Feb

6

Searching for the Most Intelligent Guy on the Web

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About a year ago I made this experiment in SEO to see how with a - admittedly - not very often used search term I can dominate the search engines. So I posted this blog post about the most intelligent guy on the whole web and got it to rank #1 on Google quickly.

But today, when checking out something at Google’s webmaster tools I noticed that the link to this post generated a 404 error - oops! It took me a while to notice what was different in the URL that worked and the one that did not. A little sub-directory /blog/ - I had moved Wordpress from it’s directory /blog/ down to the root of the web site.

The whole thing turned out to be a false alarm because Google had also indexed the later version of the site without the /blog/ and the page was found just fine. But as I was already looking into this I thought why not revisit the issue and strengthen my position as the most important guy on the internet and everywhere else.

So, yes, if you ended up here on this page then you probably - for whatever sick reason - searched for the this one totally smart guy on the web. I suppose you were hoping to find your name - sorry - but that position is taken by your’s truly Merlin G. Silk!

So, I would suggest you get a life and do something constructive.

C Ya!

Posted by Merlin Silk - February 6th, 2008

Feb

5

DIY - How to Build Your Own Glasses

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Lego just had it’s 50th birthday, and we really should congratulate this company for these great toys. Yes, they are often seen as toys, but more and more people discover that they are much, much more.

We have not seen yet, real skyscrapers or bridges built out of Legos (or better Lego Bricks, how the company want us to call them) but I can not imagine that this will be too far in the future.

Ho do I get such a crazy idea, you might wonder.

Look at this, if this guy can build glasses that are so much more useful than regular ones with just a bit of ingenuity, boring subjects like houses, and bridges can not be far behind.

During engaging computer work…

Lego glasses during work

and while taking a little rest…

Lego inventors unite! Let me know what else you created.

Posted by Merlin Silk - February 5th, 2008

Feb

3

Careful - Totally Contagious Baby Laughs

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I revisited on old blog post and found that the video did not work any more. So I had to hunt down the clip and found it again on YouTube.

Man, is this good, I try to imagine to have a baby like this - you would either end up with abs of steel or eventually have to sell the baby because it’s too painful on the belly…

It appears that I am not the only one to like this video - it has been viewed 36 MILLION times as of this writing!

Posted by Merlin Silk - February 3rd, 2008

Feb

2

I hope that Google is really not evil

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Did this ever happen to you…

The first time I had this happen to me, I have to admit, it was rather creepy. But since then I got so much used to it that I hardly ever notice the Google guy standing in my living room.

The only times I do still get a bit freaked out is when I look for this kind of amateur two-some and the Google guy enters my bedroom. But I think just a few weeks and I will also be used to that.

I remember it was Mel Brooks in his movie Space Balls who invented this kind of concept. Watching a movie about the own situation and then fast forwarding to find out what will happen. Wonder if Google pays Mel Brooks some kind of intellectual property fees?

Posted by Merlin Silk - February 2nd, 2008

Feb

2

City Talkers on Escape Pod

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Escape Pod Science Fiction Podcast It’s nearly half a year ago that I told about my progress with Escape Pod and I can again report that I am working my way to the top of the list. The top of the list is obviously the newest story on Escape Pod.

In case you don’t know about this podcast - Steve Eley publishes a science fiction story each and every week and I try to miss none. Thanks to pod-casting and mp3 players I am succeeding. The only problem is that when I don’t have to drive much, the stories accumulate on my mp3-player/cell-phone.

Just the other day I worked on a story from late December - OK - work might not be quite the right word. This story, City Talkers by Mur Lafferty fascinated me because it goes very nicely in the direction I am going. I am not much of a City Talker, which is something like a horse whisperer, but for cities - not the people in the city, but the city him or herself, but I’m a pretty good computer whisperer.

I would definitely recommend to subscribe to the Escape Pod-cast, but if I got a bit of your interest, this one story I liked a lot you can enjoy right here…

Posted by Merlin Silk - February 2nd, 2008

Feb

1

Mandatory Listening for all Americans

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I am not a native born American - so no worries - I can not be president. At least not before Arnold will change the rules… I wonder how he will pull this off, maybe go back in time and tweak things a bit.

Anyway, here is what I found today and which needs to be listened to - over and over and over again…

Posted by Merlin Silk - February 1st, 2008

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