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19Jan/080

Del.icio.us and Yahoo Search?

It will be interesting to start seeing del.icio.us results along with Yahoo searches. It is an intriguing blend of search bot and human powered input!

Delicious Integrated Into Yahoo Search Results: "I just got word that Yahoo is testing the integration of Delicious user generated bookmarks into Yahoo search results pages (Yahoo acquired Delicious in late 2005). Some users will see the Delicious icon as part of their normal search results, which tells them how many people have bookmarked those pages, as well as the tags people have supplied for those pages."
(Via Techcrunch.)

Give it a try here.

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30Nov/070

Blogs in Plain English- Common Craft’s New Video

Common Craft just put up a new short 3 minute video on blogging. I love their simplistic and friendly approach. Something like this video, as well as other productions from the crew, are fantastic for sharing with fellow staff members who are curious what a "wiki" is, what "RSS" is, or what "social bookmarking" is. Great stuff!

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3Sep/070

Bookmarks Meme

Alice Mercer just tagged me for the bookmarks meme. I shall share with you the last 6 entries on my bookmarking list (you can see these on my sidebar, unless you follow via an RSS reader). All of these come directly from my del.icio.us account.

Here they are!

ForgeFX- Eclipses and Moon Phases - A 3D simulation that allows the student to control and interact with solar eclipses, lunar eclipses, and the different phases of the moon. This pairs nicely with my other favorite space simulation.

The Atrocious Apostrophe's Flickr Collection - A hearty collection of images portraying poor grammar.

The "Quotation Mark" Abuse Flickr Collection - Related to the group mentioned above.

Grammar Bytes! - Comma splices and fused sentences!

Math Cats: Naming Large Numbers - How do you say/write 1,243,640,975,123,890,211? Just input any number and see how to write it. This site will go together perfectly with the Mega Penny Project.

Google Maps Transparencies- A nifty little mash-up of Map View and Satellite View. A site that I feel is much better than this one, which I demonstrate a lot to fellow teachers, would be Flash Earth.

Now I shall pass it on to these lucky contestants...