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Removing Google’s Search Box On Your iGoogle Homepage
The “iGoogle Search Toggle” GreaseMonkey script solves a problem that’s annoyed me for a long time. Google’s custom home page feature, iGoogle, is great, except that the top 1/3rd of the page is occupied by a giant logo and search box. This is redundant with the search box that your browser already provides, and takes…
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Caveat Linker
“Inline Linking” or “Deep Linking” is the practice of linking to content hosted on a website you don’t own. There are various reasons why you might do this, but the practice is often frowned upon by site owners because it generates traffic that doesn’t come from actual site visitors. Not only does this drive up…
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HP 5MP Service Manual
If you happen to own an HP 5MP Laserjet printer, than you’ll probably be interested in HP5MPServiceManual.pdf – the service manual for it. If you don’t, than let me explain … In the center of the desk that my wife and I share sits one of these printers. It is easily the oldest piece of…
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Mutual
attractionauthentication“Hi, this is Mark from Experian. We’re calling to update your contact information…” That’s how I was greeted when I answered the phone just now. This was nominally someone from one of the big 3 credit reporting agencies calling to make sure they had current contact information for their database. Harmless enough, right? Well… probably.…
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Common Threads
I recently stumbled across a nice thread cutting across my favorite comic strips. The latest XKCD.com strip features a quite literal mashup of XKCD’s stick figures and Bill Waterson’s Calvin & Hobbes. And Bill Waterson was an unabashed admirer of Charles Schulz and Peanuts, as shown in the piece he wrote for the LA times…