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It looks like Google has updated their search page again (second time in the past few months). This appears to the be most dramatic single change to the search page I can ever remember. It’s amazing how something so simple has room to be simplified even more. Pure usability. Love it.
This also looks like the death […]
The night sky
It’s been so long since I stared for hours at a starry sky and realized how truly insignificant we are. The light pollution and distractions of the city make it difficult to appreciate what’s up there. This past weekend ‘Nes, some friends and I made a trip up to my family’s cabin to do just […]
My iTunes veto list
I’ve actually been using this iTunes veto script for a few months now and it’s been so satisfying to hear silence every time these songs are played on the radio:
Green Day - Know Your Enemy
Green Day - Horseshoes and Handgrenades
U2 - I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight
Bob Dylan - It’s All Good
Bob Dylan - Beyond Here Lies Nothin’
Iron […]
iPhone 3.0 upgrade: Google Sync contacts and calender gone!
I just updated my iPhone to the new 3.0 operating system it looks like it emptied the iPhone’s local cache of contacts and calendar entries from Google Sync. To get them synced up and working again just go to ‘Settings’ > ‘Mail, Contacts, Calendars’ > [Your Google Sync account] and turn off Contacts and Calendars. […]
iTunes Veto: avoid those overplayed new songs
I listen to a stream of The Current almost all day, every day. I love this station, but I cringe every time they play that new Green Day song or when I hear Bono sing, well, anything. No longer! I’ve written a set of Ruby scripts that’ll let me veto away the ugliness so that […]