Category Archives: Google

Google Reader

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Cat

Google Reader is shutting down. It has been my daily routine since 2008 and I am genuinely sad about losing it. There are a bunch of petitions around, but why would Google bother to listen. In the meantime I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Gmail stats

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Cat

I was looking round the Google dashboard for the settings of a service when I stumbled across these stats: Inbox: 3936 conversations All mail: 58113 conversations Sent mail: 5290 conversations Saved drafts: 185 conversations Chat history: 4740 conversations Spam: 234 … Continue reading →

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To-do lists

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Cat

I’ve never been a fan of to-do lists in my private life which, I suppose, is mostly due to always using them in a working environment to keep myself organised. It all progressed over time starting with making notes in … Continue reading →

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And my Google+ issues are still not resolved

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Cat

I changed my name on my Google+ profile the other day after being warned I would be unable to carry on using other Google services. Two days after I had noticed my profile is still under review and it is now … Continue reading →

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Job searching with social media – Day 1

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Cat

For the past few months I have been looking for a new job, as well as working on updating my CV and all the other things that come with it. Up until yesterday I was unable to utilise social media … Continue reading →

Posted in #rdg, Blog, Facebook, Google, Jobhunt, Life in general, Tumblr, Twitter | 6 Comments

More Google+ woes

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Cat

I changed my name on my Google+ profile the other day after being warned I would be unable to carry on using other Google services. The following message still greets me 48 hours later and makes me wonder what would … Continue reading →

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Google+ rant

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Cat

I clicked over to Google+ this evening to be greeted with the following message: There’s a problem with your Google+ profile It appears that the name you entered does not comply with the Google+ Names Policy. The Names Policy requires … Continue reading →

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Does a Google Doodle warrant a news story? [Spoiler alert: No]

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Cat

Google Doodle or, what Wikipedia calls, “arty version of the Google logo” has been around for a while marking important events or anniversaries all newsworthy in themselves. A few weeks ago, whilst googling [ha!] a Google Doodle I came across the … Continue reading →

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Sites that I visit on a daily basis

Posted on March 30, 2009 by Cat

Lately I have been looking at changing my online experience and more so consolidating more things into fewer sites which really just makes it sound like I’m talking about a loan on daytime TV! In order to look at where … Continue reading →

Posted in BBC, Blog, Films and TV, Firefox, Google, Last.fm, Tumblr, TV Shows, Twitter, Wikipedia, Wordpress.com | 3 Comments

What’s up today?

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Cat

Believe it or not, today’s the day of the ninja. Ah, I hear you ask, how do I become a ninja? Do not fear, the good ol raincoaster blog shows you how to. I’ve just come back from living an … Continue reading →

Posted in Advent calendar, Christmas '07, Google, Internet problems | 13 Comments

Everyone turning into stalkers?

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Cat

Came across this during my more random internet travels. I use Google a lot. And I have used it to lookup people, find phonenumbers, addresses and such like. Google anyones name and you can see heaps of information on them … Continue reading →

Posted in Funny Stuff, Google, Random | 28 Comments

Failure on Google

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Cat

I’m sure I’ve told many of you about this before. Either way, Google have now made an official announcement about it: “If you do a Google search on the word [failure] or the phrase [miserable failure], the top result is … Continue reading →

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Google Image Labeler

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Cat

I’ve been getting quite addicted to this lately. Basically it’s a new thing from Google (labeled Beta as everything by Google ;)) and it puts you and another person together to label random images so they can improve the quality … Continue reading →

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