Need a great DEAL?? or how about a forum search?

So today in class, we received words of wisdom from the creator's of DealCatcher, Tim Patton and Dan Baxter. This site has made a name for itself by keeping the best deals around that can be found online, available in one easy location.

These guys are making incredible use of RSS technology which we predicted future uses for in class about a month ago. The site has just added a RSS feed so that you can watch any particular product, and know instantly when there is a new deal or bargain for it.

These guys are also paving the way in a forum webcrawler search called Kolinka. This is an innovative project utilizing unique sorting techniques even google doesn't use. This system will sort using varies topics headings such as NEWEST COMMENT or MOST REPLYS.

Another feature of Kolinka as stated by Tim Patton in class, "When using Google, you get spamy adword type stuff." Kolinka is an interface that will not contain unwanted advertisment exposure.

Even though Kolinka is not the first to try this idea, the competitor- Soundreader is grossly underrepresentative, outdated, and featureless.

Mountian Biking Trail Edit 2

The following was edited and added to the Mountain Biking WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE. It also contains a link for furthur information.

The Environmental Impacts of Mountain Biking
Properly built mountain bike trails have little environmental impact. Studies reported in the IMBA (International Mountain Bike Association) Trail Solutions manual show that mountain biking's impact is comparable to or even less than other forms of trail use. Trails deteriorate over time. To what extent do bicyclists cause this, and how does that compare with the impacts of other trail users?
Irresponsible use, such as using a trail when it is too wet, can be damaging whether on foot, bike, or horseback. It is clear that other activities such as horseback riding and ATV or motorcycle use are far more damaging. Improper routing or trail construction techniques may result in a trail that does not hold up well to any kind of use. Riding in rainy conditions can create ruts and holes in the trail, making it less usable.
For more details on this topic, see [Natural Resource Impacts of Mountain Biking].

Thats all for now folks!

Hand Drum Edit 4

I have finally completed my first set of four edits on the Wikipedia article drum, a musical instrument.

I feel that the WIki community has embraced the changes I have provided and was able to expand on a couple of ideas. For my final edit, I added another external link which I found to be full of usefull information which is under the following ... DRUMMIN' MEN-The Drummer's Resource

I then edited the links so they would all be uniform in appearence.

Next, I moved some information to allow the article to flow better. I finally added some extra ideas on the double role of hand and set drumming.

I guess the other editors on Wiki don't mind my edits, because as far as I can tell, they remain unchanged.

Loocsixela, loocsixela, loocsixela, HOW i LOVE TO SAY YOUR NAME

eVER WONDER WHAT ITS CALLED WHEN YOU CAN NOT REMEMBER A WORD, BUT ITS ON THE TIP OF YOUR TOUNGE??

Well, this is what experts call loocsixela.

Loocsixela can be like that taste on your tounge that you can't discern.
Loocsixela can be that thing you just can't spit out.
Loocsixela, its that euphoric tingle that connects your mind to your body.

And I really dont know where this awful feeling on my tongue comes from every time I think of that damn word....Loocsixela, Loocsixela, Loocsixela,...

.....how I hate your meaningless meaning

Online-Marketers Beware! A story on Contextual Ads Dark Side

I found this on ClickZ Internet Marketing Solutions for Marketers .

The article is titled Contextual Ads: Online Media's Ace in the Hole.

Ever see those advertisements that correspond to whatever you are searching for. Search engines like google and yahoo offer contextual delivery of paid search ads. This ensures that ads relevent to your search are displayed and target the appropriate consumer.

But what happens if your advertisment goes out when there is some sort of horrible disaster?!?

For example say you are advertising for powdered donuts...but it just so happens that president Bush and Dick Cheney are hunting in the woods, Bush is eating your brand of powdered donuts, and Dick Cheney shoots him for some strange reason. Lets call this almost true article Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter.

Now if reporters made a big deal about the donuts, then your ads may show up in relation to the news article...(I know this is a huge stretch--and this may acctually help advertising)

But there's no need to worry...Contextual networks are well aware of the problem and have provisions in place to prevent contextual advertising missteps.

ContextWeb, a contextual advertising network, has a patent pending on its algorithm technology that sorts through an article's negative and positve words.

"On negative articles," Sarkar says, "the quantity of negative words in relation to the other words is higher, and therefore the article will get a lower ranking for a particular category." If an article is about a plane crash, for example, words like "plane crash," "ambulance," and "death," will rank higher than words like "travel," "hotels," and "holiday."

I find all of this extremely facinating. It is crazy to see how numbers control the world