Google's Native Client plugin

Google has released a new experimental browser plugin that allows web applications to securely run native code on the underlying platform. The plugin, which is called Native Client, is distributed under the open source BSD license and is designed to work with all major platforms and browsers.

Native Client provides a sandboxed web-embeddable runtime environment for portable x86 binaries. It also provides a bridge to facilitate communication between JavaScript and Native Client executables. This makes it possible for complex web applications to seamlessly leverage native code for processor-intensive computations.

i don't know about you all, but it scares me :)
Source

goosh.org: a Google Command Line!

http://goosh.org/ is a command line interface for Google and some other related services such as wikipedia and YouTube.
Goosh (Google Shell) is a google-interface that behaves similar to a unix-shell.
You type commands and the results are shown on this page.
goosh was written by Stefan Grothkopp <grothkopp@gmail.com>
it is NOT an official google product!

Google Chat Video

Google is rolling out video and voice capabilities for the chat function that is embedded in the Gmail interface. It's a bare-bones voice and video-conferencing service, but it's simple to install and use and is a very good addition to Gmail.

It's no Skype, though. Gmail Video and Voice, as it's called, can't connect to the plain phone network, as Skype's paid service can. And there are plenty of other optional features missing, like a voice call recorder.

Google Gmail search tokens

The amazingly simple search within Gmail (Google Apps) enables the option to specify a token in order to make your life a little easier.

Operator	Definition	Example(s)
from:	Used to specify the sender	Example - from:elad Meaning - Messages from Amy
to:	Used to specify a recipient	Example - to:elad Meaning - All messages that were sent to David (by you or someone else)
subject:	Search for words in the subject line	Example - subject:dinner Meaning - Messages that have the word "dinner" in the subject
OR	Search for messages matching term A or term B* *OR must be in all caps	Example - from:amy OR from:david Meaning - Messages from Amy or from David
- (hyphen)	Used to exclude messages from your search	Example - dinner -movie Meaning - Messages that contain the word "dinner" but do not contain the word "movie"
label:	Search for messages by label* *There isn't a search operator for unlabeled messages	Example - from:amy label:friends Meaning - Messages from Amy that have the label "friends" Example - from:david label:my-family Meaning - Messages from David that have the label "My Family"
has:attachment	Search for messages with an attachment	Example - from:david has:attachment Meaning - Messages from David that have an attachment
list:	Search for messages on mailing lists	Example - list:info@example.com Meaning - Messages with the words info@example.com in the headers, sent to or from this list
filename:	Search for an attachment by name or type	Example - filename:physicshomework.txt Meaning - Messages with an attachment named "physicshomework.txt" Example - label:work filename:pdf Meaning - Messages labeled "work" that also have a PDF file as an attachment
" " (quotes)	Used to search for an exact phrase* *Capitalization isn't taken into consideration	Example - "i'm feeling lucky" Meaning - Messages containing the phrase "i'm feeling lucky" or "I'm feeling lucky" Example - subject:"dinner and a movie" Meaning - Messages containing the phrase "dinner and a movie" in the subject
( )	Used to group words Used to specify terms that shouldn't be excluded	Example - from:amy(dinner OR movie) Meaning - Messages from Amy that contain either the word "dinner" or the word "movie" Example - subject:(dinner movie) Meaning - Messages in which the subject contains both the word "dinner" and the word "movie"
in:anywhere	Search for messages anywhere in Gmail* *Messages in Spam and Trash are excluded from searches by default	Example - in:anywhere movie Meaning - Messages in All Mail, Spam, and Trash that contain the word "movie"
in:inbox in:trash in:spam	Search for messages in Inbox, Trash, or Spam	Example - in:trash from:amy Meaning - Messages from Amy that are in Trash
is:starred is:unread is:read	Search for messages that are starred, unread or read	Example - is:read is:starred from:David Meaning - Messages from David that have been read and are marked with a star
cc: bcc:	Used to specify recipients in the cc: or bcc: fields* *Search on bcc: cannot retrieve messages on which you were blind carbon copied	Example - cc:david Meaning - Messages that were cc-ed to David
after: before:	Search for messages sent during a certain period of time* *Dates must be in yyyy/mm/dd format.	Example - after:2004/04/16 before:2004/04/18 Meaning - Messages sent between April 16, 2004 and April 18, 2004.* *More precisely: Messages sent after 12:00 AM (or 00:00) April 16, 2004 and before April 18, 2004.
is:chat	Search for chat messages	Example - is:chat monkey Meaning - Any chat message including the word "monkey".

Tip: Finding all Unread messages in your gmail inbox

I have about 3000+ mail and i get something like 20-40 relevant messages a day, i usually very orgenized and i sort the incoming messages once an hour.
Now i had about unread messages that i missed in my inbox and wanted to find them, after a short quest i found this:

in the top search enter

label:unread in:inbox

and yaaa, all unread messages are found. you can drop the in:inbox and get your entire list of unread messages, including other labels.

Google Analytics: Tracking AJAX and Flash

Google Analytics has a new feature that Ajax & Flash developers will find extremely useful . According to the new article, is now possible to track page views in Ajax & Flash applications. And, it is simple.


http_request.onreadystatechange = sendAlert;
http_request.open(’GET’, url, true);
http_request.send(null);
}

function sendAlert() {
if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
if (http_request.status == 200) {
alert(http_request.responseText);
pageTracker._trackPageview("/pagefilename1" ); }
else {
alert(’Error.’);
}
}
}

An important usage tip about this feature is that, Google Analytics codes are normally installed just before the /body tag. When calling _trackPageview function, you’ll need to use it after the Analytics codes are included. Which means installing the Analytics codes just after the tag is a guaranteed solution.

why i hate Adsense

As it should be clear already, i am the owner of Pdfetch.com. just until the recent facelift, i used Google's Adsense as my ad operator.

and i did an honest mistake.

i copy-pasted a snippet right above the adsense script, which contained the words "click here".

Google didn't like it so much, and sent me an email which says that i violated the usage terms of Adsense by forcing users to click on ads and they will block my site from using Adsense if i will not remove this phrase in 3 days.

WHHHATTT?

lucky me, i saw this message 2 days after my ultimatum was over (they give you 3 days to complay.... mmmm... some counter-terrorist are consulting Google? :) ). anyway by the time i saw this message and begged them to let me remove this error and get back my ads and explaining them what really happaned,
they replied by saying that the will not allow my to use it anymore on Pdfetch.com

real thanks.

that's why i like amazon now :)

Using your GMail as ActionMailer Carrier

this was merely a try, it worked, but i don't think it's recommended so much, google might get angry.

create a conf file named ssmtp.conf in /etc/ssmtp

1. # Config file for sSMTP sendmail  
2. #  
3. # The person who gets all mail for userids < 1000  
4. # Make this empty to disable rewriting.  
5. root=postmaster  
6.    
7. # The place where the mail goes. The actual machine name is required no   
8. # MX records are consulted. Commonly mailhosts are named mail.domain.com  
9.    
10. # GMAIL configuration  
11. mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:587  
12. AuthUser=youremail@gmail.com  
13. AuthPass=pass  
14. UseSTARTTLS=YES  
15.    
16. # The full hostname  
17. hostname=machinehostname  
18.    
19. # Are users allowed to set their own From: address?  
20. # YES - Allow the user to specify their own From: address  
21. # NO - Use the system generated From: address  
22. FromLineOverride=YES  

then just point ActionMailer to user sendmail as carrier in your environment:

1. ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :sendmail  

and you are all set