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In caseyouhaven’theard, Google opened a new office in New York. The place has a great view (see the pic on the left) and the space is very Googley. Yes yes, I really use that word. I went up there for the opening and managed to end up in one of the articles done about it. It was fun to send my mom the article as she is still giggly about where I work. When she saw the picture the first thing she says is “Wow it looks like you guys have toys at work….do you have toys?!” Cute.
Speaking of New York, I may move there pretty soon. I’ve been looking for apartments online and I’m already exhausted. Searching for apartments in New York is like searching for apartments on Mars. It’s truly unlike anything I’ve ever done before and I don’t recommend it to anybody. Thankfully, I’ve been using the updated Google Reader to kind of help with this a little. Currently I’m subscribed to feeds from Craigslist and Google Base (how come more apartment search sites don’t have feeds?!) that are customized to the exact kind of apartment I’m looking for. See, I’m not one for going out somewhere to do my laundry. Call me spoiled but something about being able to toss a load in whenever I so desire works for me.
anyhow, I never used Google Reader before because I didn’t like the interface. The most I did with it was had it power the RSS feeds on my blogs sidebar (Dugg and I Wish…). However with the new interface, it’s actually usable! For the apartment hunt, I have a tag called apartment hunt (shock!). I’ve applied that tag to both the Craigslist and Base feeds and now I can keep an eye on apartments that fit into my criteria. By the way, if you know of more apartment hunting sites that have feeds, I’d appreciate if you left a comment with the link.
Back to Reader, while its got a nice new look and some cool features, there are still things that are missing. For example, it’s not possible to search feeds. For example, if I wanted to find all the items with the word “Brooklyn” in the apartment hunt tag, I’d have to go back to the feed source and modify my search there. Not helpful at all. Also, unless I’m totally missing something, (someone correct me if I am) its not possible to create new tags without first applying them to individual items. The lack of auto-refreshing is annoying. I hate having to click refresh to see new items. However, aside from those 3 things, the new Reader is fab. Congrats to the folks who worked on it.
Okay so this post has gotten much longer than I planned for it to be so I’ll save the rest of what I wanted to say for another day. Have a good weekend folks!
I get the feeling the TSA didn’t like my previous post so much.
I flew home from NY the other day and I got my hand sanitizer and my tube of lip gloss taken from me going through security. No matter, I still had my backup jar of lip gloss in my purse. Well, I had it until the TSA came to our gate before boarding and had people randomly going through all carry-ons. So they came to my backup jar and said it couldn’t go. I didn’t understand so the TSA guy and I had a little conversation. This is how it went:
Me: So how come this can’t go?
TSA: Because its a liquid.
Me: No, its pretty solid actually. Here feel it (this was acceptable because he had gloves on).
TSA: No, its a gel so it can’t go.
Me: I thought they said that lipstick and the like were okay.
TSA: Solid lipstick in a tube is okay, other stuff is not.
Me: This is the same as lipstick though. Like if a took a tube of lipstick and smashed it into a jar, it would be the same consistency as this.
TSA: Yeah but its not in a tube.
Me: So what you’re saying is, if I were to take all my lipgloss out of this jar and put it into a tube, it would be okay?
TSA: Yeah.
Me: Ooookaaaay.
I figured I wasn’t going to get anywhere in this conversation and I wasn’t about to argue logic with a kid who was just repeating the foolishness passed down by the US Govt. I got on the plane and licked my lips the whole way. Ugh. Thank goodness I have backup backup lipgloss at home. Yes, I have a lot of lip gloss because my lips tend to get dry. I should probably drink more water or something.
Meanwhile, I ended up doing the touristy thing while I was in New York. Statue of Liberty, Empire State, the WTC site, then finally dinner in Times Square. You can check out my touristy pics if you like:
Of course I got my New York Pizza the night before tourist day. Pizza 33 (Thoity-thoid and thoid) is the best pizza I’ve had in NY. Everyone was telling me to go to a Ray’s pizza but I couldn’t find one in the area I was staying in. Maybe next time.
Meanwhile, speaking of pizza, remember my post about pizza and chocolate? Well it looks like Domino’s took that post to heart (yes of course Domino’s monitors my blog, thank you very much) and have introduced brownie bites as a dessert. Three cheers for chocolate!
I just finished two slices of NY Pizza and I have quickly come to realize what all the fuss is about. However I have also come to realize that one should not eat 2 slices of NY Pizza unless one wants to feel like a bloated whale.
Meanwhile, I started my new job! Where? I’ll give you a hint…”Search don’t sort.”
I’m in NY right now for work and it’s the second time I’ve been here ever in life. I don’t really care for NY too much (please don’t flame me). I guess there is just too much going on. I’m accustomed to life in a city but not a REALLY BIG SUPER CROWDED city. There are definitely nice people at the office here though, so thats a plus.
For a final thought, you have to love this quote by Billy boy. Stop me if you’ve heard this before:
Another digital tool that has had a big effect on my productivity is desktop search. It has transformed the way I access information on my PC, on servers, and on the Internet. With larger hard drives and increasing bandwidth, I now have gigabytes of information on my PC and servers in the form of e-mails, documents, media files, contact databases, and so on.
Instead of having to navigate through folders to find that one document where I think a piece of information might be, I simply type search terms into a toolbar and all the e-mails and documents that contain that information are at my fingertips. The same goes for phone numbers and email addresses.
That about wraps up tonights post ladies and gents. If you’re in NY go have a slice of pizza.
In case you haven’t heard, Google opened a new office in New York. The place has a great view (see the pic on the left) and the space is very Googley. Yes yes, I really use that word. I went up there for the opening and managed to end up in one of the articles done about it. It was fun to send my mom the article as she is still giggly about where I work. When she saw the picture the first thing she says is “Wow it looks like you guys have toys at work….do you have toys?!” Cute.
