Help, please! Unhide Google Search “Everything” control
On 2012/04/01
Does anyone know of an add-on, tweak or other method that overrides or disables the default hidden Google Search controls, exposing them automatically?
The latest design meme is to hide things designers think clutter the look of a webpage. If you want to see the hidden controls and their functions you need to click once, [...]
Google Calendar meeting length enhancement
On 2011/06/02
Google has updated the settings in Google Calendar to allow the user to set a default meeting length rather than use the standard half hour. Previously, we had to change each event if we wanted something different. Now we have choices.
Google also added a Speedy meetings option checkbox.
Speedy meetings let us [...]
Be the first to get a Chromebook.
On 2011/06/01
I just received an offer to buy a Samsung Google Chromebook before it goes on sale to the general public. The cost is $499.
No thank you Google. I could buy an iPad 2 for that price (without the free sleeve) or an Asus Eee Pad Transformer for $50 less!
Why I am abandoning Windows and you will too
On 2011/03/16
Microsoft recently released the final version of Window 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Thus far, my experience in updating 8 machines is: 2 succeeded, 5 failed, and one “succeeded” by force. This last one is my main Windows machine. It failed to install SP1 using Windows Update. SP1 installed when I used the [...]
Look what Google ebooks sent me
On 2011/03/16
Google Voice is my secretary
On 2010/10/10
Google Voice (GV) is a free service that has many features. A feature I often employ is to have GV make my calls for me.
I use GV on my computer to place outgoing calls from my landline. (If AT&T cell reception was better in my house, I might [...]
Google Apps and Gmail – multiple sign ins
On 2010/09/28
Recent changes to Google Apps made it impossible to open both a Gmail account and a Google Apps account in a single browser, simultaneously. I didn’t like that as it would mean a major change to the way I work with my computers. So I went on a hunt and…
I discovered there is a [...]
Google Chrome 104 error
On 2010/07/11
I ran into an unresolvable problem with Google Chrome on a client’s XP machine this week. They use Chrome as their browser, on my recommendation. The computer was an underpowered eMachines T3120 model. Chrome is faster and less of a memory hog than other options so it made sense [...]
Google abandoning IE 6 support
On 2010/01/30
I received the following email from the Google Apps team:
Dear Google Apps admin,
In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a [...]
Google Calendar Labs
On 2009/10/19
The busy Google software engineers have added extra features to the Google Calendar which are not enabled by default. You need to go Calendar Labs and enable the ones that appeal to you.
They recently added a Year View button (its on the right side of my calendar web [...]
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