This could be a killer app. I’ve dreamed about something like this since I saw the first integrated webcam/OCR app on a VAIO 12 years ago..
Category: Toys & Tech
Google Real Time Search
Note to self: LINK
Google Public DNS
I’m testing Google’s public DNS servers out. If your ISP’s DNS servers suck or you are just curious, you can try it out too: Configuring your network settings to use Google Public DNS
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Note: They have the coolest IP addresses:
8.8.8.8
8.8.4.4
Alas, Netvibes Wasabi is not Opera-compliant
In older news, Chrome is the new Firefox, Firefox is the new IE, IE is dead dead dead, Netscape is the old Mosaic, and Opera is still Opera. Oh, and Safari isn’t as good as Chrome.
* I’m currently using mainly Chrome on my laptop, FF on my desktops (I’m addicted to too many extensions and have invested too much time on tweaks/shortcuts/optimizations to give it up, but it’s too slow on my portables), and Opera as a secondary on both, but am finding too many sites designed to hate Opera…
Google Wave: First Impressions
- It looks just like the Hotmail layout. I only know what the current Hotmail looks like because I saw a noob using it in the wild the other day.
- Holy shit it’s unintuitive
- The difference between nested/unnested replies is, for the most part, totally fucking unclear
- I feel like one of the cool kids now
That is all.
Want a Google Wave invitation?
Hit me up in the blog comments, send an email, or think about me hard enough to set off my spidey-sense.
Note: I plan on giving away a couple; the rest are for family.
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My Wave invite (and Gmail as well) came from Osaka Bill, so anybody who gets an invite should feel compelled to sign the petition for The Cure to play live in Japan (except that the actual signing page seems hosed. Oh, and the deadline passed 2 years ago..).
UPDATE: Invitations have been reserved to be sent to a couple lucky winners; Google says that they aren’t always sent out immediately. Also, the Cure petition ended because they actually played at the Fuji Rock Festival in 2007 after a 23-year absence from Japan. Duh.
Unit Conversion Software
Thinking between metric, imperial, and traditional Thai/Japanese units is not so easy for a math wimp like me, so I rely on unit converters to do heavy (and sometimes quite light) lifting:
For a dedicated Windoze app I use Converber. There are many like it, but this one even has some Thai measurements in it.
A good online unit conversion utility can be found here: Online converter
Linux Mint
I haven’t touched Linux since Ubuntu 7, but recently, a good friend recommended Linux Mint. I think I’ll try it out and see how far things have progressed.
Fix your Facebook feed
If it seems some of your friends recently stopped posting on Facebook, it might be due to a recent Facebook “upgrade.” Here’s the fix:
- Go to FB Home Page
- Choose “Live Feed.”
- Scroll to the bottom & click ” Edit Options.”
- You will then see your “News Feed Settings.” Change the 250 to 5000, which is Facebook’s friend limit, and your feed will work correctly again.
Neko funjatta – worst Japanese toy ever
I wish I knew who took this photo because I’d ask him to buy me one – that’s right, this is the original “run over kitty cat” toy from Japan.
(thx vtran)