Use Gmail to find out who sold your email address

December 27, 2007 by Ben Shoemate

Google lets you put a + sign in you email address that it ignores but you can use to create filters. For example, when you create an account at buy.com, just I just tell them my email address is BenShoemate+buy.com@gmail.com. If I start getting ads for “V I A GR A” I know who to boycott, report, complain, filter. Cool.

Also, gmail ignores the . in your name. So even if you signed up for FirstLast@gmail.com you can tell people at work its First.Last@gmail.com and set up a filter to auto tag those as work. Also cool.

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office 2007 :The windows installer service cannot update one or more protected windows

December 17, 2007 by Ben Shoemate

I am trying to install Office 2007 onto a clean install of Windows XP (on a friends eee PC – it is really a sweet little laptop.. anyway), I get the error above about protected files. Here is the solution. (This may have happened because in optimizing XP down, some files were deleted).

1. From Windows install disk goto E:\I386 folder and open open (Double click) on the FP40EXT.CAB file. It should open.

(or – if you do not have the disk, find a working XP computer and go to C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\40\bin).

2. find fp4autl.dll in the list and copy it (ctrl-c)

3. go to c:\program files\common files\microsoft shared\web server extensions\40\bin and paste it (ctrl-v)

4. Restart the 2007 office install

Viola! (thanks guys over at http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=627360)

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Google iPhone applications

December 15, 2007 by Ben Shoemate

Picasa – Google’s picture browsing, tagging, sorting, viewing, uploading, sharing, free software – has been redesigned for the iPhone interface. Google has also introduced an iPhone-only slideshow feature that automatically flips through a user’s favorite photo albums. iPhone users simply need to navigate to Google’s site (www.google.com) using the Safari browser of the iPhone (and iPod touch) will find a navigation bar that lets them switch between Google services. Really cool. Apple + Google = BFF!

http://www.google.com (with your iphone)
http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140576-c,iphone/article.html
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2007/12/picasa-redefined-for-your-iphone.html

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Qoute of the Day

December 12, 2007 by Ben Shoemate

“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.” – Thomas Jefferson

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The Ron Paul Tea Party – Liberty is Brewing

December 12, 2007 by Ben Shoemate

On Dec 16, on the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party – Ron Paul organizers (if you don’t know who he is watch this) want you to donate to the Ron Paul Presidential Campaign. They are to create what they call a money bomb – the largest single day fund raiser in history in order to get the national media to take him seriously. It is amazing to see how dedicated his supporters are. With little coordination they have created an internet phenomenon. Good luck guys.