As he worked Horace contemplated the coming telephonic revolution.
Soon gentlefolk not much richer than himself would be able to make up to three telephone calls per week.
Just imagine. From the comfort of their own homes they could order extra coal to be delivered when the weather took a turn.
Rather than trudge through the snow to church the whole family could gather around the phone on a Sunday morning and worship telephonically.
Why, they could even call the local butcher to slaughter and skin a lamb for Sunday dinner.
Could life get any better?
Daze of Our Lives

The Bing Search Engine Worthy Successor to Google

September 25th, 2009 at 11:46 pm (Crumbs)

Back in the late 1990s, I discovered a very interesting new alternative in search engines, called, Google. They were still testing out their new search engine and I remember making suggestions for improvement at the time. I remember they appreciated those suggestions. Eventually, Google overtook every other search engine in popularity, the measure of which was the transformation of their brand into a verb.

In more recent times, Google has become an engine for spammers, with search results cluttered by utter dross with little coherence or relevance. It is a signal to, once again, reevaluate the options. One promising candidate comes from the evil empire, Microsoft, who invented the malware, called, Windows. The newest incarnation of their search engine is called Bing. It is a very respectable achievement and Microsoft is to be commended. The search results tend to be far more relevant and quite free of spam. It’s possibly another example of copying someone else’s creation and making it better.

Give it a go. Make it your new search home page in your preferred browser. And remember, no search engine is forever. That is especially true for Google.

Update: Bing maps seem more up-to-date than Google maps.