastructure of Internet for a few days initially. Not only this, the existing Internet networks have been built with routers and other hardware that are not IPv6 compliant. In short, IPv4 might be ending, but it is so deeply hardwired into the current Internet backbone, it will be extremely hard for us to move to an IPv6 Internet.
IPv4 vs. IPv6
IP stands for Internet Protocol and the number beside it indicates the version number. It is at the heart of the very metabolism of the Internet. All data that you send over the Internet is put inside an IP packet and is transmitted in continuous parts. Every IPv(X) is the Xth revision of the Internet Protocol and IPv4 and IPv6 are the only ones that are commercially used. IPv4 addresses are of the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and look like 172.168.100.120. Each xxx is a number from 000 to 255. You can imagine how limited the number of IP addresses are that we can use globally in IPv4. Every website has an IP address and with so many websites at the Internet level, this limited number of IPs is nearing exhaustion. We are in need of larger numbers. Here, IPv6 comes into play, which has larger addresses. In a binary number format, where IPv4 allows 32 digits, IPv6 allows 128 digits. On a comparative scale, IPv6 will allow enough IP addresses to last for a lifetime and its implementation is even more efficient than IPv4.
The how?
Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft enabled the support for IPv6 by default and it has made its way to Windows 7. IPv6 cannot be uninstalled from Windows Vista or Windows 7. However, the feature can be turned off, but it comes back on after a reboot if done temporarily. Therefore, we will see two methods of turning IPv6 off, one permanent and another temporary.
IPv4 vs. IPv6
IP stands for Internet Protocol and the number beside it indicates the version number. It is at the heart of the very metabolism of the Internet. All data that you send over the Internet is put inside an IP packet and is transmitted in continuous parts. Every IPv(X) is the Xth revision of the Internet Protocol and IPv4 and IPv6 are the only ones that are commercially used. IPv4 addresses are of the format xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and look like 172.168.100.120. Each xxx is a number from 000 to 255. You can imagine how limited the number of IP addresses are that we can use globally in IPv4. Every website has an IP address and with so many websites at the Internet level, this limited number of IPs is nearing exhaustion. We are in need of larger numbers. Here, IPv6 comes into play, which has larger addresses. In a binary number format, where IPv4 allows 32 digits, IPv6 allows 128 digits. On a comparative scale, IPv6 will allow enough IP addresses to last for a lifetime and its implementation is even more efficient than IPv4.
The how?
Starting with Windows Vista, Microsoft enabled the support for IPv6 by default and it has made its way to Windows 7. IPv6 cannot be uninstalled from Windows Vista or Windows 7. However, the feature can be turned off, but it comes back on after a reboot if done temporarily. Therefore, we will see two methods of turning IPv6 off, one permanent and another temporary.
Manage Firefox Personas
By now, many of you know about Firefox personas (also called Themes), which allow you to add a little spice to your browser window. What you may not know is that although they are easy to preview and install (go to getpersonas.com, find one you like and click "Wear it"), uninstalling or changing to a previously installed persona might not be so clear.
So, here's how you manage your Firefox personas:
Open Firefox and go to Tools>Add-ons.
Now make sure you're on the Themes tab.
You'll see all of your previously installed personas here. To use a previously installed persona, simply click Use Theme. To remove an existing persona click Uninstall.
See? Super easy!
By now, many of you know about Firefox personas (also called Themes), which allow you to add a little spice to your browser window. What you may not know is that although they are easy to preview and install (go to getpersonas.com, find one you like and click "Wear it"), uninstalling or changing to a previously installed persona might not be so clear.
So, here's how you manage your Firefox personas:
Open Firefox and go to Tools>Add-ons.
Now make sure you're on the Themes tab.
You'll see all of your previously installed personas here. To use a previously installed persona, simply click Use Theme. To remove an existing persona click Uninstall.
See? Super easy!
All About Apples
If you thought I was excited about pomegranates, you won't believe how excited I am that Honeycrisp apples are in season! They are my favorite apple, if not, my favorite fruit! In my opinion, they just taste like an apple should taste. I got lucky this year and scored ten pounds of these delicious apples for just ten bucks – and they're the size of softballs! But it got me thinking about all the different kinds of apples out there, so I went in search of a site to educate myself about them, and found this one.
If you click on the Apple Varieties link and scroll down the page, you can find all the apple varieties listed in alphabetical order. To learn more about a variety, just click its name. If the name of the variety has a red dot next to it, there will be a picture of that variety.
Are you looking for an orchard in your area? They provide a listing of orchards in the US and Canada. Just click Orchard Listings on the navigational strip across the top of the page. Then choose the State you're looking for from the map, or scroll down and click the link for that state. For Canada you have to scroll down and use the links.
I recommend that you go to the Apple Articles section next. Just click Apple Articles and then you should read the What Varieties Do I Want article. It is awesome! The article talks all about the different varieties and gives you a recommendation for what you should try. My favorite made the list, did yours?
This site is an awesome wealth of information on apples whether you want to grow them or just eat them! Check it out today!
http://www.allaboutapples.com/index.htm
If you thought I was excited about pomegranates, you won't believe how excited I am that Honeycrisp apples are in season! They are my favorite apple, if not, my favorite fruit! In my opinion, they just taste like an apple should taste. I got lucky this year and scored ten pounds of these delicious apples for just ten bucks – and they're the size of softballs! But it got me thinking about all the different kinds of apples out there, so I went in search of a site to educate myself about them, and found this one.
If you click on the Apple Varieties link and scroll down the page, you can find all the apple varieties listed in alphabetical order. To learn more about a variety, just click its name. If the name of the variety has a red dot next to it, there will be a picture of that variety.
Are you looking for an orchard in your area? They provide a listing of orchards in the US and Canada. Just click Orchard Listings on the navigational strip across the top of the page. Then choose the State you're looking for from the map, or scroll down and click the link for that state. For Canada you have to scroll down and use the links.
I recommend that you go to the Apple Articles section next. Just click Apple Articles and then you should read the What Varieties Do I Want article. It is awesome! The article talks all about the different varieties and gives you a recommendation for what you should try. My favorite made the list, did yours?
This site is an awesome wealth of information on apples whether you want to grow them or just eat them! Check it out today!
http://www.allaboutapples.com/index.htm
Easy Wallpaper with Google Chrome
Google chrome has fast become the favorite browser of many internet users, mainly because of its speed and small size. Though it possesses countless useful features, there is one basic feature that it desperately lacks. It doesn't let a user change the desktop wallpaper from within the browser. Gone are the days when a user would save an image to the hard drive, spend 15 minutes locating the image in some obscure folder and set it as wallpaper using windows settings. Being able to set any image you come across on the internet as wallpaper is a basic function that everyone enjoys.
Set image as wallpaper is a Google Chrome extension which lets a user right click on any image they see online and set it as their desktop wallpaper. Installation is a breeze. Just go to the website and click on the big install button. After asking for permission to install, the extension is installed and ready to go within seconds.
After you right click on an image, via a minimalist interface, this extension lets you preview the wallpaper and define whether you want it centered, tiled or stretched.
Click on Set wallpaper and you are done. Pretty nifty.
The world is your wallpaper now.
Click here to install the extension.
Google chrome has fast become the favorite browser of many internet users, mainly because of its speed and small size. Though it possesses countless useful features, there is one basic feature that it desperately lacks. It doesn't let a user change the desktop wallpaper from within the browser. Gone are the days when a user would save an image to the hard drive, spend 15 minutes locating the image in some obscure folder and set it as wallpaper using windows settings. Being able to set any image you come across on the internet as wallpaper is a basic function that everyone enjoys.
Set image as wallpaper is a Google Chrome extension which lets a user right click on any image they see online and set it as their desktop wallpaper. Installation is a breeze. Just go to the website and click on the big install button. After asking for permission to install, the extension is installed and ready to go within seconds.
After you right click on an image, via a minimalist interface, this extension lets you preview the wallpaper and define whether you want it centered, tiled or stretched.
Click on Set wallpaper and you are done. Pretty nifty.
The world is your wallpaper now.
Click here to install the extension.
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