04 Oct 2009
by ryanin Technology Tags: Google, gtalk, ichat, mac, os x, snow leopard
After beating my head against a wall for the better part of an hour (I’m on vacation, I had the time to kill), I was completely unable to get iChat to connect to GTalk via the Jabber configuration that used to work prior to my Snow Leoapard install.
After searching around (on Google’s site), I resorted to trolling the Google Talk support forums and stumbled on the solution; you have to use a Captcha unlock to allow the signin to work. Why, I have no idea, but thank you to the person who posted this link on the Google forums.
If you are trying to sign into iChat and constantly get the “Login information is incorrect” message, go here: https://www.google.com/accounts/UnlockCaptcha. I have no idea why you have to do this or what else becomes unlocked through this, but it allowed me to finally log in with iChat 5 on Snow Leopard.
13 Jan 2009
by ryanin Technology Tags: comics, fail, Google, map
For reasons I won’t get into, I was curious what the closest comic book store to my house was. So I went to Comic Shop Locator (natch), plugges in my location. Closest result?
Yeah, not so much. Thanks Google.
02 Sep 2008
by ryanin Technology, Web Tags: browsers, chrome, Google, shiny, Web
Played with it tonight a bit. It’s freakin’ fast, especially for Google apps (natch). I like the new car smell it gives off, could do without the comic.
It feels like Firefox 3.0, but I think that was the point. No add-ons (yet, I assume), but it’s a beta. A nice, solid beta for a change. I love the fact that each tab has it’s own process; very interesting possibilities for developing on a web app with multiple security roles.
But, I can’t say it any better than the chief cynic and anti-plug of all things shiny, Alan.
If the Google Chrome concept is Firefox w/o the dev team’s intellectual clutter from XUL plus the backing of Google, we have a new platform. [twitter]
Indeed. Go kick the tires.
12 Jun 2008
by ryanin Technology Tags: Google, Reader, rss, Technology
Thanks Google, this is a very welcome addition to Reader.
21 Mar 2008
by ryanin Technology, Uhm... yeah Tags: Google, navel gazing, search, wtf
What the hell is wrong with people? I was going through some stats and ran through search terms that drew people to this blog. (An aside: My apologies to anyone who came here for actual information.)
Seriously though, what are you really looking for when you search for some of these strings?
- what is a disjointed sentence (uh oh, time to polish my writing a bit)
- brucewillis.com (I think that’s a compliment)
- mr. mufflesworth (???)
- childishness doing pee (my favorite, going here, I think)
Ah, the awe and mystery of the Internet.
03 Feb 2008
by ryanin Spot the Sarcasm, Technology Tags: acquisitions, Google, Internet, Microsoft, Yahoo
It’s short, so go read the whole thing. Marvel at the whining of one of the largest Internet companies to ever grace this planet. Bask in the innuendo. This is fear, folks, plain and simple. It’s also hilarious in it’s childishness. Way to go Google; you look stupid for this. Remember, Google is concerned for consumers, not their bottom line. Please, remember that.
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