Tag: Google

The curious case of a previous Edward Willett, and his letters to Mrs. Bellamy

By Edward Willett in Blog
December 10, 2012
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“Edward Willett” isn’t a name you trip over everywhere you go, but it’s not exactly rare. Nor is it new: it crops up in genealogies and histories down through the past few centuries. It’s true that these days if you Google “Edward Willett” (and doesn’t everyone?) the majority of the links will relate to me, …

The thrill of the chase

By Edward Willett in Blog, Columns, Science Columns
September 9, 2009
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[podcast]https://edwardwillett.com/wp-content/upLoads//2009/09/The-Thrill-of-the-Chase.mp3[/podcast] I had a hard time getting started on this column. See, as I was calling up the items I’d starred in Google Reader as possible topics, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to do a quick search for new reviews of my latest novel. And then I thought, well, as long as I’m online, maybe …

A silly Google game…

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 13, 2009
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Type your first name and “likes to” in quotation marks into Google and post the first 10 things that come up. So (with judicious editing, because among the things that come up are other people playing the same game)… “Edward likes to”… …get out into the countryside to blast the cobwebs away. …pose. …pick his …

Huh?

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 25, 2008
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I just happened to notice the Google ads running alongside the two sample chapters of Marseguro on my website: Desiring Lord appearing?Expecting Lord’s return? A pleasant surprise is awaiting youhttp://www.hidden-advent.org/ The Crucifixion of Jesus& the Truth About What Happened to the Catholic Church After VaticanIIhttp://www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com/ Jesus Christ’s Real StoryWho Was Jesus Christ & What Did …

Apparently I’m the number two hit on Google…

By Edward Willett in Blog
February 20, 2008
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…for this search: is science fiction books good for people results Which is weird, but strangely gratifying.

Google’s new X-prize: land a robot rover on the moon

By Edward Willett in Blog
September 13, 2007
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There’s a new X-Prize. This one is funded by Google, so you know the money is good. It’s for $30 million. And the goal? To land a robot on the moon. Specifically, to land “a privately funded robotic rover on the Moon that is capable of completing several mission objectives, including roaming the lunar surface …

Maps on the Web

By Edward Willett in Blog
August 3, 2007
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This week’s CBC Web column… Download an audio version. *** Jokes about how hard it is to fold a highway map use to be a staple of slice-of-life comedians. Well, highway maps are probably just as hard to fold as they ever were—but you don’t have to fold them, or even use them, if you …

"The Strangest Sights in Google Earth"…

By Edward Willett in Blog
July 10, 2007
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…can be seen here, courtesy of PC World. The Badlands Guardian is the coolest, I think, although I also quite like the giant pink bunny and the World War II bomber caught in flight.

This blog is number one!

By Edward Willett in Blog
November 12, 2006
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The number-one hit on Google if you do a search for the term “hassenpfeffer,” that is. Had I realized this sooner, I could have used it as one more reason for my idiosyncratic spelling of the word. (For which I was recently taken to task.) If you search for the “correct” spelling, “hasenpfeffer,” all you …