A fact about spelling

Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. 

[source: Also used to see somewhere before, but this time I copy from an iGoogle gadget around "illusion"]

Number sign (#)

Source: Number sign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

There are some facts that we've never noticed before.

• It's also called "hash" sign (myself have just learned this from Twitter).
• It's not actually same as the "sharp" sign. And "C#", which is called "see sharp", actually uses # instead of real sharp sign for convenience.

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Computer display resolution

Dimensions are in X (horizontal) and Y (vertical) pixels. Aspect ratio is indicated in Y where specific, normally it is either 4:3 or 16:10 (wide).

Name	X	Y	Widescreen	X'	Y'
QVGA: quarter VGA	320	240
VGA: video graphics array	640	480
SVGA: super VGA	800	600
XGA: extended graphics array	1024	768	WXGA	1280	720 (16:9) 800 (16:10)
XGA+	1152	864	WXGA+	1440	900
SXVGA, Quad VGA	1280	960
SXGA: super XGA	1280	1024 (5:4)	WSXGA	1600	1024 (25:16)
SXGA+	1400	1050	WSXGA+	1680	same
UXGA: ultra XGA	1600	1200	WUXGA	1920	same

[reference: "Computer display standard" » file:"vector video standards2.svg"; Wikipedia]

Gmail: Find archive-only messages

i.e., archived messages/conversations with no any other label assigned.

Terra Nomad: Gmail tip for finding archived items with no label

To find them, search this: "-label:inbox -label:blog -label:comp ..."
You have to add a -label:tag for each tag, so it can take a while to write. But bookmark it and you never have to write it again!

To update here when more is found...