Web2PDFConvert extension for Chrome
Category: tips Tags: chrome addon extension pdf convert
With the Web2PDFConvert extension for Chrome, you can convert almost any website to PDF (sites with session control and some javascript & other technologies may not show up exactly right but it's still pretty handy overall).
The other misc features include a direct link to the Web2PDFConvert homepage for your page if the conversion hangs or takes too long so you can continue browsing while it works as well as allowing you to view the resulting pdf in Google Docs or download the file.
Pandora extension for Chrome
Category: tips Tags: chrome addon extension music
With the Pandora extension for Chrome you can play Pandora radio easily without opening another tab. It sits in the bar and can give you notifications if you wish (easily set in the options menu) or just quietly stay out of the way until you click on it.
When you do click on it, if you have no station currently playing it shows you the list of stations you have defined. If you do have one currently playing, it gives you options to pause, skip to next song, thumbs up, thumbs down, etc as well as showing you the current artist and song (you can also see the current song and artist if you hover over the icon)
(One note: if you use Chromium instead of Chrome, you need to add support for mp3 files to Chromium )
Google Voice extension for Chrome
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The Google Voice extension for Chrome browser is very handy if you use Google Voice a lot. It adds a button to the toolbar which displays the number of unread messages & transcripts in your Google Voice inbox.
You can also send texts to contacts quickly with a couple of clicks (as long as you have a number associated and your account isn't voicemail only) or even initiate phone calls right from your browser either by clicking on phone numbers on websites (an option that can be turned off if it annoys you) or the extension icon.
Use Tab Rocket for Chrome to send tabs between computers
Category: tips Tags: chrome extension addonIf you use multiple computers (or even virtual machines on one computer), it's a pain to open a tab you want on a different computer. Tab Rocket is a Chrome extension that will easily move a tab between multiple computers with only a few clicks of the mouse. It's simple & not all that fancy, but it works and does the job it's meant to very well. As a note, you do need to enable bookmark sync in Chrome to make use of the extension.
Stop the CRTC from making big Canadian ISPs richer and small ones out of business
Category: misc Tags: crtc canada internetAs I'm Canadian and a large bandwidth user, I support the OpenMedia's attempt to bring CRTC into line and stop being in the big ISPs pockets to make them richer at the expense of Canadians & Canadian companies as well as competition (which CRTC is supposed to encourage, not destroy) like Netflix
More information can be found at OpenMedia