I’ll be turning off the importing of Google+ posts.

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It seems the inclusion of items I’ve shared through Google+ is confusing the hell out of a few people and I’ve had multiple complaints saying that folks don’t want to sign up for Google+ in order to read my posts. Ignoring the fact that there’s no need to sign up with Google+ to read anything . . . → Read More: I’ll be turning off the importing of Google+ posts.

President Obama hangs out with plain old people on Google+ Hangouts

Missed this at the time and haven’t had a chance to watch this yet, but I plan to. That said, I’m very impressed not only that the +The White House and +Barack Obama are on Google+, but that they’re using its features to interact with ordinary Americans. This puts the office of the President within . . . → Read More: President Obama hangs out with plain old people on Google+ Hangouts

A look behind the voodoo that Google do do

What Google accomplishes in terms of data storage and manipulation is seriously mind blowing. I can’t even pretend to understand how it is accomplished, but this gives you a taste. #seb #Google #Computing #Storage

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Feature: The Great Disk Drive in the Sky: How Web giants store big—and we . . . → Read More: A look behind the voodoo that Google do do

Public Alerts on my Google Maps? YES PLEASE!

This could prove to be mindbogglingly useful for a lot of people. Not the least of them myself. #seb #Google #Neato #Technology

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Google adding Public Alerts to Maps, keeps you in the loop in times of worry You can’t deny that Google often hands out marvelous tools for . . . → Read More: Public Alerts on my Google Maps? YES PLEASE!

Gingrich apparently things he’s running for Dictator of the…

Gingrich apparently things he's running for Dictator of the United States.

It'd be interesting to hear what legal basis he thinks he'd have for such an action. As I recall the idea that the President doesn't have to abide by Supreme Court decisions he doesn't like meme has been circulating among the Far Right for . . . → Read More: Gingrich apparently things he’s running for Dictator of the…

Pastor Mark Driscoll reveals himself to be a douche-bag. Admittedly…

Pastor Mark Driscoll reveals himself to be a douche-bag.

Admittedly, there's a certain amount of schadenfreude in listening to two Christians argue over whose church is better because of the gender of the person leading it, but it's also illustrative of the easily justifiable sexism which the Bible promotes and how some people latch . . . → Read More: Pastor Mark Driscoll reveals himself to be a douche-bag. Admittedly…

The RIAA tries to be snarky and just pisses people off. And…

The RIAA tries to be snarky and just pisses people off.

And the wonder why the general public hates them. #google+ #RIAA #Politics #SOPA

RIAA Reminds Us Why We Hate Them With Obnoxious Smartass Tweet (Updated) [Sopa]

This tweet from the RIAA's Senior Vice President of Communications is just about the most asinine thing we've . . . → Read More: The RIAA tries to be snarky and just pisses people off. And…

Dave sums up the problems with SOPA/PIPA eloquently. It’s a…

Dave sums up the problems with SOPA/PIPA eloquently.

It's a bad bill and it will cause no end of problems for everyone.#google+ #politics #SOPA #Copyright

My consolidated nattering on SOPA and PIPA

Here are my thoughts on SOPA and PIPA, consolidating about a dozen other posts I could have written today. Copyright is a cool . . . → Read More: Dave sums up the problems with SOPA/PIPA eloquently. It’s a…

Windows 8 will include a whole new way of dealing with file storage.

You really need to read this ArsTechnica article. This is yet another amazing addition to the upcoming Windows 8. Microsoft seems to be pulling out all the stops to make the next version of Windows a major upgrade.

Windows 8 Storage Spaces detailed: pooling redundant disk space for all

When Microsoft killed Windows Home Server's . . . → Read More: Windows 8 will include a whole new way of dealing with file storage.

Testing out Google+ Importer.

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You may recall that for awhile I was running the Google+Blog plugin right up until it stopped working. Which is odd, because it’s been working just fine for ***Dave on his site. I wasn’t entirely happy with how it formatted things, but I do share a lot of things from Google Reader which end up . . . → Read More: Testing out Google+ Importer.