My list of Ubiquity Commands

If you don't know what ubiquity is, check out my previous post here. I've been using ubiquity since August and I don't think I'll ever use a browser without it.

Here is the list of Commands I recommend(there's a ton of other commands found at the herd, if you can think of one I didn't list, feel free to comment. If you would like to see one that doesn't exist, submit a suggestion over at mozilla labs or leave a comment here and I'll try to whip it up for you/or get help):

- add-to-calendar Adds an event to your calendar(it only works with google calendar at the moment, no problem since thats what I use)

- amazon-search Searches Amazon for books matching your words

-check-calendar Checks what events are on your calendar for a given date.

- convert Converts a selection to a PDF, to rich text, or to html.

- define Gives the meaning of a word.

- delete Deletes the selected chunk of HTML from the page.

- digg If not yet submitted, submits the page to Digg. Otherwise, it takes you to the story's Digg page.

- ebay-search Searches EBay for auctions matching the given words.

-email Begins composing an email to a person from your contact list.(again only works with gmail)

- flickr Searches Flickr for pictures matching your words.

- google-image-search Browse and embed pictures from Google Images

- highlight Highlights your current selection(Very useful for pages you bookmark or add to ReaditLater)

- imdb Searches the Internet Movie Database for your words.

- lh SearchLifehacker.com for the given words.( I wrote this one so show me some love and subscribe to it here. UPDATE: Check my gist page for new my new commands or revisions)

- lmgtfy Replaces the selected words with a TinyUrl of the Let Me Google That For You link

- mapTurns an address or location name into a Google Map.

- map-these Maps multiple selected addresses or links onto a single Google Map.

-mininova Search mininova for the LEGAL torrents you are looking for.

-movies Does a zip-code based movie search and displays nearby theaters and movie times

- netflix Search netflix for the movie you type or select on a page.

- remove-annotations Resets any annotation changes you've made to the page your on(such as highlighting, bold, ...).

- sparkline Graphs the current selection, turning it into a sparkline.

- syntax-highlight Treats your selection as program source code, guesses its language, and colors it based on syntax.(Programmers delight).

- tab Switches to the tab that matches the given name.(If you have a million of them open, this saves lives)

- tinyurl Replaces the selected URL with a TinyUrl.

-track Tracks a UPS, USPS, or FedEx package(just enter the tracking number)

- translate Translates from one language to another.

- twitter Sets your Twitter status to a message of at most 160 characters.

- weather Checks the weather for a given location.(It doesn't take you to a website with the weather, it actually displays the weather inside Ubiquity. Take a look at the forecast command if you need more detailed weather reports).

- wikipedia Searches Wikipedia for your words, in a given language.

- youtube Searches YouTube for videos matching your words.

To get any of the commands I listed, just type their name into the search box over at the herd. Give this add-on a try, let me know what you guys think of it.

Let me Google that for You

I don't know about you guys, but I always get these 2 minute calls from friends or relatives asking me the most random/pointless questions for which a simple google search could have gotten them a satisfactory answer. And this normally pisses me off but, what can you do, I open a google search and I give them the answer and hang up. This genius, coderifous, felt the same way I did and came up with this brilliant site called: let me google that for you.

To understand what the site does: Just imagine you called me and asked me where to go to download AVG. I would then goto the site, type in AVG and it would fabricate a link for me that I could send to you.
Here is the link you would get(make sure to click on the link to understand what happens).

I am dying right now! I can't wait to use it on someone!

Google Calendar Tips and Tricks

I found out, after last week's post, that many of my gmail friends don't even know about goggle calendar. So here I am to bring them a little information on a great product. GC(google calendar) is an awesome tool given to you free of charge. It is especially designed for people like me, who cannot remember jack. If you have a gmail account or any account with google, you automatically have access to your own calendar. You can add events, share calendars between friends/groups/co-workers/etc. . You can even search for public calendars to add to your own.

For example: I love the UEFA Champions League. But I always found myself missing alot of games because football is not a big deal in the US(the games aren't advertised on TV or anything). Some time last year, I added a Champions League public calendar that I found and I have never missed a game ever since.
Go Barça!!!!
I also add public calendars of my favorite TV shows that way I dont have to search through the net to find out when they start or end.

You can setup GC to send you an email or even an SMS to remind you of anything you have on your calendar. The best for me is the "Daily Agenda" feature. I get all my reminders for the day bunched up together in one email everyday at 7AM. What more do you need?

If you've never given GC a try, or you have but never really checked all it's features, try it out sometime this weekend. I don't think you will be disappointed. Send me an email or comment if you are having trouble with your calendar setup. And don't forget to subscribe to the blog if you like the content. Thanx