Posts Tagged "Internet"

A Brief Analysis of OpenID

“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 save the day. Then again, these advanced computer systems always seemed to be the downfall of the mighty civilization. Is this the kind of future that we really want? Read more

Google Earth Hour

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 tomorrow.

Here’s more information on the Google Earth Hour.

Advertisement Free Google Searches!

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 read (and some videos), if you would like to more efficiently exploit the internet while avoiding commercialism. Here’s a quick sample of his rules and advice to searching and hitting the jackpots.