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Archive for October, 2005

The New Web, where VCs dig Digg?

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Digg.com has really hit the big time with the announcement they have received US$2.8 million in venture capital funding. If you haven’t seen Digg before, its a social news and bookmarking website that puts the editorial power back in the hands of the readers - every single user gets a say in what makes today’s […]

Paying for Bug/Virus/Spyware Protection?

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

This Week in Tech ep. 26 is out and as always has great tech discussions between Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak and the guys. One interesting point they discuss is the proposition that software companies should move to a subscription business model where the user pays for additional protection from spyware and viruses. John goes […]

LaTeX Tip: Make Purdy Links

Wednesday, October 12th, 2005

Here is a tip for making those papers easier to read. If you are using LaTeX for your documents, you may like hyperref.sty, which allows you to have hypertext like links in your LaTeX generated PDF documents.

Search Engine Rankings

Tuesday, October 11th, 2005

I have been talking to Dan about getting my site in Google. Currently if I do a Google search for Shane Butler I am not listed in the results (but my old pages are though). Interestingly, I am at the top of the Yahoo! results. In his blog, Dan points out that Google has a […]