Thoughts, opinions and fascinating discoveries by Elliot, a student at USC
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Few inventions have changed the world like the light bulb. But time and technology have a way of replacing even the brightest ideas. In fact, light emitting diodes (LEDs) have been doing more of the world’s lighting work in recent years–not only in electronic devices, but in architectural lights, traffic lights, flashlights, and more.
After reading through this list, the only thing I could think of is: what discoveries have been lost due to small chance? How many discoveries have been made, but never told about? What applications of discoveries have we missed?
Take a look at the Top Ten Accidental Discoveries…
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If you have a website, you’ve probably heard of the many ways to make money online. There are affiliate programs, but they’re often difficult and/or tedious to implement. Chitika eMiniMalls is the solution. Although it has only about 1,500 publishers as of October 2005, it’s starting to gain serious attention from blogging and webmaster communities. Some features include…
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I was looking at the floor in the restroom here in Marks Hall, and I noticed that the drain cover was off. On it was an engraving: “SMITH.” And I wondered: where did it come from?
At ProBlogger, there’s an interesting post that I should take a closer look at about making money from blogs.
And I’m glad.
I am now fully convinced that Yahoo Search is currently superior to Google Search.
Personally, I have nothing against Google. In fact, I’m earning more with AdSense than with YPN. And, as you probably know, I run a Google Forum.
When you want to hide your code from people who may steal it, but you still want to release your script so that other people can use it, there are several main techniques you can use.
I’ve finally solved the problem of:
http://mail.google.com
“Grr! A popup blocker may be preventing Gmail from opening the page. If you have a popup blocker, try disabling it to open the window.”
Two big things are happening right now: Gizmo Bytes and MP3 Shack.us. These are awesome sites that just keep getting better.
In the U.S., that is.
It might make you feel better that we are still paying $3.19 and happy about it since it has been hovering in the $3.40 range for a while now. I think it can only get better….or not.
