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Personal Blog and Twittering
Below is a combination of my Twitter posts, my Google Reader shared items, and my blog. I know, sometimes it has nothing to do with Perl and PHP scripts, but interesting none-the-less.
Twitter: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:03:39 -0700
Who is tired of this hot weather? (#permalink)Interesting: YouTube adds free, full-length movies Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:50:00 -0700
(#permalink)Interesting: Call phones from Gmail Wed, 25 Aug 2010 09:40:00 -0700
Posted by Robin Schriebman, Software EngineerGmail voice and video chat makes it easy to stay in touch with friends and family using your computer’s microphone and speakers. But until now, this required both people to be at their computers, signed into Gmail at the same time. Given that most of us don’t spend all day in front of our computers, we thought, “wouldn’t it be nice if you could call people directly on their phones?”
Starting today, you can call any phone right from Gmail.
Calls to the U.S. and Canada will be free for at least the rest of the year and calls to other countries will be billed at our very low rates. We worked hard to make these rates really cheap (see comparison table) with calls to the U.K., France, Germany, China, Japan—and many more countries—for as little as $0.02 per minute.
Dialing a phone number works just like a normal phone. Just click “Call phone” at the top of your chat list and dial a number or enter a contact’s name.
We’ve been testing this feature internally and have found it to be useful in a lot of situations, ranging from making a quick call to a restaurant to placing a call when you’re in an area with bad reception.
If you have a Google Voice phone number, calls made from Gmail will display this number as the outbound caller ID. And if you decide to, you can receive calls made to this number right inside Gmail (see instructions).
We’re rolling out this feature to U.S. based Gmail users over the next few days, so you’ll be ready to get started once “Call Phones” shows up in your chat list (you will need to install the voice and video plug-in if you haven’t already). If you’re using Google Apps for your school or business, then you won’t see it quite yet. We’re working on making this available more broadly - so stay tuned!
For more information, visit gmail.com/call.
Update (8/26): This has now been rolled out to everyone in the U.S. If you don't see the feature yet, try logging out of Gmail and signing back in.
Interesting: Nature Sounds is an awesome ambient noise generator Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:39:53 -0700
Shared by Jason Silver
This is SO cool. I recommend checking it out if you like to create soundscapes.
Filed under: Utilities, Productivity
Usually, when I need to focus in a distracting environment I just put on my earbuds and head over to SimplyNoise. But SimplyNoise is a bit too simple at times; it just generates a "wall" of white, brown, or pink noise. It can oscillate the volume a little bit, but that's just about it. That's not a flaw - it's how SimplyNoise was designed.
But what if I want some atmosphere to go with my custom noise? What if I want it to have a certain "vibe," or I want it to inspire me? Plus, some people simply dislike the monotony of a noise generator.
Introducing Nature Sounds. This beautifully simple Flash tool provides you with four audio channels. You populate each channel with a looping sample that you can choose from a vast palette. You've got sounds of whales, the beach, fire crackling, crickets, a heartbeat, drums thumping in the distance, etc. The palette is extensive.
You populate each of the channels with the sample of your choice, and then you can set the volume and the stereo balance (left/right). You can also have the volume oscillate; the continuous bar that you see at the bottom of each channel shows that, for my soundscape, I wanted all sounds to simply continue. There are four different patterns that you can select for each channel, or you can have the sound periodically fade out and start up again.
By adding and removing samples and tweaking the various settings, you can come up with a complete soundscape that really conveys a certain "feel." Once you're done, you can download your creation or save it under its own URL. Then, just access that URL whenever you want to listen to it again (or send it to friends). I saved mine under the classy title Whales and Stuff.
Nature Sounds is an awesome ambient noise generator originally appeared on Download Squad on Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Interesting: Windows Phone 7 Web browser comparison versus iPhone and Android (video) Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:00:00 -0700
(#permalink)Interesting: OhLife helps you maintain a personal diary over e-mail Sun, 22 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0700
(#permalink)Interesting: Use Linux? Now you can video chat too Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:03:00 -0700
Posted by Tristan Schmelcher, Software EngineerIf you’ve been wanting to use voice and video chat on Linux (our top video chat request), then we have good news for you: it’s now available! Visit gmail.com/videochat to download the plugin and get started. Voice and video chat for Linux supports Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions, and RPM support will be coming soon.
Interesting: Lou Gehrig May Not Have Had Lou Gehrig's Disease Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:10:00 -0700
(#permalink)Interesting: Iceland Considers Humanoid Pylon Design to Carry Electricity Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:30:00 -0700
(#permalink)Interesting: Open a new tab and forget what you were about to do? Brain-stimulating skull electrodes may be the solution Mon, 16 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0700
(#permalink)Interesting: Unveiled Life-like Female Robot that can FEEL!!! Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:13:01 -0700
Interesting: Android Video Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:07:39 -0700
Twitter: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:13:00 -0700
I liked a YouTube video -- Unveiled Life-like Female Robot that can FEEL!!! http://youtu.be/n0IIVF7PGBs?a (#permalink)Twitter: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:07:37 -0700
I liked a YouTube video -- Android Video http://youtu.be/MY8-sJS0W1I?a (#permalink)Interesting: Outdoor Movie Thu, 12 Aug 2010 16:39:48 -0700
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