August 2008

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• the usual

  Ubiquity

  08.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Ubiquity is a natural language web service connector for Firefox.
  That’s clear. Right? … I can already feel you thinking, “Man! I’ve been looking for one of those!”
  What it does is let you bring up a dialog, type “email this to mel,” for instance, and it emails the page that you’re looking at to Mel. (It’s [...]

• things i've learned more than once

  Austin Public Library Lookup Bookmarklet

  08.05.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This is one of my favorite geek tricks ever.
  Here’s how it goes:

  You’re browsing Amazon.
  You find a book you want.
  You click a bookmarklet in your browser window.
  The bookmarklet looks up to see if that book is available at your local public library.
  If it is — and you’re in Austin — you can get the book held [...]

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