Posts Tagged ‘google’

Configure Pidgin for Google Talk

Still on Pidgin in case you didn’t know already you can use it to chat with your Gmail buddies as if you are logged onto the Gmail website or using Google Talk.
How do I configure Pidgin for Google Talk?

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Improved Meta Description With WordPress

Google Webmaster tools was complaining that my content had duplicate meta descriptions. I found that it was always displaying the blog description on all the pages.
I found quite a few meta tag plugins but I settled for the Improved Meta Description Snippets plugin with a small modification.
I added this else block at line 119 In [...]

SMS Reminders with Google Calendar on Dialog and Tigo

Did you know you can get SMS reminders from Google Calendar in Sri Lanka? Well you can if your on Dialog or Tigo. Here’s how.

Once in Google Calendar go to Settings (top right)
Then go to Mobile Setup
Select “Sri Lanka” for the “Country” and enter your mobile number like +94777xxxxxx
Click Send Verification Code
Enter the verification code [...]

Google Chart API

Google Chart API lets you embed small charts by calling a URL to Google’s service. Here is a Hello World example URL and the chart.
http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=s:hW&chs=
250×100&chl=Hello|World

You get 50,000 charts a day free. With some local caching that can go a long way. I suppose later you will be able to rent the service.

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