Google Trick or Treat

Google Trick or Treat

Oct 31, 2009

Looks like Google is tweaking its homepage again. Surf over to google’s front page today and, if you’re in a select “bucket” of users, you’ll find that the buttons for “Google Search” and “I’m Feeling Lucky” have been swapped out for a bit of new text: That text does fade out after a few moments. But nothing appears to replace it. It only...

Windows 7 Review

Windows 7 Review

Oct 22, 2009

Here is my review on Windows 7 comparing it to Vista. This isn’t for everyone, so if you want the short version, just scroll to the bottom…. I was a beta tester for Windows 7 (in fact, all the way back to Whistler; I missed out on Chicago) and this is an honest review of what I think about Vista, Windows 7, and XP, with 7 being the primary focus....

Wow Google and Twitter Together?

Wow Google and Twitter Together?

Oct 21, 2009

Talk about a Google merge with Twitter is all the buzz right now… From http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/rt-google-tweets-and-updates-and-search.html says At Google, our goal is to create the most comprehensive, relevant and fast search in the world. In the past few years, an entirely new type of data has emerged — real-time updates like those on...

Notepad++

Notepad++

Oct 17, 2009

Ok If you haven’t heard, Notepad++ is basically the end-all editor for writing code, FAST.While it’s not a true IDE for writing full scale applications like Java’s NETBeans, Visual Studio, Dreamweaver, etc., it’s makes life so much easier for those of us who only need to do editing, quick code-revision, editing, and even as just a...

JASON is WAVING (I’m FINALLY IN GOOGLE WAVE)

JASON is WAVING (I’m FINALLY IN GOOGLE WAVE)

Oct 15, 2009

Ok I’ll post screen shots and Announce who I invite into Google wave HERE. Please stay tuned….. This is the first screenshot…

How to make your own Dvorak keyboard

How to make your own Dvorak keyboard

Oct 12, 2009

The keyboards we use everyday to most of us are called “QWERTY” keyboards, because they have that name because the top row of keys are arranged in that order. They did that to slow you down, so the heads on old typewriters wouldn’t catch on each other. We use it today, cause that’s what our teachers learned on and it just became...

Wave Search Commands

Wave Search Commands

Oct 6, 2009

Don’t get lost in Google Wave, use this quick reference sheet for search commands in Google Wave. Searching through your Wave inbox using search commands, can help you find public waves, your archived messages, or waves related to work in a lot less time. Here is a cheat sheet of the most important search parameters: is:read and is:unread: This will help...