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Google Desktop. I haven't yet seen a good, cross-platform alternative to search within documents on my PC, with a browser interface.

You still depend on some provider. Or, are you talking about multi cloud installations ?

Deep Simplicity: Bringing Order to Chaos and Complexity

I use Yahoo Mail and pay $20, so I can create temporary email addresses. I know there are other free temp email services, but I like to have it one place, makes it easier to search…

Looks much better, but did you find a way to disable notifications ? I didn't see any settings menu.

So, does that mean singularity won't happen anytime soon ? :-(

Except Foveon cameras. http://www.foveon.com/article.php?a=69

Here you go... http://thinkmentalmodels.com/page67/page67.html

You can do this from Kindle.. Go to Kindle Store and then to Owner's Lending Library. There are categories and subcategories and books are sorted by bestselling

I think touch is useful, if you browse a lot. Using keyboard to navigate links is hard.

Cheap hydrocarbons made all the difference in the 20th century. Whether this growth will flatten or slow down, we will wait and see.

Sounds to be the same as "The law of unintended consequences" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unintended_consequences

Go here, accept the conditions https://www.google.com/accounts/MultipleSessions On the right top menu, Switch Accounts, sign in to second account, (may need to accept conditions ag…

http://www.reddit.com/r/firstworldproblems/

http://robertjhastings.net/ The true joy of life is the trip, not the destination

Why not charge a toll depending on traffic ? As the traffic increases, the toll increases (and vice versa), which will keep the lane fast moving. Not my idea, someone has already i…

I don't see a link to free premium. How do I get it ?

MSFT Their free cash flow last year was $22 bn and their enterprise value is $177bn, which gives EV/FCF of slightly above 8.

Great app. Can you please add a "Read later button", that will save it to Instapaper/ Read it later/ Delicious/ download to SD. (the option of where to save could be configurable).…

But then, the amount of data that you search in gmail is a drop in the ocean compared to web search.