Severud.org - Snakker du norsk? » Technology http://blog.severud.org Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:43:25 +0000 en hourly 1 Add-ons for IE7 http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/20/add-ons-for-ie7/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/20/add-ons-for-ie7/#comments Fri, 20 Oct 2006 22:53:31 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/20/add-ons-for-ie7/ Continue reading →]]> Some add-ons for IE7 that are worth getting:

Bloglines Browser Plug-In: The Bloglines Browser Plug-In will enable you to use the Bloglines RSS aggregator from your browser and subscribe to RSS feeds with one click. The plug-in will be integrated into the RSS Aggregator functionality of your IE7 browser bar and will be accessible through the RSS Aggregator button in your IE7 browser bar. Note: you will need to register with http://www.bloglines.com to use this plug-in.

del.icio.us Buttons for Internet Explorer: Integrate del.icio.us right into Internet Explorer with this del.icio.us extension.

Inline Search: An extremely useful free add-on for Internet Explorer that mimics Firefox’s search behavior. It turns searching in a web page into a non modal research experience coupled with a find as you type facility. It integrates flawlessly into IE (version 5.5 or above), giving it that little extra that makes you a lot more efficient when you are looking for a specific piece of information.

IESpell: IESpell is a free Internet Explorer browser extension that spell-checks text-input boxes on a Web page. It should come in particularly handy for users who do a lot of Web-based text entry (Web mail, forums, blogs, diaries). Even if your Web application already includes spell-checking functionality, this utility is faster than a server-side solution. Plus, you get to store and use your personal word list across all your applications instead of having to maintain separate ones on each application. The program installs as a new button in the IE toolbar (and as a new menu item under Tools). After filling in a form, click the IESpell button and it pops up a dialog similar to the Microsoft Word spelling checker. In version 2.1.1 build 325, ShowModalDialog can take any HTML elements, and support for ignoring words marked with an underscore has been added.

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/20/add-ons-for-ie7/feed/ 0 GPS needs to become ubiquitous http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/17/gps-needs-to-become-ubiquitous/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/17/gps-needs-to-become-ubiquitous/#comments Tue, 17 Oct 2006 22:00:39 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/17/gps-needs-to-become-ubiquitous/ Continue reading →]]> Find an old photo taken with a film camera and ask yourself, “Where was that picture taken?” Now find a whole bunch of old photos and try answering that question for all of them in a split second. Thanks to digicams we now have time and date stamps along with other photo-specific data embedded with each shot but there’s something missing: GPS information should be in your photos too. Imagine taking a photo journey based on location (Zooomr is already working on this).

Likewise, GPS information should be downloadable from your car’s computer to tell you whatever you’d like to know about your driving (heck, how many people even regularly download their car’s computer data?). Or how about combining GPS with orientation sensors in your video camera to create a Disney-like viewing experience some day (it could happen).

Well, I suppose some of these are closer to reality than others but it would be nice to see the inclusion occur a bit faster.

In any case, for a nice writeup on some items that are available now see O’Reilly Radar’s post on Location Awareness in Hardware.

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/10/17/gps-needs-to-become-ubiquitous/feed/ 0 Firefox Extension of the Day – Session Manager http://blog.severud.org/2006/08/12/firefox-extension-of-the-day-session-manager/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/08/12/firefox-extension-of-the-day-session-manager/#comments Sat, 12 Aug 2006 18:07:55 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/08/12/firefox-extension-of-the-day-session-manager/ Continue reading →]]> Session Manager saves & restores the state of all windows & tabs. In other words, this extension allows you to save the current state of Firefox (history, text data, cookies) and return to that state at any later moment. Besides the manually saved states, Session Manager automatically stores the current state in case of a crash.

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/08/12/firefox-extension-of-the-day-session-manager/feed/ 0 NewsForge reviews Drupal 4.7 http://blog.severud.org/2006/07/16/newsforge-reviews-drupal-47/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/07/16/newsforge-reviews-drupal-47/#comments Sun, 16 Jul 2006 23:13:13 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/07/16/newsforge-reviews-drupal-47/ Continue reading →]]> The NewsForge review of Drupal 4.7 gives you an idea of some of what the latest version of Drupal can do.  I don’t agree that an upgrade from 4.6 isn’t worth the effort but do warn that it can be error prone.  I still prefer Drupal over Joomla but there are pros and cons with both products.

Blogged with Flock

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/07/16/newsforge-reviews-drupal-47/feed/ 0 My first posting from Word 2007 http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/30/my-first-posting-from-word-2007/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/30/my-first-posting-from-word-2007/#comments Tue, 30 May 2006 23:59:59 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/30/my-first-posting-from-word-2007/ Continue reading →]]> Now, while I doubt I’ll use Word 2007 for all blog posts, it is nice to have as an option. Good work team. Oh, and I should say, the UI update for Word is AWESOME! I’d add more but I’m speechless writeless at the moment.

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/30/my-first-posting-from-word-2007/feed/ 0 Will you write your blogs with Word 2007? http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/20/will-you-write-your-blogs-with-word-2007/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/20/will-you-write-your-blogs-with-word-2007/#comments Sun, 21 May 2006 01:26:58 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/20/will-you-write-your-blogs-with-word-2007/ Continue reading →]]> If you’re reaction is the same as mine then don’t answer just yet.  Read Joe Friend’s Blogging from Word 2007 post to learn more about changes in store, such as those to the toolbar to make blogging simple.

Word 2007 blog post toolbar 
Clean HTML sounds nice and I look forward to seeing seemless support for more than just Blogger and MSN Spaces.

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/20/will-you-write-your-blogs-with-word-2007/feed/ 0 Firefox Extension of the Day – CopyURL+ http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/20/firefox-extension-of-the-day-copyurl/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/20/firefox-extension-of-the-day-copyurl/#comments Sat, 20 May 2006 15:00:34 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/19/firefox-extension-of-the-day-copyurl/ Continue reading →]]> The Copy URL+ extension enables you to copy to the clipboard the current document’s address along with additional information such as the document’s title, the current selection or both.
You might find this behavior useful when you want to send (IM, email) an interesting link to a friend and out of laziness convenience you don’t want to copy the link and an explanation of what the link is in a single step. The explanation can be as short as the document’s title or it can be a descriptive text from the document.

CopyURL+

As of version 1.1, you can also extend Copy URL+ with your own menu entries.

Update: Copy as HTML Link is a similar extension that may complement or replace CopyURL+, depending on your needs.

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/20/firefox-extension-of-the-day-copyurl/feed/ 0 Firefox extension of the Day – TinyUrl Creator http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/18/firefox-extension-of-the-day-tinyurl-creator/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/18/firefox-extension-of-the-day-tinyurl-creator/#comments Thu, 18 May 2006 16:00:43 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/18/firefox-extension-of-the-day-tinyurl-creator/ Continue reading →]]> This extension brings the http://tinyurl.com functionality closer to your fingertips. It will convert a long URL into a much smaller, more managable one which is easier to share through email and instant messanger. This feature is useable from the Tools menu or as a Toolbar Element (Firefox).

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/18/firefox-extension-of-the-day-tinyurl-creator/feed/ 0 Firefox Extension of the Day – Greasemonkey http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/17/firefox-extension-of-the-day-greasemonkey/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/17/firefox-extension-of-the-day-greasemonkey/#comments Wed, 17 May 2006 16:00:58 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/15/firefox-extension-of-the-day-greasemonkey/ Continue reading →]]> Greasemonkey lets you to add bits of DHTML (“user scripts”) to any web page to change its behavior thus allowing you to easily control any aspect of a web page’s design or interaction.

For example, if you’re a Flickr fanatic and enjoy commenting you may appreciate the Flickr Rich Edit script which adds limited rich editing capabilities to Flickr, in comments and groups.

]]> http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/17/firefox-extension-of-the-day-greasemonkey/feed/ 0 Secure your email with a thawte email certificate http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/16/secure-your-email-with-a-thawte-email-certificate/ http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/16/secure-your-email-with-a-thawte-email-certificate/#comments Tue, 16 May 2006 19:13:19 +0000 Kevin http://blog.severud.org/2006/05/16/secure-your-email-with-a-thawte-email-certificate/ Continue reading →]]> With many people now using Thunderbird and Outlook it seems high time that we all start using digital certificates to sign (and when needed, encrypt) our emails.  So I’m working on some instructions, based on my experience, to help make the process easy for people who’d rather not figure out how to do this stuff.  So the first is:
How to add your name to your thawte email certificate followed by:
How To obtain and install a free thawte email certificate.

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