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Monday, 09 April 2007 |
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Probably like most of you, I run a simple and informative blog. My content is geared towards technology and computing, and usually consists of how-to's and tutorials, etc. Traffic isn't anything to brag about, I mainly just do this for fun. All of my content gets submitted to sites like Digg and Del.icio.us but usually goes unnoticed. Since the face of Digg has taken a dramatic change, great tech articles, like my own, are thrown aside, except for one every once in a while. I decided to try to take a different approach to everything. I read an article on Digg about a new social tech-site, Tweako.com. I was skeptical at first, and figured, like most of you, that it was going to be one of those “one week fads”. After poking around on there and doing some research, it turns out I am quite wrong. Despite the sites short-life, I noticed that a massive amount of their submitted articles are showing up in Google's top 10 for specific phrases and terms that apply. Although most of the search terms are rather specific, you'd be surprised how many people are searching for content this specific. I began submitting all of my articles I had written over time to the site, and being the quality that they were, most made it to the front page. This in turn generated large amounts of traffic, which I have found to be mostly human. With the help of the sites extremely targeted theme, and massive amounts of content, my articles are now being seen at the top of Google, but of course through Tweako. The site is still rather small but growing fast. The best time to take advantage of this would be now, as most good articles are almost guaranteed to make it to the front.
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Sunday, 08 April 2007 |
According to the guy over at Cyberwyre, the highest paying search terms are below (or if you are reading from the front page, click the article title or the "Read More" link), in CANADIAN currency. Even so, some of these values are quite amazing, and hopefully you can use them for something, like article inclusion, when they are on the topic. Click on a term to do a Google search to learn more about it, so that
you can include it in an article accurately and effectively.
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Saturday, 07 April 2007 |
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I finally got around to updating my satellite TV article after I got an email from a reader asking why it wasn't working. Turns out the software has slightly changed, and I had to update my article accordingly. To read it, just click the menu item at the left entitled "Satellite," and why not Digg It and Tweako It while you are at it?
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Saturday, 07 April 2007 |
Those of you who run Proxies, whether via Tor, a regular proxy server, or by browser-based proxies (php and css circumventors), I must first thank you for providing a service that unobstructs the internet for those of us who must deal with terrible software like Websense.
I do have one request/suggestion, though. As Websense tends to block websites by scanning both the content, URLs, the site address, and more, I request that the operators of the site(s) modify them in these slight ways:
- Replace or obfuscate the word "proxy" and all forms of it in all of the URLs, text, etc. Websense and other filters block sites that even mention the word "proxy." Replace it with p roxy, or circumventor, a random string of characters, etc. Keep your logo the same, as the filters aren't that smart.
- Allow https transmissions over your site. This will keep those of us who are monitored from being monitored, as the traffic is well-encrypted.
- Have an ip-only version of your site, perhaps using mod_rewrite to rewrite all of the links from yourname.com/index.php to 0.0.0.0/index.php so that the filters don't block by words contained in your domain.
- A combination of number 3 and 4 would be great, and would really make sure that we can surf without being monotored or blocked in any way.
I would like to see this happen with popular hacking sites as well, as there is nothing wrong with them. Hacking itself isn't bad. Hacking is knowledge, and good/bad depends on how you use it.
Please spread the word to your friends online who run proxy, hacking, and other commonly blocked sites that are really acceptable.
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Thursday, 05 April 2007 |
Although Rockbox works on multiple devices, I am going to focus on the iPod, mainly because I have one and it is what the majority of people today own.
iPodLinux is obviously an incarnation of Linux, and Rockbox is a firmware written from scratch. They are meant to be firmware replacements, although I find them to be good supplementary firmwares, not just for the cool factor of having Linux on your iPod, but the fact that you are triple booting your iPod as well. The easiest way to have either one of these is to install the other, because they complement each other, as the iPodLinux bootloader allows you to choose iPodLinux, Rockbox, the Apple Firmware, or disk mode. You can add other items to the bootloader as needed, because many applications for iPodLinux are required to be boot outside of iPodLinux's GUI.
Enough of my hot air, let me give you the lowdown on some of the features of these two amazing implementations of Linux:
- YOU CAN PLAY DOOM ON YOUR iPOD!!!
- If you choose to use one of these replacement firmwares as your primary, you can just drag and drop mp3 and other audio files onto the iPod
- You can play FLAC, OGG, SHN, and other popular lossless audio codecs
- Video playback is possible in Rockbox through Pluginmpegplayer
- There are tons of free opensource add-ons for both iPL and Rockbox, including games, text editors, drawing applications, and more (play Bejeweled, breakout, PAC-Man (iPL has a MAME port you can play, and development is going on for iNES))
- The sky's the limit, as you can pretty much make your iPod do anything, within reason
For a list of applications for iPodLinux, click here. For a list of applications for Rockbox, click here.
The easy thing about it is that you don't have to do a bunch of manual repartitioning on your iPod to get this done (unless you only use Linux or Mac, in which case I believe there are installer scripts), because there is a Windows installer for iPodLinux. Once it is installed, their wiki contains a guide on how to install Rockbox following the installation of iPodLinux. The forums and wiki on both development sites are very useful if you get stuck, but I must admit that this is a cool concept!
What are you wating for? Go try these out!
Note:THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN BRICK YOUR iPod DOING THIS, UNLESS THE HARD DRIVE FAILS OR SOMETHING CRAZY LIKE THAT! IT DOES NOT VOID YOUR WARRANTY, PROVIDED YOU RESTORE IT TO FACTORY CONDITION BEFORE YOU SEND IT IN FOR SERVICE!
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