Yahoo! Account as an OpenID
by jpreardon on January 27, 2007
Simon Willison has launched idproxy.net which allows one to use their Yahoo Account as an OpenID. The list of sites that support OpenID is growing, but one needs a place to host their OpenID. That list of sites is growing (…)
Transferring Mail from Gmail to Gmail
by jpreardon on January 27, 2007
Tired of having messages sent on behalf of me from gmail, I recently set up Google Apps for Your Domain. This gives me that sweet gmail interface on my own domain. Everything is great but for the two years worth (…)
Jungle Disk
by jpreardon on January 26, 2007
lifehacker pointed to this post on how to store an iTunes library on Amazon S3. Basically, this tells you how to use Jungle Disk and Amazon S3 as a network file store for a music library. I really have no (…)
Long Time Lost
by jpreardon on January 21, 2007
Update 2007-08-02: The server at www.longtimelost.com is no longer responding. I’ll assume they are no longer around. The link has been removed from this page. Sorry Long Time Lost helps reconnect people through the internet. Basically, you enter some information (…)
Julia Child: What I've Learned
by jpreardon on January 18, 2007
Blast from the past: Julia Child’s answers to Esquire’s “What I’ve Learned” column. This ran back in 2000, but it’s new to me. Here are a few key quotes: I’m awfully sorry for people who are taken in by all (…)
via
by jpreardon on January 14, 2007
Dave points out that there should be a better way to cite multiple sources in a blog post. I agree, but I don’t want to add a sentence describing the trail of blogs that ultimately led to mine in each (…)
Automatically Refill Your Metrocard
by jpreardon on January 10, 2007
Did you know that you can get a Metrocard that automatically refills itself? Neither did I. MTA’s EasyPay Xpress Program allows one to link a credit card to a Metrocard so that it will automatically recharge when the balance is (…)
Excel Training Sheet
by jpreardon on January 8, 2007
Excel is used for all sorts of things, even Pac-Man. But, normally it is used to analyze and present data. It is also seriously underused by many people, especially when one considers how long it has been around and that (…)
Google Desktop as Conjurer of Dead Information
by jpreardon on January 2, 2007
A couple weeks ago, I was trying to decide if it was worthwhile to leave deleted files in the Google Desktop Search index. After all, if the file is gone, do I really care to know that I deleted that (…)
Post Holiday Links
by jpreardon on January 1, 2007
I’m just back from a week in the sun where I was pretty well disconnected. Today, I spent a bit of time getting caught up on what’s been going on. Here are a handful of things I might have posted (…)