Simon: The decision saved your life. Zoe: Won't happen again, sir. Mal: Good. And thanks. I'm grateful. Zoe: It was my pleasure, sir.

'Out Of Gas'


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le nubian - Nov 01, 2011 12:54:52 pm PDT #18304 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

right. I don't have a problem with it for google voice either. But Reader and Gmail? Hell no.

If they insist on this, I'll wait for google chrome extensions to re-skin the services.


Gris - Nov 01, 2011 1:28:25 pm PDT #18305 of 25501
Hey. New board.

I just found a user style that works pretty decently, applied with Stylish. I don't know if Stylish works in Chrome, but it's good in Firefox. It basically just shrinks the whitespace at the top. [link]


le nubian - Nov 01, 2011 4:36:13 pm PDT #18306 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

FYI, I have been using feedly this evening and I really like it. You can vary how the articles are displayed, so that flexibility alone wins points for me.


Kristen - Nov 01, 2011 4:44:04 pm PDT #18307 of 25501

Is Bloglines still around?

I think they are. I seem to remember that, right before they were supposed to pull the plug, I got an email from them saying they were going to keep it going after all. But I'd already migrated to Google Reader.

The one thing I like better about the new reader is it's easier for me to scroll down on my iPad. I always had issues on the old version.


Jessica - Nov 02, 2011 5:11:23 am PDT #18308 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

New Gmail help - is there any way to "pin" open the list of filters? I filter EVERYTHING and I don't like having to scroll over the list to expand it before I can see what new mail I have.


Tom Scola - Nov 02, 2011 5:27:40 am PDT #18309 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

The former Google Reader project manager criticizes the new Google Reader: [link]


Jon B. - Nov 02, 2011 5:36:16 am PDT #18310 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

is there any way to "pin" open the list of filters?

You mean the labels or folders on the left side? I would like to know that as well. That's one of the reasons I went back to the old style after 10 minutes.


Jessica - Nov 02, 2011 6:20:02 am PDT #18311 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

You mean the labels or folders on the left side?

Yep, those.


§ ita § - Nov 02, 2011 12:57:16 pm PDT #18312 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Siri gives Apple a 2 year lead over Google. Wow. I wonder what Google will try to do in order to strike back/leap forward, instead of saying stupid stuff like "your phone shouldn't be your assistant".


Consuela - Nov 02, 2011 4:10:10 pm PDT #18313 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I found a Greasemonkey script that helps a bit with Google Reader: [link]

Unfortunately, that won't help my work machine, which is IE7, and completely locked down. Bah.