2007-10-18 22:39 To find the best deals in a bad lending market - go where the money (loan) ALREADY is.
The financing market for commercial investment real estate turned close to upside down in July and August and it's hardly gotten around to righting itself. I saw an article recently by the chief economist for the international brokerage network NAI saying that typically these things take about 18 months to correct. All is not horrible, though (unlike the housing market in many places around the country, like Poinciana, Florida). Most larger institutional owners (REITS, pension funds, and the … Read more on “The Friends of Enoch Blog!”
2007-10-17 10:56 The Balance Between Handling Business Queries vs. Doing The Actual Work
Replying to business queries is an inveterate part of your freelance life. In most cases you don't have a secretary to handle your business related correspondences. Whether it's pitching for a new project or replying to prospective clients who are interested in hiring you, you constantly need to send emails. This becomes a repetitive and time-consuming exercise if you work on smaller projects, and almost every day you handle new projects. For instance, I am a website content writer; sometimes a … Read more on “Freelance Folder”
2007-10-17 00:25 BLOGPEDIA NEW: MeMedia : MeMedia
MeMedia is a very independent, hyperlink style online weekly magazine, which is contributed and edited by bloggers who regard themselves as citizen journalists. It gathers most events which link to the freedom of Internet, speech, press, or the protection of people's legal rights. Read more on “The BOBs - BEST OF THE BLOGS - Deutsche Welle International Weblog Awards”
2007-10-16 19:08 InsideView of Comment Spammers
THE INSIDE VIEW laboratory crew has spotted the last gasps of comment spammers as they occasionally try to probe the soft underbelly of my Typepad blog. I've gone through several rounds of successfully bashing spammers as they leech onto my blogs with comments and trackbacks but recently I've watched mechanical turks as they politely leave a comment and then return a few days later to leave behind a hyperlink to a spammy site. I feel for these spammers because they are not automated. These spamm … Read more on “Inside View”
2007-10-16 15:02 Google on Fact Extraction and Determining Document Subjects
Fact extraction is growing as a method that search engines can use to identify and understand what pages on website are about, and to collect facts about subjects and answer questions posed by people submitting queries to a search engine. A recent paper from Google provides a nice overview of some methods being used for fact extraction. A Google patent application published last week explores looking at titles on pages, and anchor text in related pages on the same domain to determine a subject f … Read more on “SEO by the SEA”
2007-10-10 16:13 Exchange Links - How Do You Make Sure They Still Link To You
Links are vital in Google's Page Ranking so if you want your blog to score high, you need to accumulate links pointing to your blog as much as possible. In my previous post, I've written about the 7 Blogging Mistakes That Bloggers Do When Building Links. Read the post to learn more about which should be done to make sure that the links you create for your blog will bring you the optimum benefits. Exchange link, a fast way to earn links to your blog, has become a common scene around the blogging … Read more on “Enhance Your Blog and Blogging Skills With BLOGGING MIX!”
2007-10-09 21:15 Navigation Experiment
Here's what I've been playing with over the past two days - idea courtesy of Nicomachus - let me know what you think of this as an additional way to access information on Endangered Durham. I've probably created ~120 points - so there would be a lot more to create. Some are a work in progress, so if you don't see a picture and a hyperlink, I'm working on it. (Note: for me the points don't always load properly on the map. If all you see is a blank map, refresh the page.) Read more on “Endangered Durham”
2007-10-04 19:25 ArtiFACTS: Recent News in Archaeology
A mong the Headlines In Archaeology this Week: 50 Fifth Graders Participate in Urban Excavation Third Graders Get to Watch Archaeologists at Fort Hawkins University of Hawaii Manoa Department of Anthropology Gets $500,000 Award Computer Software Reveals Ancient Coastline Click the "Read More" link below to read each news item one-by-one or the topic link above to take you directly to the item and a hyperlink to the original story and related links. 50 Fifth Graders Participate in Urban Excavatio … Read more on “Hot Cup of Joe”
2007-09-27 23:27 Gyrovagus
While going through Andy Howell's blog, I found his article about Chasrle's new venture, Gyrovagus. It's another one to keep an eye on to see how it develops, so I'll stick it in my blogroll. Here's a screenshot (click it to go to the site): On the new blog, Chasrle links to an interesting Wikipedia page concerning European long-distance paths. It looks useful, so here's a screenshot of the page (with hyperlink) just in case it's any use to anybody: Read more on “BG!”
2007-09-27 09:25 Using a testbed
I've mentioned the subject of a testbed before, briefly, but this might be a good time to raise it again. Some members will be very familiar with this technique, but others will not have thought of it. Don't be scared - this is very easy to do and will make your blogging life much easier. For most bloggers, preparing a post is a bit of a hit-and-miss affair. You lay out your text and photos, review (usually in some sort of preview mode) and hit the "publish" button. If you are lucky, it looks OK … Read more on “Food Blog S'cool”
2007-09-21 03:42 Related: Results Changed For Me
I used to write about my Volkswagen Beetle on this site before I turned this into an SEM blog at the end of 06. Interestingly enough, within the past few weeks Google decided to change the results for the search query [ related:www.reubenyau.com ] Not long after I changed the content to a completely different topic, I had a couple of posts ( 1, 2 ) go popular on digg which generated many topical backlinks. Shortly after that the posts started to rank for much broader terms, especially the Analyt … Read more on “Reuben Yau”
2007-09-19 17:51 LightWindow v2.0 de Stickman Labs
A continuación detallo, una "ventana modal" que ma ha convencido nada más verla y que cuenta además con un estilo muy acertado. Incluir/ enlazar los siguiente archivos: Personalizar la c … Read more on “Mookie”
2007-09-10 08:00 Reinventing scientific papers
By guest blogger Robin Blume-Kohout In 2005, Slate published twelve essays on "How to reinvent higher education". The opening paragraphs of one, by Alison Gopnik, still burn in my mind: I'm a cognitive scientist who is also a university professor. There is a staggering contrast between what I know about learning from the lab and the way I teach in the classroom. ... I know that children, and even adults, learn about the everyday world around them in much the way that scientists learn. ...Almost … Read more on “Michael Nielsen”
2007-09-06 10:17 A Map-Based Approach to a Content Inventory
In my current role, I have been responsible for creating a large intranet site from scratch for a local government department, and I now have the ongoing problem of maintaining it and ensuring all information is kept up to date. The initial model for the site worked surprisingly well for a time but has been the victim of its own success. It now has well over a thousand pieces of internal and external content, and staff surveys have shown that findability has deteriorated over time. (Is there a l … Read more on “Boxes and Arrows”
2007-09-06 00:44 Links (9/5/2007)
.NET **** MbUnit 2.4.1 - best for unit testing Creating Custom Reports for DotNetNuke using Crystal Reports - Part 3 Hanselminutes Podcast 78 - The 2007 Tools List LINQ support on .NET 2.0 Reflexil, C# code injection in assemblies Web **** Silverlight 1.0 Released and Silverlight for Linux Announced Asp.net ListView - Too much CSS Friendly Purchase EasySearchASP.net at a huge discount and support ADA Using WCF, JSON, LINQ, and AJAX: Passing Complex Types to WCF Services with JSON Encoding SubSo … Read more on “A Continuous Learner's Weblog”
2007-09-05 03:32 Hyperlink your source code
I just noticed that Vance Morrison posted the source code to his latest project ( Hyperaddin for Visual Studio) on CodePlex. I have long thought that source code comments were not enough to explain what is really going on... often you need to refer the read to other methods or areas of the code. Well, luckily for me, Vance and gang saw the same problem and went out to solve it. Here are a few simple examples: You can refer to a function or type (or any other symbol), but using code: name . … Read more on “Brad Abrams”
2007-09-05 02:29 Javascripts Resources: 20+ Scripts, Tutorials and Frameworks
Many would initially think that Javascript has something to do with Sun Microsystem's Java but as the matter of fact, it doesn't. Javascript was created by Netscape, they previous name was LiveWire, then LiveScript. Javascript is a programming language that is normally used on the client side. It is easy to learn and pick up. Most Javascripts on websites serve the purpose of encouraging user experience, increase interactivity, functionality as well as web speed. DHTML (Dynamic HyperText Markup L … Read more on “hongkiat.com”
2007-09-04 17:50 50 Designers x 6 Questions
Some months ago we've selected 50 prominent designers and design companies, contacted them and asked to answer five design-related questions, sharing their knowledge and experience with fellows developers. 35 designers have responded then. For each of 5 questions we've received 5 precise answers. The result was 175 professional suggestions, tips and ideas from some of the renowned web-developers all around the world. Good news planning the celebration of our 1st anniversary, we've decided to do … Read more on “Smashing Magazine”
2007-09-04 03:31 Royalty free images are FreeDigitalPhotos.net
FreeDigitalPhotos.net is another site that offers free download of their royalty free images. FreeDigitalPhotos is quite comfortable for the use of their images as long as you disclose. Terms of use If you use a free image on a website, you must place a text hyperlink on that website to FreeDigitalPhotos.net. This includes forums, blogs and networking sites such as MySpace. If you use a free image in printed media, you must credit FreeDigitalPhotos.net as the image source. If you use a free imag … Read more on “hongkiat.com”
2007-09-01 00:03 Friday, August 31, 2007
musesfool : we got each other and that's a lot - All fanfic is in some way in conversation with the source text, but AUs tend to force the intertexuality of the conversation, because without some knowledge of the source (and often, the deeper the knowledge the better), the reader can't be aware of the c - (tags: fanfic canon gender )liz_marcs : This journal may disappear at any time. But, guess what So could yours. - The short answer is: Yes, we will be held responsible for the content of all of … Read more on “”
2007-08-30 17:52 the joy(lessness) of sex, wikipedia-style
(Yes, I changed the title. I came up with a better one whilst showering. One never knows when the muse will strike.) A journey of a thousand miles may begin with a single step, but the road to sexual knowledge can begin with a single click. Sex is often very confusing. All those body parts and all those holes, so many possibilities for interlocking body parts to interlock. So many ways to œdo it and so few diagrams. Fortunately, as with so many other things, so too with sex. Whether you ve an … Read more on “pretty dumb things”
2007-08-29 19:22 How much does the world matter
Virtual Worlds News reports that Stardoll has reached 10 million registered users, with 6 million monthly uniques (it's so nice to see people reporting uniques lately!). Their audience is 94% tween and teen girls - which is just extraordinary. They're the most popular site on the Net for girls ages 9-17. But there's not much world there, beyond a fairly simplistic "virtual suite." Which begs the question, how much world do you really need Sites ranging from Facebook to Kongregate are proving tha … Read more on “Raph's Website”
2007-08-29 09:23 Getting A Form's Structure Right
In the modern family, where often both parents are working full-time and the children are involved in many after-school activities, people may only have a few minutes to spare on an important task during the day. And it's the Internet that supposedly helps people achieve this. But do we, as designers and usability practitioners, always help them do it I say, "No." Just the other day, a friend of mine came up to me and complained about the hassles of an online mortgage application that she went t … Read more on “Boxes and Arrows”
2007-08-29 00:56 Did Keith Olbermann Anonymously Spam Copious Dissent
Yesterday, I wrote about the Michael Vick dog fighting case. Moreover, I made three simple arguments: 1) Pit bulls are not inherently evil dogs; in fact, they are great family animals; 2) Dog fighting is disgusting and Michael Vick should be punished to the fullest extent of the law; and 3) I posed the general question of why blacks are asked to defend Michael Vick and the œsubculture of dog fighting. All three are legitimate points. Conversely to Vick s situation, white people are never asked … Read more on “Copious Dissent - Your Daily Dose of Liberty”
2007-08-27 09:21 Make Your Template Unique
Image by Thiru Murugan There are some obvious dangers to using a template, like malicious coding and such, but there is another, not so obvious danger. What if your template causes your blog to vanish into the blogosphere What if it makes you boring The very best looking template in the world is the very worst template you can use, because everyone else is already using it. If your blog does not stand out from the dozens of others in your niche, how will your readers remember you And if they do … Read more on “Pro Blog Design”
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2007-10-18 22:39 To find the best deals in a bad lending market - go where the money (loan) ALREADY is.
2007-10-17 10:56 The Balance Between Handling Business Queries vs. Doing The Actual Work
2007-10-17 00:25 BLOGPEDIA NEW: MeMedia : MeMedia
2007-10-16 19:08 InsideView of Comment Spammers
2007-10-16 15:02 Google on Fact Extraction and Determining Document Subjects
2007-10-10 16:13 Exchange Links - How Do You Make Sure They Still Link To You
2007-10-09 21:15 Navigation Experiment
2007-10-04 19:25 ArtiFACTS: Recent News in Archaeology
2007-09-27 23:27 Gyrovagus
2007-09-27 09:25 Using a testbed
2007-09-21 03:42 Related: Results Changed For Me
2007-09-19 17:51 LightWindow v2.0 de Stickman Labs
2007-09-10 08:00 Reinventing scientific papers
2007-09-06 10:17 A Map-Based Approach to a Content Inventory
2007-09-06 00:44 Links (9/5/2007)
2007-09-05 03:32 Hyperlink your source code
2007-09-05 02:29 Javascripts Resources: 20+ Scripts, Tutorials and Frameworks
2007-09-04 17:50 50 Designers x 6 Questions
2007-08-30 17:52 the joy(lessness) of sex, wikipedia-style
2007-08-29 19:22 How much does the world matter
2007-08-29 00:56 Did Keith Olbermann Anonymously Spam Copious Dissent
2007-08-27 09:21 Make Your Template Unique