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Mon, 17 Sep 2007
The Next Big Thing: PowerSet?
Back in 1999, when most of the 'net was still using Altavista to search the Web, a few lucky souls had stumbled upon Google.
On September 21, 1999, the upstart search engine stripped the word "beta" from its search engine and the rest is history.
Now it's anybody's guess if the subject of this post, PowerSet will fizzle or take off like a rocket, but you (probably) heard about it here first.
They haven't launched even a public beta yet, but if you want to get in on the ground floor of testing what might be the coolest search app released this millennium, head on over and sign up for their mailing list.
(P.S. I would be much obliged if anyone has an invite code to send my way!)
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For Wine Lovers
Barb reminded me of how much fun Christine and I had in the Yakima valley during their annual spring barrel tasting event.
Like most annual events, they're doing it again in 2008.
This year I was careful not to over-indulge since I was driving, but next year we're thinking of inviting a few friends and renting a limo or mini tour bus to shuttle us around over a dozen of the region's finest wineries.
Here's a PDF of the wineries (600KB) in the area.
Hiring a professional driver costs around $300-500 for 5-8 people for six hours of touring, and given limited time and logistics, it's probably best to spend the night in the Yakima valley area and do another six hour tour the second day.
Who's in?
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Barb -barbara at_sign lechtanski.net- writes: I'm totally in!!
That sounds fabulous. I've only toured a few of the wineries in an afternoon quite a few years ago. How many people did you want to get together? ~Barb
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