Archive for June, 2008

Google Reader’s Easter Egg

Posted 11 Jun 2008 — by Ellie
Category Random

Easter eggs IEverybody loves Easter Eggs, right?

Well, Google Reader has a neat Easter Egg, which I found on Google Blogoscoped.

Open Google Reader and type:

up up down down left right left right b a

Do you see it? If it weren’t so neat, I’d probably be annoyed.

To turn the feature off, simply refresh the page or close and reopen your web browser.
Creative Commons License photo credit: tillwe

Gmail Introduces New Features in Gmail Labs

Posted 11 Jun 2008 — by Ellie
Category Geek Girl

Geek GirlGmail’s latest experiment in adding features to their web client – Gmail Labs – launched last week to much fanfare across the blogosphere. I was impressed with the which features 13 experimental features included in Gmail Labs because they give me some of the functionality I lacked before – and really wanted in a web based email client.

There are currently 13 features included in Gmail Labs, and the team assures us that more will be added in the future.

Gmail Labs Screenshot

Photo Source: Lifehack.org

Technical Difficulties

Posted 09 Jun 2008 — by Ellie
Category Announcements

WordPress 2.5 does not work well with IE 6 (which is what I have at work). I edited my latest post, for the edits to be eaten by the browser. I’ll rewrite and post later!

Back to regular programming next week

Posted 03 Jun 2008 — by Ellie
Category Random

I just started a new job which requires a one and a half to two hour each way commute each day. :( I am a bad blogger, because I did not write any posts in advance.

Sooooo…. we’ll be back to our regular programming next week. Hopefully the early mornings won’t kill me by then. :lol:

Yes, I am up very late, but I had to see the outcome of the American Democratic Primaries tonight. I’m off to bed, I promise.