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Google Personalized Homepage - Loving it
31.Mar.07 | 1 Comment
A couple of weeks ago, Google made some changes to their personalized homepage. When I initially saw it announced, I really didn’t pay much attention. “Whee, themes,” would pretty much sum up my first response.
Then I went on vacation and didn’t think about it for a week.
Well, it turns out themes are BSO’s [...]
Meebo Desktop - 100th Download
26.Jan.07 | 9 Comments
A month ago, I announced the first release of my “Meebo Desktop” application. Today, I’m excited (and surprised) to see that it has just broken the 100 downloads mark.
Is a 100 a lot? To me it is — especially for something that hasn’t really been promoted or marketed. I am well pleased. Thanks folks, I hope you like [...]
Netvibes Gets a Pretty Look
16.Dec.06 | 2 Comments
Finally a Netvibes skin that isn’t pastel or Halloween: Winter Plain. I love it. In fact, this is a scheme that I’ll personally use year round. Or at least until we get more non-pastel options.
Speaking of “personal/Ajax desktops”… know what’s kind of funny? With Netvibes, I can set up [...]
RocketDock Redux
11.Nov.06 | 2 Comments
I first mentioned RocketDock back in August as an aside. This is a really slick (and free!) way to put commonly used programs in front of you. I mentioned it again earlier this week as part of my New Desktop Look post. That post generated a couple comments about it and I [...]
Gaim, Zapr and PageFlakes Updates
19.Oct.06 | 2 Comments
Pile of updates from the last few days.
Zapr announced (then unannounced and now re-announced) a new beta version earlier this week. This is the one that I bet many have been waiting for — private sharing is in there! I like Zapr, it’s a nifty way to do some simple file-sharing with [...]
