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Google Mail Checker for Chrome/Chromium with Google Apps

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:17:00 -0500

So, Google/Chromium have released sample extensions for Chrome and Chromium (link) dev/beta builds.

One such extension is Google Mail Checker (link), which uses very nice graphics and a simple polling script to check for new Gmail messages. Now, the problem is that the extension only works for Gmail.com users and not Google Apps users.

This is easily fixed, though, through editing of the background.html file (which houses the extension javascript):

Locate your Extensions folder.

Windows 7:

C:\Users\%USER%\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\

Windows XP:

C:\Documents and Settings\%USER%\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions\

Locate the Google Mail Checker extension through digging in each folder (look at Date Modified), and then locate the background.html file in the \1.0\ folder.

Open the background.html file in an HTML editor (WordPad, Notepad, etc.).

You’ll see two variables linking to mail.google.com, which you have to edit to point to your Google Apps account:

var gmail = “http://mail.google.com/”;

var gmailAtomRef = “http://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom”;

To edit them, just insert your Google Apps URL (replacing DOMAIN.COM), like so:

var gmail = “http://mail.google.com/a/DOMAIN.COM”;

var gmailAtomRef = “http://mail.google.com/a/DOMAIN.COM/feed/atom”;

Save your background.html (you can make a backup of the original if you want), restart Chrome, load your Google Apps mailbox and you should notice the icon red instead of with a question mark.

This is my first blog about the wedding. Candi's done the entire coordination, and I've attempted to be her support and listening ear.

Sat, 16 May 2009 03:27:00 -0400

The preparation for a lifelong journey’s one-momented prefix is very stressful. I never thought we would have to arrange such minor additions or necessities to make the ceremony seamless. That could be a metaphor to describe the emotions, too. From candles, an aisle runner, the floral arrangements, and the dress & tux (which are for our ceremony), to the table favors, the catering, the music, and the seating chart (which are for your celebration of us), this process is as dynamic and fluid as it is streamlined and hackneyed. Enough so that we purchased a planning book, but have done most things without its assistance.

Candi works exclusively with each vendor, which helps in ironing out small details as well as with budgetting. She’s not splurged twice, just once on the cakes, and has met some of the most wonderful people who have worked with us to make the day so special and personal: Dianne Smith of Brookdale Florist, Karen of Karen’s Cakes & Cafe Pharr, and Randy of inFocus Photography.

I really admire and love Candi, and her determination and ability to stay grounded and sane in the most confusing, stress-filled, emotional, and wonderful times has reminded me each day how much and how much more I continue to love her.

Google Chrome AdBlock via Paulfox's Ad Blocking FiltersetP

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:38:00 -0500

Thanks to the new Google Chrome 2.0 beta and its support for user-scripts, you can now have ad blocking from within Chrome itself, without need for Privoxy, BFilter, or Ad Muncher. This does not stop the ads from downloading, however, but does hide them from being shown.

All you need do is:

1. Download the Google Chrome Channel Changer from the Early Access Release Channels.

2. Select, “Dev,” from the radio boxes.

3. Force Chrome to update by going to Wrench -> About Google Chrome.

4. Enable user-scripts in a Chrome shortcut by adding the
—enable-user-scripts
flag (after chrome.exe).

5. Download the Ad Blocking FiltersetP by Paulfox from http://userstyles.org/styles/299. Be sure to select “Load as user script” because Chrome only supports Greasemonkey scripts. Save the “Ad Blocking FiltersetP.user.js” file in the appropriate directory and load Chrome.

Windows XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts\

Vista/Windows 7:
C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\User Scripts\

I just switched to DreamHost from GoDaddy using promo code 221, which gives 90% off a 2-year hosting...

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:43:35 -0500

I just switched to DreamHost from GoDaddy using promo code 221, which gives 90% off a 2-year hosting plan (and 1 year registration!). I paid $21.48. They also have a free whois proxy ($10+/year with godaddy) and automatically set your domain up with Google Apps if you so choose.

May I just say, this has taken 1 night and each and every bit of domain managing I need is located in their Web Panel, instead of multiple sites that don’t work well together (GoDaddy).

the classifieds are so sad when read from perspective of intention’s goodwill;...

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:51:15 -0500

the classifieds are so sad when read from
perspective of intention’s goodwill; “They
need a good, safe home,” rings so softly as
to be passed by reader,
but is the hardest line to write.

Jbed 20080328.3.1 tckmax Not Working

Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:59:21 -0500

With certain versions of Esmertec Jbed (20080328.3.1 being the one I use), the “tckmax” trusted signing trick of the selector.utf file does not seem to work, causing net access prompts to continue. This is most notable with the popular Opera Mini fix.

The problem of the prompts is found in unsigned (and untrusted) Java applications. The “tckmax” fix solves this through a hex of “domain=untrusted” to “domain=tckmax ” which escalates the app to being trusted.

With certain Jbed versions, this does not work due to the policy.utf file referring to trusted/signed files
as “tcktrusted” rather than “tckmax”.

Simply put, hexing “tcktrusted” to “tckmax ” (note extra 4 spaces) in the policy.utf file, as well as the standard “=untrusted” to “=tckmax ” (note extra 3 spaces) in the selector.utf file will resolve the issue of net access prompts.

With racism, racists always remain silent or shout; once a racist speaks, they may do so with eyes...

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:57:10 -0500

With racism, racists always remain silent or shout; once a racist speaks, they may do so with eyes alone, but their motive is hate and terror. A racist is a terrorist of society, losing to time with each passing day that which true Americans gain: love, knowledge, faith.

A racist cannot be Christian. Of Christ no hatred is shown, as love is paramount. Be in Christ and you will be free of earthly sight, as Christ’s eyes see love, and all else falls off the Soul.

standing to vote w/ my baby @ nb mills in nc

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:23:05 -0500

standing to vote w/ my baby @ nb mills in nc

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:22:38 -0500

standing to vote w/ my baby @ nb mills in nc

Interesting Quote

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:54:54 -0400

“We think space and time are important because that’s the kind of monkeys we are.”
- Terence Rudolph.

link

Life with a diabetic cat is like seeing your best friend living in pain, until you have the...

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:06:56 -0400

Life with a diabetic cat is like seeing your best friend living in pain, until you have the Neosporin or Tylenol to squelch it.

Our cat, Kitti, is 6 years old. He lives with two 1-year-old cats, Jack & Reluctance. Kitti never was very hospitable to them, as we often began the evening or morning with very loud warning calls from one or the others. Now that he’s been diagnosed, he seems heavily sedated— both to them and to us. He sits at the doorway of their room, rather than wandering in for their food or water. I feel emotionally charged for him to be the same vibrant cat he was, but he must adjust and he must stabilize before we may see that side of him.

I wander through thought the same way he wanders through his day— pacing back through the same paths he’s been, only skirting the same footprints. He lays on our bed, looking at us through those ears and closed eyelids— he’s content now, not readying himself for an attack or a pre-emptive gesture of dominance.

Maybe this is from us leaving for vacation for a week, wherein Candi’s Mom helped feed and maintain the three of them. Maybe, through that week, he saw how invaluable we are to him— just as invaluable as he is to us. He makes our days, when we arrive home and the windowsill is occupied by a paw-walker waiting for our touch and presence. He is our home, a remnant of whom we carry inside of us on our journies to work, and a piece of whom we carry on our clothing.

a subtle change

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 22:57:14 -0400

I really receive random phone calls. People are never on for more than an hour, and, in that hour, I know them as much as I had before they responded to my answering: “I need service or support.” That’s my job.

I always believe these people are good, in some way, and are in desperate need to wash their dishes any way other than by hand. That’s what bothers me: they are in need, and I am the only current support their lives have available. It’s sad, as I really cannot look beyond the phone number and text written, or inflections heard, for a glimpse at their lives. It’s the reverse of being a retail worker: I don’t have to know the customer, just provide them support and repair what they already have, not give them what they may need.

I love this position, in that I know where I can grow within the company. It’s a subtle change, each day, when I realize I am a day closer to being able, having the ability, to join another faction, or rise in this same faction. It is a subtle change, but a change.

enjoying a cookout with fam. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY!

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:09:06 -0400

enjoying a cookout with fam. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY!

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 19:09:02 -0400

enjoying a cookout with fam. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABY!

sometimes you regrow roots

Fri, 30 May 2008 13:37:00 -0400

Gave the kittens a bath each yesterday. Jack clawed and screamed, but Reluctance was calm and kind. Had to re-teach them how to play with our cloth-hangy-thingy. they eventually started pawing with it. they live in the couch, so playing, to them, has been alienated for 3 months. we must develop their sense of pleasure into an active happiness, rather than a fearful tolerance of Kitti.

purple passion plant had grown roots this week, but they buoyed themselves out of, and the leaflets into, the water. had to plant them right away, but the roots were so craned that they couldn’t be in the soil with the leaves above. had to remove one leaf and the bend to put it back into the water to regrow roots. trying to save the split-off leaf, too.

new car .

See Me After Class

Wed, 28 May 2008 20:17:08 -0400

Sometimes you have to stay tuned in as to not miss anything as anything is what tells you the story; sometimes you have to look away and know you are missing something, something that may change your view, so you know that what you knew and what you will know may be closer than if separated by what you now know, even if you are allknowing.

Be there and you will know where you are.

Mon, 26 May 2008 00:18:52 -0400

God gave us foresight and hindsight, but only the ability to turn our heads to the sides, not completely around. That’s what we have: the ability to see the background from one side or another, and rarely both at once, unless we turn ourselves completely around.

Where Young

Sat, 24 May 2008 19:02:47 -0400

We are young, you and I;
the epitome of style,
justified by our place
in society’s higher.

We are young, you and I,
and spend many breathings
of our hearts without
seeing one -others’ movings,
though know we are
but voices away,
in feelings of warmth
long past any normal home’s
bedtime.

We are young, you and I,
here to be as fore-thought
memories: the times
in change’s grasp
as seasons looked
from distant past..

and I hold these times,
as real as you,
and know they are
but many in few
fleeted glimpses of
what makes us Us
and who we are
as who we were
before.

Sorry for the disjointed style; it doesn’t flow for me, either. The message is out, though, and I can rework it later.

50 Amazingly Helpful Time-Tested for the Kitchen: http://ping.fm/gD0RH

Mon, 19 May 2008 13:51:29 -0400

50 Amazingly Helpful Time-Tested for the Kitchen: http://ping.fm/gD0RH

eating a pb&j

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:56:53 -0400

i’m eating a pb&j which is on rye and made with spreadable fruit (blueberry) and natural peanut butter (the oily kind). it’s ok.

candi has this thing where she eats rye bread, and i love it, but it’s hard to fit the slices into the takealongs rubbermaid containers for sandwiches. the containers are square, whereas the rye bread (cobblestone) is rectangular. very odd. i guess corners can be lifted and it will be okay.

candi just called from work and i loves that girl.