As I keep forgetting the Notifications – Google+ URL and G+ kills “older” notifications: https://plus.google.com/notifications/all
–jeroen
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Reminder to self: Sort out empty (zero size) Icon? files in Google Drive folder on OS X and Windows
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/12
It looks like when syncing folders between Mac OS X (MacOS X?) and Windows, many directories get empty Icon? files have a size of 0 bytes.
None of these directories had custom icons, so I’m inclined to remove them all from the Google Drive folder:
find . -name 'Icon*' -size 0 -print0 | xargs -0 rm
as [WayBack] Didier Trosset answered at [WayBack] How to delete many 0 byte files in linux? – Stack Overflow
Before I do that, I need to read these in more detail:
- [WayBack] Anon answering [WayBack] osx – Icon^M file on Mac OS X – Super User
- [WayBack] Daniel Beck answering [WayBack] osx – Icon? file on OS X desktop – Super User
- [WayBack] [Help] Empty files named “Icon” appearing everywhere. : osx
- [Archive.is] Google Drive App on Mac OSX makes Icon? file. – Google Product Forums
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A way to bypass a Chrome interstitial page is to type a secret keyword…
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/10
Some sites do not have their TLS security set- up correctly. You can get around the page that Chrome then displays. This is called the “interstitial bypass”, you should use it with great care (not like one of the sites I visited a year ago that got themselves a nice ransomware attack), for instance on machines you can dispose off.
The mechanism has changed over time, from a simple button to a passphrase that changes every now and then.
Some historic links on this:
Via:
A way to bypass a Chrome interstitial page is to type a secret keyword. Until today, this not-no-secret keyword was “badidea”. And it just changed. So h… – François Beaufort – Google+
- [WayBack] You could bypass the false positive page in Chrome with a password. This password just changed, here is the new password. – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
- [Cannot be archived] Change the interstitial bypass keyword (Id3250926) · Gerrit Code Review
- [Archive.is] 797344 – Change the interstitial bypass keyword – chromium – Monorail
- [Archive.is] 581189 – “danger” shortcut removed – chromium – Monorail
- [Archive.is] 569999 – Rotating / removing the HTTPS interstitial bypass word – chromium – Monorail
- [WayBack] ImperialViolet – SSL interstitial bypass rates
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Actions on Google | Actions on Google | Google Developers
Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/02
Still on my research list (because: way too many other things to do and initially Google Home wasn’t available outside the USA*): [WayBack] Actions on Google | Actions on Google | Google Developers: Actions on Google lets developers build experiences for the Google Assistant.
via: [WayBack] Get started now. This turns your Google Assistant into a Concierge with many contacts and colleagues who can help you to get things done… – Sebastian Mauer – Google+
–jeroen
* [WayBack] Country availability – Google Store Help via:
- [WayBack] The EU is really in a sorry state when it comes to IT regulations and innovation. Juhani is spot on :-( – Wolfram Rittmeyer – Google+
- [WayBack] Today’s agenda: https://developers.google.com/actions/ Getting the Google Home completely changed my attitude towards this stuff.. If I hadn’t gotten one I’d just ignore what Google was saying about their assistant… – Juhani Lehtimäki – Google+
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The fireplace yule Log visualiser in Google Play Music works, but only from web-browser, not from app
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/25
Kristian Köhntopp:
Dear Lazyweb, years ago I turned on the Yule log visualiser in GPMAA, Settings, Labs. Current Google music has no Labs. So how do I turn on cover art?
…
Turns out, the Settings -> Labs switch exists in Desktop Google Music only, and does not (longer) exist in the App.
Sad.
via: [WayBack] Dear Lazyweb… how do I turn on cover art? – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
The setting is at https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser&u=0#/accountsettings
More: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYkyOaSNLb8
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seo – How to request Google to re-crawl my website? – Stack Overflow
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/25
[WayBack] seo – How to request Google to re-crawl my website? – Stack Overflow
TL;DR:
- For a single page recrawl use http://www.google.com/addurl/ which forces you to login, then brings you to https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/submit-url where you have to prove you’re not a robot.
- For a recrawl of a (selection) of the site at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/home by adding a sitemap list via https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/sitemap-list or “fetch as Google” at https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/googlebot-fetch
Some links that help you create a sitemap.xml file:
- [WayBack] sitemaps.org – Protocol
- [WayBack] Generate google sitemap in command line – BASH | www.nowakowskig.com
- [WayBack] how to create an XML sitemap using wget and shell script – lost saloon
- [WayBack] Shell Script To Generate Mediawiki Wiki Software Google Sitemap
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Search in Google+ – Computer – Google+ Help
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/12/18
I forgot how long it took them and how frustrating searches were without the new search operators, but they finally are there. So you don’t have to click again for the advanced options, I’ve quoted them below.
So earlier this year Google sort of restored the classic search (Remember when G+ search was useful? It again is. « The Wiert Corner – irregular stream of stuff) making it on par with the 2013 [WayBack] Search tips within Google Plus – WebSIGHT Hangouts and now they finally topped it.
Yay!
Details:
- [WayBack] Search in Google+ – Computer – Google+ Help via Advanced search operators… to the Google+ search box… – Kristian Köhntopp – Google+
- [WayBack] Google beefs up the search in Google+! After some six years, they are finally adding keywords which let you focus your search, just like you expect from a search company :) … – Lars Fosdal – Google+
Lars Fosdal made a nice concise list of it.
–jeroen
Lars Fostal (with some minor additions from me):
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Chrome Store Foxified: Enables the Google Chrome Store and Opera Addons Website for Firefox.
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/27
Most of my browser life is in Chrome, but the memory consumption and CPU usage has increased so much over time so it, err, become less than optimal.
Given the new FireFox is supposed to use far less memory and CPU than previous FireFox versions, I want to try it, but since so much of my Chrome life is about Chrome Extensions, I was glad to discover [WayBack] Chrome Store Foxified
Enables the Google Chrome Store and Opera Addons Website for Firefox. Point and click to install Opera/Chrome extensions straight into Firefox.
via:
- [WayBack] CommitStrip @CommitStrip: Firefox 57
- [WayBack] Firefox 57: The blog relating the daily life of web agency developers
- [WayBack] Will BL @williambl_: @hristiyandodov @CommitStrip This addon allows you to install addons straight from the chrome store https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-foxified/
- [WayBack] Hristiyan Dodov @hristiyandodov: @CommitStrip Chrome Extensions.
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Google Maps gets a new look
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/20
[WayBack] Google Maps gets a new look:
Via: [WayBack] New looks! – Roderick Gadellaa – Google+
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Did you miss the ‘View Certificate’ button in Chrome? : sysadmin
Posted by jpluimers on 2017/11/13
[WayBack] Did you miss the ‘View Certificate’ button in Chrome?:
Good news, it’s back for those who want it:
- chrome://flags/#show-cert-linkEnable
- , restart, Bob’s your uncle.
Via: [WayBack] Kristian Köhntopp – Google+ chrome://flags/#show-cert-link
It seems I need to update from Version 59.0.3071.115 (Official Build) (64-bit).
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