verywide.net » Things on the Web http://verywide.net/blog Just trying to catch butterflies, fish, lunatics, and stars, metaphorically speaking. Sun, 16 Aug 2009 00:17:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Google Friend Connect http://verywide.net/blog/2009/05/16/google-friend-connect/ http://verywide.net/blog/2009/05/16/google-friend-connect/#comments Sun, 17 May 2009 00:06:45 +0000 Moody http://verywide.net/blog/?p=339 In my continuing effort to broaden my connections to the various communities and individuals who use the Web, I have added Google Friend Connect (it’s over there in the sidebar). What is it? According to Google, Friend Connect allows you to “Build your community” and “Increase engagement” without having to do any programming.

Robert Scoble turned [...]

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This is one of my favorite sites to visit. What you are presented with is an active Google map of the city with placemarks to identify where each story happens. You also get a few pictures that link to the various [...]

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Q: What’s a Caesar cipher?

A: A basic character-shift method [...]

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