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According to an article in New Scientist magazine, Nokia has filed a US patent for a cell phone handset that recharges itself by harnessing the energy produced by the owner’s movements.

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A couple of days ago I started using Google’s web browser, Chrome.  First of all, I must say that I am impressed, really really impressed with it.  However, mailto links didn’t seem to be working.  Naturally, I googled…

Just about every single result from my searching was about how to have Chrome use Gmail to open mailto links.  Pfft.  C’mon people, email is a text thing, not a web thing.  When will you learn?  I wanted a SXEmacs frame to pop up with a Gnus mail buffer loaded with the details from the mailto link.  I can do that with Firefox.  I can do that with just about any mozilla based browser.  So I should be able to do it in Chrome, right?

Yes of course I can.  Here’s how…

1. Get xdg-utils if you don’t already have it.
2. Get my mozmail.el which is in the XEmacs “net-utils” package.
3. Configure mozmail.el (there are instructions in the file itself and you can skip everything about making changes to your browser)
4. Start Chrome like this:  BROWSER=mozmail.sh google-chrome

And believe it or not, that’s it.

Daintree Rainforest

I am so happy to be able to brag about this… This site is GREEN!! We are environmentally friendly in that we are completely Carbon Neutral.

But I really can’t take any of the credit for this.  Steve Youngs dot Com is carbon neutral because the hosting provider I chose, DreamHost, is.

Looking after the environment is a Good Thing™ and we should all try to do our bit.  If you have a piece of the web out there I’d like to encourage you to find out how your host treats our planet.  It’s the only one we’ve got.

Till next time…

I’ve just installed “Snap Shots” from snap.com. The first time I saw something like this was at, I think, Livejournal.  I remember thinking, oh my god, how cool is that! I feel like one of the cool kids now.  So I hope you enjoy all the snappy goodness in any links I post.  Oh, and James, if you’re reading, I’d love to hear what TheInfopreneur says about this sort of eye-candy.

I’m reproducing below, snap.com’s “canned” intro that they recommend you give to your users/readers.  There are a number of different types of links in there to give you a nice feel for what it does.

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you “look ahead,” before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.