I know a post is a little bit of overkill, but my url got eaten. This is simply a port of one of the new features of CyberSearch for chrome. Anyway here is the code.
javascript:location.href = ‘http://www.google.com/search?&q=site:’+encodeURIComponent(window.location.hostname)+’+ %s’;
To use it you need to add it as a search engine in chrome.
If anyone has tried the facebook add in for pidgin knows it is buggy at best. The new XMPP support allows one to communicate directly with facebook.
The only tricky part is setting it up. The username field is explained at http://www.facebook.com/username/, and the password is your facebook password. After that just make sure your configurations are the same as mine (note there is no SSL support).
Let me know how it goes!
I’ve been using quix for a little while now, and it has really bugged me that you can’t just add it as a search engine.
I tweaked the code a little bit so that it works in chrome and firefox as a search engine. Here is the code.
If anybody needs help setting that up as a search engine I can add a tutorial later.
If you have ever wanted to get your mailto links to work with google apps, but didn’t want to shell out for third party apps, there is a simple program by google to help you do that.
It isn’t that hard really just go to replacing example.com with your domain.
This may require chrome. I haven’t tried to run it without it.
http://dl.google.com/tag/s/ap=example.com/googlewebapps/en/googleappsstandalonesetuptagged.exe
TO: Honorable Secretary of Agriculture
Washington, D.C
Dear Sir,
My friend over at Wells, Iowa received a check for $1,000 from the Government for not raising hogs. Right now I’m getting extra help from the government and Red Cross while I’m displaced but when that stops I want to go into the “not-raising-hogs” business.
What I want to know is, in your opinion, what is the best kind of farm not to raise hogs on, and what is the best breed of hogs not to raise? I want to be sure that I approach this endeavor in keeping with all governmental policies. I would prefer not to raise razorbacks, but if that is not a good breed not to raise, then I will just as gladly not raise Yorkshires or Durocs. As I see it, the hardest part of this program will be in keeping an accurate inventory of how many hogs I haven’t raised.
My friend, Peterson, is very joyful about the future of the business. He has been raising hogs for twenty years or so, and the best he ever made on them was $422 in 1968, until this year when he got your check for $1000 for not raising hogs. If I get $1000 for not raising 50 hogs, will I get $2000 for not raising 100 hogs? I plan to operate on a small scale at first, holding myself down to about 4000 hogs not raised, which will mean about $80,000 the first year.
Now another thing, these hogs I will not raise will not eat 100,000 bushels of corn. I understand that you also pay farmers for not raising corn and wheat. Will I qualify for payments for not raising wheat and corn not to feed the 4000 hogs I am not going to raise?
Also, I am considering the “not milking cows” business, so send me any information you have on that too. In view of these circumstances, you understand that I will be totally unemployed and plan to file for unemployment and food stamps.
Be assured you will have my vote in the coming election.
Patriotically Yours,
Ima Taker
Have you ever been to a website and just thought WOW that brings a whole new meaning to ugly? Have you ever been to a website and wanted the information, but the website was so busy you couldn’t make sense of it all?
Facebook is a wonderful example of the second problem (if you don’t have facebook skip to the bottom). It is just way to busy. Well there is good news for those of you who can’t stand it. They are working on a new version of the website called Facebook lite. This cuts all the third party apps out, removes all but one add, and just makes everything cleaner looking. There is just that one ad… one ad… one ad… aggh!
There is more good news! That ad can leave and leave you with a perfectly clean Facebook, unless you have chrome (if you can get it to work let me know). First thing to do is grab a the code to make it look right. Download fbLite.css or fbFixer.css to remove ads on the full facebook too.
Now open lite.facebook.com and log in. There should now be just a single feed! How refreshing!
This is just one example of how to customize a web page. There is sooo much more you can do (block ads, change colors)! If you have more ideas, feel free to comment!
Yesterday I discovered a highly underrated feature in firefox. Keywords.
These can make huge improvements in the browsing experience. For example if I wanted to look up John 3:16 all I have to do is type the following into the address bar (shortcut ctrl + l).
bible john 3:16
To get to my blog I simply type this word.
blog
This has really made things quicker and cleaner to get to, and isn’t that hard to set up either.
For most search engines just right click the text box (where one enters search terms). And click add keyword, complete the dialog and your done.
For a bookmark just right click it and select properties. All you need to do is change the Keyword field.
Happy Browsing!