We Scour the Web, so You Don't Have To!
Microsoft is back at it again to try to make it back to the top. Their new search engine, Bing.com is supposedly a lot easier and faster than the top search engine, Google. I tried it out and I like it a lot. I like how the front page is interactive and that when you search for videos it actually previews the video when you roll over it. Also, if you’re searching for images they’re all on one long page, you don’t have to keep hitting NEXT PAGE to see more.
Many people have had problems logging into the B&P chat, including me, that I set up the other day. It worked perfect the first day, but I couldn’t log in again using Firefox. It worked with Internet Explorer, but I prefer using Firefox.
Vancouver Girl sent along a link that gets you there. It seems to work for me so I updated the widget and just put a link in the B&P Chat box near the top of the right sidebar. So give that a try. You can click on a button to set your username and then it should remember it for future sessions.
Thanks Vancouver Girl
K.C. (aka Phreakmonkey) has a Livermore Data Systems Model A acoustic coupler modem, a 300 baud modem from 1964. It was given to him by the widow of a retired IBM engineer.
Instead of seeing it in a museum, he decided to hook the trusty Model A up and make it talk to something. The video shows the way we used to connect to the Internet in those ‘good old days.’
This looks amazingly cool. And it’s free.
PlanetInAction.com has released the first version of a fantastic free simulation game which leverages the browser-based Google Earth plugin as the primary graphics engine. The game is called “Ships” and lets you take the helm on ships – barges, cargo ships, container ships, and even a cruise ship (the QM 2). Everything is in 3D, you can drive the ships anywhere in the world, there are sound effects, physical modeling, and realistic visual effects that makes this a wonder to behold. Not only that, but the author – Paul van Dinther – has created some great camera tools to make it easier for people to follow the action and see the sights.
Here’s a cool app for this plug-in: Mini Flight Simulator
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