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Search Site Bookmarklet

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 … Continue reading

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Native Facebook in Pidgin

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 … Continue reading

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Quix

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 … Continue reading

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GMail Apps with Windows 7

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 … Continue reading

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Not Raising Pigs

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 … Continue reading

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Changing the way web pages look

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 … Continue reading

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Firefox Keywords

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 … Continue reading

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