Google has added an image background to www.Google.com and people are not happy about it, judging by the quick climb of the query 'remove google background' in Google Trends. Google allows you to set the background to an image as announced on the Official Google Blog and if you don't set it to something, starting last night, Google sets it to random images for you with no … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2010
OpenDNS’s 2010 SysAdmin of the Year Awards
Although SysAdmin Day isn't until July 30th, OpenDNS is getting a head start on appreciating the hard working System Administrators with their SysAdmin of the Year Awards which have a nomination deadline of June 29th. OpenDNS is awarding SysAdmins in six different categories. Winners will receive $50 and recognition with a grand prize (TBD) going to the best of the winners. … [Read more...]
Book Review: Got Sun? Go Solar
Got Sun? Go Solar by Rex A. Ewing and Doug Pratt (2nd ed.) doesn't exactly relate to IT like most topics here on 404 Tech Support but nor have we been strangers to talking about the saving energy and going green motives of the day. This book is an excellent source for that part where the "rubber meets the road" when discussing renewable energy. If you've been thinking about the … [Read more...]
Google Announces a New Indexing System It Calls Caffeine
Google announced on its main blog and the Google Webmaster Central blog that it has created and implemented a new search index it likes to call Caffeine. The new index moves away from a layered approach to a faster refreshing index that can add new or newly discovered items into search results faster. So why did we build a new search indexing system? Content on the web is … [Read more...]
Google Gets Into the Spirit of the World Cup
With the World Cup kicking off in 3 days, Google is having a little fun of their own. You can find it for your self if you do a Google search for 'World Cup' and scroll down to the bottom. Click this image for an enlarged screenshot of the easter egg. I'm enjoying all the little easter eggs Google has been planting lately like the Pac-Man Google logo. They're simple but … [Read more...]