Techno Mojo

When sending an email to a family member, I discovered something new in Gmail tonight. Just below the “attach file” section are options to add photos from a URL address, a table, emoticons and photos from Picasa Web Albums.

Neat or annoying, you decide!

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 As an addition to their Docs & Spreadsheets, Google is showcasing their latest webware application that competes with Microsoft’s PowerPoint software. As seen at the Web 2.0 Expo going on right now. Bye-bye expensive Microsoft Office?

-source Webware

Available in some cities, real-time traffic data is available. Currently, the log jam/interstate merge  in Trussville (a Birmingham suburb where I live) is green which means traffic is flowing 50+ mph. Yellow is 25-50mph and red is 25mph to a dead stop.

This is the one thing that had me checking Yahoo Maps over Google. Now? Bye bye Yahoo Maps.

Article written by Nicholas Tsakoven

 Zamzar is an online conversion service that lets you convert almost every type of file to virtually any other file format , for example one might want to convert a Microsoft Word Document(.doc, .docx) to an Adobe PDF(.pdf), this is where Zamzar comes in. Really, it’s an online converter. Zamzar works with video, audio, photos, documents and other file formats. Today we will be using one of Zamzar Tools to input a Youtube or Google Video (flash) and output say .mov for iTunes and the iPod.

NOTE: this tutorial is available on Zamzar’s site, so really I am just explaining in people terms. Also this works with other Video services.

Steps

DRAG THE FOLLOWING BUTTON TO YOUR BROWSER BOOKMARK BAR IT IS A BOOKMARKLET: A SHORT PIECE OF CODE.

1. Now go to any Youtube or Google Video here’s one to save time: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xJDfzosfkbI
2. Now click the “Convert with Zamzar” button you just placed in your Bookmark bar
3. You will be taken to a page and the first box is already done so just go to the second and select a file type you want in our case its MOV, but you may want 3GP for your cell phones
4. Enter your email address as they will send you the file when it is finished converting
5. Wait
6. Check your inbox and there it is

Editor’s note: Nicholai is a 16 year old living in Los Angeles. You can add his website to your subscriptions by visiting him at http://www.nixmix.us where he details his life as well as tech happenings. If this was beneficial, be sure to leave your thoughts in the comment section! - Mojo Denbow

It looks like everyone can now enjoy the Gmail experience. Previously you had to beg for an invitation, then you were allowed to grant 100 invitations to friends, and then when you wanted a new account you had to sign up and get a text confirmation with your mobile phone. Now, those steps have been removed and anyone can join.

I just added my home personal account to Gmail last night so I don’t have to log into Thunderbird or my ISP’s mail page when I am away from home.

Gmail is getting very difficult to beat.

Features include:

Fast search
Use Google search to find the exact message you want, no matter when it was sent or received.

Lots of space
Over 2817.254404 megabytes (and counting) of free storage so you’ll never need to delete another message.

Chat right inside Gmail
It’s just one click to chat with the people you already email. You can even save your chats in your Gmail account. Learn more

Mobile access
Read Gmail on your mobile phone by pointing your phone’s web browser to http://gmail.com/app. Learn more

1. visit http://www.google.com
2. remove everything from the address bar
3. cut and paste this script  javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI=document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i-DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval(’A()’,5); void(0);  into address bar and press enter
4. Watch Google flip out (safe for work)