Author Archives: LoneTechie
It is cuil to be ironic
So I made a post a few weeks ago basically ranting about Cuil search engine and how it pretty well was a failure. Anyway, I thought it was funny and ironic the search result that hit my blog post a … Continue reading
Preload images in IE6
I spent a significant chunk of time today diagnosing an image preload bug with IE6. Bug probably isn’t a fair word, but for a browser that is one big bug why not. In short preloading worked as it should in … Continue reading
Cuil isn’t so cool anymore
So for those that aren’t familiar Cuil (pronounced Cool) is a start up search engine founded by some former google employees. With a pocket full of venture capital funds they set out to compete with the big G. My initial response to … Continue reading
Google Trends a useful tool
Quick post today about google trends. For those of you that don’t know google offers a really useful tool that allows you to see search trend data from all the way back to 2004 (or earlier?). trends.google.com This really has … Continue reading
Fast image pixel access with GDI+ and .net
I have yet again hit a brick wall with regards to speed in processing dynamic images server side using System.Drawing in asp.net. As I have covered in a previous article regarding image cropping I have had difficulty in the past … Continue reading