Archive for October, 2005
October 24, 2005 at 8:25 pm · Filed under Misc
I've had the boring Google Home page set as my default homepage on my browser for years now. It really doesn't make any sense if you think about it. I have the Google Toolbar installed. Firefox has the Search box in the upper right corner of the browser AND you can simply type in any search term in the location field and it'll use Google to find the best match for you.
So earlier this week I decided to set my homepage to something else. Something a bit more interesting. Sure, a news site would be a good choice, but I get enough of the news at work when I'm riding up the elevator and on my way to the kitchen to get some tea (and snacks!)
So what did I decide to set my homepage to? Why, the most interesting link imaginable:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
A virtually unlimited source of knowledge and information at my fingertips. I've learned so much already. I think I'm almost ready for Jeopardy!
October 18, 2005 at 10:35 pm · Filed under Resources, Tutorials
I recently found out about some cool GMail search keywords you can use to filter through your emails. I was always frustrated that I couldn't select all the unread emails I have within all my filters. Sure, I could click on All Mail and do it that way, but that it's very difficult to sort through emails that way. I found out about the is: command. Very handy and you can pass it all kinds of modifiers. Try this one out. is:unread
There's many more that I don't know about. Perhaps the GMail help section has a listing of all the possible commands and modifiers, but I don't like going through help pages. They should just have a little popup (not window, but a div/container) with all or the most common/useful commands.
Ok, so for the sake of my readers and because now I'm just curious, I went to the GMail help pages and found these other useful search filters.
Now if only GMail would add a delete or send to trash button! I hate using the drop down to delete emails I don't want.
October 18, 2005 at 3:12 pm · Filed under Ruby on Rails, Tutorials
Would you like to play around with Ruby and RoR but your hosting provider doesn't have either one installed? No problem! If your host allows you to run CGI scripts, you're all ready to install them both. Use ssh (PuTTy) to login to your account and type this in your home directory:
curl http://home.leetsoft.com/dropbox/private-ruby/install | sh
Yes, it's that simple. If you would like more details about the process, visit the original article.
October 17, 2005 at 6:24 pm · Filed under Design, Resources
Looking for a nice and simple color picker for your site/dashboard/konfabulator? Give ColourMod a try. Very clean design look and feel and it comes in the following flavors:
- Dashboard widget for Mac OSX
- Konfabulator widget for Windows
- DHTML Colour Picker
October 14, 2005 at 2:59 pm · Filed under Misc
Whoa! Look who's back after a couple of months. Me! Yea, been busy with work and life. Moved to the big city. Been having less time to blog and more time socializing and all that good stuff. Don't have much to report on right now, but check this out just for fun:
Go ahead, make one yourself. It's fun fun fun!
Spell with Flickr
[via: Fak3r's Blog]
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