Google Reader in Netvibes – Solved (again)

A year ago I wrote up one way to get Google Reader integrated with Netvibes. That method worked well enough, but it was a bit awkward.

Two things have happened since then: Netvibes has continued to improve and Google Reader has an iPhone mobile interface (pointed out by TedHead in a comment from February of this

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Adventures with iGoogle

I’ve been experimenting with iGoogle a bit more lately as the default home or landing page for my browsers. I have a handful of interesting gadgets (more on those in a future post) and it generally works well for me. It has also been a refreshing change from Netvibes.

There’s one spot that Netvibes definitely

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Fresh Firefox: First Steps?

We all probably have favorite tweaks or setups for Firefox. Here’s a quick list of what I do after a fresh install. Heck, usually I’ll do these things before having browsed to a page yet.

Visit Preferences, go to “Tabs” section and check the box for “Always show the tab bar”
Whilst still in Preferences, set the

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Continuing the Perfect Start Page Quest

This is a bit of a wandering post, just like most of my other articles here. In an attempt to add some clarity, I’ll first set the stage by explaining what brought this post to life:

What am I really after in a (web) start page? My goal is to come up with a personalized dashboard

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Toying with Mobile Sites

I had some idle time today while enjoying the Packers game on TV. Dunno about you, but I can’t just sit and watch TV — I have to have something else going on as well. Usually I have a laptop with me, but lately I’ve been doing more and more on my phone’s browser

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