Andrew Nagy

I like honesty and cinammon in my scrambled eggs.

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Sponsored Image Links?

I was loitering on Google image search and ran across this when I ran a search for “Playstation 2″:

Does this mean sponsored image ads are going to be infiltrating image search in the future? Or maybe just a beta test?

Update: Looks like this is fairly old news. Here’s the story at CNet.

Useful Feature + Easily Monetized = Everyone Happy

Crazy IdeaFor several years now, I’ve maintained one iTunes database even when I buy a new computer or reformat. It’s been important to me to have things like play count, last played, date added, etc. because it helps me create dynamic playlists for work. So I was stoked when I found out about Last.fm because it does more tracking of that kind of thing and throws a social networking edge in there to boot. (more…)

Make Your Site Description Relevant By Deleting It

Many times, the difference between getting seen on a search engine and getting clicked on from a search engine is your title and description. If they’re not compelling, the potential visitor isn’t going to think you have what they need. One of the obvious ways to increase your relevancy to the user is to include the terms you rank for in the page title and meta description. That way, when they see your website on the results page, they see the terms they searched for in bold.

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A Bit of a Change

Well, it’s time to say farewell to the old theme. I liked it while I had it, but I needed a three column theme so I have room for all the widgets I keep adding. Also, I’ve recently decided that my favorite color is red, so this seemed fitting. I like this theme because it’s simple, clean, and easy to tweak.

A Night of Radiohead

Radiohead Live

I saw Radiohead last night and it was amazing. The show was a presentation, not just a music rehearsal. Not only was the music incredible, but the lights and video helped propel this to my favorite concert. Ever. As you can see in this photo I grabbed off Flickr, they had cylinders of light hanging from the ceiling. These would change during songs as each song took on different shape musically. Such a well-coordinated show.

The highlights for me were “You and Whose Army” and of course, the finale, “Paranoid Android.” Justin Schmidt has a list of the whole Radiohead 2008 tour set on his blog.