Google App Engine

Run your web apps on Google's infrastructure
Easy to build, easy to maintain, easy to scale

Links

nata2.org/2010/08/17/jekyl-for-the-win
nata2.org/2011/01/26/how-to-use-app-engine-to-host-static-sites-for-free

Blogger Authorship, Google Search

Dashboard > Design > Page Elements > Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript

Title
Authorship

Content

Links

google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1229920
google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=1408986

Blogger Custom Navbar

This all started when I decided to change the URL of my blog. The problem comes with searching the blog. I know these methods to search a Blogger blog:

1. using the Navbar
2. using Search Box Gadget
3. using Google Custom Search
4. Google Search Form

Navbar
google.com/support/forum/p/blogger/thread?tid=0225b59807fc566e

When you change the URL of your blog, older posts are no longer searchable. Some have said that only the last 26 posts are searchable. I have found that any existing posts or Imported posts with date earlier than the URL change are not searchable by the Navbar. A workaround is to go to each post and change the date to Automatic, but this is not feasible for large blogs.

Search box gadget
This is similar to the Navbar, but allows for some customization. It suffers from same search problem as the Navbar.

Google Custom Search Engine
This is similar to the Navbar, but allows for some customization. It suffers from search problems as well.

Google Search Form
go to
Design > Add a Gadget > HTML/JavaScript
and add the custom Navbar

Links

bloggerguide.lk/2008/02/howto-add-custom-css-class-to-blogger.html
darrenhoyt.com/2007/09/15/build-a-simpler-google-search-form
howtoinblogger.com/blogger-tutorials/how-to-remove-blogger-navbar-using-gadget

Google Homepage Background

google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=180720

Make your Google homepage feel more like, well, home! Choose your own image or photo to appear as the background to your Google homepage. You can choose an image from your Picasa Web photos, your computer or a Google public gallery.

Picasa

picasa.google.com

Setup
Tools > Folder Manager

C:\Steven\Pictures\picasa
Scan Always
Face Detection Off

Sync
1. delete from memory card

E:\DCIM\101MSDCF
G:\DCIM\Camera
G:\Download

2. Import from memory card
3. Import to C:\Steven\Pictures\picasa
4. Sync to Web

Install APK Using Android SDK

1. install JDK (32-bit)
oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads

2. download Android SDK (zip)
developer.android.com/sdk

3. start SDK Manager

4. install Android SDK Platform-tools

5. go to platform-tools folder

6. you need these files adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll, AdbWinUsbApi.dll

7. set up phone
USB storage = off
Settings > Applications > Unknown sources = off
Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging = on
driver is located on the phone

8. adb install mapdroyd.apk

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