June 4th, 2008 by George
Another promising Google download the Gmail Notifier (beta). I’m looking forward to seeing how it performs. Here’s a bit from the download page:
The Gmail Notifier is an application that alerts you when you have new Gmail messages. It displays an icon in your system tray to let you know if you have unread Gmail messages, and shows you their subjects, senders and snippets, all without your having to open a web browser.
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Download Gmail Notifier
About Gmail Notifier
Gmail Notifier Terms of Service
Gmail Privacy Policy
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June 3rd, 2008 by George
Working in Gmail yesterday I got the errors below. I don’t know what the error codes meant (yet) but I know what got rid of the errors and got me working right again. These are the errors I got in Gmail yesterday in Firefox 2:
Oops… the system encountered a problem (#6502)
Oops… the system encountered a problem (#717 )
I didn’t notice the error at first when it showed up on the screen, but I think I was archiving emails when the Oops… the system encountered a problem (#6502) message showed up, then send an email I got the Oops… the system encountered a problem (#717) error. I went to the Gmail Help center and ended up reading the ‘Oops…’ errors article, which didn’t list error 6502 or 717. A quick search on Google was not useful. Here’s what I did next….
I logged out and tried logging back in and could not get in. I closed Firefox and opened Opera 9 and tried logging in and still coudn’t get in. I switched over to my other Windows XP computer and logged in using Firefox and got in fine. I found the email I was working on earlier when I go the 717 error and re-sent it. I closed the browser and moved back to the original computer I had been working on and logged into Gmail using Firefox again and everything’s been fine since then. I think time was the real fix, and the Gmail servers got temporarily busy and couldn’t handle my requests.
Anyone had Gmail oops error 6502 or Gmail oops error 717 and know the cause?
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June 2nd, 2008 by George
Over the years I’ve found it necessary to copy text from a variety of sources such as the web, PDF files, MS Word files, Corel WordPerfect and others into Dreamweaver’s design view (or even into email). Its not always a smooth process and sometimes the copied text needs to have formatting and/or pictures removed from the copied content.
To avoid editing pasted text which can be a tedious process I use Windows Notepad to “cleanse” the text and make sure there isn’t any extraneous formatting (or pictures) left. Notepad is light on computer memory, fast to open and cleanses the copied text into plain ANSI text - that means no bold, italics, colors, formatting or anything like that, just plain text. Just copy your text and paste it into Notepad, and copy it out of the Notepad window and paste into Dreamweaver. Mac OS and Linux have their own versions of Notepad as well so it doesn’t matter if you have Dreamweaver on your MAc or Linux computer.
Other Time-Savers
I also use other time-savers when copy and pasting text like using other creative places to “cleanse” text even more quickly and keyboard shortcuts used often when moving all of this text about. The shortcuts below are for Windows and Mac OS and Linux also have keyboard shortcuts that do the same thing.
CTRL+C = copy
CTRL+X = cut (copies and removes the text)
CTRL+V = paste
CTRL+A = highlight all text
CTRL+F = find/search
Other creative places I use to “cleanse” text include the browser’s address bar, the Search Engine search box on my Firefox toolbar and my Google toolbar’s search box. If you use these make sure all of the text you pasting is on one line, no line breaks or you’ll lose soem of the text. In that case use Notepad or your favrotie ANSI text editor instead.
NOTE: This article was typed in Windows Notepad for kicks.
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June 1st, 2008 by George
Adsense Improvements
On May 27th Google announced their Inside Adsense blog is now available in Traditional Chinese (Inside AdSense, now in Traditional Chinese), and that publishers in Hungary and Hong Kong can now elect to receive payments via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT launched in Hungary and Hong Kong).
Come to Cyclone and Earthquake Vitims Aid
Just a week earlier “Don’t be evil” Google Announced (AdSense earnings can help you and others too) publishers can contribute a portion of their AdSense revenue to the cyclone relief efforts in Myanmar (Burma) and in China. The post says:
We especially encourage our US and UK publishers to use Google Checkout to donate:
http://www.google.com/myanmarcyclone
http://www.google.com/chinaearthquake
In addition to monetary contributions, the affected areas may also need tents, medicine, or other items. We encourage you to contact your local Red Cross to find out how to donate these items.
I’d like to encourage those who can to please give:
Category: Computers |
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June 1st, 2008 by George
I use Google maps a lot to get where I’m going and the “new to me” feature that lets you drag the travel route if you prefer to get where you are going a different way. Maybe you want to make a stop in between your place and your destination or maybe you just want to avoid that stretch of highway during rush hour. Its easy to do and unlike some others I’ve seen it lets you see the actual route changing as you drag.
1. Hover on the route Google has chosen and you will see “Drag to change route”, now click on that and hold down the moouse button while you drag the route toward the roads you’d prefer to use
2. As you drag you will see the route changing live, and if you slow down or stop you can see the street you are on and the new distance and time:
Very cool!
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