#440 GMail Hack -- Search operators in Gmail work much the same as they do with Google. Type the operator followed by a colon, and then your search term (e.g., to:jpcarter@evangelicaloutpost.com). You can also exclude terms from your search with the hyphen (-). The search operators allow you to limit the scope of your search to the to (to:), from (from:), and subject (subject:) fields. You can also search based on labels (label:), emails with attachments (has:attachment), and even dates (after:/before:yyyy/mm/dd). (A complete list of search operators can be found here.)
#442 Voice Mail Hack -- Digital Inspiration explains how to use the free service Odeo to add voicemail to your website or blog. Site visitors can send you a voice mail without downloading any software or dialing any phone number. All they need is a microphone and a web browser with a Macromedia Flash plugin.
#443 Know Your Fallacies -- Suppressed correlative -- (La type of argument which tries to redefine a correlative (two mutually exclusive options) so that one alternative encompasses the other, i.e. making one alternative impossible. (Example: "All dogs are black when it is dark. Therefore, Lassie is a black dog because it is dark outside.")
#444 Google School -- Google Finance includes dynamic, draggable and zoomable stock charts with pinpoints to news stories that broke about the company at certain points in time. A stock’s Google Finance page also includes company information, blog posts and Google Group discussion items. (HT: LifeHacker)
#445 HowTo -- How to clone people.
#446 Word Tool -- Bullfighter is the intersting add-on for Microsoft Word and PowerPoint that helps you find and eliminate jargon in your documents. Bullfighter includes a jargon database and an exclusive Bull Composite Index calculator that will allow you to see just how jargon filled you've made a document.
#447 SoYouWanna -- Register a trademark.
#448 Fpod Hack -- Recipe site Allrecipes lets you search their extensive recipe database based on ingredients you’d like to use. Not only that, but you can also specify ingredients you don’t want, and you can limit your search to the type of food you’re looking for. (HT: LifeHacker)
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