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Smplr Web Search

11:13PM Gina Trapani | Search page Smplr is a web search command line tool. Using one input box, enter your query, prefaced by a snippet that directs the search to a particular site—very similar to the much-celebrated (and much more configurable) YubNub. For example, film:Dragon Wars will search IMDB, bt:Ubuntu will search the Pirate Bay, and terms without a prefix will search Google by default. More »

How to explain LOLcats to your boss

4:17PM Sarah Stokely | This right here is an article explaining the LOLcats phenomenon written in stuffy Wall Street Journal language – perfect for explaining LOLcats to your boss. Mr. Nakagawa’s simple Web site has become the center of the “LOLcats” phenomenon, a booming online subculture built around digital images and deliberately bad grammar. So, primer for your boss, or… unintentional comedy gold! With ‘LOLcats’ Internet Fad, Anyone Can Get In on the Joke [The Wall Street Journal] Thanks for the link, Anth. :) More »

Define Your Version of Success

2:00AM Wendy Boswell | You can’t get where you’re going if you don’t know where it is you’re headed, right? Financial site Wise Bread has written up an insightful article that helps you define your version of success via a list-making exercise. Most of us go from day to day just getting through what needs to be done; however, once in a while, it’s extremely healthy to figure out a few long-term goals and how to achieve them. Articulating your ideas of what makes a successful life is definitely part of this. If you feel brave (or otherwise!), please share your version of success in the comments. Defining Success: If you don’t know what you want, you won’t know when you’ve gotten it [Wise Bread] More »