Mac OS X only: Have you ever been busy getting something done when the dock icon starts bouncing up and down? The Switching To Mac blog writes up the process of completely disabling that effect.
The Official Google Mobile Blog has announced a couple of small but cool updates to the Gmail Mobile webapp for iPhone and Android users, namely faster address auto-complete and keyboard shortcut support. Faster auto-complete is a bit of a yawn, but keyboard shortcut support is pretty cool. Unfortunately keyboard support is Android-only—presumably one of the benefits of having a hardware keyboard. Still, both phones feature touchscreens, so keyboard shortcuts aren’t quite as important on your phone. [Official Google Mobile Blog]
Packing your lunch is more economical and almost always healthier than eating out. Overcome the brown bag blahs with this guide to making your packed lunch more appealing. Photo by chanchan22.
Windows only: The bigger your iTunes library, the more difficult it becomes to locate and fix any problems that arise, whether you’re faced with play counts or ratings gone awry, missing or duplicate tracks, or missing album art. That’s where diagnostic tool meta-iPod comes in handy.
If you’ve got a ton of plastic shopping bags laying around and the inclination to roll up your sleeves you can turn them into a DIY carrying case for your laptop.
We haven’t been invited to try out the Google Wave Preview (yet? pretty please Mister Google?), but based solely on the 80-minute demonstration video, we’re jazzed about the upcoming product. Don’t have 80 minutes? Gander at these eight 30-60 second clips that show off the best parts of Google Wave.
Snooth is a search engine and social network for wine lovers covering everything from wine reviews and rankings to vineyard and varietal information.
Major announcements from Google, Microsoft and Apple in the last few weeks have techies flipping out about the awesomeness coming to our browsers, pockets, and desktops in the very near future. Strap on your jetpacks; let’s take a look.
Mac OS X only: Google’s Quick Search Box—brought to us by the developer of the much beloved Quicksilver—has officially left beta, meaning the search-and-launch tool is ready for full public consumption.
The good news: One intrepid blogger offers up a massive cut-and-paste Gmail filter operator that corrals and archives non-English messages. The bad news: It only works when spammers are semi-honest.
