ZWAH REPORT

coRank has just opened up their sub-domains to anybody who wants to start their own Digg-like community. One thing they didn’t do is put an RSS link in the header.html template file. No problem:

Grab the RSS link from your coRank site. It should look something like this: http://YOURSITE.corank.com/tech/all/upcoming/rss.xml
Open up the Header.html template file and insert […]

As I crawl around the Web 2.0 world, I’m seeing more examples of “parked” spam pages on social networking sites. They’re easy to find in Technorati, and I’ve also just spotted some on Squiddo. Why didn’t the creators of these sites just get a domain and park it? Well, for one thing, a lot of […]

I’ve got a new travel page at coRank. Sign up today! Soon I’ll be making it easy to share stories with a plug-in for WordPress, like this blog has. Stories that are tagged “travel” will automatically include a link to submit the post to Travel at coRank. Stay tuned…!

Dot TRAVEL (.travel) seems to be just another top level domain (TLD) to be skeptical about. Critics include the Practical Nomad Edward Hasbrouck and the domainers are weighing in as well. The Domain Editorial posts a humorous exchange with a .travel administrator and there are some good comments at Frank Schilling’s blog and at the […]

My Averatec 6200’s fan was running uncontrollably, until I figured out the laptop_mode and how to change the default values in various configuration files.

Open up the file:/etc/laptop-mode/laptop-mode.conf
Change these settings from “0″ to “1″:

ENABLE_LAPTOP_MODE_ON_AC=1
CONTROL_CPU_FREQUENCY=1
Save the file then execute the commands:

laptop_mode stop
laptop_mode start force
And listen for the fan to slow down…

Next, there are some extra steps […]

Maybe the next new technique to get noticed on the web. If, that is, people can understand what’s on the map in the first place.
Update: Google’s Universal Search will help users find local businesses using Google Maps.