GMail now has support for themes to change the look and feel of their interface, something that has been speculated about for quite a while. I usually feel like theming and skinning are really cheesy “value add” items for service-based software, but there is something about the particular implementation that Google have chosen that make me dig it. You should try out the “Tree” theme at least once. It asks for the name of the city you live in and then bases the graphic of the theme upon the current weather in your area.
The Inquisitr put together a collage of some of the available themes, although the preview mode in the GMail interface is more than sufficient. I’ll bore with theming soon enough, but for now it’s cool and fun. I guess I’d never really thought that the GMail interface was ugly before, just functional, but now I do appreciate the touches of color and a crisper feel.
November 20th, 2008
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I downloaded the wpToGo app for my Google phone while waiting for my lunch to finish in the microwave and thought I’d test it out.
If this works then that means it took less than 4 mins to install, configure and post (according to the timer on the microwave).
Had a few minor issues that bumped the time up to 9 mins (had to enable xml-rpc access in my blog’s configuration)…but now I’ll try including a picture.
November 20th, 2008
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Last night, several of us from SoftSource went out for Lasertag at the Laserport of Beaverton. It was part of our SoftSource social Wednesday event. While we had a smaller turnout than at some of the previous events, we were able to get two great games in: one 3v3v3 and another 3v3 grudge match. I’d forgotten how energetic lasertag can be when you get in there, ducking and weaving, and this morning my quads are hurting from all the ducking down behind walls and firing at people.
It was great to get out with friends from work and compete with them like this. I was able to hold my own pretty well too, coming in #3 overall in the first game and then #1 overall in the second. It reminded me how much fun lastertag really is. I’m going to try to organize another trip there with another group of friends soon. Unfortunately, I forgot my camera last night - doh! So I’ve had to go with some stock photos from the laserport site.
November 20th, 2008
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