Category: Google

  • Use Google.com instead of .be in Chrome

    Why? Google.be lags on new features no +1 in .be no social integration no instant search probably a million other experiments that run on .com but not on .be The black-bar is entirely different on .be, don’t know why Better G+ integration, not that I would ever use it .be lagged on https as well,…

  • Greatly increase Chrome performance

    Using experiments. My Chrome version: 19.0.1084.52 (mac) Surf to: chrome://flags/ I enabled following flags, and so far it’s still working great: Threaded compositing Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS GPU Accelerated SVG and CSS Filters Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS HTTP Pipelining Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS Built-in Asynchronous DNS Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS Pipelining requires a somewhat more decent internet…

  • Google+

  • Feature request: Circles plugin

    A plugin, for WordPress and the likes, to display only content to certain circles. Depending on your current logged in Google profile, looks up whether you’re in one of my approved circles, and depending on the result shows the content. Idem dito for Flickr, Facebook (lololol), LinkedIn, …

  • Xoom

    I recently bought a Xoom, WiFi version. This will be my short review about this Xoom. First of all, this is a Xoom made solely for Google employees. It has the Google logo on it, and a green back side. As far as I know there is no public way to get the device with…

  • Introverts

    For my introverts: Myth #1 – Introverts don’t like to talk. This is not true. Introverts just don’t talk unless they have something to say. They hate small talk. Get an introvert talking about something they are interested in, and they won’t shut up for days. Myth #2 – Introverts are shy. Shyness has nothing…

  • Yes, I have moved

  • Data roaming

    I bricked my Nexus S yesterday, while trying to root it (with an howto for an old Android version). As usual I was trying to do too much stuff with too little time (as I had to catch my plane later that evening). I had to root it to get OpenVPN, ssh tunnel, or system…

  • Chromebook

    Damn, Google is starting to make nifty movies about their products. Actually got me excited. Even though I know it’ll be nothing for me -.-