Archive for May 16th, 2007
Google’s new Experimental search
May 16th, 2007 • 3 comments google, search engines
So Google’s now unleashing some new ways to search. So far, my favorite is the left-hand search navigation that’s already been popping up in many of my current searches. It’s come in handy the times it has shown up however. I think the feature I’m looking forward to the most is :map. It’d be instantly helpful for many things I end up searching for if I can find them geographically just by appending :map to my search, such as “Boca Raton:map” and up pops a map of my town.
Now, when I’m busy reading Aardvarchaeology, I can pinpoint on a map where Martin is talking about!
The ever so busy admin
May 16th, 2007 • chatter
The lack of posts this week are due to a never stopping stream of work. I’ve been rather overwhelmed at work with trying to make a few dead weight employees redundant and other managerial things. I’ve also been busy trying to acquire myself a new job having put in my resignation earlier in the week. I realized months ago how hard it was to find a job in a market flooded with admins willing to work for peanuts, purporting their work to be “reliable” and “top-notch”. If they’re as good as they say A) why are they currently out of a job with such stellar skills and B) why are they undercutting themselves so much? Yeah, the question answers itself. I deal with people like that at work everyday and it’s utterly disenchanting.
I’ve got some things coming up that may interfere with writing but I’ve also got two or three other posts that I’ve delayed posting due to lack of concrete information. Thankfully, I’ve got some pious churchgoers in my family that are more than willing to point me in the right direction of what I need.