On the one hand, I hate paywalls. I spend much of my day reading the news and paywalls are the bane of my existence. I want the news, not a login page. […]
Paywalls Everywhere You Go? Get to the Goodies With These Two Paywall Ladder Bookmarklets
Look out for Junk Sources in Google News
Updated 2/6: Hello BuzzFeed News readers! The latest thing driving me crazy in Google News is Gizmo Writeup. I’m pretty sure it’s just using some kind of rewrite software, else how would […]
If You’re Not Using More of Google News’ Date Options, You Might Be Missing Out
As you probably know, Google News has a date search option that allows you to limit your searches to a variety of time spans, including recent items, the past 24 hours, and […]
New Video Metasearch Features a Guy and His Cat
I hate YouTube’s search options. Hate hate hate them. I’ve considered an article writing about how much I hate them, but that seemed indulgent when I had no way to fix any […]
Google Adds Two New Syntax for Date Search
I have been obsessed with searching Google by date for a loooong time. In 2003, shortly after Google released its API documentation, I figured out how to create a date search form […]
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