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Geek Talk: Gmail, iPod, and WordPress

February 11, 2007

What do you get when you have three web standards enthusiasts a.k.a. standardistas a.k.a. geeks in a YM conference room?

Disaster.

People should know that I’m not much of a talkative person, both online and offline. When someone sends me a message, I normally respond with, “Hey,” then go on with my pathetic life, all traces of the so-called conversation forgotten. There are times, however, when I feel the need to be makulit. Naughty, naughty, naughty - but not in the way you’re thinking, if that’s what you’re thinking. Coz, you know, I might have left an impression with my previous entry. =p

I was supposed to post here a part of our mind-boggling geeky talk, but I think that would spoil the surprise. =)

On to the more interesting tidbits.

I got my Gmail account on May of the year 2004. A lot of people were going rah-rah about and nuts over it because it offered a gigabyte worth of mail space, and to make things more twisted, it was by invitation only. Drool, people, drool! I didn’t know what the fuss was about, so when someone offered to give me an invitation, I gladly accepted.

If you haven’t already heard about Gmail, it’s a new search-based webmail service that offers:

- 1,000 megabytes (one gigabyte) of free storage
- Built-in Google search that instantly finds any message you want
- Automatic arrangement of messages and related replies into “conversations”
- Text ads and related pages that are relevant to the content of your messages

Gmail is still in an early stage of development. If you set up an account, you’ll be able to keep it even after we make Gmail more widely available and as one of the system’s early testers, you will be helping us improve the service through your feedback. We might ask for your comments and suggestions periodically and we appreciate your help in making Gmail even better.

Thanks,

The Gmail Team

It sounded awesome. Awesome enough that some people were willing to pay quite a handsome amount of money just to get an invite. I could’ve been a hundred thousand bucks richer if I gave in to temptation, but of course, I was too much of an honest netizen (sarcasm) to do that. I almost did. But I didn’t. But I wanted to. But still I didn’t. Yeah, I didn’t. Really. And I’m not being defensive. Just look at my bank account. I’m such a loser.

And now it almost breaks my heart to know that Gmail has become more widely available as it now offers its service in some countries without its invitation-only restrictions, and “very soon” will become available for all users worldwide. *sniffs* My favorite email service provider is growing up. *sniffs sniffs*

And here we are…From banning sex on Valentine’s Day as a solution to overpopulation, to banning the use of iPods while crossing the streets as a solution to stupidity. Don’t you just hate it when you see people with iPods glued to their ears (or is it the other way around?), oblivious to everything else going on around them? It’s no wonder people actually get killed because of it. Granted, iPods can be helpful when you choose not to hear your girlfriend whenever she asks you to buy her *insert item here*. But at the expense of someone losing his or her life? Get real.

I’m getting too serious.

Anyway, not many people know that I don’t use the Visual Editor of WordPress. I’m more comfortable in hardcore hand-coding all my entries. WYSIWYG editors just confuse my brain cells and make me cranky. But I’ve tried it just this once to experiment on the hidden editor buttons in WP 2.1. Pretty spiffy, if you ask me, but sadly, it doesn’t work in Opera.

Basic Visual Editor Options

Basic Visual Editor Options

Advanced Visual Editor Options

Advanced Visual Editor Options

To unlock the hidden feature, you’ve got to press Shift+Alt+V in Firefox/Flock, or Alt+V in IE. Neat! But still I’m no fan of WYSIWYG.

And finally! A spellchecker! I guess the WP developers have noticed that not many people know how to spell necessity correctly. But since spell checker is built-in in Firefox 2.0 series, I don’t really need this certain WP feature. But I guess many people do. ^_^ Just hit Shift+Alt+N in Firefox/Flock, or Alt+N in IE. Do it before you publish your posts, or else!

Cripes! This Visual Editor is giving me a headache! ^_^

Written by Shari · Filed Under Blogging, Internet, Technology 

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