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When both Google *and* AppStatus is down

Here is a link where you could theoretically monitor Google outages: https://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=status I had a problem with Google services just recently. However, as I wanted to verify whether the problem is on my side, this monitoring site was down as well. At the same time, the third party reports on alternative sites started to grow: http://outage.report/google http://downdetector.com/status/google http://aussieoutages.com/status/google This highlights why we should not put all our eggs into the same basket.

Gmail guessing your keyboard and text

I haven't noticed the keyboard layout switcher yet. How come it automatically contains exactly the three layouts which are relevant for me? I've found out earlier that both Search and Translate can correct your input if it makes more sense in some other popular layout, like Russian. What else is there under their sleeves?

Google Apps Script for SMS notifications and more

I've recently learned that the Google platform enables you to connect various services via server side ECMAScript . I've encountered a nice example which sends out a notification for each e-mail that your filters tag as urgent. I've altered a lot of its functionalities, and now it supports the following: Concatenates the subject and the body Jams the first 60 characters in the title, the next 63 characters in the location Preprocess automated mails to only keep the most important fields (RegExp does wonders) Extract and aggregate various daily indices of interest (UrlFetchApp is also nice) As an exception to my usual philosophy, I will have to give second thought if I should be sharing these enhancements or not this time.

Google groups bug - removing yourself

You can remove yourself by following this guide. * Invite your address with a +tag added or different capitalization or dots * Click on the confirmation link * Add owner rights to this account * Remove the plain account * You can never log in again afterwards

bkil-open has reached high activity status

My project has reached high activity status this weekend. I must thank all committers. Keep up the good work! ;-) Note that a major portion of my sources is still not up. Fortunately, gradual progress is easy and effortless. A central repository is a comfortable sharing method. It keeps the work synchronized on all 4 computers I regularly use.