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• Making Geotargeted Content Findable For the Right Searchers
  Most of the information in the blog post is well know, but I thought the remark on server location versus Google Webmaster Tools was noteworthy: "Google Webmaster Tools includes an option for specifying the geographic location of a site. This option isn’t available if the TLD is country-specific. This setting basically replaces the server hosting location signal. This option is useful not only because you can host your domain anywhere and still set a location, but also because you can set each subdomain and subfolder of your site separately"
• [Dutch] VNG wil haar logo niet bij nieuwsberichten hebben
  Can an organisation forbid to use its logo in blog postings? There's no ground for this in trade mark or copyright law, according to Arnoud Engelfriet.
• 148Apps - iPhone Application and Game Reviews and News
  Compared to freshapps.com and appshopper.com, this Iphone app directory has more editorial input and tries to identify the not-to-be-missed apps.
• AddressBooker & exporting my Facebook Phonebook
  Greasemonkey script that screenscrapes Facebook phonebook, posts names and phone numbers to a Google Appengine app and gives you the option to merge them with your Google Contacts or download them. (by Brad Fitzpatrick)
• [Dutch][video] Privacy matters
  Campaign site by Xs4all, Dutch ISP that has its hackers in the hacker movement (but is part of the Dutch imcumbent telco KPN nowadays).
• [Dutch] Watchyourspace
  Tips for (young) users of social networking sites to protect their own (and others') privacy. By Digibewust.nl, an online education initiative of the Dutch government.
• Super Screenshot!
  "Enter a URL, and we'll give you a screenshot" The service is quick and simple, and uses a GET request on the url, so you could create a bookmarklet out of it: http://www.superscreenshot.com/getscreen.php?url=pascal.vanhecke.info
• Cloud Options - Amazon, Google, & Microsoft
  high-level comparison of the cloud computing offerings from Amazon, Google and Microsoft. Some excerpts: Amazon (AWS) * Most mature offering of the three. Google (AppEngine) * I get the sense that Google is trying to appeal to a small and focused audience (well, as small as Google can). There is nothing wrong with this approach, but I think long term I would feel handcuffed on their platform. Microsoft (Windows Azure) * Microsoft still has a lot of "execution" to complete, but overall I am thoroughly impressed with the total breadth of their offering.
• Helvetireader
  "userscript that pares down Google Reader to what I consider to be the essentials. In particular, it's made for looking at feeds in the expanded view, using Keyboard Shortcuts instead of on screen buttons [...] ideal for using with Fluid.app or Mozilla Prism to create a standalone application" I guess we'll see more of these...
• Screengrab!
  "extension for Firefox that makes it easy to save a web-page as an image. With it, you can save anything that you can see in a browser window - from a small selection, to a complete page." Note: a version that posts the image to a WP blog is at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8204