All You Need Is A Browser
October 12, 2009browserwebappstipThe web has become more than just a glorified paperless library, now it has become a place where everyone works, plays and meet up. This has become more true with the surge of desktop applications to their web equivalents (email, desktop publishing, spreadsheet etc.) and the advancement in web technologies(AJAX, HTML5 etc). More and more I find myself using online versions of my computer’s desktop.
What Browser?
October 10, 2009browserwebsiteEver wondered what a browser truly is? Or know someone you’ve been trying to educate for a long time to use one? Ever met someone who keeps confusing a browser with a webpage? Are you still at hairs end trying to pick the best one? Don’t fret, Google comes to the rescue again.
OCR API on Google Docs(not yet)
September 30, 2009websitegoogleapiGoogle API blog announced today, new features for their Documents List – Data APIs (DLDA) – one of which is Optical Character Recognition(OCR). To put it simpy, sending an image(with readable text) to a DLDA application, when OCR is enabled into the request, will equip the API to read the image and generate a properly editable document.
Updated list of Verified Relief Centers
September 28, 2009personalHere’s another repost.A list of verified in-kind drop off points for Ondoy victims relief operations. Includes what they need and who to contact.
Google Ondoy Help Page
September 28, 2009personalUpdates: Helping Victims of Tropical Storm Google joins the Filipino nation in helping those affected by Typhoon Ondoy! I am reposting the info here if you have time please check the actual google page.
Updates on Ondoy: Places to donate – Efforts by bloggers
September 28, 2009personalA call for help. If you are able, please donate whatever you can spare to the victims of Ondoy(Ketsana). I collected some details of donation centers and numbers but it pales in comparison to what other bloggers were able to post.
Project 10^100: The Voting Begins
September 25, 2009websitegoogleProject 10^100 is a Google Project that transcends the information superhighway. It’s aim, simply, is to help – to help people so they can help others. How ? They promised to give 10 million dollars to fund any project that can improve peoples lives. But as funding is finite, they need to find the best ideas.
Use Export Command To Help Linux Find Your Scripts
September 25, 2009linuxbashscriptsYou compiled and installed a linux binary or made a nifty script but you don’t want to mess the server bin tree. So you placed it in an isolated folder like so:
Picasa 3.5 comes with Face Recognition
September 24, 2009googlewebsiteimagesGoogle released Picasa 3.5 yesterday, with some cool features. In keeping with Picasa Web Albums enhancements, Developers have added face recognition and geo tags to their photo-organizer-slash-jack-of-all-trades software.
NES on Javascript
September 21, 2009gamejavascriptwebsiteHere’s something amazing for Javascript, your good-ole NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) games are now available and playable via Ben Firshman’s JSNES page. JSNES, is an NES emulator built on javascript’s canvas objects.
XOXO Creativity
September 20, 2009websitefunHere’s a good way to promote creativity and have fun at the same time. The rule is to draw as many things as your imagination can conjure up from X’s and O’s.