Archive for October, 2007
· October 31, 2007 at 6:26 am · Online Tools
Tags: Firefox, Google, notebook, solutions, tips, tools
Google Notebook for me has been a life saver in more than one occasion. Right now I use it mainly to manage work related stuff, like quick responses to often asked questions but there are a million and one ways you could get a lot out of it. It is a powerful for just about any job.
Google Notebook Tools
Get the Google Notebook Firefox Extension - The Firefox extension makes a handy helper if you find yourself diving into Google Notebook a lot during your day. It gives you a little popup menu to manage your notebooks in the bottom right hand corner of the browser.
Open Google Notebook in Firefox Sidebar - This is a hack I guess you could say that I stumbled upon several months ago. Still useful if you like to use the Firefox sidebar function a lot.
Google Notebook for your iGoogle Homepage - If your first stop in your browser is Google, then this iGoogle gadget is a perfect one-two punch to your note saving ways.
Google Notebook Tasks and Tips
Search Google Notebooks - Always interesting to see what information has been made public and searchable via Google Notebooks.
Getting Things Done with Google Notebook - If not saving isn’t your deal - then you might want to look at using it as a to do list instead. This article from Lifehacker will help you becoming a “getting things done” guru.
Recover Lost Notes from Trash - One handy feature this is still new to Google Notebook is the ability to recover deleted notes and notebooks. Say you have a change of heart about deleting one of your collections, you can recover it here - as long as 30 days hasn’t passed.
Note Your Google Search Results - After using Google Notebook for the first time you should have a new selection under your Google search results to “Note This”. This will add the search result to your notes for safe keeping.
Add “Sections” Back to Notebooks - After the latest redesign, the “sections” seemed to be lost from Google Notebook. To get them back - click on the “New Note” button and then where it says, “Type, paste or add section” click on the blue link for section and you should give yourself back the divider for your single notebook. Organization rocks!
Google Notebook: Use the Privacy Option - Make sure you are not sharing information you don’t want to have public! Since this posts was written I think the default for notebooks is the “private” setting.
Know of anymore tips? If this becomes as popular as the Google Reader guide I did, might have to keep it updated with suggestions if you have them.
· October 30, 2007 at 9:35 am · Online Tools
Tags: Apple, Gmail, Mac, skins, themes, update
While waiting for the Gmail folks to upgrade my account - figured I’d go out and look at some of the alternative themes out there for it. This one I found over at Userstyles.org - the home for scripts used with the Stylish Firefox extension (or with some, Greasemonkey).
I do have to say it looks pretty slick.
+ Check Out Gmail.app (Mac Os Style) on Userstyles.org!
· October 29, 2007 at 5:32 am · Web Hosting
Tags: backup, cpanel, debate, hosting, hosts, ICANN, page rank, podcast, web
Almost lost my voice doing yesterday’s podcast recording, so appreciate my excitement about getting this put out there for the public and my lack of probably common sense to stop talking when I should have. On this week’s edition of the Web Hosting Show I covered the following:
- Google PageRank Updates and Debate
- Discrimination Against Southerners in Hosting
- How to Backup Using cPanel
- Best of the Forum Scripts
- ICANN Investigates Insider Domain Registrations
Should be a podcast everybody can get something out of. If not, you can have your money back! Jokes on you though, you can listen for free.
+ Listen to Episode 129 of the Web Hosting Show!
· October 26, 2007 at 7:41 am · Online Tools
Tags: Google, Google-Reader, RSS, shared, tips, twitter
I used to do the shared links here on my site, but decided to take them down due to some layout problems and I really wasn’t a big fan of all the javascript action that was going on. I till like sharing my shared links from Google Reader though.
So what is a link loving geek to do?
Well I decided to figure out a way to post my shared posts form Google Reader into my Twitter posts.
1. Grab your Google Reader shared items RSS feed. This can be done by clicking on the “Shared Items” link in the Google Reader sidebar and then grab the RSS feed it gives you at the top of the next page.
2. Login to TwitterFeed.com (with an OpenID) and setup the feed to Twitter settings. Make sure the checkmark for Include item link (if unchecked, sends tweet without the tinyurl link) is selected.
Now Google Reader’s shared items should be showing up on your Twitter profile. My Twitter is now a little better.
· October 25, 2007 at 8:32 am · Online Tools
Tags: E-mail, gtd, manage, organize, reminders, sandy, tasks
Having a hard time remembering certain things that you don’t really have time to write down? Well, if you are one of those people who live in their e-mail inbox IWantSandy.com might be the service for you.
Using this service could not get any easier. You get you own e-mail to contact Sandy at and she will then remember or remind you of certain things. For an example if you send her an e-mail saying, “Remind me to post about Sandy on Mitchelaneous in 15 minutes” then in 15 minutes you will get an e-mail back reminding you of the task you need to do.
The service (trying my best to stop calling the service “she” and “her”) knows the words remember and remind the best. Here is a little more information.
When you signed up, I sent you a “Welcome” message containing your own personal Sandy email address. You send me stuff by writing to me at that address, either directly or by Cc’ing me on a message to someone else. You can write to me in the subject line or the body of an email message — I pay attention to both.
More details about the service can be found on the official web site.
All in all I think this is a neat service, and I am currently trying to find reasons to use it more and more. If you need a little help getting your projects (and/or life) in order you might want Sandy too.
· October 24, 2007 at 5:24 am · Personal
Tags: 226BW, monitor, reviews, samsung, syncmaster, widescreen
So far I have been so happy with my new Samsung 226BW 22-Inch Digital/Analog Widescreen LCD Monitor. Look at it - it is just so darn pretty I could cry!
I had to get rid of my old monitor - not because it wore out but because I needed a bigger work space on my desktop and the back stand for the old one just didn’t work the way it should anymore. It is kind of hard to put into words - but I had to stick a hacky sack behind the monitor so that the monitor’s face wouldn’t tilt down so low I had to sit on the floor to use it and type.
I had heard a few bad reviews about this same model after I bought it so I am happy to hear I apparently got one of the good ones. Best thing about the deal was at Amazon - the price after rebate was only $254.97. Now that is a bargain! With this being my second Samsung, I have to say they have done well by my standards yet again.
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