Google have started testing this and from what I’ve read not everyone is seeing it. That’s right Google’s home page fades in, don’t worry you are not going mad. Basically the home page of Google is very minimal until you hoover the mouse over the page. Once the mouse is in action the home page comes to life and the fade effect will bring all the usual links into play.
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I redesigned my blog over the last couple of months and after I changed my mind a few times, I stumble onto Thesis. Like many of you I have downloaded hundreds of blog themes and if you are like me then you may find it hard to choose a design. This video gives you an a quick look at Thesis.
This short videos shows you what Posterous is and a quick tour of the Posterous control panel. Posterous is a blog service which automatically notify your social networking services. All you do is send and email over. Posterous is the dead simple way to put anything online using email. Launched in July 2008 and now growing fast.
Found a new location based social network site called Brightkite it’s not taking off yet but it looks like it could get big.
It seems like these text, web twitter update sites are getting popular all of them having a different twist.
Brightkite is location based so you Check In and it pops up saying where in [...]
Google talk launched a new service allowing user to chat with you directly from a link on your site.
You can see my chatback link on the right which shows my online status.
The great thing is your visitors don’t even need a Google account to chat with you, they can just chat with you as a [...]
What is Joost?
What’s Joost? It’s free TV, with the choice to watch alone or with friends. Joost is packed with Internet tools such as instant messaging and channel chat, allowing people to really share the TV experience.
Joost TV has been launched and is looking like a neat little program.
When I first tried it out I [...]
OK I’m back after pondering over using Wordpress or sNews. It’s been a few months but I decided to go with Wordpress as it has a few more plugins that I require.
Nothing against sNews, it’s a great CMS and one I will continue to use for some sites.
