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Skip at 5:19 AM
It's all over the news today, "Google Acquires Keyhole Corp". Keyhole is an absolutely amazing mapping program that lets you zoom in and out on any location on earth, and get aerial photos if they're available. It's breathtaking when seen in action. Go to Keyhole.com and check out their animation demo and screenshots to get a better idea. Now that Google has acquired Keyhole, they've dropped the price of the Keyhole LT personal use application from $69 to $29. It will be interesting to see how they tie it in with their other products like Picasa.
Skip at 5:21 AM
I've been trying to use the Gmail Shell Extension that allows you to use your Gmail account as a file cabinet. It seems like such a great idea. It just hasn't worked for me. I've checked all the instructions and set it up but it just will not copy/move a file to Gmail. I can see the Gmail Drive and can log in to Gmail but just can't seem to get it to act like a drive. If anyone else has tried or can shed some light on what might be wrong, please let me know.
Skip at 7:20 AM
An interesting item pointed to by Shellcity.net is Vemail. This FREE software lets you record and send voice messages instead of text using ordinary email. How Vemail Works: To send a voice message with Vemail simply enter an email address and then press and hold down F6 while speaking. When you have finished recording, the message will be compressed and sent as an email automatically. Almost anyone can receive and listen to the vemail as it can be played with the standard player installed in most PCs. I'm not sure why this Australian company is releasing this for free but I'm going to give it a try.
Skip at 5:05 AM
I still haven't decided if I love or hate the Google Desktop but already lots of interest and comment has arisen in the user community. Now, if you don't mind sharing your life even more, there is the Google Desktop Proxy.
The Google Desktop Proxy from Kent Fitch allows access to the Google Desktop from remote machines.
This program is a very simple proxy. A browser or other program on another computer can open a connection to this program which passes the request through to the Google Desktop web server on the same machine as the proxy. Because it is on the same machine, the Google Desktop web server processes the request and passes the result back to the proxy which in turn sends it back to the originating requestor. The Java program uses a simple configuration file to specify the listening port, a log file, and the IP addresses allowed access. Check it out at ProjectComputing.
Skip at 5:19 AM
Well, I missed posting anything yesterday. It was just one of those days. Now since it's Friday I'll post a couple of fun sites. The first is get your own Hollywood Star! How about this great one. My thanks to everyone for this award.
The other was on Chris Pirillo's weblog. He pointed out the great free music available to listen and download at Mercedes-Benz. Currently the third installment is there. It's a great mix of music from mostly new artists. This one is worth a listen
Skip at 4:52 AM
This article in Wired about a guy who goes around turning off public TV sets with his self built remote is intriguing. The guy who created it claims he's giving people their time back by cutting them off from the hypnotic capture of the glowing screens. However, some may feel that this particular guy doesn't have the right to decide when they shouldn't be watching TV. If he and his friends don't like public TVs, maybe they should just choose to go places that don't have them. I have had the desire to do this at times but I never was willing to carry it out. I just moved. What would you do?
If you are a Slashdot fan check out Mirrordot.com It helps out Slashdot readers by automatically mirroring the websites Slashdot links to. Now when the Slahdot effect keeps you from an interesting story try Mirrordot!
Skip at 5:00 AM
HP learning has just added an online course on combatting spam and spyware.
You need to register but its free (my favorite word) to sign up. The course looks fairly good although seasoned security professionals may find it a little light on content
Skip at 6:03 AM
I'm late to the game but I just found Net2FTP.
Net2FTP is a web-based FTP client written in PHP. Web-based means that Net2FTPp runs on a web server, and that you use a browser (for example Internet Explorer or Mozilla). PHP is a programming language that is used to make dynamic websites. You can use Net2FTP at http://www.net2ftp.com, or you can install it on your own web server and use it from there. For me it works behind the company firewall.
These are some of the User Features of Net2FTP:
Skip at 5:35 AM
Google's done it again.
Now you can get a beta version of Google's search capabilities right on your desktop.
Desktop Search is designed to search the contents of your computer. It currently searches: Outlook (Outlook Express), AOL Instant Messenger, Internet Explorer, Word, Excel, Powerpoint and text files. I'd like to see a few more apps but this is a good start. Now this is really a fun Friday! Thanks again, Google.
Skip at 4:34 AM
Again, there is nothing much of interest to report. I had bookmarked this a while back. A New York Times link generator. It might be of interest to anyone who runs across an article in the NY Times and wants to include a link in their blog. It was interesting to me, even though I never intend to link to the NYT. It generates a weblog-safe link you can use. Also there is a Bookmarklet that will let you generate a link right from a NYT page.
Skip at 8:28 AM
I've been using the freeware program Traces Viewer from www.bytescout.com. It is small but versitile utility that allows you to see all the traces left on your PC from your browing. Images, media, cookies, and other bits that are sitting in your cache and hard drives are easily available for you to see. It is fast and easy. I really like the list of sites presented on the left hand side which you click on and then shows you the traces on the right hand window. If you try this, and like it, try to freeware Flash Movie Extractor too. A pay for version, for only $19, allows to to save Flash presentations, the freeware version won't do that but it will find and let you see cached Flash. Two very nice programs.
Skip at 5:10 AM
If you love Gmail, but hate the look of it then over at Persistent.info there is a cure and another reason to move over to Firefox.
The quick instructions include:
1) Install the URLid Mozilla/Firefox extension.
2) Download this CSS file.
3)Locate your profile folder and the
chrome folder within that. On Windows XP/2000, the path is usually %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.xxx\, where xxx is a random string of 3 characters. Just browse to C:\Documents and Settings\[User Name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ and the rest should be obvious. For others check out Mozilla profile help.
4)Copy the downloaded CSS file to the
chrome folder and rename it to userContent.css (if you already have such a file, you will have to merge the two). 5) Restart Firefox.
6) Visit Gmail you'll like it.
Skip at 6:01 AM
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Skip at 5:32 AM
It's Friday and time for some fun. Check out Akiyoshi's Illusion Pages. Akiyoshi Kitaika is with the department of psychology at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto, Japan. This page has many great optical illusions to dazzle your mind's eye. You used to be able to download but too many people abused this privilege. However, you can still look, and I recommend you do.
Skip at 5:13 AM
Sometimes being up to date with the latest version of a program is not OK. Often, a new version breaks something or doesn't work with something on your PC. If you need to go back and you need to find a particular version check out Oldversion.com first. The banner today says 489 version of 51 programs. With many versions of popular programs like Quicktime, Realplayer, Eudora, Opera, etc. you can find one that will still work on that old PC in the corner, or your current OS you haven't upgraded yet.
Skip at 5:36 AM
A while ago I told you about free .INFO domains. You can still get them at Dotster, if you are interested. Domainsite was giving them away. I managed to snag a few of the 25 offered for free. Two days later they had changed to offer to 99 cents each. Still not a bad deal, but after a few days of that they went back to full price. Now Dotster is offering up to 25 free .INFO domains. Don't know how long it will last but I know it is legit. Unlike Domainsite you will have to give them a credit card but the final bill will be ZERO dollars.
Skip at 4:45 AM
For the geeks, try out ieHTTPHeaders. This is an explorer bar for Internet Explorer that will show you the HTTP Headers IE is sending and receiving. It runs on Windows NT, Windows 2000 and Windows XP. This gives you an interesting insight as to what is being passed back and forth when you are browsing. You can easily turn it on and off with the view/explorer bar pull down. Now, if only Jonas would update this for FireFox.
Skip at 5:45 AM
At Slashdot and others there is this notice:
"Firefox 0.10.1 was released today to fix a security flaw that could potentially allow a malicious site to erase files from the users Download directory. If you already have Firefox 0.10 installed, you can go to Tools, Options, and choose Advanced, go to Software Updates and choose Check Now to grab the patch."
With such and easy way to update, anyone using Firefox should update now. If you aren't using it, WHY NOT!
Skip at 5:43 AM
For a fun Friday, check out this Quicktime film of a dramatic reading of a special email. Anyone that has received Nigerian scam email will appreciate this piece. If you like that one, check out some of the "educational videos" on the main page.
Skip at 7:03 AM
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