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Hate the iGoogle left-side navigation?

mrbalky — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:33:20 +0000

Hate that it takes up screen real estate for no reason? Find Gmail canvas view as unusable as I do?

Check out all that unused grey space:

The last straw for me today was to discover that they put chat in the navigation bar, and it was impossible to turn off. I found a groups forum thread where I could actually register my discontent, and found this little gem:

http://www.google.com/ig?hl=all

Add that “?hl=all” to the end of the URL, and hooray! Tabs on top again!

Le Google Vue de Rue

mrbalky — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:07:21 +0000

I got all excited about Google Street View expanding coverage in France. Sadly, despite massive coverage of Paris, Rue Louis-David is not included. About the closest you can get to our old apartment is this:

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It’s the building you can see just above the “do not enter” sign.

Oh boy! Am I gonna be in street view?

mrbalky — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:52:40 +0000

I was heading across the street to Amante to meet Meg for lunch yesterday when the Immersive Media Beetle drove by. I assume it was taking photos for Google Street View. Now I just have to keep checking the view that shows Lijit World HQ for me wearing my Urban Assault Race t-shirt. Fortunately I wasn’t picking my nose…