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Taking Screenshot on multiple platforms (via Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/28

Cool, I just found out that Wikipedia has a Screenshot topic, listing how to take screenshots (and often shots of the current window) on many platforms, where (*) means I verified them:

  • Apple Mac OS X
    (*) Use “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+3” for the screen or “⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4” for a part of the screen (as of Mac OS X Tiger, you can press the “Spacebar” to capture a Window in stead of part of the screen). You can press “Ctrl” with these shortcuts to the shot goes to the clipboard, otherwise it gets saved as a PNG file.
  • Microsoft Windows
    (*) Use “Prt Sc” for the screen or “Alt+Prt Sc” for the Window
    (note that on my laptop and multi-media keyboards, you need to type the “Fn” key in order to press the “Prt Sc”)
  • Microsoft Windows Phone
    Press the “Sleep/Wake” button and the Startbutton at the same time.
  • Apple iOS
    (*) Press the “Home” and “Lock” button at the same time.
  • Google Android
    Hold the “Volume down” button, then press the “Sleep/Wake” button.
    (*) Or press the “Sleep/Wake” and the “Home” button at the same time.
  • HP WebOS
    Press the “Orange/Gray Key+Sym+P” at the same time.
    Or press “Home Key+Power” at the same time.
  • X Window System
    Varies with the installed tooling
  • Maemo 5
    Press “Ctrl+⇧ Shift+P” at the same time.
  • Google Chrome OS
    Press “Ctrl+F5” to capture the screen or press “Ctrl+⇧ Shift+F5” to capture a portion of the screen.

–jeroen

via: Screenshot – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Google: view which Devices used your account when: Security – Devices

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/24

Security – Deviceshttps://security.google.com/settings/security/activity

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Factory Images for Nexus Devices – Android — Google Developers

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/24

For downloading Lollipop, KitKat and other install images for your Nexus devices: Factory Images for Nexus Devices – Android — Google Developers.

–jeroen

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Inbox by GMail: interesting approach!

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/14

Interesting, especially after experimenting with it for a few weeks. Most of it is great, still missing a few features (like multiple labels per message, and great keyboard shortcut support: now it’s very basic).

So read this that I got via Kristian Köhntopp:

Today, we release Inbox by Gmail – It’s been my main project since I joined Google. This ends the first chapter of a longer story!http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/10/an-inbox-that-works-for-you.html

and:
Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in GMail, Google, Power User | 5 Comments »

Markdown notes

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/10

Wishing an online collaboration tool that supports Markdown, especially since tools like GitHub have native support, and because of the textual nature of the file format, it plays well with version control systems. Until that, I’ll try to use editors on Mac, Windows and my blog, syncing with DropBox.

Some links that might get useful:

What is Markdown?

Online editors:

Windows + Mac:

Windows only:

Mac only:

Mobile:

Chrome plugins:

Comparison of tools and features:

Preview:

Conversion:

Comparison and resource overviews:

Markdown is very common in the scripting world.

A few examples:

On the syntax:

The Markdown syntax can be quite odd. Syntax examples are in http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/syntax.text, which is the source code for Daring Fireball: Markdown Syntax Documentation. For instance [WayBackwhen nesting ordered and unordered lists, your code needs to be indented like this:

1. Ordered item 1
    - Unordered item a
    - Unordered item b
1. Ordered item 2
    - Unordered item c
    - Unordered item d

On CommonMark and John Gruber:

Even though John Gruber – the original Markdown inventor – wasn’t involved with Markdown for like 10 years, in September 2014 he was involved in the [WayBack“Standard” Markdown Controversy which led to the [WayBackCommonMark project trying to set a standard for Markdown.

–jeroen

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Introducing nogotofail—a network traffic security testing tool for TLS/SSL – via: Google Online Security Blog

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/07

Great! And it is open source at https://github.com/google/nogotofail:

The Android Security Team has built a tool, called nogotofail, that provides an easy way to confirm that the devices or applications you are using are safe against known TLS/SSL vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Nogotofail works for Android, iOS, Linux, Windows, Chrome OS, OSX, in fact any device you use to connect to the Internet.

There’s an easy-to-use client to configure the settings and get notifications on Android and Linux, as well as the attack engine itself which can be deployed as a router, VPN server, or proxy.

–jeroen

via Google Online Security Blog: Introducing nogotofail—a network traffic security testing tool.

Posted in *nix, Android Devices, Chrome, Google, iOS, Mac OS X / OS X / MacOS, OpenSSL, Power User, Security, Windows | Leave a Comment »

GMail: add CC/BCC field in Compose/Reply using keyboard

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/11/03

Ever wondered how to add a CC or BCC address during a compose or reply using GMail without using the mouse?

Me too, and I’m glad to have found this online in the Keyboard shortcuts – Gmail Help: Read the rest of this entry »

Posted in GMail, Google, Keyboards and Keyboard Shortcuts, Power User | 2 Comments »

Switching Google Chrome back to use Google.com for searching

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/27

Though the Google NCR trick can be used to prevent the Google.com search site from redirecting to a localized one, you need a few extra steps for switching back Google Chrome when it has configured itself to a Google country domain you don’t understand.

Before you follow the steps below, be sure to configure Chrome to remember where it left off: “Continue where I left off” so it remembers which tabs were open.

Steps for switching back to Google.com in Chrome: Read the rest of this entry »

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Some cool visual traceroute sites/mashups

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/10/02

It is always cool to see some mashups: apart from great examples, they also make for some good research material.

–jeroen

Posted in Development, Google, GoogleMaps, Power User, Software Development, Web Development | Leave a Comment »

Android Wear Check

Posted by jpluimers on 2014/09/11

Interesting:

Android Wear is designed to work with Android phones running 4.3 or higher. Not sure what version of Android you have? Visit g.co/WearCheck on your phone to see if it’s compatible with Android Wear.

My Google Nexus 4: check!

–jeroen

via: Android Wear Check.

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