December 2005 - Posts

Chrismukkah 2005
Published 25 December 5 10:55 PM | Robbie Coleman
Nope, not a spelling error… Chrismukkah is what we celebrated with my wife and kids. The scene was perfectly set on Chrismukkah eve after the girls had gone nighty-night. The gifts were actually wrapped by Robin on the previous night whilst I worked like...
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Gmail Web Clips a la Spam
Published 20 December 5 1:20 PM | Robbie Coleman
If you have Gmail (if not, get an account here ), you have probably noticed the new “ Web Clips ” feature at the top of the page. I was doing my routine Spam clean-up when I notice the following: mmmmmm! Spam Breakfast Burritos! Google’s...
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Voo2do Tray Update
Published 20 December 5 8:57 AM | Robbie Coleman
I have updated the Voo2do Tray application to fix two features that I inadvertantly broke: Default Proxy Server settings should again be loaded automatically from your IE settings The Logon button is now again the default button for the logon form, so...
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Let the people speak...
Published 19 December 5 11:4 AM | Robbie Coleman
Please ignore this post if you are offended by my political views… …with that said… Chris Sells posted a short but provocative blog post mentioning W and the word “impeach.” I second his suggestion and support free speech, so if you agree, or disagree...
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Voo2do Tray version 1.5
Published 15 December 5 9:47 AM | Robbie Coleman
After using Girish Bharadwaj’s Voo2do Tray Application ( original and update ) for sooo long, I decided to work on the excellent start Girish provided, and add a few things of my own. I by no means have come close to the amount of work he put into...
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Public transit via Google
Published 8 December 5 1:48 PM | Robbie Coleman
Portland Oregon only (so far…) but promising. Posted by Avichal Garg, Product Manager, Transit Team One of the best things about working at Google is a policy known as "20 percent time," which you can read about on our jobs page or in this post...