Monthly Archives:: December 2008

Yahoo Pipes Is Useful

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I actually found a use for yahoo pipes! Problem: I import my blog posts to facebook as Notes via their import settings. I find that a lot of friends and family comment on those posts, these people don’t typically follow me anywhere else and — I can admit it — I’m a comment whore. I apprieciate the feedback. Unfortunately facebook only allows you… Read more »

Canada Finally On Google Street View

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Sort of. Looks like Google has added just about every major Interstate and small town to Street View. This means you can now see the Canadian border in many different locations. Here’s the link

Google Chrome Bypasses OpenDNS (and How To Fix It)

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I started using OpenDNS again for the first time since Google released Chrome. When I ran Chrome, I noticed a curious little quirk, Chrome was ignoring OpenDNS’ shortcuts and auto typo correction. I whipped out wireshark and took at what was going on. By default, every time you enter a character into Chrome’s toolbar it fetches results from google.com/complete/search. Since google knows… Read more »

Dear Steve Jobs,

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All I want for Christmas is an officially sanctioned iPhone tethering app. I’ll put out some vegan cookies and soy milk on the hearth.