Posts catagorized 'Online'

Gmail With No Ads

Gmail effectively reads your incoming mail and pitches you ads based on its contents. Fortunately you can turn them off.

The Infinite Scroll

Unlimited Google search results on a single page.

5 Things in My Dropbox

Dropbox is a service/application that lets you sync files, folders or whatever with an online server and, by extension, between your Macs. Here are a few things that I keep synced between my two Macs with the help of Dropbox.

Replace Inquisitor in Safari 4 Beta with TextExpander

The only thing I miss about Safari 3 was its compatibility with Inquisitor. Here’s how to get your custom searches back using TextExpander.

Put TwitPic on Your Dashboard

View real-time photos from Twitter users in Dashboard.

Quickly Extract a Shortened URL for Anything on the iTunes App Store

I download and try lots of apps from the App Store. When I like one enough that I want to broadcast my find to the world, my first stop is Twitter. Here is the fastest way I know of to get App Store links onto the clipboard in a Twitter ready format.

Scripts and Tricks for Twitterrific

While we wait for a power user release of Twitterrific, here are a few of my own tricks and scripts that make the little app more usable for me.

Search Your Delicious Bookmarks from Safari’s Search Box

Add a custom search of your Del.icio.us bookmarks to Safari and access it via the keyboard.

Use Hotspot Shield to Stream Hulu, etc. Outside of the US

I live in Korea and ever since first hearing about Hulu and other online streaming services available only in the US, I’ve been jealous. Today that feeling of jealousy was replaced by a stronger sense of foolishness as I Googled for a solution.

20 Essential Tricks for Web Browsing in Safari

Right now I’m stranded in Firefox land and, although Firefox has a lot to offer, it’s made me conscious of all the little things I take for granted when browsing in Safari. These are a few of those ‘little things.’