130
votes
18answers
7k views
Alternatives for Google Reader (with Android synchronizing)
Now that Google Reader is being retired, what are my options for consuming RSS feeds on the web and synchronizing with my Android device? Social media sharing is not as important to me as being able ...
119
votes
3answers
7k views
How do I delete my Facebook account?
I don't trust Facebook's new privacy settings and have decided to delete my account, but I can't find the kill switch.
Does anyone know how I can delete my Facebook account?
118
votes
11answers
33k views
Turning off Google search results indirection
In Google search results, in Firefox or Chrome, I get URLs that go through Google and not directly to the target site. For example, at
http://www.google.com/search?q=foo
the first result is
...
80
votes
1answer
8k views
What does shva=1#inbox mean when Gmail loads?
I recently noticed that when opening my Gmail account, the URL gets changed to ?shva=1#inbox at the end (this can be noticed in the address bar).
This happens not only to my Gmail ID, but to others ...
67
votes
6answers
1k views
Is there any way to give more (or less) weight to words in a Google search?
Sometimes I may prefer results that have a certain term:
resize image bookmarklet +chrome
In this example, I want a bookmarklet to resize images. Preferably, I want one that works in chrome, ...
64
votes
30answers
211k views
How to send big files via email?
Gmail's maximum attachment size is 25 MB. How to send files bigger than that?
61
votes
25answers
4k views
How do I download a YouTube video?
How do I download a YouTube video?
I have used various solutions in the past that do not seem to work any longer (KeepVid and various Greasemonkey scripts). Is this just no longer possible?
60
votes
25answers
9k views
Are there any good Pandora alternatives with general availability outside the US? [closed]
Unfortunately for us Europeans (and all the other non-US) based people, services like Pandora aren't available.
So is there a good alternative to Pandora, where you can listen to streaming music?
...
60
votes
2answers
18k views
Someone memorialized my Facebook profile but I'm still alive!
Apparently, it’s pretty easy to memorialize someone's Facebook profile. I am greeted with the following message after entering my valid and correct username and password:
Account Inaccessible This ...
60
votes
5answers
117k views
Facebook detects if you are logged in Gmail
Today I was playing with some web security, and there was a surprise when I decided to test the Forget the Password link on Facebook.
I chose to send the password reset code to my Gmail address, and ...
58
votes
2answers
18k views
Strikethrough with GitHub Markdown
Using HTML tags is supposed to work with GitHub Markdown, but in particular <s>text</s> is not working for me. It works on live preview page (which is now deprecated) but not on preview of ...
56
votes
18answers
5k views
Is there a way to get around Wikipedia's Anti-SOPA blackout? [closed]
I think it's great that so many companies and organizations want to make people aware of SOPA, but not having access to Wikipedia for 24 hours is really inconvenient.
I noticed that you can see the ...
51
votes
4answers
14k views
What happens to your Facebook account when you die?
If a Facebook user dies, what happens to their Facebook account? Is it deleted after a certain period? Should their friends or relatives inform Facebook that they are dead?
51
votes
10answers
5k views
Web video sharing service with “fair use” protection?
I'm writing a blog entry and I want to illustrate it with a minute-long clip from a movie. Not a hugely popular blockbuster movie, but one you've probably heard of.
I uploaded the minute long video ...
47
votes
5answers
69k views
How do I change my default account with Google multiple sign-in?
After I enable multiple sign-in, and login to multiple accounts, I see that one of them says "(Default)". How do I change which of the accounts is the default one?
46
votes
18answers
91k views
Export Gmail messages to text or HTML files
I want to be able to export Gmail messages as text or HTML files so that they can be stored, passed around, and easily viewed later.
I would really like to be able to locate a selection of my ...
46
votes
1answer
6k views
Facebook accepts more than one password
With Facebook login, my password had a form of uppercase letters, lowercase letter and numbers. Not strong, but it did the job. For example
hunTer2
Recently, I was told by an acquaintance that I ...
45
votes
8answers
9k views
Is it possible to export my data from Trello, to back it up?
Is there a way to export my data from Trello to my own computer?
I'm happy to accept any file format, so long as the data is in a file-format that can be parsed, e.g. I'm comfortable with writing a ...
45
votes
3answers
3k views
How to search the internet for terms with special characters
As I learnt from this post, Google has no ability to search for special characters. Let's say I want to search for ss!. Are there any other search engines that can achieve this? Please do not propose ...
44
votes
9answers
18k views
How can I search for a keyword with special characters in Google Search?
I want to search for what += means, but Google won't return any documents.
Also when I come across some PHP code I don't understand I can't search for the keywords as written.
How can I search for ...
43
votes
15answers
2k views
Information overload: tips and tricks to effectively manage google reader subscriptions [closed]
I often get overwhelmed by the amount of material in my Google Reader subscriptions. It almost always has over 1000 unread items.
I started by moving all the feed-aggregators and people who post too ...
41
votes
8answers
20k views
How to use GPG with Gmail?
I would like to read and write GPG encrypted mails within Gmail. I found FireGPG, but the support for Gmail has been discontinued (and I am using Google Chrome as a browser).
What is the most ...
41
votes
0answers
3k views
Are there other web alternatives of Google Reader? [duplicate]
I assume probably most of you use Google Reader for following and reading RSS or Atom feeds. My question is are there any web alternatives that some of you have used and are happy with?
40
votes
18answers
2k views
Alternative to Facebook [closed]
I'm looking for an alternative social networking site to Facebook.
Here's a list of preferred features:
Friends list to connect with others
Photo sharing integration with Flickr
Video integration ...
39
votes
5answers
8k views
Mute a Google+ circle
How can I mute a Google+ circle?
I've seen that the main stream is composed of all the singular streams from the various circles. I can mute a single post or contact, but not a circle (all the posts ...
39
votes
2answers
962 views
How can I upload videos > 15min to YouTube?
I see that some YouTube users have quite lengthy videos. But if I ever try to upload a video of length more than 15 min, YouTube stops me. How can I get more privileges in YouTube?
39
votes
3answers
39k views
Google Spreadsheets conditional formatting based on another cell's content
How can I set conditional formatting on a particular cell that depends on another cell's value?
A | B
1 | x
2 |
3 |
1 | x
1 | x
4 |
8 |
// X can be any value and is here merely to
// mark the ...
38
votes
6answers
28k views
How can I follow someone on Twitter without them knowing?
Is it possible to follow someone on Twitter without them knowing?
38
votes
2answers
6k views
Any risk in replying to a message on Facebook?
I got a message from someone I've never met before, or even heard of, from Nigeria. He wants to learn to write Java code and is asking me if I can recommend any websites or e-books to help him. He ...
38
votes
17answers
2k views
Is there a safe way to save passwords?
I have a lot of passwords from various websites. I never use the same one twice, but the problem is that I keep forgetting them so I want to save them somewhere. If I'm on the same computer I can save ...
38
votes
7answers
9k views
How can I backup all of my tweets?
Is there a way to download a backup of all of my own tweets, in case Twitter ever goes down for good?
38
votes
2answers
4k views
Setting up Gmail to use Markdown to read and send out emails
I've become rather fond of Markdown and think it would be rather well suited to emails.
How do I set up Gmail to allow me to format reading and sending emails in Markdown? Is this even possible?
If ...
37
votes
16answers
2k views
Online file storage services [closed]
Which online storage services do you use to backup, share and synchronise your files?
I'm looking for a service to mostly back up my files to prevent any possible catastrophes, and save previous ...
37
votes
14answers
23k views
Remove the Chat box from the left pane on Gmail
I don't ever use the chat feature of Gmail. Is there a way to get rid of the chat box on the left side?
I can minimize it, but it still shows my name and the "Search, add, or invite" textbox.
I can ...
37
votes
3answers
12k views
How do I delete a list or card in Trello?
I have recently been exploring the new web application Trello and I accidentally created a list by mistake.
I figured out how to remove the list from the board by archiving it but in reality I ...
36
votes
1answer
7k views
How does Google's new two-factor authentication work with IMAP, POP, etc.?
I'm very excited about Google's new two-factor authentication. Two-factor authentication means, in this case, that instead of just authenticating based on "something you know" (your password) you also ...
36
votes
12answers
9k views
Is there a good equivalent to Mint.com for users outside the USA?
I'd love to use Mint.com but it's not available in the UK. Any idea when it might be available in the UK, or are there any recommended UK equivalents?
35
votes
2answers
9k views
Is Trello going to a pay model?
I'm loving Trello. I love the simplicity of it and how easy it is to build projects in it. I'm creating boards like crazy but I need to know that I'm not setting myself up for a heartache in the next ...
34
votes
3answers
10k views
Is Google+ available for Google Apps accounts?
Google Plus launched today but when I try to check it out, I get the error:
Google Profiles is not available for your organization.
I have Google Apps on my domain. Am I missing a setting in my ...
33
votes
27answers
2k views
Online project management services [closed]
I need a user-friendly and cleverly designed web service to manage my projects and tasks. No matter if it's a free or paid service. Having a comment system and some game mechanics would be a big plus.
...
33
votes
16answers
2k views
Google Apps as an online harddrive?
Google provides some pretty cheap online storage. My organization is interested in using this to host backups of some of our data on the Google Cloud. We may just want to use this as an offsite ...
33
votes
4answers
7k views
Is there a webapp to create ASCII art tables?
Is there a webapp that can create ASCII-art tables like this one? It doesn't have to use ASCII (it can be Unicode), I meant ASCII in the sense of ASCII-art.
...
33
votes
2answers
17k views
How did this guy hack Twitter's 140-character limit?
Today I was surprised to see that a guy has hacked Twitter's 140-character limit. The message consists of 930 characters. How could this be possible?
The direct link to this tweet is here. For ...
33
votes
4answers
7k views
How can I import a large list of tasks into Trello
How can I import a large list of tasks (.csv or .txt) into Trello and convert into cards that are part of a list
33
votes
3answers
62k views
How to forward multiple emails in Gmail
Is it possible to forward multiple emails in Gmail without doing each one individually?
32
votes
20answers
568 views
What is Wolfram Alpha good for? [closed]
I typically use Google for any data-gathering I need to do.
Recently, I tried out Wolfram Alpha. This thing is pretty interesting.
But I couldn't think of any use besides figuring out what the ...
32
votes
10answers
7k views
How can I sort emails in GMail by size?
Google have started to warn me that I am almost out of space in my GMail account. How can I sort my messages by size to identify any expendable large emails in my account?
32
votes
10answers
13k views
31
votes
2answers
226k views
How to modify a URL to get a Google cached version of page?
I want to look at a Google cached version of a webpage, but can't find it through the usual mechanisms, as per this related question.
Is there a way to modify the URL in the address bar to take me to ...
31
votes
1answer
2k views
What is the meaning of the little colored boxes (badges) on avatars in Trello?
My avatars have little little colored boxes in the lower right corners, sometimes yellow or green. Under the Members list I also have a blue box - I guessed this was an "owner" indicator.
I didn't ...
