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Gooshing for a true UNIX feel

June 2, 2008 – 9:44 pm

Emily Chang pointed me to this link via Twitter.

It’s a sweet Terminal-like search engine that uses the Ajax libraries from Google. Impressive what a little CSS can do!
Check out the commands:

I might use this more than google.com for searches.

By me | Posted in Ajax, Google, Search, UNIX | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Track shipments with Twitter

April 22, 2008 – 9:16 am

pb30 has an awesome thing. You can get updates from UPS, DHL, and FedEx on Twitter.

Here are the simple instructions, taken straight from pb30’s page:

Follow @trackthis - Since @trackthis uses direct messages, you must follow it so it can send direct messages to you. @trackthis will follow you back immediately so that you can send [...]

By me | Posted in Convenience, Friends, New Media, Productivity, Twitter | Also tagged , , , , | Comments (0)