Thursday, April 26, 2007

I just recently found this, http://google.com/coop/cse/ Google now allows you to create custom search engines. You can tailor them to a number of sites and/or keywords, narrowing down your searches dramatically. You can also allow volunteers with Google accounts to collaborate with you, adding sites to the index you search from.

I've made one myself, and it's definitely an improvement over the results one gets from vanilla Google.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Interesting. I found this http://www.lijit.com/ site today, and added a search box for it at the bottom of my journal page. It strings together some of the sites I use, like Digg, Flickr, Livejournal, and StumbleUpon. You can search the collective mass of me from those sites, if you wish. :KD

Monday, April 23, 2007

Been awhile since I've posted on here, hasn't it? I've been using Livejournal for the past four years now I guess, but I'm tired of how isolated it is and limited for free users.

A lot's transpired since I last posted. I'm nearly finished with school, with just one more quarter to go if all proceeds smoothly.

My parents have both been hospitalized and had parts removed, but they're still around. My sister is in Tanzania with her four year-old daughter and her husband, doing missionary work in a remote village.

I was diagnosed two years ago with ADD, and since I was prescribed some meds to deal with it I've noticed an improvement in my school work.

Unfortunately my lack of drive to write persists, frustrating any effort to finish in-progress stories or start new ones.

I took up customizing and painting Nerf guns as a hobby a few years back, and I've made a little money selling them on Ebay as well as giving them to friends and just playing with 'em myself. There are several sites devoted to just this sort of thing on the web, populated by cubicle warriors, general hobbyists, kids and teens. Yay Nerf!