May 2005 Archives

After I installed the new version Google Toolbar 3.0.123, abut 2 hours later, I found that Page Rank information are always unavailable. Even the site: www.google.com
In the begining I thought it happened because of the new version's problem. I downgrade to Version 2.0. Still unavilable.

I checked the help of Google Toolbar. It said:

My PageRank button is always grayed out. Is it broken?

The PageRank button will appear grayed out on sites that are not currently included in the Google index. As a test, if you visit www.google.com, the PageRank bar should show a score of 10/10.

If it does not, it is most likely because the PageRank feature is incompatible with some aspect of your system. Often, users who work behind a firewall or proxy encounter this problem.

Unfortunately, we do not have a solution to pass along at this time. Our Toolbar engineering team is investigating this issue, and we hope to release an improved version of the PageRank feature in the future. In the meantime, we would recommend that you disable PageRank by performing the steps below:

1. Click on the "Options" button on your Toolbar.
2. Un-check the box next to "PageRank display."
3. Click "OK."

Today, I know that not me only. A lot of people are in same situation.
PRchecker reported that:
28 May, 2005 - Update: Google.com have stoped their pagerank service today, and

ALL the sites have ZERO rank now. We do not know if this is a temporary problem, but we hope it is, and we hope they will resolve this issue in several days, we'll post an update when it is available.

In the Google Toolbar site, you can find no pagerank field in the toolbar image the provided.
This is the image from their site:

I think pagerank will retire soon.

Now more and more network build by wireless equipments.
There are still something concern.
1) What is the range of wireless?

Types of Wi-Fi Network
Protocol Maximum Speed Average Speed Wireless Range
802.11a 54Mbps 27Mbps 12m indoors, 30m line-of-sight outdoors
802.11b 11Mbps 4.5Mbps 30m indoors, 120m line-of-sight outdoors
802.11g 54Mbps 7Mbps (in compatibility mode), 16Mbps (with other 802.11g devices) 30m indoors, 120m line-of-sight outdoors

Standard construction walls can reduce the transmission distance by as much as 50%.

Found a good place, where a lot of freeware can be downloaded.
Small and perfect.

This is FileDate Changer, only 20,710 bytes, around 21KB.
Download file
The site is NirSoft.

Go there, you will find freeware utilities.

During last 12 months, fuel price increased much more.
There is the latest release from consumer price index report from Statistics Canada on Friday, April 22, 2005.

Consumers paid 2.3% more in March than the same month a year earlier for the goods and services included in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket. This increase followed a 12-month rise of 2.1% in February.

For the 11th consecutive month, gasoline prices remain the main factor of the 12-month increase in the CPI

See below:

The energy index climbed 9.5% between March 2004 and March 2005, mainly as a result of higher gasoline prices (+11.2%). Higher prices for fuel oil (+25.8%), natural gas (+10.3%), electricity (+3.4%), as well as for fuel, parts and supplies for recreational vehicles (+7.6%) also contributed to pushing up the energy index.

Fuel Saving Tips is more important than that before.

Seven easy things you can do to save gas--and money--today.

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