Tonight, I binged myself. Now that just sounds weird, doesn’t it? I mean I can google myself, and everyone knows what that means. But to bing yourself? Uuuhhhmmm… awkward.
Let me start over. I was reading an article on Microsoft and Yahoo!’s recent marriage (fling?), and was reminded that, yes, Microsoft has recently released a new search called Bing. And it’s actually supposed to be pretty good. So I went ahead and binged myself (”cashewman” actually), just for the hell of it. What came up? Aside from the obvious:
A discussion on philanthropy.com on the post I wrote about avoiding useless charities. Apparently I “…might be somewhat right, but [I] certainly [am]terribly rude.” Yep, a little in that post. But I wasn’t wrong, and most of the commenters in the good little discussion agreed. That post triggered a few responses around the old interweb.
A link to the 13 Photography Tips post buried way down in Huffington Post. That’s cool, as HuffPo gets millions of hits a day. I wrote for them once. And still will if I can wrangle an email reply out of them. There’s a bunch of other links to that post out there as well, including the instigator. It was good to me.
The Cinematic Orchestra site. Whua? I mean, I’ve shouted as loud as I can how great this music is, but that’s odd. Perhaps they’re as big a fan of my blog as I their music? Nahh, probably not. Cool anyway.
My Bodyspace on bodybuilding.com. Actually, not mine. I promise. I just ate two packages of fake Ethiopian oreos, and I haven’t touched the tan-in-a-can in at least 6 months. Seriously, it’s odd that somebody else has come up with the cashewman moniker, isn’t it? Since our fake cashewman hasn’t filled in his stats, I’ll share some of mine. Height: 6′0″. Weight: 185 lbs. Biceps: massive. Bench: 150lbs 13 years ago? Squat: only when I can’t find a western toilet here in Ethiopia. OK, that’s enough of that.
A link from Kari’s site. Kari is rad, and so is her blog. Good photography. An undeniable love for my old adopted country, Senegal. Check her the site out.
The IDE Blog, which links back to me. Anything involving IDE gets a nod from me.
A blog I’m writing at Macleans, a Canadian magazine, on my time at Oxford. When it ramps up in the next couple months, check it out.
Alright, I think that’s enough narcissism for one night. Bing yourself. See what comes up. And get your mind out of the gutter…
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Pretty much the same as Google. Not sure I wanna use another search engine. Google runs my life.
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Man, oh man. I think that “terribly rude” quote could blanket much of our crew, particularly Yash. Hilarious. Can you imagine live electoral debates with that line?
“Well, Mr. Baker, I must say as leader of the opposition that I concede Isomewhat agree with you, but I can’t put aside that you’re such a jackass about it.”
Thanks, you made my day. Question - if you wouldn’t have been so rude, would it have spawned as much discussion? :)
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Nice try microsoft. I mean it works and looks nicer visually than google and then google goes and makes google “better”.
Apparently they are developing new google (code name caffeine) which you can give a try here http://www2.sandbox.google.com
Seems about the same although when I searched cashewman your youtube page came up (which it didn’t on Bing). I guess that comes from google owning youtube. Anyways, enjoy caffeining yourself!
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