How to get your logo into Google Search Results

On May 16th 2013, Google announced a new microformat schema for logos.

Part of the Organisation markup on schema.org, the markup is remarkably simple.

Considering the amount of time and energy that goes into creating a logo, especially when compared to how simple the markup above is, getting your brand to appear in the search results should be a no-brainer.

So, anyone want to make me a fancy logo for the blog?

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Boom! 3D Printable Death Machines getting cheaper by the minute.

Here's a video of another 3D printed gun being fired (admittedly, fired by pulling a bit of string from a safe distance, but still...)

The first 3D printable gun was designed by Defense Distributed and whilst the blueprints were taken down on the orders of the U.S. State Department, they are still widely available online through the likes of Pirate Bay.

The gun in the video above is the first of what will no doubt be numerous copy-cats, and it is frightening. Why? Because it ...

Is Google Building a Walled Garden?

Google have developed a habit of closing down open protocols and replacing them proprietary or closed applications.

Google Reader, the powerful RSS reader, has been killed off. The replacement? Reading your "news" in Google+.

CalDAV support was dropped from Google Calendar, disconnecting the app from third party applications.

Now, Google have dropped XMPP from Google Talk, disconnecting third party apps such as Pidgin. XMPP has been part of Google Talk for over a decade and was also the protocol that underpinned the ill- ...

Four and a half ways to bring back Agent Phil Coulson in S.H.I.E.L.D

The S.H.I.E.L.D TV show is go, with Joss Whedon at the helm and some faimilar Whedon-verse talent behind the scenes. The real buzz around this show however is ...

Is your Wordpress Blog a Zombie? How Wordpress is killing other websites and how to stop yours from "turning"

A recent report from security consultancy Incapsula concluded that an DDOS attack launched against a large gaming webs ...

Nook - The Hackable eInk Android tablet that just dropped to �30.

Barnes and Noble have dropped the price of its Nook eReader "for a limited time" in the UK.

Now cheaper than a Raspberry Pi, the Nook is not just a solid ...

Amazon Kindle for Writers - April 2013

Keeping tracks of the ups and downs of Amazon and its Kindle ecosystem is something every writer should be doing. Amazon and its Kindle are, in effect, a market in and of itself and if you' ...

From Indie Hit to Hollywood A-List: How Celtx is taking over the film industry

Celtx, the "free as in beer" pre-production scripting tool, is growing rapidly and almost certainly shaking things up at Final Draft headquarters as it makes ...

All your comments are belong to us: Why Google+ Comments in Blogger is bigger than you think.

Google have announced the Blogger now has support for in-line Google+ comments.

If this sounds like no big deal to you, step b ...

Marvel Characters Balls: Swish

Rather pleased that I will now get hits from weird costume-pervs searching for "Marvel Character's Balls" on Google, I humbly present this rather cool video from Blackmeal.

It is a great testament ...

Giant Ass Kicker Robot "Coyote Tango"

I have nothing to add to this poster, I just wanted to put a giant ass-kicking robot on my blog. Enjoy!

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One of our Androids is Missing: How to detect Android x86 with GRUB Bootloader

You may have read my previous post about why your netbook should run Android. If there is one OS that I would put alongside Android on my netbook, it ...