Google Spreadsheet Trick. Automatic reference lookup

Open Google Spreadsheet. Put "Abraham Lincoln" in A3. put "Date of Birth" in B2. Then in B3 put =googlelookup(A3,B2).

Try "Barack Obama" too.



Isn't that AWESOME?

A very funny GIF... You'll surely miss a free throw shot!!!

986F 64B9 3005 E03E. FC42 A41E BD57 3179

Anyone knows what "986F 64B9 3005 E03E. FC42 A41E BD57 3179" is for? Or what is it?

Poor guy just wanted to cross... Keep watching...

Feel the wrath (Animated GIF)

If Vim was developed by Microsoft

If Vim was developed by Microsoft...

Top 10 Most Creative Homeless Signs

Top 10 Most Creative Homeless Signs


1) Homeless Geek

2. Unlucky Beggar

3) Homeless Merlin

4) Homeless Target

5) Homeless Time Traveller

6) Desperate Homeless

7) Homeless Jedi

8) Homeless Wishful Thinking

9) The Ninja Victim

10) Ransom Fail

http://ping.fm/tb3Sw .me Landrush Starts 8am PST Tomorrow

I'm almost gonna cry now. Fixing IE6 layout!

Happy Birthday Canada! http://ping.fm/JnNZW

My facebook love/hate relationship: Love it because it uses LAMP, fast, scales & reliable. Hate it because of its uber-annoying content. :(

We're looking for someone who knows how to develop a Friendster Application. http://ping.fm/LbJGz

Friendfeed

Moving to Wordpress...

I'm moving to wordpress for more flexibility. Goodbye Blogger!

http://www.allanjosephbatac.com/blog/
http://www.batac.org/blog/

Happy Birthday Mother Earth!

Better and Super Clean GMail Interface

Look how my GMail interface looks like with GreaseMonkey, Better/Super Clean Gmail (Download Link) installed on my Firefox 2.0.

I found this on LifeHacker!




Sleek and very cool gmail tweak!

I recommend it for power email users like me! :)

Joost: Maybe the future of TV

Joost sent me a beta invitation last week and I had the chance to use Joost today. I can definitely say that Joost is a very promising piece of software.

It out-performs youtube.com in so many ways. You can now watch regular TV on your computer by just installing a piece of software. They have lots of channels to choose from. I like the Fight Network (as seen on the images above).


The controls and the user interface isn't bad but can be improved (responsiveness of the TV controls sometimes lags) -- and this depends on your Internet connection too.

Overall, with user feedbacks and improvements, Joost may be the future of TV. This is nice if you want to work and at the same time glance from time to time to Joost.

Definitely cheaper than to buy a tv converter.

Kudos to Joost (Niklas Zennstrøm and Janus Friis)!

More programs please!

Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 is here. Download now!

Mozilla’s Thunderbird 2 email application is more powerful than ever. It’s now even easier to organize, secure and customize your mail.

How can Webmasters proactively address duplicate content issues?

How can Webmasters proactively address duplicate content issues?

• Block appropriately: Rather than letting our algorithms determine the "best" version of a document, you may wish to help guide us to your preferred version. For instance, if you don't want us to index the printer versions of your site's articles, disallow those directories or make use of regular expressions in your robots.txt file.
• Use 301s: If you have restructured your site, use 301 redirects ("RedirectPermanent") in your .htaccess file to smartly redirect users, the Googlebot, and other spiders.
  
• Be consistent: Endeavor to keep your internal linking consistent; don't link to /page/ and /page and /page/index.htm.
• Use TLDs: To help us serve the most appropriate version of a document, use top level domains whenever possible to handle country-specific content. We're more likely to know that .de indicates Germany-focused content, for instance, than /de or de.example.com.
• Syndicate carefully: If you syndicate your content on other sites, make sure they include a link back to the original article on each syndicated article. Even with that, note that we'll always show the (unblocked) version we think is most appropriate for users in each given search, which may or may not be the version you'd prefer.
• Use the preferred domain feature of webmaster tools: If other sites link to yours using both the www and non-www version of your URLs, you can let us know which way you prefer your site to be indexed.
  
• Minimize boilerplate repetition: For instance, instead of including lengthy copyright text on the bottom of every page, include a very brief summary and then link to a page with more details.
• Avoid publishing stubs: Users don't like seeing "empty" pages, so avoid placeholders where possible. This means not publishing (or at least blocking) pages with zero reviews, no real estate listings, etc., so users (and bots) aren't subjected to a zillion instances of "Below you'll find a superb list of all the great rental opportunities in [insert cityname]..." with no actual listings.
• Understand your CMS: Make sure you're familiar with how content is displayed on your Web site, particularly if it includes a blog, a forum, or related system that often shows the same content in multiple formats.
• Don't worry be happy: Don't fret too much about sites that scrape (misappropriate and republish) your content. Though annoying, it's highly unlikely that such sites can negatively impact your site's presence in Google. If you do spot a case that's particularly frustrating, you are welcome to file a DMCA request to claim ownership of the content and have us deal with the rogue site.

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: All About Googlebot

Official Google Webmaster Central Blog: All About Googlebot

Google Moms (Tribute to Mothers Worldwide)

Found this on the net (http://www.google.com/moms/)

eskwela.com's just got online is just soo cool!

This is a great feature of eskwela.com! "Just Got Online"! Uber cool!

Google Digital Photo Album and more...

Braiden gave me this awhile ago and it's so cool! :) Thanks Braiden!!! I love it! :)

Adobe Apollo and Flex

Adobe just introduced Apollo. It's a cross-operating system runtime to develop desktop (web) applications. Read it more here...

According to their site...

Apollo enables developers to create applications that combine the benefits of web applications – network and user connectivity, rich media content, ease of development, and broad reach – with the strengths of desktop applications – application interactions, local resource access, personal settings, powerful functionality, and rich interactive experiences.

Need a Windows XP product key? Google can help.

Click this link...

Google is sooo helpful, right? :P

if i was working for this grocery, i will not go to work for a day... :D

this is the hardest level of mario brothers! (video)

it's the hardest and i totally agree!

i lost count how many f*ck were there in this movie!

Work is a four-letter word...

Work, is a four letter word. W-O-R-K. Love it.

Remember, your 8am-5pm job keeps your 5pm-8am life going. :)

happy 60th birthday dave!

happy birthday to the late night talk show host which i really like! :)

error document handling by Internet Explorer

I was editing some /error_docs/ on our webserver and found this comment. Oh Microsoft! :(

- Unfortunately, Microsoft has added a clever new
- "feature" to Internet Explorer. If the text of
- an error's message is "too small", specifically
- less than 512 bytes, Internet Explorer returns
- its own error message. You can turn that off,
- but it's pretty tricky to find switch called
- "smart error messages". That means, of course,
- that short error messages are censored by default.
- IIS always returns error messages that are long
- enough to make Internet Explorer happy. The
- workaround is pretty simple: pad the error
- message with a big comment like this to push it
- over the five hundred and twelve bytes minimum.
- Of course, that's exactly what you're reading
- right now.