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Oh, Google (again)

2012/05/02 / local / FAIL, Google, Picasa

So I’m trying to get Picasa 3.9 to run on WINE. I’ll just pop over to the picasa site and download the program…

There is no download link to get the Windows version. Anywhere.

Poked around the rest of the subdomain… nothing. Nothing at all. Not a listing of previous versions and/or versions for other operating systems. From what I could see, the only place for me to get Picasa is to go to some other website and download the software from there.

How about using it’s own search? All results point you right back to that same page pictured up there.

Hell, not even Microsoft does stuff like this.

2012/05/02 / local / Google, Internet

The smarter Google gets, the stupider it becomes.

Google Drive

2012/04/26 / local / Android, Google, Google Drive

It was just released to the wild, and yet I’ve already found cause to question the integrity of the product:

When looking at the list of installed apps, it’s asking me to update the app, when I know for a fact it hasn’t even been installed to my phone. I’m used a rooted phone and a custom ROM, so it’s not like T-Mobile just put it there without my knowledge.

That sort of behavior is disingenuous as best, and evil at worst. Can there now be any doubt Google has just become another company like the rest?

This answer pretty much sums up the best way to get it done. The server puts each message on the appropriate label but it remains in an unread state, so Thunderbird will pick up the hint and notify you of unread messages.

2012/03/26 / local / email, Gmail, Google, IMAP, Mozilla, Thunderbird

How do I synchronize Thunderbird tags with Gmail labels? – Super User

2012/03/06 / tumblr / Google

Search suggestions obtained with Iceweasel in Private Browsing mode and turning off Instant Search.

Oh, Google (again)

Google Drive

This answer pretty much sums up the best way to get it done. The server puts each message on the appropriate label but it remains in an unread state, so Thunderbird will pick up the hint and notify you of unread messages.

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