Archive for the Tag 'Google'

iChat with Google Talk

After beating my head against a wall for the better part of an hour (I’m on vacation, I had the time to kill), I was completely unable to get iChat to connect to GTalk via the Jabber configuration that used to work prior to my Snow Leoapard install.
After searching around (on Google’s site), I resorted [...]

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Store Locator FAIL

For reasons I won’t get into, I was curious what the closest comic book store to my house was. So I went to Comic Shop Locator (natch), plugges in my location. Closest result?

Yeah, not so much. Thanks Google.

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Google Chrome

Played with it tonight a bit. It’s freakin’ fast, especially for Google apps (natch). I like the new car smell it gives off, could do without the comic.
It feels like Firefox 3.0, but I think that was the point. No add-ons (yet, I assume), but it’s a beta. A nice, solid beta for a change. [...]

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Google Reader adds optional Mark All Read

Thanks Google, this is a very welcome addition to Reader.

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Sometimes It’s Just Better Not to Know

What the hell is wrong with people? I was going through some stats and ran through search terms that drew people to this blog. (An aside: My apologies to anyone who came here for actual information.)
Seriously though, what are you really looking for when you search for some of these strings?

what is a disjointed sentence [...]

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Wanna Read Something Funny? Google VP Comments on Microsoft’s attempted takeover of Yahoo!

 It’s short, so go read the whole thing. Marvel at the whining of one of the largest Internet companies to ever grace this planet. Bask in the innuendo. This is fear, folks, plain and simple. It’s also hilarious in it’s childishness. Way to go Google; you look stupid for this. Remember, Google is concerned for [...]

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