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Repeal section 92a

Joe — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 07:54:54 +0000

I strongly oppose oppressive laws. No New Zealander should be held guilty until proven in court. Repeal section 92a!

Gmail chat and clippings depend on language settings

Joe — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:39:10 +0000

Being a Kiwi, I had my language set to UK English on Gmail. One thing I found was that switching to US English made the chat archive and clips availble. Changing back to UK reverts back. Another thing I found is that in the US English setting, on the right side bar, just above the ads, is a link to the google map of the sender’s address. The Americans out there may not find this novel, but it’s interesting to see.

UPDATE: Chat in Gmail has now been turned on. Switching back to UK English turns it off.

Improving quality of Google maps

Joe — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 20:19:08 +0000

Google has been inproving the depth of its non-US and non-UK maps. You an now see down to about 10km across for New Zealand and other parts of the world. Its’ far from a cartographers dream, but you can see major roads near my house, the airport etc. Zooming out a bit you can see Kapiti Island off the coast. heading north up the coast you can follow the Whanganui river inland to Mount Ruapehu. Going further north you come to one of my favourite spots; Mount Maunganui, one of the best surf beaches around.

50 Gmail invites

Joe — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 18:19:23 +0000

I’m sure if you want one you have it already. If not drop me a line and I’ll hook you up

#1 Google phrases Redux

Joe — Wed, 01 Dec 2004 06:08:03 +0000

A while back I wrote about my #1 Google phrases. Guess what? I’m #1 for the phrase “#1 Google phrases” (I don’t know why I bothered to look). Also, I’ve made page 1 for “coolest websites” (7) and “coolest looking websites” (4).

While it’s not “cool websites” it still brings in a bit of traffic (part of the long tail)

“bmx for everybody” still pulls up this page (and this one at #2). I’m still #1 for Joseph Lindsay, #2 for Joe Lindsay and #2 for specialist generalist and #1 for just like everybody else.

So as Richard asked earlier, what are you number one for?

Localised Firefox Start

Joe — Thu, 11 Nov 2004 02:08:33 +0000

Google have a localised firefox start page for New Zealand and o t h e r s too

Flickr and del.icio.us

Joe — Fri, 22 Oct 2004 06:22:46 +0000

I signed up a while ago for Flickr and del.icio.us. I didn’t get it at first (much like blogging). I still haven’t added much to either yet but keep an eye out.

Resolution

Joe — Tue, 21 Sep 2004 06:36:46 +0000

Just when I am about to rant about how 1024×768 is the new 800×600 Cameron Adams comes out with a fantastic resolution dependent layout. Very cool

Cool Weather

Joe — Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:21:04 +0000

The New Zealand Meteorological Service have relaunched with a new personalised weather service. You can sign-up (free), log in and customise your forecast to your preferences.

The javascript that drives the customisation even works in Firefox

~~The only gripe I have is that login is not automatic.~~ UPDATE: I contacted them and autologin is on their development list.

Gmail invites

Joe — Sat, 28 Aug 2004 05:59:19 +0000

Tell me something interesting that I don’t know, or link to a cool website I haven’t seen (I always want to learn new stuff) and you can have one (of 4).

The first 4 comments with something original win.

UPDATE: Gmail seems to be giving out invites willy-nilly. There will be more than 4 going.