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A Brief Analysis of OpenID

Posted on July 31, 2008October 6, 2014 by Jon Stacey

“Holy crap! A single unique ID that will give me access to any website would be freaking sweet!” That was my initial response when I first heard about OpenID and what the project envisioned. It reminded me of the computer systems in sci-fi movies where the heroes didn’t have to memorize dozens of passwords to…

Google Earth Hour

Posted on March 29, 2008January 24, 2010 by Jon Stacey

Imagine my surprise today when I pulled up Google to do a quick search and was presented with the first major change to the interface since I was first introduced! Not to worry though, Google is just trying to make people in the United States aware of power conservation efforts. The normal interface should return…

Advertisement Free Google Searches!

Posted on January 28, 2008January 24, 2010 by Jon Stacey

I recently discovered this URL: http://google.com/ie Essentially it is a no frills version of Google Search. There are no advertisements and results are displayed as a list of links. Speeds are surprisingly even faster than the normal Google search. I came about this information when viewing Fravia’s web site about search techniques. A very interesting…

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