various ramblings

-- justin kelly

Pinboard.in/Delicious.com -> Chrome bookmark syncing : How to

Since Chrome was first released I wanted an easy way to get my Delicious.com and Pinboard.in bookmarks syncing to Chrome's internal bookmarks.  Why ? So I could just type stuff in the address bar and it would search my online bookmarks.

Given that the delicious chrome extension is crap and pinboard.in doesn't have one that integrates with the internal bookmarks i created a simple PHP script to make it happen

To sync your pinboard.in or delicious.com bookmarks to chrome follow the below steps

  1. install RSS Live Links - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hcamnijgggppihioleoenjmlnakejdph
  2. stick the below PHP script on a server somewhere and adjust the 3 config options for your bookmarking service
  3. in chrome go to the options section of RSS Live Links and add in the path to the php script in Step 2
  4. Save the options 
  5. Add a bookmarks folder call 'RSS Live Links' into your Chrome bookmarks - bookmarks toolbar is best

Done, now the Chrome will grab your bookmarks and sync to the bookmark folder every few minutes

 

How to add Wikipedia as a Chrome search engine

For a simple way to add Wikpedia into Chrome as a search engine follow the below steps:

in Chrome go to Tools menu, then Options, and in the Default Search section click Manage

then click Add and enter the below details in the available fields

Name: Wikipedia
Keyword: wiki

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No in chrome just type wiki followed by where you want, ie 'wiki php' in the chrome address box (refer image below) and chrome will now search wikipedia for that term


How to add Pinboard.in 'Search Mine' as a Chrome search engine

For a simple way to search your Pinboard.in bookmarks, you can add Pinboard.in 'Search Mine' into Chrome as a search engine follow the below steps:

in Chrome go to Tools menu, then Options, and in the Default Search section click Manage
then click Add and enter the below details in the available fields

Name: Pinboard.in - Search Mine
Keyword: pin
URL:  http://pinboard.in/search/?query=%s&mine=Search+Mine

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just type pin followed by what you want, ie 'pin php arrary' in the chrome address box (refer image below) and chrome will now seasrch google maps for that address

How to create a Google Chrome extension from a greasemonkey/user script

1. Create a folder for your extension
 
2. Place the greasmonkey/user script javascript file in this folder
 
3. Create a 128px * 128px icon for your extension and place in this folder
 
4. Create a file calle 'manifest.json' in this folder
 
example is below - replace the pinboard.in content with your details
 
{
  "name": "Pinboard.in clean up",
  "version": "0.1",
  "description": "Clean up the UI of pinboard.in",
  "icons": { "128": "pinboard128.png" },
  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": ["http://www.pinboard.in/*","http://pinboard.in/*"],
      "js": ["pinboardin_clean_up.user.js"]
    }
  ]
}
 
note:
- replace 'pinboardin_clean_up.user.js' with your js file and matches with which pages you want your script to work on
- refer the chrome extensions developers wiki for more details on manifest.json
 
5. Zip up this folder
 
6. Go to the Chrome extensions page: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/ , sign in and click the 'Publish your extension' link on the botton left
 
7. Google will ask you to upload a zip file, just upload the file created in step 5, follow the steps and your extension will be publish on the Chrome extensions page

Google Chrome plugin: showPnx for Exlibris Primo

If you deal with PNX records and ExLibris Primo I've created a Google Chrome pluging to make your life easier.  This plugin allows you to easily display the ExLibris Primo PNX record when in a full display of a record in Primo. 

See the images below for example of this plugin in action


To install:

1 - install Google Chrome as your browser - if you don't already have it
2 - install the XML plugin from: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gbammbheopgpmaagmckhpjbfgdfkpadb?...
3 - install this plugin from: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/nnibcklgecdkccooecjdoadbkifnmdjc


To use:

1 - open the full display of a record in Primo in Google Chrome
2 - click the new PNX button in the top right of the browser toolbar - next to the url
3 - the PNX will now auto open in a new tab
4 - enjoy :)


Source:

Available via Hg at bitbucket.org: http://bitbucket.org/justin.kelly.org.au/showpnx/src

Google Chrome script to clean up the UI of Pinboard.in

Pinboard.in is a great minimalist bookmarking service.  I moved to Pinboard at the start of the year and have never looked back to Delicious.
 
One issue i have with pinboard though is that in the bookmark listing, minimal though it is is still to bulky and padded out.
 
I've uploaded to userscripts.org a Chrome user script / Firefox greasemonkey script to clean up the UI of Pinboard.in
 
refer:
 
Removed sections of the Pinboard UI:
- star
- when 
- footer
- timer
- pinboard logo
- description 
- line breaks in the bookmark section
 
Changed:
- background of private bookmarksed changed to white - like a normal bookmark
- Padding and margins removed from each bookmark
- Bulk edit margins remove
 
Screenshot of Pinboard pre script
 
Screenshot of Pinboard post script
 
To install:
 
- Firefox: You need to install Greasemonkey: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748.  Then restart Firefox and click http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/75422.user.js
 
- Chrome: Just click http://userscripts.org/scripts/source/75422.user.js and chrome will install it as en extension
 
Update:
- For chrome uses I have created an extension refer: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/kbdmpfljdnaooidfhpgkmhigfcfomioi
- May 24, 2010 : Version .2 uploaded to google - body now set as display:inline to fix some small display issues
 

How to add Google Maps as a Chrome search engine

For a simple way to add Google Maps into Chrome as a search engine follow the below steps:

in Chrome go to Tools menu, then Options, and in the Default Search section click Manage

then click Add and enter the below details in the available fields

Name: Google Maps
Keyword: map

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just type map followed by where you want, ie 'map MCG, Melbourne, Australia' in the chrome address box (refer image below) and chrome will now seasrch google maps for that address

note: 
* this is using english as the default language, youchange change this by altering the hl=en section of the url

How to add Google Dictionary as a Chrome search engine

Just noticed that Google now has their own Dictionary site: http://www.google.com/dictionary

looks great but to make it really useful for me (as someone who can't spell) here a simple way to add Google Dictionary into the Chrome web browser as a search engine
- this way i can easily test the spelling or whatever words i want

in Chrome go to Tools menu, then Options, and in the Default Search section click Manage

then click Add and enter the below details in the available fields

Name: Google Dictionary
Keyword: spell

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now just type spell followed by the word your testing ie. 'spell archive' in the chrome address box and it'll auto use Google Dictionary ( refer image below) 


the end result is you'll be auto send to a page like

google chrome in ubuntu 9.10

edit the apt sources file

$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add in

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

then add in the apt key

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5

then update apt and install chrome

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser