NerdTests.com Fun Tests – Nerd Quiz

I am heartbroken to discover that I only rate as semi-nerdy. I think the problem is that my nerdiness is restricted to tech nerdiness rather than general science nerdiness (on which front I score pathetically low). I’ll keep my eye out for something that tests...

ctrl-ault-del » Blog Archive » Salon and Technorati

Salon now features Technorati trackers that tell you who is blogging in response to any given Salon story. This would be a great feature for lots of sites, and while I can imagine some workarounds that would allow sites to effectively achieve this, the…

Quick Online Tips: The Great Flickr Tools Collection

The Great Flickr Tools Collection: From Quick Online Tips — the people who brought the world the del.icio.us tools collection — an equally fabulous collection of tools to make your all-Flickr lifestyle that much better. Flickr is a terrific photo sha…

Kitsilano with Character: Your Home in Vancouver

It's official: we're now planning our move to Toronto, aiming for August 05. As a result our FABULOUS house is up for rent or exchange — and our ideal situation is to find some charming soul in Toronto who will trade houses with us for some extended peri

More kudos for Feedster

Another great discovery: Feedster lets you create a feed based on a search that is limited to the feeds listed within a given OPML file. An OPML file is better known as a blogroll — basically list of RSS subscriptions (such as the one created by Bloglines when...

Cisco product placement?

On 24 tonight, in the face of a fictional denial-of-service attack, the fictional cyberwhiz of the fictional intelligence agency notes that they’re in good shape because “the Cisco network is self-defending.”

Tag-friendly Feedster

Since Technorati does not yet provide RSS feeds on its tag pages, I’ve been looking for an alternate way of subscribing to RSS feeds for particular blog categories/tags (the way I subscribe to del.icio.us tag feeds). The happy discovery is that Feedster supports...