Sett Home Thermostat – Sett Thermostat
https://sett.homes/
Sett is an open-source, enclosure-compatible version of the 2nd gen Nest thermostat. It reuses the enclosure, encoder ring, display, and mounts of the Nest but replaces the "thinking" part with open-source PCBs that interact with Home Assistant and other local-first home automation setups.
Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/820600/google-nest-learning-thermostat-downgraded-data-collection
Google officially turned off remote control functionality for early Nest Learning Thermostats last month, but it hasn’t stopped collecting a stream of data from these downgraded devices. After digging into the backend, security researcher Cody Kociemba found that the first- and second-generation Nest Learning Thermostats are still sending Google information about manual temperature changes, whether a person is present in the room, if sunlight is hitting the device, and more.
Three Years from GPT-3 to Gemini 3 - by Ethan Mollick
https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/three-years-from-gpt-3-to-gemini
Three years ago, we were impressed that a machine could write a poem about otters. Less than 1,000 days later, I am debating statistical methodology with an agent that built its own research environment. The era of the chatbot is turning into the era of the digital coworker. To be very clear, Gemini 3 isn’t perfect, and it still needs a manager who can guide and check it. But it suggests that “human in the loop” is evolving from “human who fixes AI mistakes” to “human who directs AI work.” And that may be the biggest change since the release of ChatGPT.
Argo Workflows on Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) | by Arax Zaeimi | Medium
https://medium.com/@mmz.zaeimi/argo-workflows-on-google-kubernetes-engine-gke-2df9cc647331
You might have read a lot about Argo Workflows and now you are wondering how to install and start using it. Well, installing Argo Workflows on your local machine is pretty much straightforward, it’s just a matter of seconds to have your first running Argo Workflows. But, there are always some obstacles when you decide to install such applications on the cloud. In the following article, I want to demonstrate how to install Argo Workflows on GKE and prepare it to use.
Death by AI - Dave Barry’s Substack
https://davebarry.substack.com/p/death-by-ai
I found out about my death the way everybody finds out everything: from Google.
every time I do a web search, right at the top I have AI info dumping on me just give me the top result please – @andthentheresanne on Tumblr
https://www.tumblr.com/andthentheresanne/774090613079621632?source=share
Swear in your search request. I know it sounds ridiculous, but the most effective way I've found of it not doing the AI summary is just to add "fucking" go my search.
93-year-old YouTuber back in business after being kicked off platform over porn allegation | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/youtube-porn-allegation-academic-1.7400158
Metta Spencer, a sociologist whose online broadcasts regularly feature world leaders in the fields of peace, climate change, pandemics, famine and, ironically, cyber risks said she spent weeks trying to convince YouTube Canada that the porn clips were the result of a hacking attack, without success.
What does it look like for the web to lose? - Chris Coyier
https://chriscoyier.net/2023/01/04/what-does-it-look-like-for-the-web-to-lose/
Better yet, let’s ditch the idea of native apps. All web! All web! All web!
What does it look like for the web to lose? - Chris Coyier
https://chriscoyier.net/2023/01/04/what-does-it-look-like-for-the-web-to-lose
Better yet, let’s ditch the idea of native apps. All web! All web! All web!
The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is Google Docs - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/hottest-chat-app-teens-google-docs/584857/
When the kids in Skyler’s school want to tell a friend something in class, they don’t scrawl a note down on a tiny piece of paper and toss it across the room. They use Google Docs.
The Hottest Chat App for Teens Is Google Docs - The Atlantic
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/hottest-chat-app-teens-google-docs/584857
When the kids in Skyler’s school want to tell a friend something in class, they don’t scrawl a note down on a tiny piece of paper and toss it across the room. They use Google Docs.
Physical-web by google
http://google.github.io/physical-web/
The Physical Web is an approach to unleash the core superpower of the web: interaction on demand. People should be able to walk up to any smart device - a vending machine, a poster, a toy, a bus stop, a rental car - and not have to download an app first. Everything should be just a tap away.
Physical-web by google
http://google.github.io/physical-web
The Physical Web is an approach to unleash the core superpower of the web: interaction on demand. People should be able to walk up to any smart device - a vending machine, a poster, a toy, a bus stop, a rental car - and not have to download an app first. Everything should be just a tap away.
liber.io | Make eBooks. Really simple.
https://liber.io/
Make eBooks.Really simple.Right fromGoogle Drive™
liber.io | Make eBooks. Really simple.
https://liber.io
Make eBooks.Really simple.Right fromGoogle Drive™
Find a Google Glass and kick it from the network
http://julianoliver.com/output/log_2014-05-30_20-52
The below script will find and detect Google Glass on the local network and kick them off.
enoughalready » San Francisco Is Eating Itself
http://alexcastle.net/2014/01/17/san-francisco-is-eating-itself/#comment-432
It’s just such a bummer to see a place that I remember as openminded, laid back, creative, nonjudgmental erupting with all this anger, everyone pointing fingers, blaming people that really aren’t to blame. Come on, guys. You’re better than this.
enoughalready » San Francisco Is Eating Itself
http://alexcastle.net/2014/01/17/san-francisco-is-eating-itself#comment-432
It’s just such a bummer to see a place that I remember as openminded, laid back, creative, nonjudgmental erupting with all this anger, everyone pointing fingers, blaming people that really aren’t to blame. Come on, guys. You’re better than this.
Cross-client Identity - Google Accounts Authentication and Authorization — Google Developers
https://developers.google.com/accounts/docs/CrossClientAuth
When developers build software, it routinely includes modules that run on a Web server, other modules that run in the browser, and others that run as native mobile apps. Both developers and the people who use their software typically think of all these modules as part of a single app.
Google’s OAuth2 implementation supports this view of the world
Huge list of 3000 bundled feeds from Google Reader extracted by russb
https://gist.github.com/russellbeattie/5545671
Added all 449 "Bundles" that Google Reader provides, plus their 27 "featured bundles" from famous people, and then added some top feeds that were the result of searches for a few keywords.
A few thoughts about RSS news readers from someone who thinks about them way more than you probably do - Russell Beattie
http://www.russellbeattie.com/blog/a-few-thoughts-about-rss-news-readers-from-someone-who-thinks-about-them-way-more-than-you-probably-do
It might appear like gloom and doom (actually, if it doesn't, you're not looking), but really it's a massive opportunity. Again, anyone who uses a news reader can't imagine having to live without one, yet I see the feed ecosystem slowly deteriorating with no replacement in sight. That's the opportunity, in my mind. It's not about simply mimicking Google Reader (which I would never do anyways, as I've never liked it), but about bootstrapping off the system we have today, in order to create a new type of news reader for tomorrow. The future of news readers, so to speak. ;-)
Unaware He Was a Christian Activist, the Right Freaks Over Chavez Easter Google Doodle
http://www.politicususa.com/unaware-christian-activist-freaks-easter-chavez-google-doodle.html
The ironic thing is that Cesar Chavez was a Christian activist, basing his civil rights rallies upon Jesus’ example of achieving social justice through non-violence, and as such, is an iconic hero to Mexican Americans.
The Right is up in arms on Twitter, threatening to switch to Bing as revenge against Google for honoring a Christian activist on Easter.
Neil Fraser: News: CS in VN
http://neil.fraser.name/news/2013/03/16/
Holy crap. My self-education in comp sci looked a lot like this, but I was a weirdo. America is screwed.
Neil Fraser: News: CS in VN
http://neil.fraser.name/news/2013/03/16
Holy crap. My self-education in comp sci looked a lot like this, but I was a weirdo. America is screwed.
Google Reader shutting down July 1 – Marco.org
http://www.marco.org/2013/03/13/google-reader-sunset
Now, we’ll be forced to fill the hole that Reader will leave behind, and there’s no immediately obvious alternative. We’re finally likely to see substantial innovation and competition in RSS desktop apps and sync platforms for the first time in almost a decade.
I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem by Terence Eden has a Blog
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/11/i-dont-want-to-be-part-of-your-fucking-ecosystem/
I just want us all to get along. I want my disparate equipment to talk to each other. I don't want to live in a house where ever component has to be made by the same company otherwise nothing works correctly. I don't want to be stuck using a crappy product because they're the only ones offering service X.
I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem by Terence Eden has a Blog
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/11/i-dont-want-to-be-part-of-your-fucking-ecosystem
I just want us all to get along. I want my disparate equipment to talk to each other. I don't want to live in a house where ever component has to be made by the same company otherwise nothing works correctly. I don't want to be stuck using a crappy product because they're the only ones offering service X.
gbraad/html5-google-authenticator
https://github.com/gbraad/html5-google-authenticator
A simple Google Authenticator app written in HTML
X-Robots-Tag: Control Google Indexing via HTTP Headers
http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2009/08/x-robots-tag-control-google-indexing-via-http-headers/
We’ve all got used to being able to control how the major search engines index our sites using a combination of robots.txt and the robots meta tag to add attributes like ‘noindex’ to individual pages. While this works great for the pages themselves, it’s not so good for non-HTML, indexable content such as PDFs or embedded media, as we have no HTML <meta> tag in which to insert the meta-information. In this article we take a look at a potential solution to this problem: the X-Robots-Tag HTTP Header.
X-Robots-Tag: Control Google Indexing via HTTP Headers
http://www.intelligentpositioning.com/blog/2009/08/x-robots-tag-control-google-indexing-via-http-headers
We’ve all got used to being able to control how the major search engines index our sites using a combination of robots.txt and the robots meta tag to add attributes like ‘noindex’ to individual pages. While this works great for the pages themselves, it’s not so good for non-HTML, indexable content such as PDFs or embedded media, as we have no HTML tag in which to insert the meta-information. In this article we take a look at a potential solution to this problem: the X-Robots-Tag HTTP Header.
The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition
http://www.elezea.com/2012/07/sparrow-google-acquisition/
You see, for a long time we’ve chanted this refrain wherever we could: If you’re not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. We point to Facebook and Delicious and ad-supported sites and lament the fact that we’re all just a set of eyeballs being sold to advertisers. So we came up with a solution. We decided that we don’t want to be free users any more. We decided that we want to pay independent developers directly so that they can have sustainable businesses and happy lives.
The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition
http://www.elezea.com/2012/07/sparrow-google-acquisition
You see, for a long time we’ve chanted this refrain wherever we could: If you’re not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold. We point to Facebook and Delicious and ad-supported sites and lament the fact that we’re all just a set of eyeballs being sold to advertisers. So we came up with a solution. We decided that we don’t want to be free users any more. We decided that we want to pay independent developers directly so that they can have sustainable businesses and happy lives.
Tabletop
http://builtbybalance.com/Tabletop/
Tabletop takes a Google Spreadsheet and makes it easily accessible through JavaScript. With zero dependencies!
Tabletop
http://builtbybalance.com/Tabletop
Tabletop takes a Google Spreadsheet and makes it easily accessible through JavaScript. With zero dependencies!
7 Compromises Google Made To Put Chrome on iPhone and iPad
http://www.chromestory.com/2012/07/7-compromises-google-made-to-put-chrome-on-iphone-and-ipad/
Google Chrome for iPhone and iPad is here. But as you all know by now, it is not the complete Chrome experience on iOS. There are many compromises (platform limitations, as Google calls it) that Google had to make to bring Chrome to iOS. Let’s take a look at 7 of them.
7 Compromises Google Made To Put Chrome on iPhone and iPad
http://www.chromestory.com/2012/07/7-compromises-google-made-to-put-chrome-on-iphone-and-ipad
Google Chrome for iPhone and iPad is here. But as you all know by now, it is not the complete Chrome experience on iOS. There are many compromises (platform limitations, as Google calls it) that Google had to make to bring Chrome to iOS. Let’s take a look at 7 of them.
gritsgame - GRITS is a cross-functional effort to create a boilerplate codebase to provide to HTML5 game developers that are looking to get started using Google's technology stack - Google Project Hosting
http://code.google.com/p/gritsgame/
The intent is to create a very small, multiplayer game to launch and provide all the source code up to the masses for boilerplate.
gritsgame - GRITS is a cross-functional effort to create a boilerplate codebase to provide to HTML5 game developers that are looking to get started using Google's technology stack - Google Project Hosting
http://code.google.com/p/gritsgame
The intent is to create a very small, multiplayer game to launch and provide all the source code up to the masses for boilerplate.
Issue 128748 - chromium - [Regression] Unable to install extensions by running .crx file downloaded in Chrome - An open-source browser project to help move the web forward. - Google Project Hosting
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=128748
First of all, we understand that this will be frustrating to extension developers, and our decision wasn't made lightly. We went to a lot of effort in the design of the extension system to make it possible for people to self-host. All of the formats and protocols involved in the extension system were made simple with the idea that developers could re-implement them. It makes us sad to take off-store install away.
Google's undocumented favicon to png convertor
http://simonwillison.net/2008/Aug/30/favicons/
Google's undocumented favicon to png convertor (via) Showing the favicon of a domain next to a link is a really nice trick, but it’s slightly tricky to achieve as IE won’t display a .ico file if you link to it from an img element, so you need to convert the images server-side. This undocumented Google API does that for you, meaning it’s much easier to add favicons as a feature to your site.
Google's undocumented favicon to png convertor
http://simonwillison.net/2008/Aug/30/favicons
Google's undocumented favicon to png convertor (via) Showing the favicon of a domain next to a link is a really nice trick, but it’s slightly tricky to achieve as IE won’t display a .ico file if you link to it from an img element, so you need to convert the images server-side. This undocumented Google API does that for you, meaning it’s much easier to add favicons as a feature to your site.
An Open Letter to Jay Leno About Stealing My Video and Then Getting It Removed From YouTube | Splitsider
http://splitsider.com/2012/05/an-open-letter-to-jay-leno-about-stealing-my-video-and-then-getting-it-removed-from-youtube/
First off, my intention is not to fight you on this. You have more cars than I have dollars, and so I know I don’t stand a chance legally, and on top of that, I don’t really understand how legal stuff works. But the truth is you kind of fucked up my shit and I need to talk to you about it.
An Open Letter to Jay Leno About Stealing My Video and Then Getting It Removed From YouTube | Splitsider
http://splitsider.com/2012/05/an-open-letter-to-jay-leno-about-stealing-my-video-and-then-getting-it-removed-from-youtube
First off, my intention is not to fight you on this. You have more cars than I have dollars, and so I know I don’t stand a chance legally, and on top of that, I don’t really understand how legal stuff works. But the truth is you kind of fucked up my shit and I need to talk to you about it.
Groklaw - Day 23, From the Courtroom: Oracle v. Google Trial - Jury: No Patent Infringement ~pj Updated 2Xs
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120523125023818
UPDATE: The jury verdict is in. They found no infringement of the patents!
Oracle Goes for Broke in Court Battle With Google | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/google-schmidt-page-damages/
But Judge Alsup wasn’t convinced. He told the court he had learned to code in Java for the trial — implying that he knew other languages as well — and he said that he had written some of the infringing code at least a hundred times since Oracle filed its suit in August 2010. “I can do it. You can do it. It’s so simple,” he said, adding that it takes less than five minutes. Then looked directly at Boies. “You’re one of the best lawyers in America — how can you make that argument?” he demanded.
Oracle Goes for Broke in Court Battle With Google | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/05/google-schmidt-page-damages
But Judge Alsup wasn’t convinced. He told the court he had learned to code in Java for the trial — implying that he knew other languages as well — and he said that he had written some of the infringing code at least a hundred times since Oracle filed its suit in August 2010. “I can do it. You can do it. It’s so simple,” he said, adding that it takes less than five minutes. Then looked directly at Boies. “You’re one of the best lawyers in America — how can you make that argument?” he demanded.
A federal judge learned to code - O'Reilly Radar
http://radar.oreilly.com/2012/05/judge-alsup-codes.html
The last couple of days, there's been a fair amount of blogosphere angst over Coding Horror's "Please Don't Learn to Code." Ironically, the best argument for learning to code appeared this morning, when it turned out that Judge William Alsup in the Google case could program, and learned Java in the course of the trial, and wasn't going for Oracle's claim that a short range-checking function was days of work. Alsup recognized immediately (and says he wrote the function hundreds of times during the course of the trial) that it's just a few minutes work for a competent programmer.
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End - NYTimes.com
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/google-to-sell-terminator-style-glasses-by-years-end/
People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time.
Google to Sell Heads-Up Display Glasses by Year's End - NYTimes.com
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/google-to-sell-terminator-style-glasses-by-years-end
People who constantly reach into a pocket to check a smartphone for bits of information will soon have another option: a pair of Google-made glasses that will be able to stream information to the wearer’s eyeballs in real time.
google-authenticator - Two-step verification - Google Project Hosting
http://code.google.com/p/google-authenticator
The Google Authenticator project includes implementations of one-time passcode generators for several mobile platforms, as well as a pluggable authentication module (PAM). One-time passcodes are generated using open standards developed by the Initiative for Open Authentication (OATH) (which is unrelated to OAuth).
Why Hasn't Google Put ChromeOS Out to Pasture?
http://www.readwriteweb.com/enterprise/2011/11/why-hasnt-google-put-chromeos.php
At this point, Google would be better off focusing its attention on Android. With some tweaking, Android could power the same devices as ChromeOS, with more native functionality. Someday we may be ready for a browser-based OS, but we're not quite there yet.
Google I/O Moved to June and Extended to 3 Days, Developers Will Have to Code for Tickets — SiliconFilter
http://siliconfilter.com/google-io-moved-to-june-and-extended-to-3-days-developers-will-have-to-code-for-tickets
Maybe even more interesting than the change in dates is the fact that Tran also hinted at a new application process for I/O. The last event famously sold out in less than an hour. This time around, it looks like developers will have to compete for spots at I/O. Tran tells potential attendees to use the two extra months to “brush up on [their] coding skills,” as this will “come in handy when the new application process opens in February.”
Why Google gets no respect (from developers) — Cloud Computing News
http://gigaom.com/cloud/why-google-gets-no-respect-from-developers
If Google wants to win the hearts and minds of these developers, it has to get more systematic and clear about roadmaps, has to be more circumspect about changing things without notice, and be precise about how apps that run on Google infrastructure now will or won’t run on other infrastructure in the future. The problem is, it’s not all that clear that Google itself is serious about this market. And if it isn’t, why should anyone else take the plunge?
Why Google Built Incognito Mode | Run Of Network
http://runofnetwork.adzerk.com/general/why-google-built-incognito-mode
The reason that Incognito is such a great feature for Google to build is that over time it will reduce the cookie deletion rate of web browsers.
Eric Schmidt: Google still has 'growing and profitable business in China' -- Engadget
http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/09/eric-schmidt-google-still-has-growing-and-profitable-business
This Mac OS-Themed Userstyle Transforms Google Reader into a Clean, Well-Spaced Reader
http://lifehacker.com/5857807/this-mac-os+themed-userstyle-transforms-google-reader-into-a-clean-well+spaced-reader
Why Google Plus Pages (Will) Beat Facebook. And Twitter | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2011/11/google-plus-pages
And though many point to the similarities between Plus and Facebook — and the similarities have only grown with the addition of branded pages — the addition of Pages may be more of a challenge to Twitter. While a certain portion of the population is accustomed to information in 140 character bites, Google+ provides a richer forum where companies can release news to the public.
Google keyword: Pepsi | MetaFilter
http://www.metafilter.com/109207/Google-keyword-Pepsi
Two weeks ago, Google disabled the + operator for searches, requiring quotation marks to force inclusion of a word.
Today, Google Plus rolled out a new feature - Pages for companies and brands, so you can "build relationships with all the things you care about". Included is Direct Connect - go straight to Pepsi's Google+ page by searching for +Pepsi.
Import from Google Reader (Pinboard Blog)
http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/11/import_from_google_reader
I've made it possible to import all your shared or starred articles from Google Reader into Pinboard. You can find step-by-step instructions for this on the import page
Like a boss.
Google Barrel Roll, Tilt & Askew
http://laughingsquid.com/google-barrel-roll
Go to Google and search for “do a barrel roll”. You can also cause Google to “tilt” and go “askew”.
via Newsweek
Dreams, discernment, and Google Reader | massless
http://massless.org/?p=174
The shareable social object of subscribe-able items makes Reader’s network unique and the answer to why change is painful for many of its users is because no obvious alternative network exists with exactly that object. The social object of Google+ is…nearly anything and its diffuse model is harder to evaluate or appreciate. The value of a social network seems to map proportionally to the perceived value of its main object. (Examples: sharing best-of-web links on Metafilter or sharing hi-res photos on Flickr or sharing video art on Vimeo or sharing statuses on Twitter/Facebook or sharing questions on Quora.) If you want a community with stronger ties, provide more definition to your social object.
Adding Pinboard to "Send to" list in Google Reader - Pinboard | Google Groups
http://groups.google.com/group/pinboard-dev/browse_thread/thread/1242eb161165d8c2
I've ditched Google Reader, but this is still worth knowing
How Google Reader's Overhaul Betrayed and Irked Its Most Passionate Users
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_google_readers_overhaul_betrayed_and_irked_its.php
Yesterday, I got an email from a good friend with a subject line that needed no further explanation: "Google Reader." It was sent to a group of mutual friends, bemoaning the recent changes to Reader's interface, thereby kicking off a lengthy dis...
Don't Give Your Users Shit Work
http://zachholman.com/posts/shit-work
Some people still like shit work. They can spend an hour moving Twitter accounts to special Lists, and then at the end of it look back and say “Boy, I spent an hour doing this. I really accomplished a lot today!” You didn’t. You did shit work.
Nick Bradbury: Anti-social FeedDemon (Killing Features, Part II)
http://nick.typepad.com/blog/2011/11/anti-social-feeddemon-killing-features-part-ii.html
Last night the changes to Google Reader went live, and as promised, they've removed the sharing features. This means that the sharing features in FeedDemon which rely on Google Reader will eventually stop working, so I'm forced to remove them.
Occupy Google Reader Takes to the Streets - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/10/28/occupy-google-reader-takes-to-the-streets
Okay, so it’s not exactly Occupy Wall Street, and the cause isn’t quite so dire as the recklessness of investment bankers gone wild or the government bailouts, but Google Reader is being cut off at the knees, and a number of its die-hard fans (including a few I know from Google Reader) have taken to the street to protest.
Farewell Google Reader - We'll Miss You - Forbes
http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/10/26/farewell-google-reader-well-miss-you
Word on the street is Google Reader’s social functions, its funky community of shares and comments, and the archives of these interactions, will all be flushed down the memory hole tomorrow.
The Sharebro Lexicon - Reader Party -- An Alternate Universe
http://googlereaderlexicon.wikispaces.com/Reader+Party+--+An+Alternate+Universe
One of the fascinating things about Google Reader is how each group of sharebros/Reader Partiers/Gooderioon came up with their own culture within the system, in parallel of and isolation from one another, but fundamentally similar in intent and function.
Occupy Google Reader: Changes to the RSS feed irk the ‘sharebros’ - Arts Post - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/arts-post/post/occupy-google-reader-changes-to-the-rss-feed-irk-the-sharebros/2011/10/27/gIQA7GbBMM_blog.html
When Google announced last week that Google Reader, an RSS aggregator with social-networking capability, would be rolling its social features into Google+, its disappointed readers felt helpless and disenfranchised against a powerful force.
Occupy Google Reader: A report from the protest's front lines - @TBD Arts | TBD.com
http://www.tbd.com/blogs/tbd-arts/2011/10/occupy-google-reader-a-report-from-the-protest-s-front-lines--13343.html
The skies are threatening as Ryan Ellis briskly walks up I Street NW to join a small group of people who had spent the last half-hour making signs in front of Google's D.C. headquarters. "This is the most loserish protest ever!" he laughs, taking up a sign that read "GOOGLE: DON'T MARK ALL AS READ."
Occupy Google Reader: My God, Google, Why Have You Forsaken Us? | WordStream
http://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2011/10/28/rip-google-reader
In short: This sucks. Google is trying to force its very loyal Reader user base into using Google+ instead. And I don’t wanna! Google Reader already works for me; it’s not broken. And I’m not the only one who’s pissed. In the Atlantic, Adam Clark Estes notes that “the world is surprisingly angry about the end of Google Reader.” Of course, it’s not the whole world that cares, but primarly the “Sharebros”
Reader redesign: Terrible decision, or worst decision? - *
http://brianshih.com/78073742
Google released the previously announced set of changes around G+ integration and UI updates today, and boy is it a disaster. Since the general changes were pre-announced last week, most of us were prepared for the letdown, but actually seeing how it works end to end has made several flaws abundantly clear. Let's start with the obvious.
Developers: Your Google Maps API Free Riding Days Are Over
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/google_maps_api_paid_no_longer_free.php
Google Reader and Mac/iOS RSS readers that sync
http://inessential.com/2011/10/24/google_reader_and_mac_ios_rss_readers_th
Don't change my Google Reader backlash
http://www.metafilter.com/108709/Dont-change-my-Google-Reader-backlash
THE NEXT WEB: Google reportedly considering bid to acquire Yahoo
http://www.blogrunner.com/snapshot/D/2/6/google_reportedly_considering_bid_to_acquire_yahoo
Mourning the death of Google Reader's social features
http://kirbybits.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/wherein-i-try-to-explain-why-google-reader-is-the-best-social-network-created-so-far
Why Google Doesn't (and Shouldn't) Care About Tablets Yet
http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/index/~3/Ib482xehg0I
Upgrading From CM 4.2 or other rooted ROMS to 5.0.x(Dream/Sapphire) - CyanogenMod Wiki
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Upgrading_From_CM_4.2_or_other_rooted_ROMS_to_5.0.x(Dream/Sapphire)
"This guide will tell you how to upgrade from an older (
Introducing the Google Command Line Tool - Google Open Source Blog
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2010/06/introducing-google-command-line-tool.html
"GoogleCL is a command-line utility that provides access to various Google services. It streamlines tasks such as posting to a Blogger blog, adding events to Calendar, or editing documents on Google Docs.
"
deck.cc - articles - Django 1.2 on Google App Engine
http://www.deck.cc/django_1.2_on_google_app_engine.html
"If you want a solid python web framework on neat hosting infrastructure, Django and Google App Engine form a good match. "
39 Android Apps that I love
http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/39-android-apps-you-should-try
"Here are the Android Apps that I currently love. It’s not a complete list, but it’s a pretty good start."
Piaw's Blog: Tips for Tech Leads
http://piaw.blogspot.com/2010/04/tips-for-tech-leads.html
"One of the unending sources of frustrations of being an experienced engineer in a company full of fresh graduates is having to deal with new tech leads---many engineers fresh out of school are great designers and engineers, but couldn't lead a team out of a paper bag. It didn't help that Google's internal leadership training was derived from team-building exercises for experienced executives, rather than leadership 101 that would have been appropriate in this situation."
Google to Open-source VP8 for HTML5 Video
http://newteevee.com/2010/04/12/google-to-open-source-vp8-for-html5-video
Robert Love: Why the iPad and iPhone don’t Support Multitasking
http://blog.rlove.org/2010/04/why-ipad-and-iphone-dont-support.html
"So how is Apple going to enable support for multitasking? Likely similar to how Android allows it. The Android platform was designed from the ground up for use on phones and other embedded devices. Consequently, we built in a mechanism whereby applications can save their state, including their current view, with the system. In fact, through this state saving mechanism, which we call Bundles, Android applications can operate as if they are stateless."
Angry Norwegians in scuba gear chase after Google Street View car Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2010/02/09/angry-norwegians-in.html
This is hella epic.
baltic-avenue - Project Hosting on Google Code
http://code.google.com/p/baltic-avenue
"This project allows you to host a "private instance of S3" on top of Google's infrastructure (big table, etc), leveraging existing client S3 libraries and applications - no need to reinvent the wheel."
QDB: Quote #300636
http://qdb.us/300636
"Google Wave was built to show younger people how older people feel when they try to use the internet."
AndroidSPIN • View topic - [ROM] Drizzy's DROID 2.1 for G1
http://www.androidspin.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=242&t=153
"Our good friend Drizzy has been hard at work converting the DROID Android 2.1 ROM over to the HTC Dream / T-Mobile G1 and his dedication has paid off.
YES, You did read that right. Drizzy has also made this DROID rom from Android 2.1."
Google Open Source Blog: Export a Git Project to Google Code
http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/2008/05/export-git-project-to-google-code.html
"Git and Subversion can work together in many ways. Previously, we showed how Git users can work with a project primarily managed by Subversion. In this post, we describe one way to handle the converse: Google Code acts as a stable read-only Subversion mirror of a Git project. In this model, patches are first applied to the central Git repository and exported to Google Code later."
The Second Coming of Moondoggie | EVE Online | EVE Insider | Dev Blog
http://www.eveonline.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=682
"It's a hefty wave to catch, but our browser has already been Atlas for five years - the IGB is perched atop a custom-written HTML parsing and rendering system. While a noble technical endeavor, this leaves to us the tasks of upgrading and extending the IGB to match the ever-shifting currents of the HTML standard. Hardly the best way for us to serve you, the player!
But, like Atlas, we now have two Pillars upon which to rest these burdens.
The first, and undoubtedly greatest, is the Heraclidean support provided by Awesomium and its Prince of Code. This library harnesses the raw strength of the Chromium browser toolkit - the muscles, knit from Webkit, that writhe cobra-like beneath the skin of Google's Chrome - and hand-delivers rendered HTML pages to us as nice 3D surfaces, which we can then readily display in our own Trinity engine."
Droid Battery Life Requires New Charging Habits - Business Center - PC World
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/181684/droid_battery_life_requires_new_charging_habits.html
So... The Palm Pre gets totally slammed on battery life, but the Droid gets a pass saying we just need to change our habits? Sheesh. "Until battery technology changes to double or triple capacity, you will have to change your charging habits to fit the needs of the smartphone. Instead of charging it every few days, or only charging it overnight, you need to charge the phone basically whenever it isn't being used. Driving in your car--charge the phone. Sitting at your desk--charge the phone. Sleeping at night--charge the phone."
Google Wave: we came, we saw, we played D&D - Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/10/google-wave-we-came-we-saw-we-played-dd.ars
Still don't quite see a use for Google Wave, but I wonder if this would be fun?
google-diff-match-patch - Project Hosting on Google Code
http://code.google.com/p/google-diff-match-patch
"The Diff Match and Patch libraries offer robust algorithms to perform the operations required for synchronizing plain text. "
Yahoo committed seppuku today « The Jason Calacanis Weblog
http://calacanis.com/2009/07/29/yahoo-committed-seppuku-today
Woot : 11 Undocumented Features Of Google Chrome OS
http://www.woot.com/Blog/ViewEntry.aspx?Id=8677
Chromium Blog: Extensions at Google I/O
http://blog.chromium.org/2009/05/extensions-at-google-io.html
"Today I gave a presentation at Google I/O explaining some of the cool ideas that lie at the heart of our upcoming extension system. For those who didn't get a chance to attend the conference, you can check out the slides"
Google uncloaks once-secret server | Business Tech - CNET News
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10209580-92.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
"Google's big surprise: each server has its own 12-volt battery to supply power if there's a problem with the main source of electricity. The company also revealed for the first time that since 2005, its data centers have been composed of standard shipping containers--each with 1,160 servers and a power consumption that can reach 250 kilowatts"
Goodbye Google | stopdesign
http://stopdesign.com/archive/2009/03/20/goodbye-google.html
This goes a long ways toward explaining why everything Google does is so damn ugly. "Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be 3, 4 or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to prove my case. I can’t operate in an environment like that. I’ve grown tired of debating such miniscule design decisions. There are more exciting design problems in this world to tackle."
Will Obama Break Up Google? (GOOG)
http://www.businessinsider.com/will-obama-break-up-monopolist-google-2009-2
I hope not. Google's not a monopoly - it's got plenty of lesser competitors. They just happen to be really successful. It's easier to live Google free than MSFT free. "Obama's pick to head the Justice Department's antitrust unit, Christine Varney, believes that Google has a monopoly in search and will soon have a monopoly in cloud computing and that the government should act aggressively to prevent monopolies. So will she try to break Google up?"
notes on "listable"
http://notes.torrez.org/2009/01/listable.html
Listable
http://www.listable.org
Rands In Repose: A Del.icio.us Interview
http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2004/12/03/a_delicious_interview.html
Do you remember the days when del.icio.us had 30k users and rapid feature development? "The original headline for this article hit me last week in a post-Turkey haze… laying on the couch… staring at the ceiling in the living room — “Why Del.icio.us is more important than Google”. Let’s hear it for SENSATIONALISM! Woo-hoo!"
Google Code Blog: Changes for Jaiku and Farewell to Dodgeball and Mashup Editor
http://google-code-updates.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-for-jaiku-and-farewell-to.html
Delicious Founder Schachter Joins Google? (GOOG)
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2009/1/delicious-founder-schachter-joins-google
Google Reader Subscribers Count for Greasemonkey
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/21909
"This script checks if the html contains alternate links to a feed on every page you visit. When an unknown feed found, it sends a request to google reader using your account for the number of subscribers. And it caches the number for subsequent visits. The cache is cleared every 24 hours."
SitePoint » The Single Sign-On War Will Ruin OpenID
http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2008/10/30/the-single-sign-on-war-will-ruin-openid
"Google and Yahoo! (and likely Microsoft to follow) are ultimately competing with one another to become the branded single sign-on solution for the web. The good news for users is that by using the same underlying technology, most relying parties will able to turn on support for any new OpenID provider fairly easily. The bad news for users is that since none of the major providers are also relying parties, using services at each of these site still requires multiple accounts. Further, a sign in box with 100 different logos for 100 different providers isn’t a great user experience."
AideRSS + GoogleReader Firefox extension
http://gr.aiderss.com
"AideRSS is pleased to provide a Firefox extension to harness the power of PostRank™ to score, filter and track performance of any RSS feed directly within GoogleReader. Now GoogleReader users can reclaim their time with a single mouse click to find the best content, boost their productivity and stay on top of the news."
gaeunit - Google Code
http://code.google.com/p/gaeunit
"GAEUnit is a unit test framework that helps to automate testing of your Google App Engine application. With a single configuration change (it can be completed within 30 seconds), your unit tests can be run in the real GAE app server environment using a web browser. "
Car Navigation Map in Canvas
http://ernestdelgado.com/public-tests/canvas-gpsmap
"Taking the code made by Jacob on his Mario Kart demo I thought why not give it a try using the tiles of Yahoo or Google maps to create the same effect as in the GPS systems"
Can Your Programming Language Do This? - Joel on Software
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2006/08/01.html
"I hope you're convinced, by now, that programming languages with first-class functions let you find more opportunities for abstraction, which means your code is smaller, tighter, more reusable, and more scalable."
Six Apart exec on LiveJournal founder: "Waaaaay down the path to madness"
http://valleywag.com/5066582/six-apart-exec-on-livejournal-founder-waaaaay-down-the-path-to-madness
Add - DateTime stamp when user added video to his/her favorites - YouTube - Issue 110 - gdata-issues - Google Code
http://code.google.com/p/gdata-issues/issues/detail?id=110#c24
Holy crap - this bug is fixed? If so, it means that YouTube favorites feeds now reflect when a video was made favorite, not when the video itself was changed. "For V2 the atom:published and atom:updated reflect the time the favorite was added. There is a new tag inside of called that gives the datetime that the video was uploaded."
Google Chrome-Induced Déjà Vu - GigaOM
http://gigaom.com/2008/09/03/chrome-induced-deja-vu
"Reading the Google Chrome comic strip made clear the parallel to the emergence of QEMM and DESQview: All today’s browsers are effectively single tasking, in that only one tab can be actively processing, say, a JavaScript application at any given time (”inherently single threaded”), yet the tabs are interactive to the point where the misbehavior of an “application” in one tab can impact — and sometimes crash — the operation of the entire browser. Web 2.0 has brought about an array of browser-based applications and activities that require a more robust, stable, multiprocessing browser with each process assigned to its own memory space and associated data structures — which is basically how DESQview operated. Indeed, when I pointed this out during yesterday’s SquawkBox, someone labeled Google Chrome as “DESQview for the cloud.” Talk about “Back to the Future“!"
Google Chrome and Gears - Unweary
http://unweary.com/2008/09/google-chrome-and-gears.html
madhava.com/egotism/: Mirror-like finish
http://madhava.com/egotism/archive/005025.html
"Of course, the huge design choice that isn't explained, the giant in the room, if you will, shows up in this illustration from the comic: ... I can't help but think that people will encounter some difficulties in using a browser that's taller than a man. The Fitts' Law hit alone seems worth a bit of rethinking on Google's part, at least without a lot of stretching."
Why Google Chrome Will Dominate | HaveMacWillBlog (aka Robin Bloor’s Blog)
http://havemacwillblog.com/2008/09/03/why-google-chrome-will-dominate
"Chrome is the end of the browser and the beginning of the Cloud Client. These are quite different things. A Cloud Client is a flexible and configurable Interface in which an application can run. Whether the rest of the application is local or lives in the cloud is an option - and switchable. The user may not even know nor care. It doesn’t sound much like a browser does it?"
John’s Blog » Thoughts on Chrome & More
http://john.jubjubs.net/2008/09/01/thoughts-on-chrome-more
"So even in a more competitive environment than ever, I’m very optimistic about the future of Mozilla and the future of the open Web." John Lilly is the CEO of Mozilla.
The Tombs of Asciiroth
http://www.icculus.org/asciiroth
"The Tombs of Asciiroth is a free, open source game you can play right now in your browser. It has arcade, puzzle and exploration-style game play in an extensive world of font-based abstraction. If it looks a little old school, it's only because I've been trying to make this game since 1980. But other things kept getting in the way. Hope you have some fun with it. "
google hut
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%84%E2%96%88%E2%96%84%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%93%E2%96%92%E2%96%91%E2%96%92+%E2%96%91%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%84%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%84%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92+%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%93%E2%96%92%E2%96%93%E2%96%92%E2%96%93%E2%96%92+%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%93%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%91%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%93%E2%96%93%E2%96%93%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%84%E2%96%92%E2%96%91%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92%E2%96%92+%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%93%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88%E2%96%88
drawing with funky characters on Google
massless.org - Four Firsts for Feeds
http://www.massless.org/?archive=2008/06/four-firsts-for-feeds
"For the last few years or so, I've been fortunate enough to have my day job involve thinking critically about reading feeds. As a result, I've been musing about first principles."
Browser Wars: Why does Firefox use Google for search? Follow the money
http://valleywag.com/5015054/why-does-firefox-use-google-for-search-follow-the-money
"Let's not pretend that calling for open search is anything but a tactic for generating false controversy."
Google's Old Favicon – Userscripts.org
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/27548
"You might find (I did) that your Google bookmark may spontaenously revert to the new g favicon (leaving tabs and the URI bar with the G)."
Google Master Plan | by UnderGoogle
http://undergoogle.com/tools/GoogleMasterPlanEN.html
"Google's master Plan had been erased but the Undergoogle blog kept a hight resolution picture of it for you"