Google makes it official: Phone calls now in Gmail | Relevant Results - CNET News
You can now make phone calls in Google Mail, gmail. Very cool. Of interest to google voice users from the official blog post: "If you have a Google Voice phone number, calls made from Gmail will display this number as the outbound caller ID. And if you decide to, you can receive calls made to this number right inside Gmail (see instructions)." -- http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/call-phones-from-gmail.html
Tracking The Companies That Track You Online
I found the following story on NPR:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129298003&sc=17&f=1001
- August 19, 2010
No surprises here, but what I found interesting is that some ad groups will allow you to see the info they've collected.
Chrome Web Store - Google I/O 2010 Keynote Day 1, pt. 5
Apple had best move quickly or Google may beat them at their own game on the desktop. Google is creating a platform for application discovery, distribution, and purchase similar to the iPod/iPhone/iPad appstore all for the desktop - where Chrome, Google's super-fast web browser, *is* the platform.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore
GVMax - SMS through Google Talk / Google Voice
Avoid SMS text overages by forwarding them through google talk. Service requires a high degree of trust as it accesses all your google voice data.
Top 10 Clever Google Voice Tricks
If you aren't using Google voice, you should be. It is to phones what a modern day e-mail client is to e-mail and more.
Clear WiMax Makes it to Rochester - High-Speed Wireless WiMAX Internet & Home Phone Service
I just received an e-mail from Clear Wireless which offers WiMax (4G) and 3G wireless access, in home with VOIP option as well as mobile. The prices look comparable to TimeWarner cables internet access with the benefit of having a wireless option. For me, it would be a wash in terms of savings, but I like the idea of having a choice and I like the idea of getting mobile Internet far cheaper than any else is offering. I wonder how reliable this service is in the Rochester, NY area? Any Rochester Clear customers care to comment?
Today, I Adopt a Zen Attitude: How to Have a Zen Attitude - wikiHow
Zen is a form of meditation with a focus on the mindful awareness of the present moment. In common lexicon, the phrase "being zen" or "having a zen attitude" has come to mean viewing life calmly with equanimity. By this definition, being Zen is about doing right for the mind, body, and soul. It can help you relax, have a positive outlook on life, and find a higher plane of spiritual worth.
Sometimes you have to just let go and and look at life with a bit of indifference. My troubles are small, my fortunes are great. Let what will be, be. Hand wringing and worrying will do more harm than good. I shall meditate upon this while I review some code and await other, more personal, news.
xkcd: Real Programmers... Use emacs
A colleague linked to this on Yammer today. It made me chuckle. I used to be an emacs guy - never vi. I have the gnarled pinkies from rapid meta-commanding and [CTRL]'ing my way through code.
iPhones Replacing Specialized Equipment, Doing More With Less : TreeHugger
My $100+ garmin forerunner 50 (https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=10527) died recently so I'm impatiently waiting for my iPhone Runkeeper app to get ANT+ support for my gamin heart rate monitor - perhaps through the Wahoo Fisica Fitness Sensor for the iPhone: http://www.wahoofitness.com/Fisica/Wahoo-Fitness-Fisica-Fitness-Sensor-Key.asp
About Me
John DupreyJohn Duprey is a husband, father, and geek. He makes his living from the latter as a software developer for Thomson Reuters Research and Development. However, he lives for the former two - his wife Abby and their daughter Emma.
