Here s another practitioner focused approach from James Tipton, one of our specialists in New York.A Web Analyst is on an eternal quest to understand content consumption. When Visitors come to your site, what do they read? What fascinates them? What do…
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Just in time for the Firefox 3 Download Day today, June 17th , last night we released a new version of YSlow that works with Firefox 3. You can install it from the YSlow page or the Mozilla add ons site. What s new in this version: Firefox 3 and Firebug 1.2 beta support improved and simplified check for javascript minification different coloring for inline vs. external CSS and JS All CSS and All JS features clickable list of resources as a Table of Contents All CSS and All JS features improved colors and presentation in the legend of component pies under Stats fixed a bug where the same hostname with different port number was counted as a separate DNS lookup misc bugfixes and style tweaks In this version, as with the previous one, we aimed at supporting all possible combinations of the different Firefox and Firebug development branches, namely the latest Firefox 2 and 3 and the latest Firebug releases: 1.05 stable , 1.1 beta and 1.2 beta . Many thanks to everybody who sent kind words of encouragement and questions about the availability of this new release, sorry we didn t reply to all of you, but now your wait is over. As always, your feedback is welcome and appreciated, feel free to use the contact form or join the exceptional performance mailing list. Happy download day! Stoyan Stefanov Exceptional Performance
Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer Name: Shia Jafari Prayer TimeAuthor: Alzahra Satellite ChannelDescription: Displays prayer times, using the Jafari methodMore information Download gadgetEach week this blog features a recently added Google De…
Wanna hear something you ve probably heard 5,000 times before? The Nintendo Wii is really hard to find. Wanna hear something else? Thanks to Wii Fit, the hunt ain t getting any easier.Already an unqualified hit with gamers and those longing to lose a few pounds not always two mutually exclusive groups , Wii Fit is attracting even more buzz thanks to upcoming titles that take advantage of the game s balance board.Not surprisingly, many of these games are fitness oriented. Jillian Michaels, the trainer best known for reducing the morbidly obese to tears on The Biggest Loser, will lend her likeness to a game hitting shelves this holiday. Ominously titled Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009, the game drew some notice on PhillyBurbs.com. Also picking up steam is a rumored Spider Man game that will supposedly work with the balance board. Gamers can apparently lean to and fro to control the ol Web Head. Not exactly like being Spider Man, but a step in the right direction for obsessive fans.Finally, some gamers aren t waiting for publishers to come out with games that work with the Wii Fit s balance board. Instead, they re taking things into their own hands. UberGizmo reports that some folks are using the board to play World of Warcraft. Meanwhile, according to Wired, others have found a way to use the balance board with a custom game called Body Surf. If only people could track down a copy of Wii Fit, they might be able to try these games, too.
Tim Russert was a well known family man. He wrote a memoir about his dad, Big Russ and Me, which was a New York Times bestseller. His second book, Wisdom of Our Fathers, chronicled lessons and letters from daughters and sons. It also topped the book charts.So it s not surprising that searches for Russert s father and his wife, Maureen Orth, have lifted since his death. But it s Russert s 22 year old son Luke who has emerged as a focal point for the intense interest surrounding the newsman s closest kin. Over the past several days, demand for Luke Russert s name, his Facebook page, and his photos has catapulted upwards. Mentions of Luke s recent graduation sparked searches for luke russert boston college. On Monday, he spoke at length about his father with Matt Lauer on NBC. The gracious interview triggered a rise in queries for luke russert today show. Contributors to the Buzz were particularly taken with the Today talk. The New York Daily News praised its un mawkish quality. Mahalo launched a page for the Massachussetts graduate that s devoted entirely to the TV segment. A U.S. News World Report blogger went so far as to call for Luke to replace his dad on Meet the Press. We re starting the bandwagon, the post declared. Whether or not the bandwagon gets going, the young Mr. Russert has certainly done his dad proud.
Posted by Katharine Lu, Book Search Support TeamWhether it s finding a moonwalking bear or researching Shakespeare, we re known for a broad range of searches here at Google. But Miriam Midkiff of Spokane, Washington uses Google Book Search for a ve…
Once upon a time, the baddest of the bad were sent to Alcatraz to cool their heels. Fortunately, that s no longer the case. If felons were still being housed on The Rock, a luxury hotel would be much more difficult to build. Wait, what? Five star accommodations on a site that once held hundreds of scary convicts? Yep! Several articles in the Buzz report that the National Parks Service of which Alcatraz is a part may build a swanky lodge for tourists and wannabe jail birds.Of course, the obvious question is why. Why would someone want to pay to spend an evening on the same infamous island Al Capone once called home? The unofficial and even more obvious answer: Because it d be totally cool. We haven t done the market research, but we d bet plenty of tourists would love to spend a dark and stormy night at history s most notorious former prison… or a hotel next door, anyway.Right now, the hotel is in the discussion stage. Maybe something will come of it, maybe not. Regardless, the Parks Service should take note of the Buzz. This is one idea that has folks talking.
Posted by Maureen Schumacher, Regional Sales Director, AtlantaOur Atlanta office recently teamed up with the Parks, Recreation and Historic Sites Division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources to support an initiative called Get Outdoors Georg…
I now pronounce you spouses for life. With those words from San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom, 87 year old Del Martin and 83 year old Phyllis Lyon wed… again.Technically, the first words allowing their same sex marriage came from the California Supreme Court on May 15, who ruled that the California Constitution properly must be interpreted to guarantee this basic civil right of marriage to all Californians, whether gay or heterosexual. If the couple of 55 years had to save on wedding expenses, they could ve safely cut wedding photographers and videographers. Local and national media, including the San Francisco Chronicle and KTVU, covered the ceremony and cake cutting here and throughout California. As more gay and lesbian couples register to wed Tuesday, sites such as the California Report have created special pages to monitor the legal, nuptial, and social upheavals. Within the Buzz mix, different regions have been considering gay marriage s impact, whether it be the Midwest, Georgia, or California itself and its November face off over a proposed marriage amendment.The issue, at least in Search, had been in a lull the past two years, except for the spike surrounding the court ruling. Last week s online interest in gay marriage mainly hailed from California and New York.On Monday, however, the term leapt up more than 200 , as searches from Missouri, Florida, New Jersey, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Michigan squeezed between these two coastal states. Texas rounded out the top 10 states, but surprisingly, Massachusetts didn t number among the top searchers. Perhaps Bay State newlyweds recognize that political triumphs don t always guarantee marital harmony, as the New York Times reported. Other related terms spiking Monday included gay rights activists and gay rights movement. Searchers for these terms, as well as gay marriage and california gay marriage, were split evenly between females and males 13 64, with teens well represented in this mix. What do these numbers mean? Based on search spikes, the issue doesn t seem to resonate as strongly as it once did, except on special occasions. This could change as the marriage amendment and presidential vote draw nearer. In the meantime, expect San Francisco and the rest of the state to enjoy its 21st century summer of love, complete with rose petals and protest signs.