Gmail Gets a New Loader
Went to login to my Gamil account today and I saw they added a new loading screen. Google has found the perfect middle ground between new technologies (mainly AJAX) and using them correctly/not abusing them.
I wonder if this is why Google seemed to be down off and on for the past two weeks…I hope they have a better reason than that.
Using Greasemonkey & Firefox To Show Google Calendar With Gmail
If you are sucked into the Googlverse as badly as I am, you are no doubt using two of Google’s most popular services: Gmail and Google Calendar. Now normally I lock these tabs in Firefox with the PermaTabs addon.
This is nice, but what would be really nice is if I could combine the two tabs into one. Thanks to Greasemonkey and a brilliant developer known as ‘The Dot‘, now we can…and very easily;)
What We’re Going To End Up With
Getting Ready
All you really need to do this is to make sure you have the Firefox web browser installed. After that, we will install Greasemonkey. Here’s how.
Installing Greasemonkey
- Get Greasemonkey.
- Click the green ‘Add to Firefox’ button
- Click the ‘Install Now‘ in the following window
- After it completes, hit the ‘Restart Firefox‘ button to complete the install
MSN Having a Little CSS Trouble
Went to MSN.com to see what was going on, and I saw this…
MSN, if you need some help with your CSS, send me an email and we can talk.
User Question: Whats Your Favorite Application/Tool/Algorithm & What Files Do You Protect?
So I just installed Skribit today, and about an hour later I got my first user submitted question for a post. I thought it was a really good question that definitely deserved my attention. Also, if you were the person who asked this question, please email me at (randy AT randyjensenonline DOT COM) so I can give you a link to your blog/website/Facebook page/etc.
Whats Your Favorite Application/Tool/Algorithm & What Files Do You Protect?
Favorite Encryption App/Tool
TrueCrypt. This one’s not even close. This thing is the best of breed and anyone serious about security should be using it. I also like AxCrypt for encrypting single files you want to send securely.
Encrypting Thumb Drives With TrueCrypt
Last week I wrote a post on how to encrypt entire hard drives with TrueCrypt. We all know how easy it is to have your laptop lost or stolen and how important it is to protect sensitive data. However, something that is even easier to lose and often has just as sensitive data on it is thumb drives. I know personally I’ve lost a couple of them over time.
Today we’re going to learn how to encrypt these drives to keep them from prying eyes.
Setting Up
Just a few things to get you prepared for the encryption process.
- Grab TrueCrypt if you don’t already have it.
- Make sure your thumb drive is plugged in and move everything on it to your desktop. This is important because TrueCrypt is going to format the drive during the encryption process.
- Open the main TrueCrypt window
Fry’s, You Don’t Know My Mom Very Well
I got an email from Fry’s Electronics today telling me they had all kinds of great Mother’s Day gifts. Turns out the last time Fry’s did any research on what mom’s want was during the middle ages.
I can’t wait until mom opens this years Mother’s Day present. Boy is she going to be excited when she gets an online RPG game version of Conan the Barbarian!
