URL shorteners are those handy sites that take a really long URL, such as http://www.quantumofgeek.com/2010/08/oh-gr8-i-m-goin-2-hav-2-lern-a-nu-lngwij-jst-2-spk-2-my-kds/ and turn it into a short URL, like http://goo.gl/j9Mr. With the increasing popularity of micro blogging such as Twitter, where your content has a length restriction (140 characters for Twitter), a shortened URL makes a lot of sense. Simply because [...]
Geek Culture
Oh gr8, I M goin 2 hav 2 Lern a nu lngwij jst 2 spk 2 my kds!
If you are confused by the title of the post, then you had better keep reading. That’s SMS, or "Texting" language. Kids these days don’t send emails, or dare I say, "talk", for that matter. I’m not sad to say that my understanding of the text messaging language is severely limited. Call me old school, [...]
Social Media
Facebook Announces Facebook Places: Here’s How to Disable It
Yesterday, Facebook announced a new service called “Facebook Places” which is a geolocation based service for GPS enabled devices, such as smartphones. Essentially, you will be able check-in wherever you go (in the US for now) and the app will tell you if your friends are nearby or have checked in recently. You can also [...]
Solutions
Speed Up Boot Time on Windows
A reader recently asked me to write up some tips on how to speed up the boot process for Windows XP. So I started compiling from memory, a list of things you can do right now to speed up boot times. I then started googling XP Boot times, and was simply amazed at how many [...]
Social Media
Google Kills Wave
What a shame, I just heard today that Google is dropping its new Social Networking platform “Google Wave” (Think Social Media meets, IM, Email and Blogging), citing slow adoption rates. Although Google will discontinue development of Google Wave, they will continue to support it through the rest of this year, thereby effectively killing any hope [...]