Chrome Extension to access Google Bookmarks

I have produced an extension for the Chrome web browser to allow you to access your Google Bookmarks.   It is called Goomarks and can be downloaded from the Chrome Web Store at https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/oknllbfkmapccinochelgmcdjhlgfnik . You can't miss it, it's the one with the purple icon!

Hope you enjoy using it.

Improved link to add Google Bookmark

Here is some code to add a bookmark in Google Bookmarks, just drag and drop this on your bookmarks toolbar:

Add to Google Bookmarks

This link differs from others you may find in that it will try and pre-populate the Notes field with the description contained in the head section of the web page. Also it automatically tags new bookmarks with the label *New to make it easier to identify new additions.

How to change the default search in Chrome to use google.co.uk

1. Open the "Options" window;
2. Go to the "Basics" tab;
3. Next to "Default search", click on "Manage";
4. On the "Search Engines" window, click on "Add";
5. In the "Edit Search Engine" pop up, enter:
   • Name: Google UK
   • Keyword: google.co.uk
   • URL: http://google.co.uk/search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}sourceid=chrome&ie={inputEncoding}&q=%s
6. Then OK to save the changes, and close the pop up boxes, and it is all done.

Boot from USB for PCs that can't

After lengthy searching the internet trying to find a way to get my PC to boot from a USB memory stick , I finally come across a useful utility called the PLoP Boot Manager.

It is useful because, although my PC can use USB devices, the BIOS does have an option to boot from them. If you search the web you can find lots of references where people have provided ways of booting specific (mainly) versions of linux from USB by copying the kernel and various other files to a hard disk partition and using them to boot the USB stick. However, using PloP allows you to boot anything from the USB stick without the need for specific files to be copied the the hard disk. It also allows you to boot from other devices such as CD/DVD drives etc.

You can find out more at its homepage: http://www.plop.at/

Chrome View Source Problem

There is problem with the view source option in the Chrome browser, in that if the page has been generated as a result of a form submit then view source won't pick this up if it was via a post. It seems that to get the source Chrome just resubmits the URL as it is complete with query string.