Tag: search

  • Advanced GitHub issue filtering

    A little over a year ago, I posted about using dotjs to add buttons for advanced issue filtering on GitHub. With GitHub’s launch of their revamped Issues page, or dotjs code is no longer needed! Issue filtering is where it’s at: Example: all bugs that aren’t labeled as “help wanted” If you are looking at Twitter Bootstrap CSS issues,…

  • Blingo Partners With Publishers Clearing House

    This is a tad late in begin posted but still quite intriguing. As of July 2, Blingo has partnered with Publishers Clearing House. They write: Over the last two years you’ve come to enjoy great search results and fun prizes at Blingo. We’ve given away over 22,000 gifts since we started, but in an effort…

  • Wow. I just won again on Blingo.

    I posted last week about winning a movie ticket through Blingo recently. I was psyched. Well, I just checked my e-mail and lo and behold…I just won another movie ticket. Its awesome. Sign up. Search. Happiness may follow! The things you can win: iPod Nano Visa Gift Card $150, $100, $50, or $25 Blingo Movie…

  • Blingo Pays Off

    I started using Blingo back in December and I’m happy to say that I have received my first reward! A week and a half ago, one of my sign-up friends won a movie ticket and because I was a referrer of them, I won one too! Yup. Thats $8 I don’t have to pay when…

  • Alexa Search Data For The Masses

    Alexa – for those of you that don’t know – is an Amazon owned subsidiary that tracks “valuable information about the web, how it is used, what is important and what is not.” For example, you can search Alexa for amazon.com and find traffic information, related links, etc. Alexa is a hugely useful tool for…

  • Blingo is Google with Perks!

    I run around all day shouting ‘Google’ this and ‘Google’ that. I’m not going to stop. Its a cool company. So whats Blingo and whats so great about it? Blingo is a search powered by Google. Its results ARE Google results, so for those of you that swear by Google and its excellent filtering of…

  • Google Services

    After posting about Google Maps’ implementation of satellite imagery from Hurricane Katrina, it was suggested that I do a follow-up on Google Earth. I think I’ll go one step further and elaborate on some of Google’s hottest services and slightly speculate on what could be coming down the road. Google Maps Google Maps vs. MapQuest…Google…