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  • Google Voicemail Transcriptions

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    This is how Google Voice transcribes a message. This voicemail was left in Chinese by my Auntie Linda, who was inviting me to dinner. Here’s the original: Hey Jen, If I’m doing, Dante at 10 AM. A number on a budget. The basic compiling a list call back. Yeah, okay. Yeah back. Bye bye.

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  • Import Facebook Phone Numbers into Your Google Contacts

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    My coworker Kurt was asking about this so I’ll post it up here: If you have Firefox and GreaseMonkey, then install this script.  Go to your Facebook Phonebook, then in your Firefox menu, go into Tools > GreaseMonkey > User Script Commands… > and you’ll see Export Facebook Phonebook. Extract the data, and then POST…

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  • Enable Internet Connection Sharing (Sprint HTC Touch)

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    I’m finally documenting this here because every time I do a hard reset on my phone, I forget what I need to do to tether my phone to my laptop and allow internet sharing. I actually don’t like my wireless carrier because it uses CDMA technology, which doesn’t allow me to use SIM cards when…

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  • Hasta La Vista, Vista

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    Since I sold my XT at the end of last year, I was forced to get some bigger memory cards. My brother joked that his phone had more memory than my camera. Sad, I know. And I started shooting in RAW this year, so hard drive space has become an issue. I’ve moved most of…

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  • In Honor of My Birthday?

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    I feel so special… I’m such a Star Wars geek.

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  • Merge All Duplicate Contacts in Gmail

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    Google has now added a single button that merges all your duplicate contacts at once. To clean up your contact list in one fell swoop, just click the “Find duplicates” button in the contact manager, review the merge suggestions (and uncheck any suggestions you don’t want merged), and hit the “Merge” button.

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  • Google Voice

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    I’ve been using Google Voice since it was known as GrandCentral. It changed over sometime March 2009. Too bad they didn’t have that nifty “vanity name selector” when I signed up or else I would have gone for something like ###-BEEJ. Well, Google Voice is available by invitation only, and it seems pretty tough for…

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  • Riding the Wave

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    This article at Geeks are Sexy made me laugh. I’ve been poking around this last week, but I don’t know what to do with it. I still have some invites, so leave a comment if you want one.

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  • CSI Technology

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    Anyone who knows me, know I love the show, but I love this even more!

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  • Speed Up WordPress by Compressing Output

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    I’ve used dreamhost to host this website for years, but for some reason, wordpress runs extremely slowly on it. But I found some code to compress your php so I’m giving it a try. Does my page load a faster? Seems so to me, but maybe it’s just psychological. First, place the following code in…

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  • Tetris on Freeboards

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  • Restore a Missing Personal User Folder in Vista

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    I double as the IT department at work because I’m geeky. My boss’ wife had some issues on vista because she had created multiple desktop and document folders. I’m posting this if I ever need this information again. To restore a personal user folder if it has been deleted, in the wrong location, or is…

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  • Free Ubuntu Stickers

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    I love free stuff. Four ‘Powered by Ubuntu’ stickers and Four ‘Ubuntu Key’ stickers Send a self addressed stamped envelope to: System76, Inc. (Free Stickers) 1582 S. Parker Rd. Ste. 310 Denver, Colorado 80231 Link.

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  • Tech Support

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    With no training in computers, I’ve come to be “IT Support” for a lot of people.  Don’t get me wrong, I love helping out, but sometimes, it just takes a little patience to figure out what’s wrong. Not sure why I like this one so much.  I think I’m going to print this out. Original…

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  • How to pick a video game system

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    “Do you have any friends?” Haha… From The Best Article Every Day.

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  • Lens Flare on Facebook

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    Log in to Facebook Type: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Enter. Sound familiar? I don’t remember a lot of things, but for some reason, I never have trouble remembering the Konami Code. via Geeks are Sexy.

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  • Google Latitude Stunt

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    I’ve been using Google Latitude for a while now. It’s pretty fun. Remember how I posted where I was when the Oakland officers were shot? Check out this stunt:

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  • Multi-select and Progress Bars added to Gmail Attachments

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    Yay, google finally allows multiple file selection for attachments!!!  I’m such a nerd to get excited about this. You can send files from the same folder. Just hold down the Ctrl key and click on each file you want to attach. You can also hold down the Shift key to select a continuous list of…

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  • Printable Checklist

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    Create, modify, and of course, print a checklist using your browser’s print command. See it at http://printablechecklist.org/.

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  • San Francisco: Fog

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    Here’s a screenshot of my desktop on Ubuntu. The top bar displays several application launcher icons. One of them is my weather report. Usually, the temperature is displayed along with a little icon of sun or clouds. But today, it is just a gray box. How sad.

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