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How to improve your Google search results in Chrome
Google has stated their goal of providing only useful sites in your search results. They just made a major change that affects about 10% of everyones searches. But until they make search perfect,...
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How do you check if an online name is available?
Photo by claren44 How do you verify with one click that the online name you want is available on all those online services at once? You need to check “.com”, Facebook, and twitter. But did you forget...
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How to search for recipes on the internet?
Photo by brighterworlds. This post is a little sad for me. I have created a recipe search engine on the internet. Although it still may be useful, it has always had an uphill battle to being used by...
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How to look up a US Patent for free
Patent number: 3926144 If you search google for a patent number like “patent 3926144”, you will be given search results linking to: www.wikipatents.com (they want to sell you pdfs)...
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A reminder to think of safety
Todays news reports a Yale student was killed in a woodshop lathe accident. From all reports she was both bright and safety conscious, but was working late into the night. Fatigue and familiarity...
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How to for free submit prior art that may predate an invention in a patent...
US law, perhaps in an effort manage the practicalities of examining a patent application, puts timing and financial roadblocks in the way of 3rd parties access to patent examiners. If you have...
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This bookmarklet will tell us whois the current owner of any website
Photo by ~Brenda-Starr~ A bookmarklet is a bookmark that contains a JavaScript program instead of a URL. The JavaScript code has access to the current page, and can operate on it, change it, or direct...
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How to find a public bathroom when you are traveling or just away from home
Where is the closest bathroom? Is it only available for customers? How nice is it? Is there a baby changing table? Do they charge for access? This is the kind of information we can all use. You might...
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How to find files on Windows 7 with the advanced search
Windows 7 no longer has the easy search wizard I am used to from Windows XP. In every Windows Explorer window there is a search box in the upper right hand corner. What you type there automatically...
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Your questions answered #2
Photo by Habladorcito Search engines are imperfect. A portion of my visitors ask a specific question, but I am answering a different one. Google isn’t yet smart enough to see the subtleties, and...
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