How much value has been lost? This much…
February 18, 2009
July 18, 2007
April 23, 2007
Estimate your FICO
Dumb Little Man points out there is a free FICO estimator on bankrate.com. By answering a few questions about your credit habits, you can get a picture of where you fall in on the range of FICO scores. At the very least, it will help you figure out if you have anything to worry about.
April 2, 2007
How much is your site worth?
Fun little app that calculates your site’s value:Â
My Site is worth$288
How much is your site worth?
March 23, 2007
February 7, 2007
January 15, 2007
Secure Gmail
Lifehacker has a tip for securing access to gmail (use https instead of http.) It’s nice that they have the capability, but not surprising that they don’t advertise it – secure http takes up more system resources than good old http due to the cryptographic overhead.
October 15, 2006
Friendster’s Failure
TechCrunch has an interesting piece on why Friendster failed where MySpace succeeded. I think the notion that Friendster’s bad architecture problem had a lot to do with it. Yes, it did suck and it was quite slow. However, look at MySpace – built on ColdFusion with significant failures of various functions. In my experience the site is ridden with bad code that doesn’t scale and lots of errors. The difference seems to me to have a lot to do with the basic point of the site. Friendster’s is a ‘who you know’ site, where MySpace is a ‘what you like’ kind of site. It’s just an impression, but Friendster networks are based more on actual real-world relationships, while MySpace networks seem to be based on common interests in music (particularly), sex, and film.
September 30, 2006
Comparing the bittorrent clients
I was surfing around wikipedia today and I came across this comparison chart of bittorrent clients. A cursory glance indicates that Azureus is the most full-featured of the clients. It’s also the one I happen to use.
September 29, 2006
Identify a site owner by their Google Adsense ID
Google Tutor has a great little Google hack detailing how to find a website’s owner by using their Google Adsense ID. There’s also some sensible advice on using Adsense to drive revenue.
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