Wouldn’t it be cool if when you type a web address into your browser it could autocomplete the page on a website. I know it does that with pages you’ve already visited, I’m talking about pages you haven’t. So once you finish the server name www.jonedmiston.com you’d get things like /blog…. /about… /coolperson… A web site author could define the possible options in a config file…. autocomplete.xml…. thereby giving them control of the various pages that are displayed…

That would be cool….

I’m sure you have.  They’re ‘generic’ avatars used on many blogs and web applications.  But there’s more to them than meets the eye. 

The creator of most of these icons in a service call Gravatar.  They provide you a free globally available avatar for use on many website (more added daily it seems).  If you don’t have an account with them it generates a unique avatar like the ones above (named Identicons).  Turns our these pictures aren’t random as many people think.  Their actually based off of your IP address.  Interesting…

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Don’t tell any of my .Net buddies but I’ve spent quite a bit of time this weekend looking at Adobe AIR (pretty cool)(competitor to Microsoft’s SilverLight).  One AIR app I ran across while looking around is the Analytics Reporting Suite for Google Analytics.  It’s not a Google supported application but it ties in with Google Analytics.  If your an Analytics user you gotta check it out.  Very nice!  (If you’re not an Analytics user then explain yourself).  You can make the point that for the most part it doesn’t add any new features to Analytics, but sometimes it’s nice to have an icon right on your desktop that launches and let’s you quick view your metrics.