Yes, I still love Gmail.
Google has added video chat to Gtalk. Now, I don’t need to launch a separate application to use the video and audio chat. Nice. And both the audio and video seem to work very well. (Granted, we were in the same room when we tried it.)
They also added Labs to Gmail: [...]
Gmail Updates
by grlucas on 20. Nov, 2008 in Online, Personal, Teaching
Apple Fights Gay Marriage Ban
by grlucas on 25. Oct, 2008 in Politics
Hats off to Apple, and not for the usual reasons. From Apple Insider:
Apple has joined Google in publicly opposing California’s Proposition 8, a measure intended to ban the rights of gay Californians to legally marry, and has contributed $100,000 to defeat the measure.
Way to go, Apple (and Google)! From Apple’s own web site about California’s [...]
Google Desktop
by grlucas on 04. Apr, 2007 in Apple, Online
I have always loved Google. From Google Apps to the can’t-live-without-it Gmail, Google makes software that has really changed the way I use computers and the Internet for good. Today, there is a new reason to love Google: they have introduced Google Desktop for the Mac.
According to their press release, this application will “provide users [...]
New Domain
by grlucas on 08. Nov, 2006 in Online
This is a no-brainer if I’ve ever seen one.
I just set up a new domain name, grlucas.net, through Yahoo! Small Business. I received an offer yesterday that looked suspiciously like spam, but I’m glad I looked at it: they’re offering to register a new domain name for only $2 for the first year! I bought [...]
About G. R. Lucas
Gerald "Jerry" R. Lucas is an English Professor, photographer, science fiction geek, Mac and Linux dude, devoted husband, cat owner, part-time runner, full-time vegan, BMW motorcyclist, and Mini Cooper "S" driver. And this is his web site.
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Hemingway’s "Indian Camp"
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On Kafka’s Metamorphosis
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Equipment for England
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Shooting with Nathan
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New Canon 5D
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Spring Domesticity
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