A long time ago I applied to be included in a beta program for Yahoo’s response to Google AdSense. I received an email today stating that I was accepted in to the Yahoo! Publisher Network beta program and can begin showing advertisements. For those of you unfamiliar with online advertising, Google AdSense started back in 2003 as a way for regular webmasters to show ad blocks on their website from advertisements from various companies that Google works with. An example of AdSense is an advertisement in a box that says “Ads by Google.” Such is the case with the YPN beta. I show ads, and depending on hits, clicks, and some ratios Yahoo sends me some profit. I am just testing this program out and whether I keep it on this website or not has yet to be determined. Personally, I believe advertisements degrade a website and take away from it’s design and appeal from a purely aesthetic standpoint. They are generally a huge eyesore. However, as mentioned I am merely testing this program out. I have had experience with Google AdSense on my other website and would really like to compare the two.
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Update: A new version is out. Keep up to date via this page.
After a bit of toying around and some frivolous coding and photoshopping, I’ve come up with an RSS widget for this site. It loads the last 8 entry titles every 10 minutes. Of course, each post title links to the full article and there are several links at the bottom to make website navigation easier. It currently is only for Mac OS X Tiger computers, I am considering making a Konfabulator compatible version later on. Go ahead and download it and let me know if you have any suggestions for the next version.
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Here are a few screenshots. I designed the interface as the screen of an Apple Cinema display.
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On a late evening trip to the grocery store with Dan for some necessities, I spotted a BMW Z8 valet parked in front of some fancy restaurant. And the next sighting definitely warrants a mention. I’ve seen quite a few Z8’s in my time, but the next car I saw, a Lotus Esprit TT is a bit more rare. The Esprit is the larger coupe with a twin turbo, 350HP V8. All this within about one minute… the Lotus crossed me in an intersection. It’s things like this that make me want to keep my digital camera, or a separate one, in my car at all times.
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I just watched the latest Top Gear DVD, Revved Up. Top Gear, a show on BBC2, is the most amazing car show. Since I’m in America I can’t watch it on tv so everything I’ve seen of this show has been downloaded or seen on the Discovery Channel as reruns. If you have any interests in cars, I highly suggest you check out the Top Gear serires. They do insane things such as a Lotus Exige vs Apache Helicopter, striking a Volkswagen with 800kVolts in a lightning test, and they take you along for a hot lap in an F1 car.
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Google has secretly invited 400 big names in the tech community to attend a special meeting. Named “Google Zeitgeist ‘05: The Google Partner Forum,” attendees must sign a non-disclosure agreement form so whatever Google tells them is kept a secret. I also found out about this through episode 16 of CommandN. I believe that the attendees will be given a sneak peek at the new Google OS. Read the article on CNet.
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