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Opt Out YellowPages - We?re Moving!

May 31st, 2008 at 06:54pm Under YPGG News Feed

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We?re Moving! We’re moving — in more ways that one! Not only will our site be moving to a new (greener) server this weekend and next week, but Liz is also going to be be moving from upstate New York to the Columbus, Ohio […]

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Opt Out YellowPages - use an answering service instead

May 31st, 2008 at 06:54pm Under YPGG News Feed

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use an answering service instead answering machines use power 24/7. if all answering machines in american homes were eventually replaced by voice mail services, the annual energy savings would total nearly two billion kilowatt-hours!

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Opt Out YellowPages - use an answering service instead

May 31st, 2008 at 06:54pm Under YPGG News Feed

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use an answering service instead answering machines use power 24/7. if all answering machines in american homes were eventually replaced by voice mail services, the annual energy savings would total nearly two billion kilowatt-hours!

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Opt Out YellowPages - May 1st is RSS Awareness Day

May 30th, 2008 at 10:28pm Under YPGG News Feed

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May 1st is RSS Awareness Day
Apparently, May 1st is RSS Awareness Day! I had no idea such a day existed, but it has it’s own site at RSSday.org . Thanks to the nice folks at dailyblogtips.com for making our RSS in Plain English […]

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Opt Out YellowPages - A Problem with Embedded Videos

May 30th, 2008 at 10:28pm Under YPGG News Feed

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A Problem with Embedded Videos
Here’s a scenario:

You create a video and upload it to a host like You Tube.
People like it and want to share it on their blog.
They grab the embed code and paste it into their blog.
Sweet - your video is […]

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Opt Out YellowPages - Frost Tea

May 30th, 2008 at 10:28pm Under YPGG News Feed

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Frost Tea As summer creeps in and we enjoy the warm (sometimes even hot!) weather this time of year, I have found the perfect alternative to those sticky, sugary, brightly colored popsicles of the past - Wise Acre Frost Bites and Frost Tea frozen […]

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Opt Out YellowPages - Internet Power - A 1995 Video Explaining the Internet

May 30th, 2008 at 05:25am Under YPGG News Feed

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Internet Power - A 1995 Video Explaining the Internet

Via Laughing Squid and Andy Baio at Waxy.org, who is creating digitized version of old VHS tapes.  
This makes me wonder if people, 12 years from now, will look back at our videos and laugh, saying […]

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Opt Out YellowPages - Google Brings Earth to the Browser

May 30th, 2008 at 05:25am Under YPGG News Feed

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Google Brings Earth to the Browser Microsoft did this with Virtual Earth (it never had a full-blown client) and now Google is importing Earth and all its content and capabilities into the browser. Here’s my longer write-up from Search Engine Land. Also at Search Engine […]

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Opt Out YellowPages - Are Spammers Machiavellian?

May 30th, 2008 at 05:25am Under YPGG News Feed

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Are Spammers Machiavellian?
It started with a tweet.  Eddie Codel described Boston’s streets as “Kafkaesque.”  I found it on Wikipedia (it means disorienting), along with a listing of other name-inspired words. One caught my eye: Machiavellianism. The first line of the Wikipedia entry:Machiavellianism is the […]

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Opt Out YellowPages - When Good Databases Go Bad

May 29th, 2008 at 04:08pm Under YPGG News Feed

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When Good Databases Go Bad I’m in Boston right now and had a meeting with Skyhook Wireless this morning. When I left my hotel I checked Google Maps and Live Search, both showed the same incorrect address and phone number. The phone number was a […]

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