Thursday, August 31, 2006
21 Tactics to Improve Blog Traffic
A comprehensive, in-depth list of blog-specific marketing strategies designed to drive traffic from search engines, referrals and brand building. Includes descriptions of how to implement each tactic and pitfalls to avoid.
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Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Disposable email address with Pookmail
Useful for registration services that require an email.
The email address you create with pookmail will disappear in 24 hours.
Useful for registration services that require an email.
The email address you create with pookmail will disappear in 24 hours.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Build your ownWind Generator its time micropower got more and more serious.
Also, if somebody has plans to harness kinetic energy that could potentially be generated by going down an escalator. Please contact me.
Also, if somebody has plans to harness kinetic energy that could potentially be generated by going down an escalator. Please contact me.
Friday, August 25, 2006
Hotmail is killing me this week. The new interface is cool -
and I was able to put up with crashes while uploading attachments, crashes from the spell checker and crashes will deleting files. This is ok - because it only affects me.
But when my mail stops reaching me... this becomes a problem. I appreciate their efforts to try new spam-blocking software but I wish I could buy some type of insurance that would compensate for problems I encounter from losing vital contacts.
and I was able to put up with crashes while uploading attachments, crashes from the spell checker and crashes will deleting files. This is ok - because it only affects me.
But when my mail stops reaching me... this becomes a problem. I appreciate their efforts to try new spam-blocking software but I wish I could buy some type of insurance that would compensate for problems I encounter from losing vital contacts.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Mathematicians solve the 'Cocktail Party' problem. A group of mathematicians have found a formula to seperate all of the individual voices on a recording of a cocktail party of 25 people. Hmm... sounds intriguing -
Then again... I'll wait a bit longer on this one.
Currently, their solution runs on a computer, but the process cannot be easily replicated or distributed
Then again... I'll wait a bit longer on this one.
The groove that flows
Coincidentally, as the Ninth Annual Festival for music cognition just ended on August 24th, the mindhacks website has a nice link to a story about how your brain responds to music.
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/08/cognitive_neuroscien.html
I love the research and how it educates different parts of the brain. But I would argue that music is percieved different by each individual and we grab onto different frameworks. In the New Conventions of Behavior Project - the sounds start to explore what happens when we listen to music that we just don't quite understand. It doesn't go deep into the Neuroscience of it all, but asks the question - when presented with a music/sound we can't comprehend - what part of the brain is responsible for dealing with this? Is the creation of new neural pathways something that is generally enjoyed by people? And how can we change the way our brain reacts to different types of music?
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2006/08/cognitive_neuroscien.html
I love the research and how it educates different parts of the brain. But I would argue that music is percieved different by each individual and we grab onto different frameworks. In the New Conventions of Behavior Project - the sounds start to explore what happens when we listen to music that we just don't quite understand. It doesn't go deep into the Neuroscience of it all, but asks the question - when presented with a music/sound we can't comprehend - what part of the brain is responsible for dealing with this? Is the creation of new neural pathways something that is generally enjoyed by people? And how can we change the way our brain reacts to different types of music?
