If Dr. Seuss had a GMail account, he would probably let you know the popular web based email works great even without an internet connection by using a rhyme similar to the title of this post. Now, that Gmail’s offline feature has been finalized, it’s even easier than ever to turn it on. These instructions are taken from the already linked GMail Blog Post:

“Now, we’re happy to announce that Offline Gmail is graduating from Labs and becoming a regular part of Gmail. If you’re already using it, then you’re all set. While you’ll no longer see it on the Labs tab, you can tweak your settings and turn it on and off from the Offline tab under Settings. If you’d like to get started with Offline Gmail on your computer now, here’s how:

1. Click the “Settings” link in the top-right corner of Gmail.
2. Click the “Offline” tab.
   
3. Select “Enable Offline Mail for this computer.”
   
4. Click “Save Changes” and follow the directions from there.”
   

Here’s a screen shot of my offline settings when using Google’s Chrome browser

I find it interesting that the recent message range (amount of email to download for offline use) can be set from 4 days all the way to 5 years. Don’t be surprised if it takes a really long time to synchronize if you pick the latter.

Turn on offline GMail. Then go on a trip. Go ahead. You might end up saying something like:

“I do use offline GMail when I can. I do use offline GMail Sam I Am.”

I stumbled across this helpful tip from the official Gmail blog. The post Tip: Sending empty messages explains how you can use Gmail to send SMS –like messages without being prompted about an empty message body. Here’s a cut and paste of the entire tip.

“I often send messages where the subject is the entire message (e.g. “Want to grab lunch at 12:30?”), and Gmail would always prompt me to add in body text.

Now, however, you can add “EOM” or “(EOM)” at the end of the subject line (short for End Of Message), and Gmail will silently send the message without the unnecessary prompt.”

Tribute to Queen from the Freemont Street Experience in Las Vegas NV

treesum

Surfers ride the Bruticus Maximus wave machine during the VMware Partner Exchange 2008 Party.

Just Watch Its Sum Laff!! Get Leavin Comments!!

40 secs of lead guitar skills! Be sure to wait for the “America’s Funniest Home Videos” moment at the end ….

George & Tini in tree & Tyler stuck at the bottom lol