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Kosmix launched 4 new vertical search engines

Posted by Nadir on June 26th, 2006

A few months ago, Kosmix launched a vertical search engine dedicated to Health. I first discovered this search engine  in February and blogged about it. Like I said in this previous post, the guys who are behind this search engine are Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan , two guys who both studied at Stanford university, […]

Ladies and gentlemen, this is Java EE 5!

Posted by Nadir on June 22nd, 2006

Here’s a programmer who can sing: Roumen and his Java EE 5 song.

Hot hot hot…

Posted by Nadir on June 12th, 2006

I can’t handle this temperature anymore! That would be ok if there was a beach in Paris, or outdoor swimming pools everywhere, but no, stop dreaming Nadir, you’re not in San Diego anymore

Google Maps vs. Windows Live Local

Posted by Nadir on June 12th, 2006

This post provides a nice comparison of Google Maps and Windows Live Local. The author compared, for the same address, different views: standard, plain view, and detail (3D view), and he explains that he prefers Windows Live Local for detailed maps and Google for standard views.

Evaluate your CSS and HTML Knowledge

Posted by Nadir on June 10th, 2006

How good are you at CSS?
I came across an article that is both funny and accurate called Levels of CSS knowledge, from Emil Stenström. It lists 6 levels of CSS knowledge and explains how each one is affecting the web, from the average user to the most renowned web designers.

A helpful Yahoo! feature for keyword research

Posted by Nadir on June 6th, 2006

I’ve never really paid attention to the “also try” feature in Yahoo!, which allows you to see related keyword. Each time you run a search in Yahoo!, they display a short list of related keywords, that you can expand by clicking on “more”, then “show all” to see the complete list of related keywords.
I wish […]