Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category

Gmail has your back

Gmail gets better and better, you can feel safe knowing that Gmail has your back; I was surprised while I was writing an email and when hitting “Send” a warning came up telling me that I mentioned in the email about an attachment but nothing is attached :) And gave me the option to stop the sending in case I have to attach some files and I forgot. How cool is that ?!

This is a very common mistake that people do, if you write many emails it must have happen to you few times, you are saying that you attached some files but you forgot to attach them :) Or on the other hand you might not be very happy to get an email with missing attachments.

Here is a screen of this feature:

 gmail_warning_about_missing_attachments

Mickey Mouse tried to vote in Florida

Mickey Mouse

mickey mouse vote registration formIn the summer of 2008 the well known character Mickey Mouse tried to vote in Florida, his voter application form was rejected however.

Attached is the scanned application form.

Unix 1234567890 date

dreamstime_6959009On 13 February 2009 (Friday) at 23:31:30 GMT the Unix date will be showing exactly: 1234567890.

For the ones that are not familiar with servers… the date on Unix/Linux machines is stored as a number that represents the number of seconds since 1960, on 13 February this number will be 1234567890. This Unix timestamp format is the most common way of storing an accurate date on servers, developers are more familiar with this, because users see the dates formatted in a more user friendly manner like "13 February, 23:31" rather than "1234567890".

Egyptian woman has given birth to seven babies

septuplets_egyptAn Egyptian woman has given birth to seven babies in the northern city of Alexandria, doctors said.

// image property of bbc news.

The mother, named as 27-year-old Ghazala Khamis, is said to be well and the septuplets - four boys and three girls - are reported to be stable.

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Earthquake in London UK

uk_earthquakeLONDON, England (CNN) — An earthquake shook Britain early Wednesday, causing damage to buildings and leaving at least one person injured. This image provided by the British Geological Survey shows the seismogram registering the earthquake at Market Rasen, England on Wednesday.

 The British Geological Survey put the preliminary magnitude for the earthquake at 5.3, according to the British Press Association.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured 4.7.

Emergency services across England received calls following the incident, many from people who woke up to find their homes shaking.

Ambulance officials said a man from Barnsley, South Yorkshire, required hospital treatment after a chimney collapsed and fell into his bedroom. (more…)