This is really not complicated, many web sites (even subscription-based) want to be indexed by Google. To this end, they recognize the Google spider and give it priviliged access rights. Why not try to disguise yourself as the most well known search engine of the world? Simple: Modify your browser identification string? Simple, but not…
Category: Web sightings
Periodic table of the Internet
Chemists and physicists are all very well aware of the importance of classifying atoms in the periodic table of elements. Internet users may discover that the presentation of the main web sites through another kind of periodic table would be useful. Seen on WellingtonGrey
YouTube starts ads, TubeStop stops ads
Google announced, soon after its buying of YouTube, that it wouold add some advertisment on the amateur video web site. This is now what they did. But it did not leave the software developers insensitive: TubeStop is a FireFox plug-in that hides or closes that ads in YouTube to keep the same pleasure without the…
National Punctuation Day
The first National Punctuation Day was on September 24, 2006. OK. It seems that it was a hit in many different medias and among the US English teachers. This is now time to prepare the next one: Only one month left to collect the examples of the worse punctuation and to find ways to improve…
Maze solution using Photoshop
It may not be the easiest way to produce the solution to a magazine maze test, but you can do it with Photoshop, using the magic wand. Increase contrast. Select the right wall of the maze using the magic wand. Menu Select > Modify > Expand 4 pixels. Create new layer. Fill with Red. Menu…
Google crazy
You really want to have a personalized Google and to have a gaga one? Go to google.com, then in the address bar copy the following text: javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval(‘A()’,5); void(0); Press the Enter key. Enjoy!
Very nice graphic textures
A graphic designer, a web site designer often need to find a reliable source for graphic data and more specifically for graphic textures. Here comes an excellent small web site: In-Texture.com bring a very rich collection of graphic (and photographic) textures that are available for free. And a few very nice samples!
roumazeilles.net first on Technorati!
This is what was signaled recently on Technorati, as I have been informed. Unfortunately, I was unable to find the original page…
I Was Gored by a Bull – Is my life in danger?
That is the very interesting question answered in this article from Slate. Whatever you think about corridas (Spanish bull fights) it may be interesting to look at the consequences of being gored by a bull, like it happens in the encierro of Pamplona (when they free the fighting bulls in the streets to have them…