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H: Is there any way to force Amazon Instant Video into High Quality?
I'm watching a movie that is very dark, and it looks awful in low quality.
Is it possible to force Amazon Instant Video into high quality?
I am OK with long buffering times.
AI: If you watch from the Amazon Unbox Player, you can wait for the movie to completely (or partially) download in high-ish quality before watching it. |
H: What does starring a repository on GitHub do?
GitHub rolled out their new notifications and stars feature.
But does starring do anything for a repository?
Is it just to show support or interest? Is there any functional purpose to the user?
If not, why should I use them? Do other users, or maybe even GitHub, benefit from me starring a repository?
AI: The big difference between watching and starring a project comes down to notifications.
If you're watching a repository, you'll receive notifications for all discussions: project issues, pull requests, comments on commits and any other comments. If you’re not watching a repo, you’ll just receive notifications for the discussions in which you participate.
On the other hand, if you star repositories, you're showing your appreciation as well as keeping track of repositories that you find interesting without overwhelming your feed with activity notifications.
As stated in this GitHub blog post,
A quick note: activity from starred repositories will not show up in your dashboard feed.
Another thing worth noting is that any repositories you were previously watching can now be found on your stars page. If you want to go back to watching them, you’ll need to change them over yourself. There’s also a new auto-watch feature: If you’re given push access to a repository, GitHub automatically adds it to your watch list.
You can see a list of your starred repos at github.com/stars.
And trending (popular) starred repos at github.com/trending |
H: How to select weekdays only in a Google Sheets?
I have a table with two columns: column A has dates, column B has data. I want to compute the average of the data in B that corresponds to only week (work) days.
How can I write it as a formula?
AI: You can use the WEEKDAY functionality to determine the day of the week, and then compute the Average of all days that are not Sunday (1) or Saturday (7).
WEEKDAY(number, type)
Returns the day of the week for the given number (date value). The day is returned as an integer based on the type. Type determines the type of calculation: type = 1 (default), the weekdays are counted starting from Sunday (Monday = 2), type = 2, the weekdays are counted starting from Monday (Monday = 1), type = 3, the weekdays are counted starting from Monday (Monday = 0).
from: https://support.google.com/docs/bin/static.py?hl=en&topic=25273&page=table.cs&tab=1240285
The you would need a collection of SumIF statements for each week day 2-6, and a count of them to determine an average. |
H: Insert copied cells in Google Spreadsheets
I'd like to shift a set of cells downward from a selection in Google Spreadsheets. Ideally "insert copied cells" from Excel, but I can live with just the shift part, i.e. insert blank cells, shifting downward.
How can I do this?
AI: Here's my current solution. It inserts a blank area the size of the selection, and shifts the relevant rows downward by one selection-height. The next step is to make it a full-fledged "insert copied cells" feature.
/* NOTE: THIS function does not preserve the semantics of formulas which point at the
moved data.
In this way it is more disruptive than cut-and-paste,
which retargets references in existing formulas
*/
function shiftCellsDown(){
var SS = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
var sheet = SS.getActiveSheet();
var selection = sheet.getActiveSelection();
var selectedRow = selection.getRowIndex();
var selectedCol = selection.getColumnIndex();
var lastRow = sheet.getLastRow();
var width = selection.getWidth();
var height = selection.getHeight();
var rangeToBeMoved =sheet.getRange(selectedRow, selectedCol, lastRow-selectedRow+height, width);
var dataToBeMoved = rangeToBeMoved.getValues();
var row = [];
for ( var c =0; c< width; c++){
row.push("");
}
for ( var r =0; r< height; r++){
dataToBeMoved.splice(0,0,row);
}
sheet.getRange(selectedRow, selectedCol, dataToBeMoved.length,width).setValues(dataToBeMoved);
} |
H: Is there a way of having Amazon automatically buy an item when it hits a certain price?
I've got a few things in my Amazon wishlist that I'd like, but are too expensive right now. The prices tend to fluctuate, and I'd like to buy it once it's below a certain price. Can this be done?
AI: You can sign up at http://camelcamelcamel.com to get email alerts when prices drop at Amazon. |
H: How to move all (not just showing) mails in gmail to another folder?
I have a couple thousand e-mails in my Gmail inbox which I want to move to a folder called "oldmail".
I can select the checkbox button and then "All" and move but it only selects and moves those that are showing (about 40).
How can I select and move all mails from my inbox to the folder "oldmail"?
AI: To apply the oldmail label to all the messages in your inbox
Click "all".
You should then see "All 100 conversations on this page are selected. Select all 139 conversations in Inbox" between the buttons and the first email.
Click the second part of the phrase.
Use the label button to assign the label or to create the label
Click the Archive button. |
H: How can I embed a local image in gmail without using an external link?
In Gmail, I can only cut and paste a picture from the web into the mail, but even then when it arrives in someone's Thunderbird, for instance, they have to click "show remote content" to see it embedded.
I can attach a local image to the email, but I want it embedded within the text of the mail.
Googling an answer tells me that I should "Click the Insert Image button in the message's formatting toolbar." but in the latest version of Gmail there is no "insert image button":
How can I embed a local image from my hard drive into a Gmail e-mail so that e.g. Thunderbird can see it embedded without clicking a "load remote content" button?
AI: Google in their infinite wisdom have made the feature an option through the Gmail Labs. This support page details the procedure to enable it:
Click the gear icon in the upper right, then select Settings.
Select the Labs tab.
Select the 'Enable' button next to 'Inserting images'.
Click Save.
When you're composing a message, you'll see an icon in the Gmail toolbar, between the "Insert emoticon" (smiley face) and "Link" buttons. Click that to insert an image.
You can add either a URL or a file you've saved to your computer - however only adding from your computer will attach the file to the email. |
H: Cannot save "multiple inboxes" settings in GMail
I just tried to setup multiple inboxes as described in this Google video.
Unfortunately I notice that the "Save changes" ("Änderungen speichern") button is greyed out!
Maybe my filter-rule is wrong? I took a screenshot of the example setting that I tried:
I know that before I once had "multiple inboxes" in use, so I'm really confused as to why I suddenly cannot setup those anymore. As the tab shows up, the labs feature is obviously activated.
AI: You cannot use "Priority Inbox" and "Multiple Inboxes" at the same time!
You have to change from "Important first" to "Classic(al)" in either the little drop-down arrow on the right side of your "Inbox" or in the dropdown in the "Inbox" tab in "Settings".
Solution first found here and here on Google Groups. |
H: Is there 2 factor authentication for Google Apps Mail (i.e. not gmail)?
I'm talking about the Google Apps Mail for companies. Does two factor authentication exist for that product?
AI: Yes, you can have two factor authentication for Apps
Setup instructions for your domain administrator
Setup instructions for individual users |
H: Soundcloud API: Are there any restrictions for apps in development mode?
Apart from being in the App Gallery, what difference does it make for an app to be in development mode?
I couldn't find any information on this.
AI: There are no functional differences. The majority of registered apps are not in the App Gallery and therefore are still in development mode. |
H: See all replies to my comments on Wikipedia talk pages
I'd like to see all the replies that have been made to the comments that I've posted on Wikipedia talk pages. Is it possible to do this (without manually adding each of the pages to my watchlist?)
AI: As far as I know, this is not possible. That's because MediaWiki doesn't actually know what a reply is or that sections on talk pages have some special meaning.
I guess you could write a program that checks all the talk pages you wrote to for replies, but I don't know about anything like that that already exists.
Also, LiquidThreads should solve this (and other problems with Wikipedia talk pages), but I don't think it will be finished any time soon. |
H: Is there any web service to make phone calls like Google 2-step verification?
Is there any web service that provides something to make phone calls?
Let say I want to build one site where people can make phonepranks. I enter the number of my friend and when I submit the form, it calls him with a message like "7 days".
Or like google does with its 2-step verification. When you don't receive a message google gives you the option to call you and give the code.
AI: I just found it. It's called hoiio and it works almost on every country. It's affordable and easy to implement.
The other options were tropo, pilvo ( I couldn't make them work) amd twilio (it doesn't work for my country). |
H: Batch processing filters in Gmail
I have many different labels in my Gmail account. I've set up my filters to attach labels such as newsletters and social to these emails as they come in. Once these emails are read, I want them to be archived and simply "gone" from the inbox. This is possible using the following filter, selecting all mail, then clicking archive:
((label:social-facebook OR label:social-twitter OR label:G+ OR label:social-spotify OR label:newsletters OR label:scanned OR label:shopping-ebay OR label:shopping-paypal) AND is:read AND label:inbox)
Is there is an easier way to go about this?
AI: Gmail's filters are processed immediately after the e-mail arrives in your inbox. You can not use a filter for processing an email inbox yet. What you are looking for is possible with a google script:
function processInbox() {
var threads = GmailApp.getInboxThreads();
for (var i = 0; i < threads.length; i++) {
var th = threads[i];
if (!th.isUnread() && !th.isImportant() && !th.hasStarredMessages()) {
th.moveToArchive()
}
Utilities.sleep(1000);
}
}
Drive > new script > past the code > run and autorize > create a trigger for 4/6 hours.. |
H: Can I use the same smartphone for two factor on 3 separate Gmail accounts?
I have three separate Gmail accounts and I'd like to use two-factor authentication on all three. Unfortunately, I do not have three cell phones on which to install the app.
Can I somehow use two-factor for three different account on the same cell phone?
AI: You surely can. The Google Authenticator app allows you to add as many accounts as you like!
As Dez mentions correctly, in addition to this, you can also use the same phone number for multiple text messaging authentication accounts. |
H: How to switch back from Google+ profile in Blogger
I connected my Blogger profile with Google Plus, but I don't like it anymore. Can I go back and switch to the old Blogger profile?
AI: Here is a link:
http://www.blogger.com/revert-profile.g
Click this when you are logged into your Google account, and you will land directly on a page where you can switch back to your old Blogger profile. |
H: Character converter between languages
Is there such a thing?
I want to convert a text with Latin characters to a text with characters in Chinese, Greek and so on (not translate, just convert).
AI: You should try Google Transliteration.
Google Transliteration offers an option for converting Roman characters to their phonetic equivalent in your language. Note that this is not the same as translation -- it is the sound of the words that are converted from one alphabet to the other, not their meaning. For example, typing "hamesha" transliterates into Hindi as: and typing "salaam" transliterates into Persian as: |
H: Does "previewing" a Facebook message mark it as Seen?
Say I get a New Message notification (the red box over the Messages icon). I then click on the Messages icon, so I am viewing the "preview" of all of my recent conversations. The red notification icon goes away.
Even if I didn't open the conversation itself to view the full text, does the message get marked as read?
AI: If you see text 1/2/3 in a small red cloud in the Envelope icon(Notification) in the top-blue bar & you click that, and preview the message, Message will NOT be marked as read.
To simplify, Until you actually Go to Messages, click that Specific Message and see it in FULL, no message will be marked as Read.
Unread messages always have a faint blue background, whereas read messages have pure white.
Any message can be marked as Unread again, from the screen where you read it.
TL:DR; No, it will not be marked as read. :) |
H: Suggest that a Wikipedia page be renamed
I've found a couple of pages and categories on Wikipedia with confusing names. Is there any template that I can use to suggest that these pages be renamed, without actually renaming them myself?
AI: Generally, the way to go about doing something like that is to start a discussion on the attached talk page. Explain why you find the page name confusing and, perhaps, what your suggested change is.
Don't forget to sign with ~~~~. |
H: Best organiser/scheduling programme for small company?
I'm looking for a program on behalf of other people, but in doing so it has struck me how few easy-to-use personal organiser type programs there are out there. Don't get me wrong, there are thousands of ones available, some free, some commercial, but they almost universally tend to be fiddly, unintuitive, and, bottom-line, more annoying than useful. This is particularly important when there is an emphasis on collaboration and mobile use!
A lot of the products put emphasis on use by external users - such as booking engine (for customers) or clocking-in/clocking-out features (for employees). I'm not actually looking for any of that - rather the inclusion of such services is likely to make the system more cumbersome if anything. Crucially, the system is being sought for non techies. Unfortunately, from my point of view, most websites that review these products place a great emphasis on these types of features - hence the question here. :D
Ideally the system would
Integrate with Outlook (including Outlook's calendar)
Be accessible by a smart phone
Allow users to make and share appointments between a few colleagues, and most importantly, make notes relating to meetings.
A UI which is based upon a calendar
It doesn't matter whether or not it is free.
What have your experiences which such systems been?
AI: Have you looked into Google Apps? Its calendar sharing features seem to match your requirements.
It is syncable with Outlook, accessible from smartphones (either via syncing or a web GUI), and certainly has a calendar GUI.
Taking notes from meetings could be done via Google+, or a Google Doc attached to the meeting invitation. |
H: Sort search results by popularity
Is it possible to sort Google Search results by popularity for a given search term? Also, is it possible to sort results by popularity for a specific website (e. g., Wikipedia)?
AI: Google's search results are sorted by relevancy. The most relevant search results for the user are at the top. Google uses over 200 factors to determine the relevancy. Pure "popularity" might well be one of these factors, but there is no way to directly change the order of these results.
(Aside: But what is "popularity"? Is it the number of times web pages are visited (perhaps determined by analytics)? The number of times webpages are clicked on in the SERPs? The number of inbound links to that website? That last one is certainly one of the most important factors that Google uses - so in a sense "popularity" is already strongly linked to relevance.)
... for a specific website (e. g., Wikipedia)?
To search in a specific website, use the site: operator (no space after "site:"):
site:en.wikipedia.org search phrase goes here |
H: how can I "advanced filter" ebay results?
When using eBay's search I want to filter all results to find items that would be less than 50 miles away (which is easy to do) but I want to see if they are listed as "pickup only" (which means the items tends to be free or cheaper). Is there an easy way to do this?
AI: You need to use the "Advanced Search" (link to the right of the search button). Not just the "Advanced Filters" down the left of the listings page.
In the advanced search you can select "Collection in person" (UK) (or "Local pickup" in US) under delivery options. |
H: How do I filter everything except tweets by people I'm actually following?
I'm coming back to give Twitter another try after a time away.
For now, what I want to do is this: there are a number of people I want to follow, and read their tweets, but I don't want to see anything else. That includes tweets mentioning my 'followeds', retweets of their stuff, and so on.
Just to clarify, here are some examples. I'm following @Moses, but not @Pharaoh:
Yes: @Moses tweets "Just got the Ten Commandments"
No: @Pharaoh tweets: "@Moses Meh"
Yes: @Moses tweets "@Pharaoh 's quite a nice guy"
No: @Pharaoh rt: " --"-- "
Yes: @Moses rt: "@Moses Meh"
Is there a way to do this? And, if possible, all the other crap that Twitter throws at me?
On-the-Web, Windows, or Android clients are OK.
AI: The Twitter web site will only show you the Tweets (and re-Tweets) of people you are following directly. The only exception to this is if the Tweet starts with @username and you are not following username then you won't see the Tweet.
So in your examples you should see Tweets 1 and 5. All the others will be hidden from you. |
H: How can I configure Outlook.com new message keyboard shortcut?
The Outlook/Live/Hotmail keyboard for Create new message is Ctrl+N... this always opens a new instance of my browser. This is not what I want and means I can't avoid the need to keep on reaching for the mouse.
How can I configure things so that I have a shortcut that lets me Create a new message in Outlook/Live/Hotmail?
AI: Here is the full list of the keyboard shortcuts for Outlook.com, and you could change the default shortcuts to the ones from Yahoo! or Gmail from the settings: |
H: No-nonsense no-signup video chat web app
Today I had to do a quick video chat with someone, but he didn't have Skype and was computer illiterate. It was very frustrating to guide him in installing Skype.
Here's what I want: A website we can both go into, and be able to video chat with each other.
I don't want to sign up for an account there, put my email in, or have to do anything else except go in, enter a private video session with my friend (could identify by entering a secret shared token) and then having the chat. I want it to be really simple so a computer illiterate person could do it.
Is there any service like that?
AI: You could try ubiqq: http://www.ubiqq.com/ |
H: Find out version of the web engine of your browser by an online service
Is there a website which returns the type and version of the web engine (for example WebKit or Gecko) my browser uses?
AI: A more descriptive version is UserAgentString.com |
H: Format cells as plain text
I'm gathering some data in a Google Spreadsheet, there's a column for phone numbers and when trying to enter a phone number (e.g., +54 11 4785 7992) the spreadsheet automatically tries to make a formula or something like that and shows #ERROR.
I tried to set the cells as PLAIN TEXT but it continues assuming that I want a formula and not just plain text and I don't know why.
Any help?
AI: It's the plus sign.
Prepend your text with a single quote ('). That should allow you to display the number as you want. |
H: Why doesn't Google's “I'm Feeling Lucky” feature work in this specific case?
Why does this work:
http://www.google.com/search?q=azure+ray+site:en.wikipedia.org&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
And so does this:
(Note: loads YouTube video) http://www.google.com/search?q=azure+ray+rise&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
But this doesn't:
http://www.google.com/search?q=azure+ray+rise+site:songmeanings.net&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
Nor does this:
http://www.google.com/search?q=azure+ray+rise+songmeanings&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky
Can websites/domains disable Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" feature? Or what?
[UPDATE]
As mentioned in the comments, when both search queries that do not work using those URLs are typed in manually on the Google homepage 'I'm Feeling Lucky' does work (note that you will have to disable Google Instant to use the button). However, when I copy the resulting Google URL (captured using Firebug) and paste that in the location bar it still doesn't work. An example full URL is:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=&source=hp&q=azure+ray+rise+site%3Asongmeanings.net&oq=azure+ray+rise+site%3Asongmeanings.net&gs_l=hp.7...3487.3487.0.6936.1.1.0.0.0.0.139.139.0j1.1.0.les%3B..0.0...1c.KclWi-RBGlo&btnI=1
AI: I just noticed the question "Google's “I'm Feeling Lucky” URLs no longer working?" under related in the right navigation bar. The second answer to that question offered a working solution: add the querystring parameter sourceid=navclient (navclient is a reference to the Google Toolbar):
https://www.google.com/search?q=azure+ray+rise+site:songmeanings.net&btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&sourceid=navclient
[UPDATE]
Apparently having your Referer set to *.google.com also works. The links in this post of mine on the Google Product forums all work as long because the referer being sent with the request. |
H: Disable Facebook email notifications but keep them on the website
If I disable my notifications in the notification settings on Facebook, does that also disable the notifications on the website (little red numbers on top) or does it only disable the e-mail notifications?
I would like to receive the messages on Facebook, but not in my e-mail account.
AI: Disabling email notifications in Facebook only stops emails, your regular notifications within Facebook will remain. I couldn't find anything specifically saying as such in Facebook's doco, but there is a non-authoritative answer in this comment. |
H: All Disqus comments must be approved first
Is it possible that all comments on my site must be approved before they are shown?
If yes, how?
AI: Screening comments is only available in "Disqus Classic", not Disquis 2012, as noted in this help article. There is more information on Disquis 2012 and how to turn it on and off at this FAQ.
To enable screening, the instructions in the first link suggest:
Screening options can be found at the Disqus admin > Settings >
Moderators page. You can choose to pre-screen either all comments or
comments made by guest profiles. You may also choose to screen
comments which contain links as a way to control spammers and against
posting inappropriate links. |
H: Using new hotmail.com 'send as feature' results in a 'from on behalf of ', anyway to 'fix' that?
With outlook.com I can opt to send emails from other accounts, but when I do send an email the 'from' is formatted as: 'Sent by [email protected] on behalf of [email protected]'.
Would it be possible to just have '[email protected]' instead and completely hide [email protected]?
AI: No, this Outlook annoyance (displaying the headers in the wrong sequence) cannot be fixed on the side of webmail providers. At least not on the public ones which do not allow scripting. Sometimes - depending on your use case - using Reply-To is better. |
H: Prevent many results from same domain in Google search
A few months ago Google changed their default behavior so that there is no limit to the number of results listed from the same domain. Previously, it would list one or two results and provide a link for more results from the same domain.
I'm looking for any way to restore something similar to the old behavior. Anything that will limit the results from any single domain on a single page of results to something reasonable (eg 3 or less) will work. Maybe a Firefox extension or greasemonkey script.
I figured when this switch was first made that it was so annoying that it would be fixed (either by Google or a third party extension) quickly. However, after months the only thing I find when searching about it are people complaining, and a lot of SEO people complaining about it hurting their rankings.
To be clear: I don't want to ban certain (spamy) domains. Rather, I just want to limit the number of results from any one domain displayed on one page.
Here are some examples. I tested these on a new install of Chromium. I turned off safe search and instant results and set results per page to 100. It seems to be made much worse by setting the results per page higher.
Examples:
Results 2-9 from freebsd.org
First 15 results from mpd.wikia.com
First 22 results form stackoverflow.com
AI: Well, I wrote a Greasemonkey script to fix this, http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/141480.
I don't have much JavaScript experience, but it seems to work well enough. I'm still amazed no one else had written something like this yet. It was driving me crazy. |
H: How to make multipage book in Calaméo?
If I upload a PDF binder I get the correct amount of pages but with the content of the first page on each. If I upload a number of PDFs separately it just creates a new publication for each PDF.
Would anyone know how to correctly publish a multipage book with Calaméo from PDFs?
AI: I found what was going on. I was exporting them from Adobe Illustrator as large PDFs (30mb) I downsized them using the print option (0.3mb) and all is ok now |
H: How to bypass a websites print version?
I'm trying to save a PDF of a page from the dailymail.co.uk website. When I open the print dialogue (in Safari and Chrome) the page loses all its formatting to become a stripped back printable version. I can see the benefit of this, however I'm wondering how to bypass this feature as I want to save a PDF of the entire page as it appears on the site.
Here is an example article (randomly selected from the home page)
Is there a line of code I can delete from the page (using Chromes Dev Tool) that will let me print the full page?
AI: Most likely there will be a line like this in the head tag:
<link ... media="print" ... />
Just remove it through the Chrome Inspector by right clicking it and deleting it. If that does not fix it, there is most likely another one. The problem with doing this however is that sometimes it still will not render as the other ones are most likely media="screen" which are hidden on print.
Keep in mind the fact that comments are no longer hidden and therefore you can end up with >100 pages sometimes.
With this particular website, there is a print CSS, however all the other ones are media="screen" and you would need to go through and change all those to remove that attribute. (A bit pain in the @$$):
You mention you are using Chrome, so I would use the Webpage Screenshot extension and print the image as a draft (so it doesn't do photo quality). |
H: How can I view the links at the bottom of my Facebook feed?
Facebook has several links, like "About" at the bottom of the page. But when I try to scroll down to them, more posts load before I can read/click them.
How can I view these links?
AI: Go to the Privacy Settings page and scroll down. |
H: Gmail doesn’t delete mails from other account's server after importing
I import mail from another mail account/server into my Gmail.
I do not want to save a copy on this other server. I went into Gmail settings → Accounts and clicked edit info next to my external account and made sure that the box was unticked.
It still saves a copy on the other server and now it's dangerously filling up that mailbox. Do you have any ideas on how to truly delete that other copy on the other server?
AI: Gmail imports emails from other accounts via POP, which doesn't sync email states. Though Gmail asks the other domain not to retain the copy, ultimately, it's up to the other domain:
Gmail will instruct the other domain to leave the messages in place, though the final behavior is up to the other domain.
Your options include:
Manually delete the emails from the other server.
As JMax mentions, some servers have the option of "Autodelete after x days", worth investigating that.
Although I should point out that Gmail itself doesn't seem respond to the "delete from this server" option. |
H: Can I change my about.me address?
Is there a way to change my about.me address?
Eg.: I registered as about.me/123abc but now I'd like to have about.me/987xyz address.
AI: Update:
This is no longer possible.
Your url isn’t editable, but you can register a new address – simply register at http://about.me with a different email address.
Source.
This is now possible.
To change it, go to Account Settings → My Information → Change My Username (small link under the Save button) → follow the instructions in the modal overlay.
Source.
Please note that it will take a some time for the change to be approved, period while you will not be able to login (at least in my experience).
How to: Change my about.me url/email address
Your url isn’t editable, but you can register a new address – simply register at http://about.me with a different email address.
Because your about.me email is tied to your url, create a new url to get a different about.me email address as well!
Source. |
H: How not to show up in the “stalker feed” in Facebook?
There's this thing just above the box where you can select a friend to chat with in Facebook. I don't really know what its called so I just called it stalker feed (please also enlighten me what its called).
Can I control whether I show up or not on that box when I liked something or commented to a post?
AI: It’s called ticker and it shows you the things you can already see on Facebook, but in real time.
And no, you can’t control it directly.
Who can see stories about my comments and likes in ticker?
To control stories about your commenting activity in ticker and news feed, always check who can see the privacy of the posts you're commenting on. Learn more about sharing privacy. If you aren't comfortable with who can see the post, please don't comment on it or like it. If you do, a story about your activity will be eligible to appear on Facebook, including on your timeline (profile), in news feed and in ticker. |
H: Does bandwidth consumed while watching YouTube depend on screen size?
I can watch YouTube videos on my smartphone in half screen (vertical screen orientation) or full screen (horizontal screen orientation).
Or I can use my smartphone as a router and watch the video on the latptop, in small size, large size or full screen:
From a bandwidth consumption perspective, does it matter? When the connection is slow, will watching the video in a smaller size help?
AI: YouTube does automatically change the quality based on the player size by default, which means watching it in full screen will increase bandwidth usage.
If you want to stop YouTube from automatically changing it to a higher quality version, then log in to YouTube, go to Settings → Playback in your profile. Then choose "I have a slow connection. Never play higher-quality video."
Alternatively, if you only have a slow connection occasionally, then you can simply click the change quality button (the cog) and set it to a lower setting.
As long as the quality remains the same, then changing the player size will not effect bandwidth consumption. |
H: If a video on YouTube has been reported and got remove unfairly, how can the video owner contact YouTube on this issue?
If a video gets reported and removed, even though that video is not inappropriate, what is the best way to contact YouTube on the issue? I saw this page but I have not seen a way to contact them on this issue.
AI: This is a rather old article, but might help you nevertheless.
In the meantime, if you have content on YouTube that mysteriously vanishes, Google sent me a list of steps, which I've amended here, that you can follow to send a query to the right place:
Go to the Safety Center (link at the bottom of every page).
Click on the radio button "Community Guidelines Violations."
Click on Account Suspensions (right-hand corner). You will get a message that says "Read about inappropriate content"
Click on Contact Us, then Video Removal, then Video Removal Inquiry, then Learn more about video removals. From there the steps are clear.
Source. |
H: Facebook album thumbnails
I'm trying to make photographs that work to the size of the Facebook album covers. I've found lots of information on the old photo size, but I can't find anything in the APIs or information sheets that lets me know either the size or the aspect ratio.
Any ideas?
AI: Assuming that the album covers that you're asking about are FB Timeline covers, the image dimensions are 851px by 315px according to information on this page. The same information can be found at this Time Techland article.
Facebook has posted some information as well on this help page. The detailed specs include:
Cover images must be at least 399 pixels wide and may not contain:
Price or purchase information, such as "40% off" or "Download it at our website"
Contact information, such as web address, email, mailing address or other information intended for your Page's About section
References to user interface elements, such as Like or Share, or any other Facebook site features
Calls to action, such as "Get it now" or "Tell your friends"
To get the best quality image and fastest load times for your Page,
upload an sRGB JPG file that's 851 pixels wide, 315 pixels tall and less than 100 kilobytes.
EDIT:
If you're looking for the size of pictures in the photo album, this site provides this spec:
Pictures displayed in Facebook
This is the maximum size of the image as shown in slide show or album.
Width: 960px
Height: 720px
The photo album cover would be governed by the same limitations, since from my understanding the cover image is just one of the images in the album. |
H: Chrome doesn't display URL gadgets in Google Sites
I own a Google Apps domain, and I've built a site in Google Sites. Within the site I've embedded some gadgets, added by URL.
The problem occurs when I open the site in Chrome: the gadgets aren't displayed and there's a white space instead of them. This doesn't happen when opening the site in Firefox.
Here's the difference. This is the page as displayed in Firefox:
This is the page from Google Chrome, instead (without the gadgets):
How can I prevent this behavior? I'm aware that the gadgets loaded by an external URL can be seen as non-secure items, but why is Chrome blocking them at all?
AI: The problem is due to the new security rules adopted in Chrome 21.
URLs in the source code must use HTTPS instead of HTTP, as stated here. |
H: Turning off Group emails
I joined many groups on LinkedIn, and I visit most of them daily.
The groups sends me a summary of their posts daily, I know there's an option to turn them off, but I can't find it. Can anyone help me in that?
AI: Found any easier way to do this.
Hover your mouse pointer over your name at top right corner
click on settings
Login again
Click on Group, Companies and Applications tab
Click on Set the frequency of group digest emails
Select the options for each of your group
Click Save Changes
Thanks Alex for the help too. |
H: Learn button on vocabulary.com does not show on all words
Why is the Learn button not displayed in all word pages of vocabulary.com?
For example, on "whistle" it shows the Learn button on the sidebar area. But for another word, say troll, it doesn't.
AI: Only words that have exercises written for them will show the Learn button. It's part of the challenge feature with understanding more of that particular word.
We’ve added a “Learn” button to show you which lists are ready to go. Clicking on the button will take you immediately to a Challenge that's tailored to the words you're interested in — anything from literary terms to words in the news.
Vocabularians Rejoice. List Learning is Here.
You are not seeing it on many words, e.g., "troll", because they have yet to write up a test or lesson to go with it that will help you understand and learn how to use the word. |
H: Gmail user set up through Google Apps can’t change their password
I'm using Gmail to handle my domain's email by creating a MX record for the domain and setting up Google apps. So I'm using my domain name for the email address but Gmail’s interface.
Everything is working fine except a user I set up can't change their password when logged into Gmail—it seems to have to do this through the Google apps interface. Is there a way I can grant users permission to change their passwords? I’ve only set up one user and in Apps it says they are the super administrator.
AI: All users should be able to change their passwords by default. From with in the GMail site as a logged in user (GMail or Google Apps), click the button with your email address in the top right of the screen and then select Account. From there, select Security > Password management - Change password.
Google's documentation is linked here, but it seems a bit outdated for gApps users. |
H: Using Google Docs for File Sharing
I'm a webmaster and I want to host some files which will be downloaded by 1000's of site visitors. To save bandwidth of my site I want to consider free file sharing sites like Hotfile, Rapidshare etc to host those files.
Google docs now allows such sharing and it does not make visitor to wait before downloading unlike other Hotfile etc.
Any idea about using Google Docs instead of using those popular file sharing sites?
AI: You can use Dropbox. Right Click on your uploaded document and "Get Link", now you have the link to your file (which anyone can access)
Edit: Please note that you don´t need to have the Dropbox App installed on your computer. Just login to your account and upload your file, and then "Get Link"
Upload your file
Get Link |
H: How to export Google "My places" map, now that the KML button is missing
I am used to using the KML button in Google maps to export my saved maps, as instructed in Export My Map as KML - which I got to from Google's own Maps data liberation page.
Having not done this since 5th July, as of today I can no longer see the KML button:
I've tried clicking in the link button, but it just pops up a dialog that supplies a URL, and gives me text to paste into website.
Am I missing something obvious? Or has Google just removed the ability to liberate one's Maps data now?
Or is there an unadvertised way to extract the data?
Web browser: Firefox 14.0.1
OS: Windows 7 Pro
AI: I just tried accessing My Places, clicked the "Edit" button and got the same screen, but once I clicked "Done", the KML link is there and working. Perhaps something in your browser is blocking it. Have you tried another browser? |
H: Why does GMail login go through youtube.com?
For a while I've noticed that Google logins (or, at least, GMail logins) always redirect through to "youtube.com" Is Google handling all logins from youtube.com? If so, why?
(wasn't sure if I should post this on webapps or superuser, so feel free to move this or tell me to move this to the appropriate site if necessary)
AI: When you log into a Google site like GMail, Google also logs you into all your various accounts Google accounts - such as YouTube. In order to be logged into a site, Google sets a cookie in your browser.
This is fine for most of their properties which are on the *.google.com domain (mail.google.com, docs.google.com, etc). However a website can only set and read a cookie for it's own domain - google.com can't set a cookie for youtube.com. To get around this, as part of the login process Google will redirect you through accounts.youtube.com to log you into YouTube - and typically your country specific domain if you are outside the US (e.g. I get logged into google.com.au as well).
The full login process is described in this SO answer, it dates from 2009 but most of it should still hold true. |
H: How to identify whether my login page is phished page or actual page?
how can i determine the difference between phished page and the normal web page?i knew about only one method https and http before the address will be one of the identification ..
is it there any other methods to find whether the login page is phished?
any tool to notify me whether my page is phished or normal page?
AI: There are a number of browser extensions out there that can help with that.
One such for Chrome is Anti-Phishing & Authenticity Checker. This particular extension puts an icon in the address bar when you are actually at facebook.com, twitter.com, youtube.com or google.com.
There are quite a few others. Just search for "phishing" in the extension/add-on library for your favorite browser. |
H: Zootool - export content
I'm using the zootool.com webapplication to store information about my favourite blog posts in an easily searchable way.
I am worried that should there be a corruption of their database, I would lose all data.
Is there a way I could export the contents in the form of e.g. an XML file (I mean the list of stored web pages and applied tags) that I could download and backup myself?
AI: You can export your zoo via Settings > Sync > Download bookmark file. Exported files should be compatible with Safari, Firefox, Delicious and more. |
H: What happens if I "thumbs down" a song I actually like, but don't want to hear anymore?
Sometimes, Pandora plays songs that have been grossly overplayed and I am just sick of hearing. I assumed that skipping the song would be indicative of this, but it doesn't seem to reduce the frequency at which Pandora plays these songs. However, I'm afraid that if I give the song a thumbs down, Pandora will factor it in with song types that I don't want to hear as opposed to specific songs that I don't want to hear.
Is there a way to make it clear to Pandora that I only want to stop hearing a particular song, but that I still like similar music?
AI: If you mouse over the album cover image, and choose the upward facing triangle, you can select "I'm tired of this song". Pandora will then not play it for a while.
At one point, "a while" meant one month (?), but it doesn't seem to say any more. |
H: How to link or share an email in Gmail?
I often want to share an old email chain with a friend -- usually someone who was on on the chain in the first place.
Is there an easy way to send a "link" or otherwise share that email?
AI: There is no way to get a link or to share an email or thread with another person using just Gmail. Gmail gives you a unique URL in the address bar for each message thread but that URL is only accessible after you have logged in to your account, so another user would not be able to access the link.
Gmail Labs has a Create a Document feature but the document it creates only seems to include the last email in a thread and there is no easy way to copy the remainder of the thread into that document for easy sharing.
One possible solution would be to print the thread as a PDF and send that.
Another possible solution would be to Forward All the thread to an Evernote account and use Evernote's share by URL feature to privately share the note.
There may be other 3rd party web-apps that can achieve this - worth a Google. |
H: How to export a filtered set of rows from a Google Spreadsheet?
Is it possible, when exporting a Google Spreadsheet into a CSV, to apply this operation only to filtered set of rows?
I need to get in CSV exactly the rows which are visible on the sheet after a filter is applied to it.
AI: Apparently not. I've just wasted half an hour trying to figure out a way to save filtered data, to no avail. It always saves all rows, regardless of the filter selection. |
H: Does a book recommendation website exist?
Does anybody know a web service that allows you to
insert the books you have
mark authors you like
mark book series you like
rate books
write reviews
automatically find people who read similar books
insert the languages you know
gives, based on this information, recommendations for interesting books
generate an rss-feed / send emails for some events, e.g.
an author you like wrote a new book
a serie you like got a new book
a book you marked got translated in your language
(and perhaps save your information for usage out of this system)
I only know amazon and some other book stores that offer some recommendations, but I don't know any service that allows me to keep track of the books an author writes.
Do you know a web service like that?
AI: You can do most of that on goodreads. Check out their How It Works page to see how to sign up, add your books, get recommendations, etc. |
H: How to add a website URL with space (%20) in a LinkedIn profile page under websites?
I am trying to add my weblink which has a white space, that is, %20 in it. When I add a website URL in a LinkedIn profile using the edit option, it shows no error. But when I click the link in my profile, it shows "Link Error".
I noticed the "%20" in the URL is replaced by "+".
How do I fix this problem?
AI: You would need to encode the encoded space - effectively, it looks like the LinkedIn.com website is unencoding the %20 to an actual space, which it then runs through a verification check which fails, as spaces in URLs are not supported.
So if you want to have a site with a URL like:
http://www.example.com/?id=this%20rocks
You'd need to enter:
http://www.example.com/?id=this%2520rocks
Where you have encoded the ampersand of %20 into the encoding for ampersand, which is %25. Essentially you are double-encoding the URL. |
H: How to change MediaWiki "Main Page" title?
I just installed Media Wiki on my web site for a club at my school. I can't figure out how to change the "Main Page" title though on the home page. Does any one know how I can do this?
AI: Here is how you do it : Changing the Title of the Media Wiki Page
It looks identical to the wiki you have installed on your website.
And it's very simple, Login as Administrator and use the [Move] link on top of the page. |
H: Logging into Facebook with the phone number
In Facebook, where you type your username, it says "E-mail or phone". Can you login to Facebook using your phone somehow? Would the password be the same as the e-mail?
AI: You need to add your phone number in the Account settings. Once you did it, you can use your phone number as a user name with the same password you've used with your email or user-name. |
H: Facebook link the same as a tag?
I have shared a link in a secret facebook group. The link is a facebook page of someone. Does this person get a notification of the mention?
AI: Pages don't get any notification in a group even if you tag them in the secret group. I've just tagged one of my page in a secret group and I didn't receive any notification. Just to test it ;)
Same applies for a tag of a person in a secret group. |
H: Message upon leaving a Facebook group
If I leave a Facebook group, does a notification appear in the group? (I'd like to leave a group, but don't want the other members to know)
AI: No.
No one is notified when a user leaves a group in Facebook. Not even the admin.
They will know only if someone looks to make sure you are still there. |
H: Where to find are all the Prismatic (getprismatic.com) keyboard shortcuts
Found really nice automatic news agregator service http://getprismatic.com. I’m a keyboard centric user, and there are shortcuts on Prismatic website like greader’s j/k for next/previous and etc. But what are all the shortcuts? Can you show where is the list of them?
AI: They have just started to implement them.
One of the goals we’re shooting for is to be able to use the entire web app without a mouse at all. We’re not quite there yet, but there are many shortcuts currently available:
j/k: Jump to next/previous article
up/down: Scroll to next/previous article with animation
space: Scroll to next article
s: open share box for active article
o: open active article in new tab
b: bookmark active article in new tab
f: Go to search field and find new interests.
Source. |
H: How to encode attachments for use via Trello web API
The file parameter documentation for the POST /1/cards/[card id or shortlink]/attachments API call does not specify how the file should be encoded. For "Valid Values" it simply says "A file". I was wondering if anyone has a working example of how to get files into Trello cards using the API.
AI: You should be able to add an attachment using the multipart/form-data content type:
<form action="https://api.trello.com/1/cards/REPLACE_WITH_CARD_ID/attachments"
method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<input type="hidden" name="key" value="REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_KEY" />
<input type="hidden" name="token" value="REPLACE_WITH_YOUR_WRITE_TOKEN" />
<input type="file" name="file">
<input type="submit" value="Upload">
</form>
(You don't necessarily have to be POSTing from a webpage, but that's an easy example) |
H: In a Facebook group on a post what does "seen by 3" mean?
I'm in a group and I posted something. Then, beneath my post it says "seen by 2" and when I click it, two users names are displayed.
AI: It shows you how many people have seen/read it and (via the link) who they are.
It's a recent change (as of 28th August 2012) that's just been announced.
Here's a Techcrunch article that explains it in more detail. |
H: Why Searching Gmail Doesn't Return Results If Searched Not From Beginning?
For example, when searching with "quest" for content containing word "questions" starting from beginning of word, Gmail returns result:
However if searching with "est", no results are being returned.
AI: Autocomplete
Typing in the "To" field autocompletes the contact from the start of a word, not just the start of the contact name or email address. So, if you have a contact called "Joe Bloggs", you can start searching on the b of "Bloggs" ie:
Contact Search
If, however, you want to do a complete search of your contacts, you can click on the label "To" and this opens all your contacts in a handy popup, complete with a search box. Select all the contacts that you wish to address the email to and click Select. |
H: How to disable permanently Gmail spell checker
By default when I compose an e-mail in Gmail, the spell checker is active.
To disable it, I need to activate context menu (right click) and select "Check Spelling" option to toggle it off. Is there any way to disable it on a permanent basis, so always when a I start composing an e-mail no spell checking is performed?
Browswer: Firefox 14.0.1, on Windows XP
AI: As @MrWhite pointed out in a question comment, is not an issue with Gmail configuration, but my browser's. I'm using Firefox 14.0.1 and the method to disable the spell checker (in order to avoid spell checking in Gmail composer) is deselecting the option in Tools -> Options -> Advanced -> "Check my spelling as I type". |
H: Using AdSense on Wordpress.com
I have a blog that I host on the free wordpress.com service.
Can I put AdSense ads somewhere on the blog?
I realised, that scripts are not accepted in the posts or the Text widget.
I know that there is AdSense Manager plugin, but it's work if I would host my Wordpress blog somewhere. But I host the blog on the free service as xxxx.wordpress.com, and I don't have so much control over my plugins.
AI: No, you are not permitted to do that on Wordpress.com blogs.
AdSense, Yahoo, Chitika, TextLinkAds, and other third-party advertising is not allowed here at WordPress.com. If you would like to run ads on your blog, one of these options may work for you:
We have a feature called WordAds that lets WordPress.com bloggers with moderate to high traffic and appropriate content turn on ads and earn money from their blogs.
You can run any ads you’d like if you manage your own WordPress installation. More info, including hosting recommendations, can be found at get.wp.com.
WordPress.com VIP sites are permitted to run ads.
In addition to AdSense-type ads, please do not use the following services on your blog:
Sponsored or paid posts, including PayPerPost, ReviewMe, and Smorty.
Affiliate or referral links to the following domains: usercash, clickbank, clickhop, cashrocks, payingcash.
Clicktrackers and any promotions of the “I made a million on the internet and so can you” type of advertising (i.e. MLM, network marketing, cash gifting, etc.).
Paid or sponsored post content is also prohibited.
Source. |
H: Where can I download Windows 7 desktop gadgets (since MS shut gallery down)?
Possible Duplicate:
Where can I find Windows 7 Gadgets?
I wanted to download a Google Calendar Gadget for my Windows 7 PC.
To my disbelief, on the Microsoft Windows Gadget Gallery I was greeted with this message:
Desktop gadgets: Because we want to focus on the exciting possibilities
of the newest version of Windows, the Windows website no longer hosts
the gadget gallery.
I read this as: 'Because we want you to buy Windows 8, the ...'.
Is there anywhere else I can simply download this calendar (and other) gadgets, without resorting to ad/malware/junk-infested torrent sites etc.?
AI: As linked in the comments above, you can sometimes download from the developer's site, however, I found this is rarely the case.
Personally, I'm a heavy user of I Forgot The Milk and the Google Calendar gadgets, and luckily you can still find both hosted on the developer's site. |
H: What are some limits of Google groups?
I read this article, which outlines some limits of Google groups for apps:
http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=167085
For instance, only 100 members are allowed in a group.
However, where can I find limits for generic Google groups (https://groups.google.com/)? What is the maximum group size? How many users can join in a single day? What are attachment limits?
AI: You can find a lot of the relevant info in the Google Groups FAQ.
For example, the maximum group size is dependent on the type of Google Group you have:
With Google Apps, a group can contain up to 100 members. With Google Apps for Business and Education, there's no limit to the number of members a group can have. However, if the group contains external members, note that there is a limit to the number of messages you can send to external recipients per day (see next question).
And attachment limits:
Yes, the maximum size limit for messages sent to a group is 25 MB,
including attachments (the normal Gmail limit). Group owners or
managers can edit specific groups to set lower size limits.
More info about messages and attachments can be found on this Google message FAQ. |
H: How to merge contacts in SugarCRM?
In SugarCRM, my company has been using it for 10+ years. For some ex employees, it was easier to create new contacts then search for existing contacts, and we have many, many duplicates. Is there a way to merge the duplicate contacts, without manually cutting/pasting/deleting information, in SugarCRM? We are willing to manually select duplicates, but we don't want to go in to each contact, copy down the information and paste into another contact unless absolutely necessary
EDIT: This does not work in my version, which is apparently quite old. Any other suggestions would be welcome, but I'm not the administrator on it
AI: Found an answer... On SugarCRM's Help site:
From the module home page list view, check the record boxes you wish to merge and select Merge from the Actions drop-down.
Results: The Merge Records page displays with fields from the primary record on the left and fields from the duplicate records on the right; a horizontal line across the page separates the data with fields containing different data above and fields with identical data below.
Note:
The first record you selected will display as the primary record.
Your system administrator sets the number of records that can be merged at a time in your system.
Click Set as Primary above a duplicate record, if you wish to set it as the primary record.
Results: The selected record displays on the left.
Note:
This is useful and recommended if one of the duplicate records has more field data you wish to keep.
Click the left arrow buttons of the fields in the duplicate record column you wish to move to the primary record fields. You can make any spelling and data corrections needed in the fields.
Results: The data from the duplicate record field displays in the primary record field.
Click Save Merge to continue with the merge.
Results: A dialog box displays and notes which records(s) will be deleted and asks if you want to proceed.
If you want to exit and return to the module list view without saving the merge, click Cancel.
Click OK to proceed with the merge.
Results: The primary record is saved, the duplicate record(s) are deleted and the primary module list view displays.
Note:
Once the record is deleted you cannot recover it.
You must have record editing permissions in order to merge and delete records; check with the system administrator to determine if you have the proper editing rights. |
H: RSS feed for Wikipedia's The Signpost?
Since June this year, the RSS feed I was using to get notified about new issues of The Signpost is not updated anymore. I have been searching for alternative RSS feeds but can't find any. Converting their Twitter feed to RSS is not an option, because they publish other content (for instance scoops) on Twitter.
Is there a way to get Signpost issues notifications as an RSS feed?
AI: You can follow the Signpost by watching the page Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Issue. It's updated whenever a new issue of the Signpost is published. And that also means you can use the Atom feed for the history of that page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/Issue&feed=atom&action=history
(Alternatively use feed=rss in the URL if you really want RSS.) |
H: How to search CSS / JavaScript files with Google?
Is there a way to find CSS / JavaScript files that contain certain keywords:
in the title ?
in the code ?
AI: Use the filetype: search operator.
filetype:css
filetype:js
However,
When you use the filetype: operator in a Google search (for example, filetype:xml galway), Google searches for files with the .xml extension, not for files of file type XML.
Not all URLs or pages have the .html file extension. Some pages (like http://www.google.com) have no extension at all, and some have an extension that doesn't match their file type. Limiting your search to a specific file type will return pages with that file extension, and may return fewer relevant results.
Source. |
H: Pull documents from Manilla into Evernote
I have accounts at Manilla and Evernote. I currently scan in all of my mail and store it in Evernote. For paperless bills, almost all of them get pulled into my Manilla account. Right now, I have to download each document from Manilla and then import it into Evernote.
I looked into If This Than That but there wasn't a Manilla channel. I can't find any evidence that Manilla has an API, so that is probably the reason.
Is there a way automatically to copy the documents from Manilla into Evernote?
AI: Take a look at a product called FileThis. It fetches your documents and delivers them to the destination of your choice, including Dropbox and Evernote.
For full disclosure, I work at FileThis. Sounds like we do exactly what you are looking for. |
H: How does this website manage to avoid its content being copied and how to copy its content
I would like to copy the article in this webpage http://propercloth.com/how-to-wash-a-dress-shirt.
However it won't copy in either Firefox or Chrome under my Ubuntu 12.04.
I wonder how this website manages to do that, and how I can copy the content?
AI: The site is using a Javascript to prevent users from selecting text on their site. If you are curious you can view the script here.
The easiest way around it is to just temporarily disable Javascript (Firefox, Chrome). |
H: Google seach query without omitting similar results
Many times google omits search results which are similar (you can click on the last results page to show the omitted ones). How can I query google search without omitting the similar?
AI: You can append &filter=0 to the end of the query URL. The filter parameter disables automatic filtering, which disables both the filtering of duplicate content and host crowding.
As far as I can tell, this is exactly what the "repeat the search with the omitted results included" link does.
However, there is no way to make this permanent as far as I can tell.
For more information:
https://developers.google.com/custom-search/docs/xml_results?hl=en#automaticFiltering |
H: In Google Drive, how can you link directly to "Download" a zip file and not view the contents?
When you share a Zip file in Google Drive, you land on a page to view all the files inside the zip file and to download the entire file the user has to click File → Download. I've noticed a lot of users don't get this so I actually have to tell them to click File → Download when all I really want to do is give them a link to directly download the file.
AI: For the moment, you have to build the URL manually.
https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=YourIndividualID
Where YourIndividualID is the ID of the respective document (zip file). You get it either from the URL or by clicking File → Share and copying it from the sharing URL.
Source. |
H: Create a column of date in Google Spreadsheets
Possible Duplicate:
How to extend series of dates in Google Docs?
In Excel, when you enter a date and hold right click button + shift and move the mouse, it will create dates.
Is there a way to create a column of date easily with Google Spreadsheets like with Excel?
AI: In both Excel and Google Spreadsheet...
Enter a date in a cell
With LEFT mouse button, click (and hold) square handle in bottom right corner of cell.
Drag the selection to cover all cells you wish to be dates.
Release mouse button.
However, Google Spreadsheet will fill the selection with the same date, unlike Excel that fills a sequence of consecutive dates.
To make a sequence of dates in Google Spreadsheet, complete the first two cells manually and select these two cells to drag over the required range of cells. Google Spreadsheet then continues the sequence.
UPDATE 3-Jun-2020: Not sure when this behaviour changed, but you now only need to select a single date before dragging to create a sequence of dates increasing by 1 day. In this respect, the behaviour is now the same as Excel.
Note that you do need to make sure you have selected the appropriate locale and date format for this to work as intended. See the following WebApps answer for more detail on this.
In Excel, enter a date, hold right click button + shift and move the mouse to create dates
This does not work for me in Excel? |
H: Unexpected bill from AWS?
I'm using AWS, and my usage is well within the free tier, however I recently got an unexpected bill. The only item costing me money was as follows:
Amazon RDS for MySQL Community Edition
$0.035 per RDS Micro Instance hour (or partial hour) 724 Hr $25.34
The free usage tier specifies the following:
Amazon RDS for MySQL and Oracle (BYOL) - Free Trial (Per Month):
750 hours of Amazon RDS Small Single-AZ Instance usage – enough hours to run continuously each month
My DB instance type is listed as db.t1.micro. Does this mean I need to upgrade to a db.m1.small for it to be free?
AI: Yes. The free tier for RDS SQL Server applies to micro, but the free tier for RDS MySQL requires small.
http://aws.amazon.com/rds/free-trial/
http://aws.amazon.com/rds/sqlserver/free/
Don't forget to downgrade back to micro at the end of 12 months if that's all the power you need.
If $25 breaks your budget, you might try contacting AWS billing support to let them know the policy is confusing and that you were just trying to use the cheapest RDS option, assuming that would be covered in the free tier.
http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/ |
H: Can I use one-time passwords with Gmail?
I am about to leave for a trip. During this trip, I would have to connect to my Gmail account, and I'm totally unhappy to type my password using public, unsecured machines, potentially having keyloggers and similar nice stuff.
I already use 2-step verification and I'll change my password as soon as I come back, but I'm still unhappy with the idea of using the same password, given that my mobile can be lost or stolen during the trip.
Is there something similar to one-time password system in Gmail?
AI: You can generate one time codes that can be used as part of two-step verification that doesn't require your phone. You can print out a bunch before you go and stick them in your wallet or luggage to use as needed.
Other than that, there are a number of guides with suggestions for trying to stay secure. Make sure you are using HTTPS (default now) and if you are super paranoid about keyloggers you could try bashing a bunch of random text into notepad then cut pasting the letters for your password into the form.
Happy travelling! |
H: How to get access to the beta features of Trello
If we check the Trello development board, there are features that are in Limited Distribution list.
Can we get access to those features while still in beta? If yes, then how?
AI: I have reopened the signup card for early access: https://trello.com/card/i-want-early-access/4d5ea62fd76aa1136000000c/1335 |
H: Like a post on Tumblr without following
Do I need to follow someone on Tumblr to be able to "like" a post?
AI: No. You can always hit the heart at the top of the page or (on dashboard) the post regardless of whetehr or not you're following. Same for reblogging. IIRC, commenting is the only thing you can't do. |
H: iPhone app login issue
Half of the times I have problems while logging in with Google. It shows me the web view inside the app (see the screenshot below).
I tried reseting the app, deleting the app and reinstalling it.
AI: There was a bug in Trello that broke part of the iOS login process; instead of directing you back to the app after logging in with a google account, it would leave you in a window showing the mobile version of Trello.com.
It should be fixed now. |
H: Registered a GoDaddy domain through Blogger
I just registered the domain www.yannbane.com for my Blogger blog (which is at http://yannbane.blogspot.com/).
I used this tool to do it:
Well, this lead me to a Google page where I needed to enter some info, and for $10, I got the domain. Yay. But, there is a problem. First off, http://www.yannbane.com has a 404 error. I expected Google and GoDaddy to configure the website, but it seems like they didn't. When I add my domain with "advanced settings" shown in that picture, still, nothing happens.
What am I supposed to do? I don't have a GoDaddy account, for that matter. Also, I got two emails from Google, one telling me that the transaction was successful, and the other telling me how I registered a domain name.
AI: I have solved my issue.
I needed to log into Domain Control Center and unlock my domain. Instructions can be found here: http://support.google.com/a/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=71281. |
H: Where is my site, actually? (Blogger w/ GoDaddy)
I made a blog, with the usual blogname.blogspot.com address, but then I bought a "real" web domain via GoDaddy, and associated it with my Blogger blog.
Now, I'm wondering what actually happens when someone types in www.myblog.com. The content is still hosted @ Google, that's as far as I know.
AI: Your domain at GoDaddy points to the IP address at Blogger where your files that make up your site are located
Locations
Name - GoDaddy
Files (HTML)* - Blogger
*The DNS record is indeed at GoDaddy The HTML, settings, and much of the post-contents are indeed stored on Blogger/Google's servers. But images are stored in Picasa-web-albums (unless you've chosen to put them elsehwere - in which case you'll know where they are). Videos are stored in Google Videos (unless you've chosen to host them in YouTube, ditto previous comment). And other files need to be in whatever other place you chose to store them, because Blogger doesn't provide file-hosting for them. - MaryC.fromNZ |
H: How can I get Custom Vanity Google plus URLs?
I see that Google and Blogger and maybe other have a customized Google Plus URL.
Ex:
http://plus.google.com/+google/posts
http://plus.google.com/+blogger/posts
AI: Google is only beginning to roll out these vanity URLs. Currently, only a few thousand verified and well known people and brands have it, although they will be adding more over time. See this post for (not much) more information.
In the meantime, you should be able to create a redirect from your own website to your profile. (It may be argued that this is a better solution, even.) You can also setup a Google+ Badge to let visitors to your website go to your profile or follow you directly from your site. |
H: What is the technique of using an image file with several icons in it?
Now I'm exploring the source code of many website to learn their techniques, one thing I've found is that they using an image file that usually with transparent background and a lot of icons scattered in this single image. and using background image position attribute to position these icons in different place in the page.
I'm very interested about this technique and want to learn more about it, anyone can give me the resources of how to make these and what's the technique name of this?
AI: Believing you are talking about CSS Sprites, it's a good practice of handling images(especially for navigation) and also the number of HTTP requests.
Theory:
Get the image once, shift it around and only display parts of it, saves the overhead of having to fetch multiple images
You don't use a whole bunch of small images (such as icons and menu buttons) but collate them all into one larger image (which requires only one HTTP request to load it instead of a whole series of them) and then use CSS to select and display only a certain rectangle from that image (using width, height and position offset) as a background image.
There are n number of tutorials and even CSS Sprite Generators(but I dont have any personal experience on using generators) that would help you explore the technique.
FYI: The best practice of working on sprites is either before designing the website(where you will assume the required images) or at the end of the design(by then you will be sure of the required images--more recommended--)
I guess this would be a best place to start with:
http://css-tricks.com/css-sprites/
Google them! Explore!! |
H: Is there a way to get directly to the desired user for a specific Google service while using multiple sign-in?
I am permanently logged in as two users, Google Apps for domains and also my non-Google Apps Gmail account. This is what happens whenever I am using Google Apps for domains, and want to use other services, such as Google Plus: When I open the page it first takes me to the Google Apps logged in version - where I annoyingly need to switch users, using the drop-down menu.
Is there any way to navigate directly to Gmail logged in user?
AI: A Gmail URL looks like this: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox. You might notice the 0, which is the index of the first element in the array of accounts you have, or the default account. If you change it to 1, it will automatically log you into the second account, and so on.
In modern browsers, when you log into your second Gmail account you should already be redirected to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/#inbox so you could simply bookmark that URL. |
H: Keep a variable while copy/paste cell
Possible Duplicate:
'Lock' part of formula when copying from one cell to another
I am using in one of my spreadsheets a formula referencing the column title (matching how many times it is listed in another sheet, to be precise). Something like, in Cell B2:
=IF(countIf(Data!2:2;B1)>0 ;"present","absent")
So if, in the row2 of the sheet Data, the first line/title (B1) of my column(B) is present at least one time, it writes present, otherwise it writes absent.
This is working without problems.
The problem happens when I try to use this formula for the next row, if I paste it in B3, it looks like (Cell B3):
=IF(countIf(Data!3:3;B2)>0 ;"present","absent")
The B1 from my original formula becomes B2 and now refers to the value of the previous row.
How can I keep a variable static whenever I copy/paste the cell ?
(I do still want for the other values to increment)
AI: Like in Microsoft Excel, you can use the $ to make an absolute reference.
Thus, you could try this:
=IF(countIf(Data!2:2;$B$1)>0 ;"present","absent")
Here is a Stackoverflow thread about this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7984282/excel-formula-meaning-of |
H: Tumblr, Wordpress.com and Advertising
Am I correct that Tumblr is not a good place for advertising revenue?
For example, I have 2 photoblogs (Tumblr provide a good interface and themes support for photoblogs). People reblog my posts and "like" it, some of them is following... but there is no page viewing at all (by Google Analytics).
I think this is becouse all people are just rebloging and do not visit page directly.
When I look at wordpress.com - there is the same. Rebloging, rebloging, rebloging and posts "timeline" in dashboard.
So, is it correct that this systems are bad for advertising? I want to bring people good content but also I want to get some revenue :)
Maybe I need to get more followers and wait until Search Engines index all content. Get more links, some marketing, adwords? :)
What to do? Wait or reorganize blog to separate domain, using some photoblog engine or wordpress from wordpress.org?
AI: The reason that Tumblr is a bad place for advertising is that the majority of people are reblogging/liking/viewing from their dashboards. It's only that rare visit from someone new that will give you a view.
Wordpress.com is also a bad place because their TOS does not allow you to place your own ads (since it's free). They'll place ads on your site if your visits get high enough to warrant their placement.
Things to do:
Tumblr
Make sure you know what your sitemap url is by going to http://yourblogname.tumblr.com/sitemap.xml and reading the value in the <loc> property
Submit the sitemap url to Google, Bing, Yahoo(use Bing's), etc. using their individual web admin tools (I've linked the main examples).
This will only allow your tumblog to be better indexed, but doesn't guarantee search result hits.
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I would personally suggest that you get your own domain name or use Blogspot if you're interested in tracking visits and making advertising revenue on your posts. You have better control of the content and the backend, but with a personal domain, you do have the added cost of hosting and maintenance. |
H: How can I change the font in “Single A Theme” of Tumblr?
I'm using Single A Theme 1.3 for my Tumblr blog, but could not find the appropriate CSS code to change the font for posts.
AI: Login to Tumblr, click on your blog, and then click the Customize blog link. Within the customize pane, scroll down to Advanced and expand it. Within the “Add custom CSS” field, enter the following for the main font: body {font-family: Arial;} and the following for the secondary font: .fS {font-family: Arial;}. Arial is only being used as an example. Feel free to change it to whatever font you would like. |
H: How did Firefox on the Linux side of my computer know my Facebook name had changed?
I have Windows 7 and Mint Linux on my computer. I had changed the e-mail address I use to log into Facebook (and I did this on Windows). The next time I logged into Linux it had the updated e-mail address in the username field, as if it had previously been cached. Does Facebook use Ajax or something to automatically update the old e-mail address to the new one? Or does the Firefox on the Linux side somehow share stored form fields with the Windows side?
I noticed Amazon.com had remembered some stuff I added to my cart on the Windows side. Maybe it's session cookies?
AI: You are are looking at Firefox Sync as the most likely culprit: |
H: How does Facebook's "you are logging in from an unrecognized location" work?
On the same machine, if I log in using the Linux side it says I'm logging in from a new location. Why?
Also, when I use Tor it says I'm logging in from a new location but that's expected because the whole point of Tor is the path is completely different.
AI: There are many parameters which a server can use to identify a visitor. IP address is the first, cookies is another possibility, but the browser itself provides a "signature" including its full version, the name and version of the OS, the languages and encoding it supports... Also, it is easy to use JavaScript or Flash to identify plugins, screen resolution and other aspects of your machine configuration.
If you use all of it, it is too discriminant and the simplest browser upgrade will have you identified as "a new location". But choosing wisely an appropriate subset can give websites a good idea about whether you are using the same platform as before.
On Panopticlick, a web demonstrator of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, you can get an overview of all the information your browser is leaking, and to which extent it can be used to identify you. |
H: How to make all Google products appear in English?
Most of my accounts on various Google products are on English, but some consistently appear on my native tongue, Croatian (for example, Webmaster tools). I don't like this inconsistency, and would like everything to be on English.
Is there some central place when I can make this happen by default?
AI: Set your browser’s main content language to English.
Chrome
Firefox
Opera |
H: Changing username (the one with the at sign) on Twitter
How can I change my @ name on Twitter? I don't care about losing followers as I don't have any.
I can see how to change my "name", but my @ name isn't changing when I do that.
AI: Change your @ username via the Account Settings page. (Changing your person name is done via the Profile Settings page).
The Username field is where your @ name is set. Changing it here will update your account to a new location. As you type, it will show you if the new username has already been taken or if it's availabe to use.
For example, if you updated your username to monkeyillusions then your new Twitter page URL would be: https://twitter.com/monkeyillusions.
Note: Any previous replies or mentions of your old username will not be updated. |
H: How to use a bold asterisk in a Google+ post?
I'm trying to use the asterisk character (*) in a Google Plus post. The problem is that the asterisk character is used in Google+ to make text bold.
*text* would make text.
In this question, someone manages to use them in regular texts, but I want to put one in bold, like this:
this text should be bold but with a * in itself
This doesn't seem to work because the * in the bold phrase ends it being bold.
I tried escaping with a \, but it didn't work. How can we use a bold asterisk in Google+?
AI: I fixed it this way, inspired by @w3d's answer, but it was slightly different:
Let's say I wanted to type "Hello * worlds!"
I had to to it like this in Google+:
*"Hello ** *worlds!"*
(Mind that there should be a space between the second and the third asterisk.) |
H: Google+ Remove Cover
Is it possible to remove the profile cover once you've set one?
Basically, have it revert to the initial "default" one of that particular account.
AI: There is no option to remove it. You can re upload the original photo
https://ssl.gstatic.com/s2/oz/images/profiles/defaultimage_bluegreen_940x180.png
Here it is before
And After
The photo realigns perfectly |
H: How should I format the HTML of my blog posts in Blogger?
For convenience, I write all my blog posts in bare HTML. Everything seems to be working, but I see that sometimes, Blogger's WYSIWYG editor wraps everything up in a <div> and uses <p> tags. Should I use those? I usually just type in raw text and use double <br> tags to differentiate between paragraphs. Is this acceptable?
AI: You shouldn't use br elements for separating paragraphs. From the HTML5 specification:
br elements must be used only for line breaks that are actually part of the content, as in poems or addresses.
A paragraph should be enclosed in a p element.
The div element doesn't add/change any meaning. At most it changes the styling of the content (via CSS; depends on the theme). So you can omit it if you are happy with the design of your content. |
H: Google copy link location annoyance?
Possible Duplicate:
Turning off Google search results indirection
Sounds like a stupid question, but this really bothers me and I don't see an easy workaround. Every time I need to post link to PDF found by google, I have BIG trouble.
When I click on the link in the Google results and click "Copy link location", it yields the horrific URL like http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CBUQF.....
When I click the PDF (I don't want to do it, I don't want to download it!) I don't get the URL in the browser location either!
Copy-pasting the URL from google result is also horrific, it doesn't contain http:// and for long URLs it is incompete.
Have you found some easy way to achieve this?
AI: Google rewrite the href for some reason with a rwt() Javascript function whenever there is a mousedown event on the link.
Other people have fixed this themselves with Greasemonkey. Maybe doesn't help if you're not a Firefox user!
Another thread discussing it here. Their solution was to tab to the link and use the keyboard to copy the url. |
H: How do popular iPhone RSS clients sync subscriptions with Google Reader?
Feedler and Mobile RSS have served me well in browsing my RSS subscription content that I added in Google Reader. What API are these apps using to get the list of subscriptions?
I want to create my own app that gets information from my Google Reader account (such as which items have been starred or tagged), but I don't see any reliable API that apps such as Feedler or Mobile RSS would be using. Do those apps pay a license fee to get access? Do they use some unreliable API?
AI: Google Reader doesn't have an official API at present. Various sources have suggested that one is/was intended, but seven years on there is still nothing.
Currently everyone is using the 'unofficial' API - a reverse engineering of the various AJAX calls the Google Reader web app makes. As with the recent sudden disappearance of the unofficial Google weather API, this means using it runs the risk of unannounced changes or removal.
That said, there are plenty of resources available to help with using it such as this fairly comprehensive doco. You should be able to find implementations in most languages as well. |
H: Label/filter mail sent to specific recipient (or whole domain) on Gmail
I'm planning on deleting a very old domain I never use other than quite a lot as various email addresses on websites, services, etc.: [email protected], [email protected], etc.
As it is, all email sent to that domain are forwarded to my Gmail account.
Can I mark/label/filter/sort incoming mail in Gmail, so that all mail originally sent to [email protected] will have some visible mark, or be sorted somehow?
Then I can see it and go to that website/service and change my email address, before I delete my domain.
AI: A simple filter for to:(@example.com) should do what you need. Simply create a filter on that and apply the label you want. You'll also have the option to "Also apply filter to XXX matching conversations" so you can label any of the messages you've already received. |
H: Generating Google Spreadsheet hyperlinks from cell contents
I have a column of cells in a Google Spreadsheet with values such as:
37683
36583
38637
32391
What I would like to do is generate a hyperlink for each cell like:
http://mywebsite.com?id=xxxxx
...where xxxxx is the value of the cell. I know the format of a hyperlink in a Google spreadsheet and could do the job manually, I'm just wondering if I can generate these using a simple find/replace, or whether it will need scripting.
The new hyperlink can either go into the original cell, or a new cell can be created.
Any ideas?
AI: Assuming your values are in column A, you can do this in column B:
=HYPERLINK(CONCATENATE("http://mywebsite.com?id=",A1);"link text")
Then you can auto-fill down the rest of the column.
If you want the text of the link to be the same as the id you're linking, that's as simple as
=HYPERLINK(CONCATENATE("http://mywebsite.com?id=",A1);A1) |
H: How can I auto-delete some spam from Gmail?
I really like GMail's spam filters. However, they occasionally catch not-spam so I like to quickly scan the contents of spam folder every so often, marking "not spam" to the few messages that aren't and deleting the rest so I know what I've checked.
In order to make looking through the spam filter easier, is it possible to create a gmail filter that would act like this and auto-delete incoming mail?
If GMail thinks this is spam AND contains 'Vigara' or 'Cilais' THEN delete forever.
Just a quick note, I intentionally misspelled the drug names, that is common for the 400+ messages per day that I'm seeing.
AI: I forward all my mail from one of my Gmail accounts to another Gmail account, including what Gmail would normally filter to the Spam folder. I use the is:spam query with the Never send it to Spam rule in the inbound filter to allow spam to be forwarded. Do note the use of is rather than in.
Therefore, I imagine you could do the same with the following filter:
Contains is:spam (vigara OR cilais), Action Delete it.
If you wanted to apply the rule universally, you could instead use:
Contains (is:spam OR -is:spam) (vigara OR cilais), Action Delete it.
Note that Delete it automatically implies Never send it to Spam so you don't need to check the latter check box. In fact, if you check it, Gmail will uncheck it automatically. I am uncertain as to whether this will impact Gmail's internal spam detection heuristics, but I find that improbable.
Caveat: you cannot delete permanently from a filter rule (I imagine Google believes the risk too great and not worth the potential increase in support costs), so those messages would end up in your Trash and get purged after 30 days. This may still be a better situation to find yourself in, depending on your preferences and the volume of spam you get (which could now make it harder for you to recover messages deleted by mistakes).
If cluttering your Trash is not desirable, you could filter those messages to a temporary label instead, then use an Apps Script to periodically delete "old" filtered spam from that label. That would ensure that the top of your Trash is clutter-free. If the volume of spam you receive is limited however, deleting might work just fine. |
H: "Blogs I'm following" folder doesn't show up in Google Reader settings nor in the Android app
Here, one can see that Blogger has created a custom folder in my Google Reader, automagically housing all the blogs I follow there:
But, that seems to be the only place this folder appears! It's not to be found in the settings, as one can see here:
Nor can it be seen in the Google Reader Android app. Why is that, and how can I fix it?
AI: Blogs I'm following is a rather new feature. That's probably the reason it's not in the Android app yet.
For the settings, Blogs I'm following is a special folder maintained by Google Reader itself, so you are probably not allowed to change anything about it. |
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