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Posts Tagged ‘Internet’

OpenDNS Shortcuts

In Internet on 20 July 2008 tagged dns, Internet, opendns, productivity with 1 comment

I use [OpenDNS](http://opendns.com/) for DNS resolution (the way domain names match up to websites) on my home and office networks. My favorite feature is their [URL Shortcuts](http://www.opendns.com/features/shortcuts/). I have a bunch of them set up to quickly search various sites I use often:
Keyword | Website
————-:| ———-
**g** | Google Search
**gi** […]

Weather Twitterbot for Greenville/Spartanburg/Anderson, SC

In Internet on 23 March 2008 tagged cool, Internet, twitter, twitterfeed, weather, yahoopipes with no comments

A week or so ago, we had tornado watches/warnings in our area. I decided to use Yahoo! Pipes and Twitter to make an early alert system. Weather.gov already offers a ton of XML & RSS feeds. I just needed to filter out the events and areas that didn’t apply, so that only local watches or […]