Trending Low-Volume Google Searches - Introducing Gootrude
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So, I had to roll my own trending mechanism, and this blog post announces the release of a new open source tool Gootrude (see the quick start, source code, and download links) that I wrote to do just this.
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In closing, I would like to mention that Gootrude is just getting started, so there are lots of enhancements that need to be made. Some of the most important features to develop are:
* Integration with the Google Charts API.
* Development of an online web portal for Gootrude so that users don't have to have their own infrastructure to run Gootrude.
* Ability to import search data from different Gootrude collection systems.
* Add support for data collected from additional search engines.
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Monday, June 16, 2008
Thursday, June 12, 2008
General Info - Appliance Vendor
Levanta data center automation consists of three core capabilities:
* Monitoring agents to measure changing conditions in your Linux system environment.
* Configurable rules engine that allows you to create policies that define monitoring thresholds and the automated actions that should be taken if conditions are met.
* Policy-driven automation to rollback or deploy resources, applications, and services where you need them, when you need them. To do you much good, it must be fast. And Levanta is very fast.
RIP, Levanta
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on May 27, 2008 (9:00:00 PM)
It seemed like such a great idea. Linux is moving from edge and departmental servers to the data center, so why not offer Linux data center automation, complete with virtualization Linux lifecycle management? Well, maybe it's still a great business idea, but Levanta wasn't able to make a go of it.
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2008.12
$189 with Atom processor. Company has reseller program and can customize.
* Monitoring agents to measure changing conditions in your Linux system environment.
* Configurable rules engine that allows you to create policies that define monitoring thresholds and the automated actions that should be taken if conditions are met.
* Policy-driven automation to rollback or deploy resources, applications, and services where you need them, when you need them. To do you much good, it must be fast. And Levanta is very fast.
RIP, Levanta
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols on May 27, 2008 (9:00:00 PM)
It seemed like such a great idea. Linux is moving from edge and departmental servers to the data center, so why not offer Linux data center automation, complete with virtualization Linux lifecycle management? Well, maybe it's still a great business idea, but Levanta wasn't able to make a go of it.
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2008.12
$189 with Atom processor. Company has reseller program and can customize.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Forced Savings via Paycheck Withholding
Offer service to businesses that will withhold some money from paychecks into a savings account. Pay some interest, and run the business on some of the interest.
Like people who look forward to the IRS tax refund, this will similarly force savings.
Like people who look forward to the IRS tax refund, this will similarly force savings.
General Info - How To Evaluate Your Startup Idea
GBN Newsletter: How to Easily Evaluate your Startup Idea
From: newsletter@gobignetwork.com
The Problem / Solution Issue
... we sometimes get enamored with our solution at the expense of having a real problem to solve. ...
The value of a good product idea is proportionate to the size of the problem it solves. For example, if I tell you I have the cure to cancer I don’t even have to tell you what the product is. You inherently know what a massive problem cancer is, so certainly any solution I have must be somewhat interesting.
When you can communicate the severity of the problem to investors, and they nod their head and say “yeah, that’s a huge problem, I get it” then you’ve got an interesting business idea.
When you can communicate that same problem and back up it up with a solution that consumers respond to with “here’s my check” then you’ve actually got a business!
The Sales and Marketing Strategy
Although you may have the solution/problem thing licked, it means nothing without knowing how to bring a customer in the door. ... I guarantee when you don’t bring people through the door, the products don’t sell themselves!
That’s why a powerful sales and marketing plan can be even more critical to your business than an initial revenue model. ...
You don’t have to have a ten year plan for every type of media you will buy and sales pitch you will perform. You just need to have a basic explanation for how you can cost effectively find customers over the next year or two. Your plan might stink, but not having one is a huge red flag.
Revenue Model
... Your revenue model should be simple – someone is willing to pay for what you offer. Whether they pay for it indirectly through advertising or directly through a purchase, there has to be a sustainable and readily identifiable revenue model.
More importantly, it has to be a profit model. ... The only companies allowed to exist without a profit model are charities and major airlines.
The Product
The last order of business, which may sound bizarre, is the Product Plan itself. That’s because if the product doesn’t solve a customer’s problem that you can make money on, it just doesn’t matter what the product is.
In many cases you can test the market for your product against the three previous points by simply doing some basic research. Long before you actually build a product, you can ask customers if they’d buy it. You can start to figure out how difficult and costly it might be to acquire more of them. You can also get a sense for what you could sell your product for and get a basic understanding of whether you could do it profitably.
When you’ve got answers to all of these questions, then, and only then, it’s time to go build a company. ...
From: newsletter@gobignetwork.com
The Problem / Solution Issue
... we sometimes get enamored with our solution at the expense of having a real problem to solve. ...
The value of a good product idea is proportionate to the size of the problem it solves. For example, if I tell you I have the cure to cancer I don’t even have to tell you what the product is. You inherently know what a massive problem cancer is, so certainly any solution I have must be somewhat interesting.
When you can communicate the severity of the problem to investors, and they nod their head and say “yeah, that’s a huge problem, I get it” then you’ve got an interesting business idea.
When you can communicate that same problem and back up it up with a solution that consumers respond to with “here’s my check” then you’ve actually got a business!
The Sales and Marketing Strategy
Although you may have the solution/problem thing licked, it means nothing without knowing how to bring a customer in the door. ... I guarantee when you don’t bring people through the door, the products don’t sell themselves!
That’s why a powerful sales and marketing plan can be even more critical to your business than an initial revenue model. ...
You don’t have to have a ten year plan for every type of media you will buy and sales pitch you will perform. You just need to have a basic explanation for how you can cost effectively find customers over the next year or two. Your plan might stink, but not having one is a huge red flag.
Revenue Model
... Your revenue model should be simple – someone is willing to pay for what you offer. Whether they pay for it indirectly through advertising or directly through a purchase, there has to be a sustainable and readily identifiable revenue model.
More importantly, it has to be a profit model. ... The only companies allowed to exist without a profit model are charities and major airlines.
The Product
The last order of business, which may sound bizarre, is the Product Plan itself. That’s because if the product doesn’t solve a customer’s problem that you can make money on, it just doesn’t matter what the product is.
In many cases you can test the market for your product against the three previous points by simply doing some basic research. Long before you actually build a product, you can ask customers if they’d buy it. You can start to figure out how difficult and costly it might be to acquire more of them. You can also get a sense for what you could sell your product for and get a basic understanding of whether you could do it profitably.
When you’ve got answers to all of these questions, then, and only then, it’s time to go build a company. ...
Monday, June 09, 2008
RFID Jammer
Small box that runs on 9v battery to jam RFID broadcasts to protect people's privacy.
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October 2008
Wave Bubble
A design for a self-tuning portable RF jammer
This website details the design and construction Wave Bubble: a self-tuning, wide-bandwidth portable RF jammer. The device is lightweight and small for easy camouflaging: it is the size of a pack of cigarettes.
An internal lithium-ion battery provides up to 2 hours of jamming (two bands, such as cell) or 4 hours (single band, such as cordless phone, GPS, WiFi, bluetooth, etc). The battery is rechargeable via a mini-USB connector or 4mm DC jack (a common size). Alternately, 3 AAA batteries may also be used.
Output power is .1W (high bands) and .3W (low bands). Effective range is approximately 20' radius with well-tuned antennas. Less so with the internal antennas or poorly matched antennas.
Self-tuning is provided via dual PLL, therefore, no spectrum analyzer is necessary to build this jammer and a single Wave Bubble can jam many different frequency bands - unlike any other design currently available! To reconfigure the RF bands, simply plug it into the USB port of your PC and type in the new frequencies when prompted. Multiple frequency ranges can be programmed in, each time the device is power cycled it will advance to the next program in memory.
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October 2008
Wave Bubble
A design for a self-tuning portable RF jammer
This website details the design and construction Wave Bubble: a self-tuning, wide-bandwidth portable RF jammer. The device is lightweight and small for easy camouflaging: it is the size of a pack of cigarettes.
An internal lithium-ion battery provides up to 2 hours of jamming (two bands, such as cell) or 4 hours (single band, such as cordless phone, GPS, WiFi, bluetooth, etc). The battery is rechargeable via a mini-USB connector or 4mm DC jack (a common size). Alternately, 3 AAA batteries may also be used.
Output power is .1W (high bands) and .3W (low bands). Effective range is approximately 20' radius with well-tuned antennas. Less so with the internal antennas or poorly matched antennas.
Self-tuning is provided via dual PLL, therefore, no spectrum analyzer is necessary to build this jammer and a single Wave Bubble can jam many different frequency bands - unlike any other design currently available! To reconfigure the RF bands, simply plug it into the USB port of your PC and type in the new frequencies when prompted. Multiple frequency ranges can be programmed in, each time the device is power cycled it will advance to the next program in memory.
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Sunday, June 08, 2008
Roundabout Website
Google maps/earth to highlight roundabouts.
Allow commenting and user pics.
ROUNDABOUTPLANET.COM is available.
www.fastfoodmaps.com is defunct. From way back machine:
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2011 08
Round About Or Not consulting service.
Provide hardware to place on intersection poles that will record number+speed of vehicles in intersection (along with idle times while waiting at light). Tie in CCTV, cellphone monitoring, radio station monitoring, county/city fleet GPS. Crunch data to provide customer with accident savings, speed reductions, fuel reduction estimate, wait time reduction estimate. Rent service to traffic engineering firms.
Allow commenting and user pics.
ROUNDABOUTPLANET.COM is available.
www.fastfoodmaps.com is defunct. From way back machine:
_____________________________________________________
2011 08
Round About Or Not consulting service.
Provide hardware to place on intersection poles that will record number+speed of vehicles in intersection (along with idle times while waiting at light). Tie in CCTV, cellphone monitoring, radio station monitoring, county/city fleet GPS. Crunch data to provide customer with accident savings, speed reductions, fuel reduction estimate, wait time reduction estimate. Rent service to traffic engineering firms.
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