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Using coloured labels in Gmail
When I first read The next evolution of labels I was not much impressed since I could see no immediate benefit with coloured labels. But I decided to give it a try and it improved readability and overview a lot. … Continue reading
A new Songbird is out
Songbird has released version 0.3 and I have downloaded and installed it. This time I changed feathers (layout) since the original is all black. I decided to use iBird which looks great. It is an iTunes lookalike which is OK, … Continue reading
The Last Supper in detail
The Last Supper is the painting by Leonardo da Vinci shown in amazing detail. The computer image is 16.118.035.591 pixel (172181 x 93611) and you can click on it to get closer and closer. They have some other work as … Continue reading
Love Earth
A friend of mine has seen the movie Earth and strongly recommend it. There is a website at love earth that has information about the movie but also fantastic photos. The earth is beautiful. There is also a blog.
Green fuel
A link to Green Fuel, Literally turned up in one of the mailing lists I belong to. It is an interesting post giving hope for the future. Most of us think of solar power as coming from glass panels on … Continue reading
PermaTabs for Firefox
PermaTabs is a great add-on for Firefox. PermaTabs adds the ability to turn tabs into permanent tabs, they will stick around between sessions. It is very useful for keeping URLs you use often (I use it for my Gmail) always … Continue reading
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Read New York Times for free
New York Times used to charge for access to parts of its content. I found that annoying and stopped going there, there are many other sources for news. Now they have changed their mind, Times to Stop Charging for Parts … Continue reading
Contagious yawning indicates empathy
BBC writes that Contagious yawn ‘sign of empathy’. Yawning may reveal more about a person than their boredom threshold, according to research. A susceptibility to contagious yawning may actually be a sign of a high-level of social empathy. “We believe … Continue reading
Using Google as dictionary
I often use Google as an English-English dictionary, there is an easy way to search dictionaries. Simply type define: thewordyoulookfor then click and you get a list of text from dictionaries.
New seven wonders of the world
The voting for THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD is closed and the result has been announced. The winners are: Chichén Itzá, Mexico Christ Redeemer, Brazil The Great Wall, China Machu Picchu, Peru Petra, Jordan The Roman Colloseum, Italy … Continue reading