Ad Skipping

Found a nice little PC World magazine article titled, 5 Cool Hacks for Your Entertainment Gadgets. I’m already in love with one of the tips that involves adding  some much needed functionality to my cable remote.

You see, with some remotes (including mine!) it turns out to be incredibly simple to turn on ad skipping

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Google Analytics Address RegEx Tool

One of the handy features of Google Analytics is the “Filters” feature. Want to make sure your visits to your site aren’t tracked? Just create a filter for your external IP address[1] and you’re good to go.

To setup filters you’re going to need to know a little bit about regular expressions. Another term for

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Google’s Tenth

The Google 10th Birthday Timeline is a fun little time killer.

Wanted: Pop-ups from Mozilla Prism

In yesterday’s article, I offered a gentle reminder that Google Chrome isn’t the only way to “app” a web site. Mozilla’s Prism has been around for quite some time.

In that post, I used WhatsUp Gold as an example of a site that works with Prism but not with Chrome.

Turns out there’s a small wrinkle

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Remember: Chrome Isn’t the Only “Web App” Option

One of the often discussed features of Google’s Chrome browser is the ability to create desktop shortops or “web apps” with just a simple click. This can be a fun or convenient feature and has likely spawned thousands of new desktop icons on desktops.

However, not all applications work well with the Chrome browser. For example,

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