So said Nietzsche, but he didn’t have the Internet and neither did the gods for that matter. The news broke today that Microsoft may buy a piece of FaceBook. No big deal, except that the possible price being mentioned values Facebook at something in the $10-$15 billion area. So Rupert Murdoch’s acquisition team got it [...]

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My normal morning ritual is listed below. Until I wrote it down, it wasn’t obvious how Google-centric it is. Take a look:

Go to the Google diary to see what’s on for today (appointments, meetings, etc.)
Examine Google News and iGoogle (where I have further news alerts)
Go to Digg and Techmeme to see if [...]

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This site is truly under construction (at least it was when this post was written). Nevertheless it is ‚ “live”‚ (though unpromoted right now). This will motivate the developers (me) to work faster. This blog will chronicle the learning curve in the hope it will be useful to others. This is what has happened so [...]

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Rose used to be a popular name, at the beginning of the twentieth century and then it faded to a level of about 200 in a million (these are US figures by the way). So, how do I know this? Go to Baby Name Wizard and you can get a graph of the popularity of [...]

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You are an intelligent person and no intelligent person ever falls for a headline that starts with “5 Reasons…” However, if you clicked your way here by accident or you’re just a little absent minded today and have started reading this, you can stop reading here before you get to reason number two. No harm [...]

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