Carl Klutzke (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sirvalence) wrote,@ 2008-10-01 07:59:00 |
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Google Site Search
Here's a sometimes-useful tip for searching old blog entries for something that you know was posted, but don't know when. In Google search you can add the term "site:<sitename>" and find entries that match the other terms. For example:
Last week I was looking for the post I wrote last year about why trees turn colors in the autumn, so I did a search on "leaves site:sirvalence.livejournal.com". (It was under the second result.)
Last night Russ and I were telling Brandon about a really cool game we'd seen on the Reaction! blog, so I did a search on "game site:http://www.etre.com/blog/". (It was the sixth result, for Fez, the 2D -> 3D platform jumper.)
However, searching back inkrikketgirl 's blog, I can't find any mention of her being interviewed in the October 2008 Indianapolis Monthly article, "Comma Sense". I assume it was there and I just missed it. I only found out yesterday when someone handed me the article, thinking it would interest me.
It doesn't always work, and for my own journal I find downloading everything and searching via LJArchive seems to work better, but sometimes it helps.
Here's a sometimes-useful tip for searching old blog entries for something that you know was posted, but don't know when. In Google search you can add the term "site:<sitename>" and find entries that match the other terms. For example:
Last week I was looking for the post I wrote last year about why trees turn colors in the autumn, so I did a search on "leaves site:sirvalence.livejournal.com". (It was under the second result.)
Last night Russ and I were telling Brandon about a really cool game we'd seen on the Reaction! blog, so I did a search on "game site:http://www.etre.com/blog/". (It was the sixth result, for Fez, the 2D -> 3D platform jumper.)
However, searching back in
krikketgirl 's blog, I can't find any mention of her being interviewed in the October 2008 Indianapolis Monthly article, "Comma Sense". I assume it was there and I just missed it. I only found out yesterday when someone handed me the article, thinking it would interest me.It doesn't always work, and for my own journal I find downloading everything and searching via LJArchive seems to work better, but sometimes it helps.
