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Posts filed in January, 2008

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Richard Pryor + Chevy Chase Make Uncomfortable Racism Funny

Paul Mooney wrote this masterpiece. I honestly can’t believe it was ever televised…or re-broadcast on Comedy Central apparently. You have to love the humor during a time when it was okay to be funny and not walking on eggshells to be politically correct.

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Google Docs Firefox extension

Google Docs Firefox extensiongDocsBar is a sidebar extension for Firefox, a perfect companion for all of you using Google® Docs.

With gDocsBar, you can drag and drop multiple files into the sidebar to upload documents.

You can search and filter documents right from the sidebar.

Your Gmail credentials are sent to Google directly over SSL and your passwords are safely stored in Firefox Password Manager.

[Download]

Google Docs - A brief introduction

Create documents, spreadsheets and presentations online

You can easily do all the basics, including making bulleted lists, sorting by columns, adding tables, images, comments, formulas, changing fonts and more. And it’s free.
Google Docs accepts most popular file formats, including DOC, XLS, ODT, ODS, RTF, CSV, PPT, etc.

Share and collaborate in real time

Just enter the email addresses of the people with whom you want to share a given document and send them an invitation.
Multiple people can view and make changes at the same time. There’s an on-screen chat window for spreadsheets, and document revisions show you exactly who changed what, and when.

Safely store and organize your work

There’s nothing to download; you access your documents, spreadsheets and presentations from any computer with an Internet connection and a standard browser. Easily find your documents by organizing them into folders. Drag and drop your documents into as many folders as you want. You can also save copies to your own PC.

Control who can see your documents

You can make your documents available as a web page, blog post or only to the peoples you have invited. Fast convenient and free.

Filed under Internet stuff, Software | 2 Comments

Mozy - Simple Online Backup

Mozy comes in 2 flavours, one for home users (MozyHome) and one for business users (MozyPro). The first is free as long as you don’t need to backup more than 2GB of personal stuff. To get started simply sign up, download and install the setup files. Then pick your backup folders and files and you are all set, the rest is automatic.

Features

  • Open/locked file support: Mozy will back up your documents whether they’re open or closed.
  • 128-bit SSL encryption: The same technology used by banks secures your data during the backup process.
  • 448-bit Blowfish encryption: Secures your files while in storage, providing peace of mind that your private data is safe from hackers.
  • Automatic: Schedule the times to back up and MozyHome does the rest.
  • New and changed file detection: MozyHome finds and saves the smallest changes.
  • Backs up Outlook files: Disaster-proof email protection.
  • Block-level incremental backup: After the initial backup, MozyHome only backs up files that have been added or changed, making subsequent backups lightning fast.

Even if you already have an external disk storing all your valuable information, it could come in handy to have it on-line as well in case your house burns down or any other strange happening occurs…

It’s all automatic so why not go straight to registration?

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LEGO turns 50 - Congratulations!

It all started back in 1932 when Ole Kirk Christiansen, master carpenter and joiner, establishes his business in the village of Billund, Denmark. His firm manufactures stepladders, ironing boards, stools and wooden toys. Two years later the company and its products now adopt the name LEGO, formed from the Danish words “LEg GOdt” (”play well”). Later, it is realised that in Latin the word means “I put together”.

The initial LEGO Automatic Binding Brick was introduced in 1949, but the current LEGO stud-and-tube coupling system was not patented until 1958. The new coupling principle makes models much more stable and since then LEGO has produced an impressive 400 billion bricks.

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Introducing PicLens

PicLens is a browser plugin that enables full-screen slideshows within Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer. The plugin is supported by numerous websites including:

Flickr
Photobucket
Picasa Web Albums
DeviantArt
Smugmug
Facebook
MySpace
Bebo
Hi5
Friendster
Google Images
Yahoo Images
Ask Images
Live Images
AOL Images

It also comes as a WordPress plugin that allows the user to set up slideshows from the controlpanel. I’ve just tried it on Flickr and I must say it looks impressive.

You can download the browser plugin from www.piclens.com or download and try the Wordpress plugin if you are running a WordPress blog/site yourself.

Filed under Photos & Images, WordPress | 2 Comments


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