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Posts tagged website
“Stuff People Like” Websites
Sep 20th
The Dot, Plus, and Googlemail Gmail Hacks
Apr 17th
Here are some neat things I’ve found recently. They might not be new, but I think I need to jot them down here so I won’t forget these tips. They could be helpful for fighting or tracing spam.
The Dot
Apparently, Gmail does not recognize the dot (or capitalization either) in gmail addresses. So yourusername@gmail.com is the same as your.user.name@gmail.com and all the different combinations are sent to your inbox.
The Plus
Did you know you have an unlimited amount of aliases with Gmail? You can receive messages that are sent to your.username+any.thing.you.want@gmail.com. For example, if you forced to register online, you can use Your.user.name+some.spammy.site@gmail.com. If you start getting spam, you ‘ll know who gave your address away and you can probably then set up a filter to automatically direct those messages to, oh, say, THE TRASH.
Googlemail.com=gmail.com
Of course, I don’t want to forget that yourusername@gmail.com is also the same as yourusername@googlemail.com. Mail from either address goes to your inbox. This is probably because they can’t use gmail.com in Europe. Just a reminder though, you’ll need to login with the original address you signed up with and some websites won’t accept symbols as valid email addresses. Still, I think these are pretty neat tricks.
Dark XP and Gmail
Apr 3rd
For everyone who has followed me on the internet all these years, they know that I have a dark side. I absolutely LOVE dark-themed websites, for some reason. All my websites have been dark, save my very first Blogger template. I even wrote about the switch from light to dark back in 2002. Too bad I didn’t post a screenshot. I use dark desktop/wallpapers on all my computers, even the one at work. For my personal computers, I’ve been using a dark theme called Royale Noir. It looks exactly like Royale, the blue default XP theme, only it’s, uh, dark.
Here’s the file that I used: Royale Noir
More recently, I’ve been testing out a darkened version of Gmail. It requires the Stylish Firefox extension and the Gmail Redesigned user style by UneasySilence. Cool interface, eh? Has Gmail ever changed it’s look since it was launched?
Oh, and I’m also trying out the dark Google web search. I wonder how many people out there are into dark skins/themes.
Make Your Own Jackson Pollock Art
Mar 28th
Jackson Pollock, an influential American painter and a major force in the abstract expressionist movement. Cool flash site for you to create your own abstract art. (Edit: High Five to Jaime, my art friend.)
We have achieved fluidity…again.
Sep 26th
Been playing around with another photoblog plugin for WordPress. Still a lot of things I need to figure out, so we’ll see if I stick with this one.
So this site is once again what they call fluid. All the columns should be pretty flexible now, and adjusts to the size of the browser window, up until a width of about 980 pixels. So it’s a little bit fixed and a little bit liquid. I should rest my eyes now. But before then, I’ll leave with a couple of neat ‘net nuggets’ I found.
You can call China for free. Thanks, Ariel.
One of my friends in China really liked a poem that someone made into a website.
My A’s have made it into the playoffs. Hopefully they won’t lose in the first round like they always do.