ben lowery

Something that adds nothing to the conversation already going on, but makes me feel like I’m part of the community.

Just found a video on how to use Bloglines from one of the folks who uses our service. Thanks Colin!

Need some proof that Ask.com’s search engine is better than Google’s? Check out the same query on Ask and Google.

The first result says it all.

Though… Google counters with this beauty.

Logitech (of all companies) just announced a new gizmo for moving around in Creative Suite apps. As a professed ergo dork, this is pretty cool to see. Too bad it’s only Mac for the time being.

I’m thinking about upgrading my Canon 10D for the new 30D that was just announced, and while drooling over it on Amazon, I noticed a link to their A9 search engine and the “share the pi” stuff they do, which can net you a measly little pi/2 discount on items. Still, worth a look, as it’s effectively money for nothing.

Of course, the first thing I look for on any search engine is myself. I’m quite vain.

I found their results interface quite interesting; as you click on different checkboxes on top, the results for that category are dynamically added to the page in columns. Neat, I think. It still feels a bit odd to me, and it doesn’t update the url, so I can’t really send the view I’ve come up with to another person. I played around with it for a bit, the results seems pretty good, though I was surprised a bit by one result in the image search. Fun stuff.