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Nintendo Makes it Hard to Find a Job

Did you ever try looking for a job at Nintendo of America? If not, you might want to look into it because Nintendo surpassed Sony in market value today. Unfortunately, Nintendo doesn’t make it easy for you to find the job you want. Take a look at this interface:

Every time you enter a search term [...]

Google Adds MyMaps

Yesterday, Google added a feature called MyMaps to Google Maps, which lets you create your own markers and share your map with anyone. I created one with all of the locations of the Cape Cod Baseball League (just like the field locator on CodBall). The guys over at Techlife found one made by “B. MacMillan” [...]

Twitter, Twitteroo, Twitterrific!

Twitter is the latest craze on the Internet, from the same people who brought us Odeo. The premise of Twitter is that you are constantly answering one simple question: “What are you doing?” It seems everybody has their own description of what Twitter is. I see it as live blogging; it is somewhere between the [...]

Wordpress 2.1 Database and Function Changes

This site runs on the blog publishing system called Wordpress. It is completely free and you can either download the version for your website from Wordpress.org or go to Wordpress.com and have them host the blog for you (like Blogger does–but I’d recommend Wordpress instead).
If you use the version of Wordpress you install yourself, then [...]

Amazon.com “Sign In” is Confusing

Signing in to every site on the Internet is easy. Even MySpace.com, arguably the worst site on the Internet, is easy to sign in to. Why, oh why then do I struggle every time signing in to Amazon.com? Where am I supposed to click?
In fact, the only place one can click to be taken directly [...]