NewsForge | Use Thunderbird like a pro
Thursday April 20, 2006 (08:01 AM GMT)
By: Dmitri Popov
Even if you use Thunderbird on a daily basis, you probably don’t know it inside out. There are still quite a few ‘hidden’ features not covered in the online help that can significantly improve your emailing habits. And since Thunderbird’s functionality can be expanded via extensions, you can add some clever features to it too.
Jason Thompson, who plays Dr. Patrick Drake on General Hospital, used to be a model. The Gap commericials that he was in have been uploaded to YouTube! A must see for any JT or Scrubs fan!
YouTube – Everybody in Vests – uploaded by Tmon
YouTube – Everybody in Leather – uploaded by Shynish
YouTube – Everybody in Cords – uploaded by chubu
Six cool Quicksilver plugins you might not know
43 Folders has a great article with some QS plugins. If you have a Mac and don’t have Quicksilver then give it a whirl!
cl1p.net
With cl1p.net you can copy and paste between computers.
Just enter in any URL that starts with http://cl1p.net (example: http://cl1p.net/tcoyjdbiq/) and post. Then from any other computer enter the same URL and copy.
Useful for…
Getting around firewalls. With cl1p.net you can easily move data from one machine to another. All you need is a URL.
Enhance Instant Messages. Instant messaging clients do a poor job at sending large blocks of text. With cl1p.net you can create a cl1p and post the URL in an instant.
Improving productivity. Cl1p.net is the fastest way to post to the Internet. Why go to the trouble of logging into e-mail just to move data?
Features
Calendar Sharing: Set up a calendar for your company softball team, and share it with the whole roster. (Your shortstop will never forget about practice again.) Or share with friends and family so you can view each other’s schedules side by side.Invitations: Create event invitations, send them to friends, and keep track of people’s responses and comments, all in one place. Your friends can receive your invitation and post responses even if they don’t use Google Calendar themselves.
Quick Add: Click anywhere on your calendar where an event belongs (or use the Quick Add link), and start typing. Google Calendar understands whole phrases like “Brunch with mom at Java Cafe 11am on Saturday,” and will pop new events right into your agenda.
Gmail Integration: Add your friend’s Super Bowl party to your calendar without ever leaving your Gmail inbox. Gmail now recognizes events mentioned in emails.
Search: Find the date of the Baxter family BBQ (you knew it was sometime this summer). Or, search public calendars to discover new events you’re interested in and add them to your own calendar.
Mobile Access: Receive event reminders and notifications on your mobile phone.
Event Publishing: Share your organization’s events with the world. Learn more with our Event Publisher Guide.
Apple® today introduced Boot Camp, public beta software that enables Intel-based Macs to run Windows XP. Available as a download beginning today, Boot Camp allows users with a Microsoft Windows XP installation disc to install Windows XP on an Intel-based Mac®, and once installation is complete, users can restart their computer to run either Mac OS® X or Windows XP. Boot Camp will be a feature in “Leopard,” Apple’s next major release of Mac OS X, that will be previewed at Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference in August.
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