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Pages in Blogs

Published on 19 Oct 2007 at 1:48 am. No Comments.
Filed under General, Internet, Note to Self, Quotations, Solutions.

Today I just discovered that blogs can have pages.  These pages can be edited and maintained, but stand outside of the time-based thread.
I have started entering some of my favorite quotations.
http://www.huginn.com/knuth/blog/favorite-quotations/
I am not sure how to organize them, but we’ll see…
Enjoy,
Kevin Knuth

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Powerset Labs Launches

Published on 21 Sep 2007 at 1:26 am. No Comments.
Filed under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Inventions, Research, Software, Solutions.

 
Powerset launches Powerset Labs at TechCrunch40.  Powerset is developing a natural language search engine that interprets the meaning of your query to return the results you are looking for.  See their blog here.
I worked with Barney Pell at NASA Ames before he formed Powerset.  I must say that I am really looking forward to this [...]

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How to Restore the Show Desktop Icon on the Quick Launch Toolbar

Published on 17 Sep 2007 at 9:50 am. No Comments.
Filed under Programming, Software, Solutions.

Last night when my machine was bogged down and I became impatient, I inadvertently threw away my Show Desktop Icon that came with the Quick Launch Toolbar.  There is no easy way to restore this, so I went searching online for a solution. 
Here is what I found from Microsoft support:
1. Open the Notepad program so [...]

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Shutterstock: Buy and Sell Photos

Published on 13 Sep 2007 at 4:39 am. No Comments.
Filed under Entrepreneurship, Internet, Photography, Solutions.

I am surprised at how well my photos are selling on Shutterstock.  So far this month I have sold 122 photos, which amounts to over $30.  At this rate, it appears that I will make about $100 this month.  I am still uploading photos, and the number of sales does increase with the number of [...]

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Preventing Accidental Clicks on Google Ads

Published on 10 Sep 2007 at 1:35 am. No Comments.
Filed under Internet, Software, Solutions.

My brother recently pointed me to a site that has information on how to prevent accidental clicks on your own Google Ads.
This javascript utility that runs on Mozilla Firefox with Greasemonkey.
You can download it here.
Kevin Knuth
Albany NY

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