Yesterday, with a bad case of insomnia, I was playing around with my Amazon Affiliates account. And while I’m sure some part of my brain was aware of this, I discovered that I could make my own store, and I did so on LitMUSE.
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Gmail Updates
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 [...]
Apple Fights Gay Marriage Ban
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 [...]
Google Desktop
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 [...]
New Domain
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 [...]
Google Gadgets
How cool is this? You can now have Google Gadgets on your web site, and it’s easy. Go browse their list of available gadgets (there are a number of them), and pick one from your site. Each seems to be very easy to customize, like my map of the Macon area above; when you;re finished, [...]
New Stuff
I have been as busy as a busy thing lately, and my blog has suffered for it. I know that nobody really reads this thing, so this is just a personal admonition. I truly believe that writing is something that needs to be used, or it will evanesce quicker than a Hummer burns gas. Anyway, [...]