July 13, 2006

Instant inline word definitions

Isn’t it cool when you get annoyed with your computer and wish it would do x, y or z and then a quick google search later you find someone else thought the exact same thing and wrote a plugin for firefox.

I was getting annoyed that to find a definition of a word while I was browsing I had to double click it, right click, choose ’search web for…’, switch tabs to the new google results page, type ‘define:’ in front of the query and resubmit the results.

I was thinking it would be much easier just to highlight a word right click choose define and have the results loaded into an inline frame and not have to move from the open browsing tab.

Apparently Eugene thought so too :)

Inline Google Definitions

This plugin is really cool actually, really useful in schools etc for improving vocabulary.

Give it a try and you will find yourself learning new words every day just because it’s so fast and easy to use it’s simpler to find out what a word means than to stare at it for a couple of seconds wondering…

* Filed by dave at 12:08 am under Cool stuff, Firefox
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May 31, 2006

Pandora’s box

I’ve been listening to Pandora a lot recently, WOW! It’s the best thing to happen to music for ages :)

I’ve made a few stations to different tastes and most of the time the music that gets played is just what I am in the mood for. It’s really good just doing some work on your pc and then all of a sudden a track you haven’t heard in years starts playing and makes you smile, I’ve even bought a couple of cd’s from new artists that I had never heard of before. Brilliant stuff, if only I could get it in my car for the daily trudge up the M6….

Pandora - Find New Music, Listen to Custom Internet Radio Stations

* Filed by dave at 8:26 pm under Cool stuff, Music
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