Gizmodo: documents

The Ecofont Cuts Ink Consumption by 20%

Mark Wilson — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 13:40:00 EST

The creators of Ecofont want to save you ink by drilling tiny holes in your print. Good idea?

Well, while it's free to download and use, Treehugger's testing found that the Ecofont, though readable, really just prints the text lighter. In our guesstimation, you could probably recreate the ink savings of Ecofont by printing your materials in draft mode instead. Plus, that way you can choose the whichever font you like.

But should you be so bold as to print Ecofont in draft mode? Existence would cease as we know it. [Ecofont via Treehugger]

Iconic My Document Laptop Sleeve Now Purchasable

Jason Chen — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:50:00 EDT

The My Document ntoebook folder folder we posted back in May has finally made its way to the US by way of Thinkgeek. Always an expert at setting up shipping agreements with overseas manufacturers, Thinkgeek now offers this for $29.99 + shipping, which is much easier than arranging an import from Taiwan yourself. It fits all notebooks up to 15.4 inches, and it's the best way to attract attention at Starbucks short of pouring a grande latte down your shirt (both men and women). [Think Geek via DVICE]

My Document Laptop Case is Charmingly Iconic

Jason Chen — Thu, 15 May 2008 20:40:00 EDT

Clever. Monospaced. Bold. Yellow. Those four words can describe this My Document laptop case as well as any others, which is good because our pocket dictionary just fell into the toilet. The design is from 25togo Design Studios, and as hard as we try (which is not that hard) we can't find a price tag or a way to purchase one. You can always email them and see if they'll sell you one manually, but they're in the country which has a country code of 886 (Taiwan), so be prepared to pay a little extra for shipping. [25togo via Like Cool via Slashgear]

Google Docs Get Offline Support, T Not Happy

Haroon Malik — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:51:51 EDT

Google is furthering the migration of pretty much everything to the cloud by offering offline Google Docs support, which will be powered by Google Gears. Effectively, the applications you use will have data stored locally until you get back in range of your Wi-Fi hotspot, where updating will then occur seamlessly. The functionality will start to roll out in the coming week, with some users being granted immediate access.

Everything will still function via your web browser, meaning you won't have to load up additional applications to take advantage of the offline / online goodness. Eager to share some of the limelight, Zoho has also begun to offer the very same feature. I've always preferred Zoho's online productivity suite, but the speed has frequently been an issue. I very much doubt the planned offline support will ease the problem.

Mr T isn't happy, because having to log on to use Google Docs is one of the last excuses he has to stay on the ground and outta the damn plane. T just hopes Hannibal doesn't find out about this. [Google Docs Blog]