Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on January 16, 2006 by CyberNet.

If you haven’t heard, Jeremy Wright is selling a blog but hasn’t revealed which blog it is. It will be revealed today at Ensight around 1PM EST but in the meantime Blogaholics has put together a list of hints that he has given:

• it’s a “defining blog”
• it has only one author
• it’s in the top 100 blogs by all measures but Technorati
• therefore, it’s in the top 100 blogs listed by Feedster
• it likely isn’t a gadget blog
• it’s quoted in newspapers weekly
• it has won many awards
• it has a PageRank of 7
• it has 150,000 indexed pages on Yahoo/MSN and 60,000 on Google
• it makes 2,000$/month (somewhat on the low side of average for a top 100)
• it’s in need of a new design and someone who knows ads
• it gets 1 million pageviews per month
• the writer is somewhat intimate with Jeremy to be brokering this deal
• Jeremy also drops some examples of blogs of the right type like Problogger or Scobelizer, probably dropping them out of possibilities, which Scoble confirms in comments below
• and that it has the “Potential to anchor a network of blogs or sites”
• and gives away in comments below that it is not Waxy.org

To see what blogs people are guessing visit Blogaholics.

UPDATE: The blog being sold was announced: The Blog Herald.

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This article was written on March 17, 2008 by CyberNet.

I couldn’t believe my eyes this morning when I read this post over at Google Blogoscoped. It appears that some of the backend for an Easter Egg has been added to Google Docs to make fun of the “thing” Microsoft created back in Office 97 dubbed Clippy. I know, it’s a touchy subject for me as well, but the code in Google Docs points to the Google “Cliply” that you see pictured to the right.

What’s pretty funny is that in their code they specify the strength, charisma, and more of the putrid “paperclip”:

writely.Cliply.init({
'strength': 0.4,
'dexterity': 0.9,
'constitution': 0.7,
'intelligence': 0.1,
'wisdom': 0.3,
'charisma': 0.8});
}

I guess it could be worse… Google could actually make the eyes follow your mouse pointer which would freak out a lot of people. No, there doesn’t appear to be any way to enable Cliply at this point. Thank goodness.

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This article was written on April 15, 2008 by CyberNet.

Flickr is used for a handful of different purposes, but one of them is for users to post the photos they took with their digital camera for friends and family to see. That’s one of the purposes it serves me, and it’s nice to be able to go back and look at my photos from last week, last month, or last year. While a good chunk of the photos on Flickr are from more recent events in someone’s life, there are actually quite a few older pictures on there as well.  When I say older, think early 1900’s.

To go back in time, there’s a site out there that has a collection of “old” photos from the Flickr library. The site is called Life In Grayscale and they make it easy to find photos from the time period in the past that interests you. Their collection starts with photos from the 1900’s and moves on up to 1970. Using an arrow, you can drag it across a timeline to select the years worth of photos that you want to see. In all, they have 18,484 photos that were taken between 1900 and 1970.

One of the photos I came across was labeled “My First Camera” from 1960 and what caught my attention was the size of the box. It was HUGE! I clicked through to view the image on Flickr and the caption read that it was a Brownie Flash II camera so I decided to look into that particular camera. As it turns out, it was a box camera made by Kodak which took 2 1/4 x 3 1/3″ exposures on type 620 film rolls. Can you imagine a camera these days covered in leather? The Kodak Brownie Flash was covered with imitation leather and a Flash could be connected to it. It originally launched in 1958.

They say you learn something new everyday, and today I learned about a Kodak Brownie Flash II camera. If you have a minute and older pictures interest you, check it out. I wouldn’t say Life in Grayscale is a site I’d visit regularly or even semi-regularly, but it was fun to quickly look through some of the pictures they’ve collected from Flickr that are from earlier times. And hey, by doing so, you might just learn something new.

Thanks for the tip Radu!

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This article was written on August 05, 2008 by CyberNet.

BBC recently posted a video titled “Britain seen from the skies above” and while it was fascinating simply to watch, to think about it really gave us a new perspective on privacy. It’s a real short clip, about a minute, so take a look and you’ll see what we mean:

Everybody is concerned about privacy online yet not many pay attention to privacy elsewhere. People are being tracked all over the place as the video clearly shows. Credit card companies track where you use your card and similarly, banks do the same with debit cards and personal checks. Phone companies are easily able to track your position as well. These are just a few examples of the many ways that we are “tracked” regularly which shows us that our “private” lives aren’t so private after all.

Source: jkOnTheRun

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This article was written on May 17, 2008 by CyberNet.

Weekend Website

We’ve mentioned Yahoo Answers a few times on CyberNet because it’s a great source to turn to when you have a question that you want answered. Today we’re going to take a look at what we like to think of as the “Yahoo Answers” of technical product support, FixYa! They aggregate support information from all over the web into one location so that it’s easy to find, but users can also contribute and answer questions. If you have a question about a gadget or consumer product, you’ll probably find an answer there.

What is FixYa?

Fix Ya is all about helping consumers troubleshoot the problems they encounter with their gadgets and devices. In their words, they say they provide “free tech support and technical help for gadgets, electronics equipment and consumer products.”

Just a few weeks ago it was announced that Best Buy and Geek Squad would be partnering up with FixYa. Instead of bringing your computer in to Best Buy to get it fixed, you may be able to ask your question on FixYa and have it answered for free.

Who Answers Your Questions?

If you’re wondering who it is that provides expert advice for the devices you own, it’s a team about about 30,000 different contributors. These contributors are average people like you who happen to know a little something about gadgets. Anybody can can suggest a solution for a problem that someone has posted, and then the community of FixYa rates the solution given as either “inappropriate,” “thanks for trying,” “helpful,” or “FixYa!” which is the best.

Topics covered…

You’re not going to find answers to your question about which brand of ketchup you should buy or what the best place to eat in San Francisco is. What you will find though is a huge list of different manufactures who make gadgets, electronics, and consumer products like Acer, Compaq, Epson, IBM, Insignia, Motorola, Panasonic, and more. In all, there are over 800,000 different consumer products covered.

Signing up for an account

FixYa is free, unless you want “Premium Assistance” in which case it will cost. But then you’ll be guaranteed to get an answer via a post or Live Chat.

Features

Other features at FixYa include:

• WikiManuals – product guides written and edited by FixYa users
• Experts Lounge- where FixYa experts meet to share what’s on their minds
• Repair Directory – for locating a repair service near you
• Manufacturer directory – for finding a specific manual and/or products

Becoming an expert:

Anybody can become an expert by filling out a form found here, and you can even get paid. Of course not everybody is an expert in every field, so you just let them know which areas you’re an “expert” in.

Searching for Answers

Searching for answers for your products is simple because everything is broken down into brands and then products. On their homepage on the bottom right you’ll see a list of brands broken down in alphabetical order. I clicked on Garmin, then I was able to browse through the list of different Garmin products to find the unit I own, the Garmin Nuvi 660. Once I found it, I could click on and then do the following:

• search the Garmin Nuvi 660 GPS receiver knowledgebase
• view problems/questions that have solutions
• view problems/questions that don’t have a solution yet
• post a new problem
• subscribe to the product page via RSS
• view tips and tricks (one tip in particular which explained how to do a full reset to original factory status was helpful)
• view the WikiManual (if available)
• See manuals and guides (if available)
• View product specifications
• View contact information

On the Homepage

The FixYa homepage has a lot of helpful information on it. You can search for a product, or find a solution for one. You can view the top experts within the last 30 days and see what kinds of solutions they’ve contributed. You can also view recent solutions and recent problems. If you’re in need or a repairman for something, you can enter in your zip code to find one near you.

Downside…

The only downside that we could think of is that there is no guarantee that someone will be able to answer your question unless you pay for “Premium Assistance”. On the bright side though, there is a large community of people who are willing to help. Chances are, there will at least be someone who can help or at the minimum, guide you in the right direction no matter what your problem is, for free.

Wrapping it up

If you’ve had something stop working before, you know that it can be difficult to find the answer that you need to get it working again. With the help of FixYa, you should be able to get your questions answered fairly fast, and for free.

Check it out… www.fixya.com

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