Google recently released access to their Google+ Page system and this post will document my experience with it, offering up tips as I go along. The Create a Google+ Page page can be found at https://plus.google.com/u/0/pages/create but there was a notice that appeared when I went to Google+ telling me about the new Google+ Page [...]
READ MORE »Google’s Freshness Update – Caffeine Update Extension
Google Freshness Update – What is Happening and Why Google’s new freshness update has promised to give more fresh results and affect about 35% of results and builds upon in the Caffeine Update which increased the rate at which Google crawls the web and now they have released the Freshness Update which identifies QDF (Query [...]
READ MORE »Florianopolis Weather – The Climate of Floripa in Brazil
What is the weather usually like in Florianopolis you ask? The weather in Florianopolis is characterized by a few distinct seasons, which is arguably rare for Brazil, only the far southern states have more than a rainy/dry season. The average low temperature over the last 10 years is 18 degrees Celsius (64 degrees Fahrenheit) and [...]
READ MORE »Lagoinha do Leste – “Lagoon of the east” park and beach – Florianopolis Brazil
So one day I decided to go to one of the beaches I haven’t been to on the island of Florianopolis. I asked two of my friends who live in the same house as me if they’d like to go with. I suggested “Barra da Lagoa” or somewhere nearby to get them to easily agree [...]
READ MORE »Florianopolis, Brazil – First impressions and photos
I’ve arrived in Brazil and have been here over a month now so its about time I put some pictures up. All of them are from Florianopolis but from separate places on the island. This first one is one of my favorite pictures so far as it captures the essence of where I am pretty [...]
READ MORE »Snowpocalypse in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
In early February this year I was itching to get out of the snowy cold of Wisconsin and head to Brazil. But mother nature had just a little bit more in store for me, to remind me of the beautiful snow I’m leaving behind in the north – a huge blizzard (and not the awesome [...]
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