I updated my userscript to deal with Google's updates.
It works now.
http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/6415
Assaf
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
I'm Feeling Lucky
When's the last time you used the I'm Feeling Lucky button on Google's homepage?
I was sure they'd taken it off a while ago. It makes sense for them to do so; I'm sure it costs Google a lot of money to have a button that essentially lets you skip all the ads on the results page.
For the first time in the last few days I decided I'll try using it. I do most of my searches in the FireFox search toolbar, so at first I rolled my own search engine customization using this site . Then I noticed that the Google Toolbar in FireFox already has that feature (you can use IFL as your search engine instead of plain Google).
I have to say, I'm hooked. I now realize that most of my Google searches are basically just "jump to" navigations using keywords I already know would find me the right page. You want to go to Slashdot.org? Just type slashdot in the IFL box and you're there.
Only occasionally do I actually "not feel lucky" and I find myself switching back to plain Google search. But most of the time, even when Google's #1 result isn't exactly the page I was looking for, it's a very decent substitute.
This makes me wish Google could tell me what keywords will get me to certain pages. In other words, I wish I could ask Google "what's the shortest/easiest thing I could type to get to ____?".
Anyway, this guy's dead wrong about the IFL button. It may be the case that the majority of Googlers don't use it, but that's no reason to take it off. I think it would be better if Google figured out how to get people to use it more, if anything. I feel stupid, not having used it for all those years.
I was sure they'd taken it off a while ago. It makes sense for them to do so; I'm sure it costs Google a lot of money to have a button that essentially lets you skip all the ads on the results page.
For the first time in the last few days I decided I'll try using it. I do most of my searches in the FireFox search toolbar, so at first I rolled my own search engine customization using this site . Then I noticed that the Google Toolbar in FireFox already has that feature (you can use IFL as your search engine instead of plain Google).
I have to say, I'm hooked. I now realize that most of my Google searches are basically just "jump to" navigations using keywords I already know would find me the right page. You want to go to Slashdot.org? Just type slashdot in the IFL box and you're there.
Only occasionally do I actually "not feel lucky" and I find myself switching back to plain Google search. But most of the time, even when Google's #1 result isn't exactly the page I was looking for, it's a very decent substitute.
This makes me wish Google could tell me what keywords will get me to certain pages. In other words, I wish I could ask Google "what's the shortest/easiest thing I could type to get to ____?".
Anyway, this guy's dead wrong about the IFL button. It may be the case that the majority of Googlers don't use it, but that's no reason to take it off. I think it would be better if Google figured out how to get people to use it more, if anything. I feel stupid, not having used it for all those years.
Monday, July 23, 2007
Outlook Sux
Cleaning my inbox, I selected about 1000 files and dragged them from my Exchange inbox to a local archive folder. It took forever.
Half way into forever I decided to check what's taking so long, and Process Explorer told the truth:
Outlook is creating a begillion tmp files (probably per email message) and deleting them at a rate of about 7 per second. Ugh!
Half way into forever I decided to check what's taking so long, and Process Explorer told the truth:
Outlook is creating a begillion tmp files (probably per email message) and deleting them at a rate of about 7 per second. Ugh!
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Who needs Cibus?
Lunch at Mobixell:
http://flickr.com/photos/assaf_lavie/archives/date-posted/2007/07/19/
http://flickr.com/photos/assaf_lavie/archives/date-posted/2007/07/19/
Thursday, March 15, 2007
I'm a Genius!
Disposable coffee cups are a pain in the ass, and they're bad for the environment.
Unlike mugs, they don't have a handle and are uncomfortable to hold.
Washing your mug though is a pain in the ass too.. a real time waster.
What can someone like me do, who hates coffee cups AND the environment?
The answer: Disposable coffee cup mug.
Behold!
The mug-cup. I call it the "mup"!
All the advantages of a proper mug, without the hassle of cleaning it. It also says a big "fuck you" to the environment. It says "yes, I have a mug, but I choose to use a disposable cup nevertheless. What did the environment ever do for me??"
Unlike mugs, they don't have a handle and are uncomfortable to hold.
Washing your mug though is a pain in the ass too.. a real time waster.
What can someone like me do, who hates coffee cups AND the environment?
The answer: Disposable coffee cup mug.
Behold!
The mug-cup. I call it the "mup"!
All the advantages of a proper mug, without the hassle of cleaning it. It also says a big "fuck you" to the environment. It says "yes, I have a mug, but I choose to use a disposable cup nevertheless. What did the environment ever do for me??"
Sunday, March 11, 2007
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