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Firefox with Tab Candy

I want this now! I always have so many tabs open in my browser. I keep moving them around so they’re near other related tabs – and that drives me crazy. And just having so many open at once saps my energy sometimes. It all looks so overwhelming, kind of like my desk and office! [...]

Thank you HostMySite!

A big thanks to a really great web hosting company HostMySite. My blog disappeared last night, my own fault. And I hadn’t backed up the files recently. But HostMySite to the rescue! While I had a glass of wine, they restored everything. I knew they’d come through, they always do! Thank you, thank you, thank [...]

Digital Drugs? Is it April Fool’s Day?

When I saw this column in the paper today Digital Drugs: A new worry for parents, I immediately wondered if I’d been whisked around the calendar to April Fool’s Day. But, no, it’s not April and a quick search showed that this has been carried by many of the major news sources over the past [...]

Back when Gopher, Jughead, Vernonica and WAIS were tops

I hate throwing books out, but these are too old to donate to my local public library for their book sale. And I imagine anyone with a ‘history of the internet’ collection will already have these. I remember the excitement of ordering and receiving these titles. Back in those long ago days, there weren’t the [...]

Washington, Wikipedia and Web 3.0: What is the Future of the Web?

Looking forward to attending this event next week: Washington, Wikipedia and Web 3.0: What is the Future of the Web? On June 11, 2008, leading authorities on the World Wide Web will gather at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for an old-fashioned debate with a social media twist. The questions for discussion will be shaped and selected [...]

Tetherless World Constellation – “Web Science” Course

“Web Science” is a new course being developed and taught by by Dr. James Hendler, director of the Tetherless World Constellation, a new research group at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (Troy, NY). Here’s a bit of the course description: “Since its inception the World Wide Web has changed the ways people work, play, communicate, collaborate, and [...]