A cool little script I cobbled together for making Google Images thumbnails link directly to the image instead of going to the split-frame of the page it came from. I did it partly because the CustomizeGoogle extension to Firefox seems to have lost this feature and partly so I can use it on other browsers as well. It’s spaghetti code (for javascript), but it’ll do.

GoogleImages

Helpful when looking up pictures of Megan Fo… I mean the Green Bay Packers!

List of about commands in Google Chrome

from ChromeRunner.com

about:stats – Vast array of data on performance, from V8 compilations to spell-checking lookups
about:dns – Logs efforts to improve responsiveness by prefetching data from visited sites
about:memory – Physical, shared, and virtual memory used by browsers and plug-ins
about:version – Google logo with version numbers of Chrome and AppleWebKit
about:histograms – Similar to about:stats but showing text-based histograms for certain parameters
about:network – Real-time performance monitoring of processes connecting to the network
about:plugins – Listing of installed plug-ins, whether active, and MIME types they handle
about:cache – Hyperlinked list of all files held in cache and their original URL
about:crash – Simulates a crash in Chrome
about:internets – Easter Egg: Screensaver called up from Windows
about:% – Danger: this actually crashes Chrome, not a simulation

• Google Street View Captures Man/Woman Peeing In the Street http://tr.im/2rmp #
• http://tr.im/2rva Kathy Wagner – brunette intellectual wearing glasses in the movie How High that ends up walking off with Fred Willard #
• Ways to Escape the Timeshare Trap http://tr.im/2s7b oh no! #

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• NuevaSync – Over the Air Synchronization http://tinyurl.com/65ddst sync with public PIM, and calendaring services including Google Calendar. #
• Dell Black Friday Deal – Dell Mini 9 Intel Atom N270 8.9in Miniature Laptop $299 Deal http://tinyurl.com/6syayd #
• Newegg.com – Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST31500341AS 1.5TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive http://tinyurl.com/6kvaf9 $119.99 #
• adidas Men’s LA Galaxy Rep L/S Away Player Tee – Galaxy – Navy/Navy http://tinyurl.com/6qeqh2 Now: $19.99 #
• HOWTO: Mounting SMB Shares – Ubuntu Forums http://tinyurl.com/4pzm9a using smbfs and smbclient #

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• Install Skype on Ubuntu Gutsy-7.10 AMD 64 – Curiouser and curiouser! http://tinyurl.com/5kt95s #
• Sriram’s Blog http://tinyurl.com/5vkytl “Voice chat with Google talk user using Empathy” on Debian/Ubuntu #
• Flash 10 RC on Ubuntu amd64 – Me and U(buntu) http://tinyurl.com/3gjs7w #
• Real 64-bit Flash on amd64 – Me and U(buntu) http://tinyurl.com/6jw4yd #
• Opera, Flash and Ubuntu (Feisty Fawn, Gutsy Gibbon and Hardy Heron also) – sysblogd http://tinyurl.com/5apvl8 #
• Linux open-source VPN packages http://tinyurl.com/5wdoyx #
• Convert multiple Flash (flv) Videos to, for example, MPEG encoding – sysblogd http://tinyurl.com/5tu344 #
• How to Build a Windows XP SP3 Integrated Installation CD – sysblogd http://tinyurl.com/5nwgr4 #
• Ubuntu: Connect to your Windows machine securely using VNC and SSH with little installation – sysblogd http://tinyurl.com/5uhckn #
• HOWTO: SSH Tunneling Made Easy. http://tinyurl.com/25ftdq #

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Hilarious story from London – esp since Gordon Brown wants to make swimming free for all before the 2012 Olympics.

The Google Earth gatecrashers who take uninvited dips in home-owners’ swimming pools| News | This is London

Would-be revellers are using satellite images on the internet to find houses with swimming pools – and then turning up uninvited for an impromptu dip.

The craze involves using the Google Earth programme, which provides high-quality aerial photos of Britain and other countries.

Once a target is chosen, the organisers use social networking sites such as Facebook and Bebo to arrange to meet, say police.

Officers said that residents have woken up to find youngsters ‘dipping’ in their back gardens, or have come home from work to a swimming pool full of beer cans.

One group has already boasted on the internet that it held an event earlier this week.

Sixteen people are said to have gatecrashed two pools near Bournemouth.

The rules of ‘dipping’ often include wearing fancy dress and participants are urged to ‘bring a bike’ to escape if discovered.

There are fears that the craze could spread across the UK as the weather improves and pool owners leave their homes unattended while on holiday.

A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall Police said yesterday: ‘We are advising owners of swimming pools to be on their guard.

‘We would also warn prospective swimmers that using someone else’s pool is trespassing and therefore illegal.’

The group responsible for organising Monday’s ‘dipping’ session listed a specific meeting place, a midnight to 3am duration and mobile telephone numbers for the organisers.

Although there were only 16 confirmed participants at the ‘event’, invitations were sent to more than 500 users on Facebook.

Comments left by admirers of the group suggested that the craze could be spreading.

One message reads: ‘You crazy lot and your crazy antiks (sic). Don’t think I can make it but maybe I can do it on my own in London.’

Social networking sites such as MySpace have previously caused trouble for families after private parties advertised online have been gatecrashed by hordes of unruly teenagers.

A £4million mansion in Marbella last month became the latest home to be invaded by uninvited guests, when they gatecrashed a girl’s 16th birthday party.

I know things are tough for Yahoo these days, but is marking competitors’ email as Spam the way to go? I have a Gmail account that forwards a copy of my mail to my Yahoo email account. It’s my cheap psuedo-redundancy setup. Normally this works fine, but it seems that, starting today, I’m getting mails sent from Facebook bounced back from Yahoo under the auspices of a email abuse.
Technical details of permanent failure:

PERM_FAILURE: SMTP Error (state 16): 554 Message not allowed – UP Email not accepted for policy reasons. Please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/defer/defer-04.html[120]

Utterly useless. So I google search for the error text and come up with this gem:

554 Message type not allowed. UP Email not accepted for policy reasons

If you receive an SMTP error or bounce message containing the text string

UP Email not accepted for policy reasons. Please visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/defer/defer-04.html

there is something about the message contents that Yahoo! Mail will not accept for policy reasons. For instance, it is against Yahoo! Mail’s policy to send phishing/fraud attempts or viruses. If you feel you have received this error for a message that should be accepted, we encourage you to provide us with detailed information about the rejected message.

Nice to see that it’s now policy to reject email from your competitors. I had a similar problem last year where none of my G-Mail would get through to Lauri’s Yahoo mail. But that seemed to have been fixed. Let’s hope this is just a blip on the radar.

• Great tribute to Sean Taylor – the Redskins initially line up in a “Missing Man” formation on D: http://tinyurl.com/ywcdn4 #
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• The Wizard of Odds: Michigan and Miles: What Happened? http://tinyurl.com/ytyy3z Lloyd Carr is part of the hiring process?!? #
• OpenSocket http://tinyurl.com/2qp7aj Interesting project linking Google Open Social apps with the Facebook API. I should try Plaxo Pulse. #
• Posts tagged Gdrive at Engadget http://tinyurl.com/2btdp5 Google’s set to officially add FREE online storage to their product offering. YAY! #
• Iraqi Contractors Frozen Out of U.S. http://tinyurl.com/2am9qg Why do I get the feeling that Iraq will be the next Telemarketer haven? #
• Kworld Kworld External Tv Tuner Spkr Turn Your LCD Monitor Into A Tv Set prices – dealnews.com http://tinyurl.com/2zxcmv RU listening Santa? #
• FlyTV Box EZ http://tinyurl.com/28va5t I’ll even take this. I’m not paying $800 for a 22″ LCD TV when the same sized LCD Monitor costs $300. #
• Converse Men’s Chuck Taylor Shoes – dealnews.com http://tinyurl.com/2dl2vg $9 Chuck Taylors? Duuuuude … #
• Secret Omaha Steaks Deal Deal – Techbargains.com http://tinyurl.com/25wywd The gift of food is the best gift of all. #
• Barnes and Noble 20% Cash Back w/ PayPal (Nintendo DS Lite $103.99, MORE) Deal – Techbargains.com http://tinyurl.com/2husv9 hmm DS Lite, eh? #
• POLL: Afghans’ Criticism of U.S. Efforts Rises as Taliban Support Grows http://tinyurl.com/2gnvzr Not greeted as liberators in Tha Stan now? #
• Imus is Back in ‘New Incarnation’ http://tinyurl.com/2ezrz6 Why didn’t they just suspend him? Seems like radio’s version of Elian Gonzalez. #
• UCLA searching for Dorrell’s successor – Los Angeles Times http://tinyurl.com/2dwvjk Karl Dorrell to be fired? Big shock at UCLA. #
• BCS Madness:Whatever Choice Was Made, It Was Going To Be Wrong http://tinyurl.com/ypfho3 BCS does it again. Let’s just go back to bowl games #
• Mac Gs World: BCS Sucks http://tinyurl.com/yqofsn Money grubbin’ bitches. How LSU is still in it I have no idea. Something needs to change. #
• Larry Brown Sports: Joe Gibbs Studied Under Chris Webber http://tinyurl.com/ynw9so Gibbs is getting blamed for a timeout gaffe. Tough week. #
• MLS Announced New Pan-Pacific Tournament: 90 Minutes Soccer Magazine http://tinyurl.com/yrndxl MLS tournament in Hawaii? with Becks? Hmmm.. #

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Sweet – check out this demo of the new Google Phone (err.. software stack). It plays Quake!