For any Australian Google Calendar users who are nuts about the World Cup, use the link below to get the preliminary match times added to your Google Calendar!
If you do use it, let me know what you think!
Monthly Archive for May, 2006
“Was Albert Einstein A Space Alien?” is an interesting look at the life of Albert Einstein.
Sternest Meanings has been dugg and is currently down, but looks interesting none the less. Say something to the “bot” and it will use those words to make am anagram back to you.
Undiluted Platinum, the worlds first PSP modchip has just been released. Very excited, can’t wait for them to be readily available in Australia!
My Silhouette, originally uploaded by Mitch Malone on flickr.com.
My silhouette, walking to work after my lunchbreak, through the carpark. Notice the bulk of my headphones and crumpler bag, I take them both everywhere with me these days. I originally took the photo on my Nokia N70 to send to Claire, but it never got sent.
Just when Gmail couldn’t get any cooler, along comes GoogleMail Remote Command. Launch any file or application by sending an e-mail to your computer, from your phone for example. A good way to turn off your PC when you’ve forgotten, activate your Bittorrent or start up some interesting smut in the loungeroom to scare your family when no one is near the PC.
In the words of the author: “any OS that requires this level of sophistication out of a crash logger just has to have some issues.”
I’ve used Firefox for a long time now and tried out various extensions to make life easier. Some I have deleted, some I have kept, but here is the list that I have found most useful.
General/Utility Extensions
- Sage would have to be the best newsreader I have ever used, and the fact it’s inside the browser makes it doubly useful.
- Foxmarks Bookmark Synchronizer allows me to synchronize my bookmarks between Windows/Linux and my USB drive when I am away from my computer.
- Gmail Manager notifies me when I receive new e-mail to my Gmail account.
- VideoDownloader is an extension that allows you to save the video files viewed on Youtube, Google Videos etc.
Blogging Extensions
- JustBlogIt makes writing my A-sides a very simple task. This plugin allows me to make quick entries to my blog, automatically creating the links you see on the right of the website.
- del.icio.us allows me to add links to my del.icio.us account for viewing on the right hand side also.
- Google Notebook is what I use to collect notes when I am writing. It’s an online scrapbook of thoughts.
Development Extensions
- Web Developer allows me to live edits of CSS and view valuable information about a website when I am designing.
- Colorzilla, an eyedropper for a website, it allows me to quickly grab and change colors when I am designing.
- MeasureIt is a plugin I don’t use often, but it helps me when I want to know how wide a div/span is or a banner needs to be.
- IE Tab allows me to see what my site looks like in
the shitty browser known asIE.
The Prophetic Caricature, a caricature drawn of Claire and I, posted to flickr.
