Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/20
For a long time, this was hard: [Archive.is] How to switch off the sound on the desktop Hangout? – Google Product Forums.
A lot of people complained, often in a not so nice way.
The solution – that took years to appear – however now is very simple:
Click the options hamburger on the top left, then remove the checkmark for “Sounds for incoming messages”
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/06
[WayBack] Chris Bensen: Sync a Shared Google Calendar with Calendar in iOS or macOS
Cool: configure a shared Google Calendar to show up in the Calendar in iOS or macOS
https://calendar.google.com/calendar/syncselect
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/03
Google is smart; you can ask it https://www.google.com/search?q=what%27s+my+location
This is accurate enough for many uses (it’s off for a couple of kilometers):
curl "https://maps.googleapis.com/maps/api/browserlocation/json?browser=firefox&key=AIzaSyDBgL8fm9bD8RLShATOLI1xKmFcZ4ieMkM&sensor=true"
Some links about the above API:
–jeroen
via: [WayBack] I need help; I want to know the geographical location of the place where I am…
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/01
Find one of these in all levels:
Location sharing.Posted in Google, GoogleMaps, Power User | Leave a Comment »
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/30
Now any of your Google Home devices can connect to other Bluetooth speakers so you can control your entertainment experience simply using the sound of your voice.
Multi-room audio through your Google Home device with “follow-me” behaviour: [WayBack] Google Home and Bluetooth speakers make the perfect pair.
Now if your smartphone could do the same…
Via: [WayBack] Now any of your Google Home devices can connect to other Bluetooth speakers so you can control your entertainment experience simply using the sound of y… – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/29
[WayBack] Privacy Badger | Electronic Frontier Foundation: Privacy Badger blocks spying ads and invisible trackers.
Chrome first run settings are at
chrome-extension://pkehgijcmpdhfbdbbnkijodmdjhbjlgp/skin/firstRun.html
Via: [WayBack] Arjen Lentz on Twitter: “EFF’s Privacy Badger does this for any site. Also available for Chrome/Chromium.… “
There is a really interesting Y-combinator thread at [WayBack] Facebook Container Extension: Take control of how you’re being tracked | Hacker News which goes way deeper in how various browsers and extension combinations can help you getting more hold of your privacy.
A few links via that hacker news link:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/26
The Google Opinion Rewards app offers an excellent way to earn money which you can use to buy any kind of Play Store content by taking surveys. More often
Since I didn’t get any rewards in about half a year, I’ve followed the steps from [WayBack] Get more surveys from Google Opinion Rewards.
Let’s see what happens.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/03/19
From a while back, but still not fixed: [WayBack] Just in case you are wondering what these %TEMP%_MEI* folders are about: Google Drive apparently doesn’t clean up correctly when it exits because you l… – Daniela Osterhagen – Google+
Just in case you are wondering what these
%TEMP%\_MEI*folders are about: Google Drive apparently doesn’t clean up correctly when it exits because you log off or shut down Windows.This is ridiculous. It’s not as if there weren’t any options to let Windows do that cleanup if the program fails.
It is still not fixed:
[WayBack] Just in case you are wondering what these %TEMP%_MEI* folders are about: Google Drive apparently doesn’t clean up correctly when it exits because you l… – Jeroen Wiert Pluimers – Google+
Still doing it all these years later – only the size of the garbage left behind has changed (Size: 58.4 MB (61,303,879 bytes) Size on disk: 67.7 MB (71,061,504 bytes) 1/3 of which is icons) – why this isn’t committed to Chrome instead of held open in %TEMP% is beyond reasoning +Google Drive
Original forum source: [Archive.is] _MEI folder created at windows start – Google Product Forums
by Martin Friedl 3/17/13
Hi,
I just found out that on windows the google drive tool creates a ‘_MEIxxxxx’ folder on every startup of windows. The xxxxx is a number that differs at every startup. On my PC (with windows 7) this folder is created on ‘C:\’ and has a size of about 35MB. SO with every start of windows google drive occopies 35 additional MB. It looks as the content of the folder is mainly Pyhton-files.Is there a way to prevent google drive from creating an additional folder with every start of windows?
Best regards
Martin…
10/21/13
Klint said:
If you exit Google Drive by right-clicking the Google Drive icon in your Windows 7 notification area, and selecting Exit, then Google Drive shuts down properly and correctly deletes the _MEIxxx folder. Unfortunately, it leaves the folder behind if you leave Google Drive running when you log out or shut down. So, yes, it is a bug in Google Drive. It ought to terminate properly when the user logs out.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/02/27
It seems to be a feature: [WayBack] [Feature or Fluke] You can now purchase items on any other country’s Google Store
via: [WayBack] Huuuuuge. No seriously, this is pretty nice. – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/02/22
https://www.google.com/search?q=blink+html
https://www.google.com/search?q=askew
https://www.google.com/search?q=recursion
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