Working on a recent project I found myself in the market for a way to simply calculate what one currency is worth in relation to another. After some looking around I was surprised to find currency conversion can be performed quickly and simply using the Google Calculator API. To use…
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Replace The Default Firefox Google Search In Linux Mint
The recent release of Ubuntu’s Natty Narwhal forced me to reassess my usage of Ubuntu on my work and home machines. As I found the Unity interface drives me crazy and the release on a whole to be very buggy. So I decided to give Linux Mint a go, it…
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Removing Stolen Content From Google
From time to time its not uncommon to find sites stealing your content in its entirety with no link back to its original source whilst plastering ads around their page to make money off your hard work. Getting these plagiarised sites removed from Google used to be a hassle, requiring…
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If you are like me you are not a great fan of the new Google side bar. Luckily for users of Firefox its easy to revert back to the “Classic” look Google using the Grease Monkey Firefox extension. Steps to revert your Google Results Download and install the Grease Monkey…
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