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Top 10 Tips For New Eclipse Users

Good set of tips for those using Eclipse regularly.

Tips for Using Images in Blogs

Brilliant tips for including images not just for blogs but really any article.

Three solid Gmail productivity tips

Good tips on persistent searches, something I’ve been using for a while now.

Create Web 2.0 Logo

A brilliantly simple method of creating Web 2.0′ified logos using different blending options. [via <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/design/create-your-own-web-20-logos-241045.php">Lifehacker</a>]

YouTube and BBC Sign Deal

The BBC and YouTube have struck a deal that allow clips of BBC shows to be available in three channels on the YouTube website. The three channels consist of:

  • BBC - Consists of trailers and short features that will act as promotional material for the show.
  • BBC Worldwide - Features self-contained clips of popular shows such as Top Gear, David Attenborough’s nature programmes and other similar shows that would likely have worldwide appeal.
  • BBC News - News clips (almost 30 per day) for a non-UK audience. UK users will not be able to access these videos, although these will be available on the BBC News website only for UK users.

One of the most interesting quotes (shown below) defines the thinking behind this move:

“The BBC would not be hunting down all BBC-copyrighted clips already uploaded by YouTube members - although it would reserve the right to swap poor quality clips with the real thing, or to have content removed that infringed other people’s copyright, like sport, or that had been edited or altered in a way that would damage the BBC’s brand.”

“We don’t want to be overzealous, a lot of the material on YouTube is good promotional content for us,”

Top Gear Tests a Speed Camera

They drive a car so fast that the speed camera doesn’t even flash. See <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOx8A-TzHoQ">Vid1</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnkp2sT8zkg">Vid2</a>

Spotplex - Sorting by pageviews

Although it does not aid discovery of small/new websites it does give an overview of what is being read on the web.

YouTube Videos Reveal Google Adsense Clicks Data at Digital Inspiration

<blockquote>Youtube has a "feature" that shows which websites are linking to a particular video and how many clicks originated from that site.</blockquote> In other words the number of Adsense clicks.

I Bought Votes on Digg

Well not me. But Annalee Newitz of Wired tests out a User/Submitter company that takes payment for diggs, and reaches the front page

Google Reader Bookmarklets

A relatively unknown feature of Google Reader is the ability to create a bookmarklet that will immediately take you to the source of the next unread post at the click of a button. This is especially useful for those that prefer reading posts with the styling of the poster’s site. One interesting application of this is to cluster together all the blogs that show only partial feeds. Then create a bookmarklet for that folder so that you can always see the full post whenever you click on it.

To access the bookmarklets go to Google Reader -> Settings -> Goodies. Then drag the bookmark of the folder you want into your Bookmarks Toolbar and you’re all set.

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