Daily Archives: December 12, 2004
Google Guessing: An Ego-Surfing Game
Posted on December 12, 2004 62 Comments
It’s “Google Guessing”: A new way to be neurotic about your popularity online through the new Google Suggest function, in which Google tries to guess what you want to search on while you’re typing in the word. Here are the rules of Google Guessing: 1. Go to Google Suggest (it’s in beta). 2. Begin typing […]
Master of My Own Domain
Posted on December 12, 2004 8 Comments
I’ve been stocking up on domains. Clearly, I own Scalzi.com. But over the years I’ve owned several others, and as my hosting service charges a mere $6 a year to maintain domain names (a vast improvement over the $35 a year I’d been paying previous), I decided to do a little shopping. Forthwith, these are […]
So That’s Where They Went
Posted on December 12, 2004 2 Comments
View image They found Amazon’s missing copies of Old Man’s War. No, I didn’t make this. It was sent to me. My readers have a twisted sense of humor. Not that I mind. That’s some funny stuff.
Hotel Scalzi
Posted on December 12, 2004 3 Comments
Going to Verona? Stay at the Hotel Scalzi! I am unaffiliated. However, were I to go to Verona for some reason, I suppose it would be difficult for me not to stay there.
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