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Yesterday Google released a new Chrome extension that allows you to initiate a voice search from the Google search page by simply saying “OK Google”, much like you do in Google Now for Android or iPhone. This is a very handy feature that works quite well. Unfortunately for those outside of the US, this feature won’t work by default. There… Continue reading "Using Google Voice Search Hotword Chrome Extension Outside the US"
If you commonly ssh from your OS X computer to a remote server such as a web server it makes sense to set up passwordless ssh login so you can have a secure connection without having to always enter your password. Setting up passwordless login also allows you to run automated scripts to help with managing things like offsite backups.… Continue reading "Passwordless SSH Login between OS X and Remote Server"
I periodically come across the “Bad Request Error 400” problem when using Gmail on Google Chrome. I’m not the only one as you can see from a Google search on the topic. One minute all is well and the next, reload after reload all you see is a blank page and this error message. You haven’t changed anything but things… Continue reading "Resolving ‘Bad Request Error 400’ in Gmail on Chrome"
From what I’ve found when searching online, I’m not the only one who has their cursor periodically disappear in OSX Lion. Once in a while I’ll return to my Mac Mini (my iMac and Macbook Pro never have this problem) and my cursor is nowhere to be found. The mouse or trackpad still works; if you go way down on… Continue reading "Mac OSX Lion Cursor Disappeared? Get It Back"
