Archive for August, 2006

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Google offers hosted communications applications

Monday, August 28th, 2006

Google announced another product for small businesses that has possibilities. Will it replace an exchange server for a company? No, but that isn’t the intended market for these applications, either. This web-based application package includes, email, calendar, chat and a GUI web page builder.
Google is talking about adding Writely, their web-based word processor, and their [...]

Heat of Summer Contest Begins

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

The Heat of Summer Blog Carnival Contest is officially closed for nominations and officially open for voting. The two weeks of nominations drew to a close at noon, Saturday, and the voting will run for one week.
Voting is open until noon, Saturday, September 2, 2006, and the winners will be announced after a review [...]

links for 2006-08-27

Sunday, August 27th, 2006

Antique weather vanes are being targeted by thieves
there’s nothing worse than a horse theif!
(tags: collectables, funny)

Ritzy commode a must-have in Houston homes
just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water …
(tags: gadgets)

NASA Eyes Storms, Clears Shuttle Atlantis for Sunday Launch
if status quo holds … we’re cleared for blast-off
(tags: NASA space technology)

Space [...]

Amazing Guitar Player!

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

This is one of those videos that will make its way around the web quickly. I spotted a link to it over at Brad Isaac’s Achieve-IT. In first hearing this, I thought there was definitely more than one person playing. Don’t believe me? Check it out.
And since the embedded link is not showing up on [...]

Animals of the Underground

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

Dave at Communication Nation linked to this great site from the UK where Paul Middlewick shows his artistic bent. He sees pictures of animals depicted in the London Underground maps, and it’s not creepy at all. You just have to see it to completely comprehend.
The website is called Animals on the Underground and the art [...]

Heat of Summer Blog Carnival Voting Begins!

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

The Heat of Summer Blog Carnival Contest is officially closed for nominations and officially open for voting.
Here is a list of the entries for “Most Colorful use of Adjectives” in no particular order.

What is Marital Kissing, You Ask?
Do Not all Charms Fly? Derek Jeter’s Transient Moment

Mind the Gap

Had Enough?

Fairy Light

Grammar Gaffe Friday

The voting [...]

The Heat of Summer Blog Carnival is Complete

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

It is time for the nominations to close and the voting to begin. I will get the vote tabulator up shortly and the next stage of fun can start.
A great big thank you to all who participated, whether submitting entries, or reading the articles, followed by voting. This is the first of my experiences [...]

Heat of Summer Carnival - Entry

Friday, August 25th, 2006

I just received another entry for the Heat of Summer Carnival Contest. I wanted to get it posted now, or your reading pleasure.
I will post a recap of all entries tomorrow just after noon, the cut off time for nominations. If you see anything you would like to submit, drop me a note or comment.
Grammar [...]

The Third Law of Thermodynamics

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

I am the first to admit that conversations with the Redhead tend to take on large proportions, at times, as evidenced by this conversation on Einsteins Theory of Relativity. At least our take living near the water.
Well, today at lunch was no different. While eating, the topic turned to the third law of thermodynamics, but [...]

links for 2006-08-24

Thursday, August 24th, 2006

NASA lets secret slip: Moon ship to be called Orion
the orion is out of the bag
(tags: space NASA)

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