The Goodie Room

Top 5 Geeky Office Gadgets! (A Must read for all Geeks!) - TheHenry from Bookmarklet

Sweet! I might get it then! thx :) - Techno Todd

"SAN FRANCISCO — In a direct challenge to Microsoft, Google announced late Tuesday that it is developing an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome Web browser. The operating system, called Chrome OS, is initially intended for use in the tiny, low-cost portable computers known as netbooks, which have been selling quickly even as demand for other PCs has plummeted. The move is likely to sharpen the already intense competition between Google and Microsoft, whose Windows operating system controls the basic functions of the vast majority of personal computers. “Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS,” said Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management, and Linus Upson, engineering director, in a post on a company blog. “We’re designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the Web in a few seconds.” Mr. Pichai and Mr. Upson said that the software would be released online later this year under an open source license,... more... - Susan Beebe from Bookmarklet

When you don't have compressed air, clear tape, Post-It notes, or even white paper handy, Inc magazine suggests that a standard hair dryer can remove built-up dirt on and under your keys. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

O_o - Miss Elle

Next, a French pizza-guillotine. - ianf ⌘

A quick registry hack that adds Recycle Bin, Network Connections, Admin Tools, or even Search to your My Computer window. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

Damit kann man beliebige Snapshots beliebiger Websites anfertigen und per Code auf einer anderen beliebigen Website einbinden. Das Beste aber ist: Die Links dieses Bildausschnittes bleiben erhalten! - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

"kwout" is a way you quote a part of a web page as an image with an image map. To use this service, all you need is to add our bookmarklet to your favorite browser. - René Fischer

The English-language page for this very useful bookmarklet-with-page-snapshot free service is here: http://kwout.com/ [The above is just a German blogger's description of what kwout does better on its native landing page]. - ianf ⌘

A few months ago Gmail got some new buttons and keyboard shortcuts to make labeling easier, especially for those of you accustomed to that familiar folder feel. Now we're making some more changes to Gmail's labeling toolkit. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

Auch wenn ungezählte Bildschirmschoner, neudeutsch auch als „Screensaver“ bezeichnet, für Windows zur Verfügung stehen, so ist „DROPCLOCK“ doch aus allerlei Blickwinkel etwas Besonderes – das fängt schon bei seiner stattlichen Größe von immerhin 136 MByte an. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

"Let me Google That For You (LMGTFY) is a fun website that allows you to send links to people that effectively Google a topic for them because they're idiots. Click HERE: http://tinyurl.com/lqfcqu to see an example I made. Pretty awesome, huh? I thought so. Don't agree? Click HERE: http://tinyurl.com/nx7nrz." - see here: http://www.lmgtfy.com/ - Kol Tregaskes from Bookmarklet

It really is a great site! - Anthony K. Valley ©

"The icons are provided in both raster and vector formats: The transparent PNG versions are 256×256, and we have also included Illustrator files so that you can resize the icons as needed. The icons are completely free for personal and commercial use and they’re being released exclusively to all our readers." - April Russo from Bookmarklet

When the Sony Walkman was launched, 30 years ago this week, it started a revolution in portable music. But how does it compare with its digital successors? The Magazine invited 13-year-old Scott Campbell to swap his iPod for a Walkman for a week. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

Really good reporting here. BBC are so good at this sort of thing. - Rich

The correct link is Http://tweetboard.com/alpha, your doesn't work - Roberto (postoditacco) from iPhone

Shortened URLs aren't going anywhere soon. Creating and sharing them is easy, but previewing where they're leading you usually requires add-ons or software. Enter webapp Untiny with quick copy-paste or URL tweak solutions, and plenty of optional helper tools. Like previously mentioned TinyURL Decoder, Untiny extracts the original URL from the shortened one, revealing just where it is you are headed to. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

And here's the 16GB version of the Pico. Definitely getting one of these. http://tinyurl.com/mfpzlh - Greg

a me ricordano i giochi che avevo da piccolo di guerriglieri a forma di pizza e hamburger... - Miketrevis

Deepest Sender is a blogging client for Firefox. What does this mean? Well, it means that instead of having to go to the Update page on LiveJournal/WordPress/Blogger/whatever, or loading up a separate client program, all you have to do is hit Ctrl+\, or click the button in your toolbar, and you can start posting. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

Today I discovered a new and very different search engine. Spezify is a new search tool which presents its results using beautiful visual boxes from content it discovers based on search engine results and rich media sites like Flickr, YouTube where it scours to get imagery and even finds ways to present textual content in a pretty fashion. If I had to provide a quick description that many of you would understand it would be if Google married SweetCron and this was their spawn. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet

Hier am Beispiel von "Zensursula": http://spezify.com/#... - René Fischer

So neat :) - Mona Nomura

Happy to share! :) - Mona Nomura from IM

Are there any Linux portable app suites? for netbooks with ubuntu? - andy brudtkuhl

@andy brudtkuhl -- I don't use ubuntu but I do use Linux and have never found a need for a portable aps suite. Why? Because I use DSL (d*mned small linux) on a very old flash drive. I don't need portable aps if I can boot the computer up into a full blown linux os on a flash drive. I'd imagine that a live CD you've configured just the way you like it would work as well. - Miss Elle

Ops! No animated pictures on FriendFeed? :-( - René Fischer

Try 2,4 it will continue with 6,8,10 or else try any.. :) - Webmaster Sucks

Comic sans is the only one that matters. - angrykeyboarder™ (Scott)

In Zeiten wie diesen, in denen das Leben der Menschen aufgrund der Finanzkrise von Sorgen und Zukunftsängsten geprägt ist, war es schon immer hilfreich aus der Not eine Tugend zu machen. Spielerisch lernen Sie mit dem Finanzkrisenquartett die Banken und Konzerne kennen, die durch die Krise fast oder sogar ganz vernichtet wurden und haben die Chance selbst Krisen(quartett)gewinnerIn zu werden! Ein Klassiker, den die meisten noch aus ihrer Kindheit kennen, wird nun auch wieder für Erwachsene interessant. Finden Sie heraus, welcher Konzern die meisten Staatshilfen eingestrichen hat und wer die eine hohe Zahl an Entlassungen verantworten muss. Gewonnen hat, wer sich nach und nach alle gegnerischen Karten erspielt hat, sie sozusagen der eigenen Ich-AG einverleibt hat. - René Fischer from Bookmarklet