OneGate Blog
- Dec 24, 2008
- New Page: OneGate for your Job Search
Times are tough. The economy is down, companies are laying off employees, and morale is generally in the toilet. But there are still jobs out there, and when you come back from the holidays and are ready to resume (or start) your job search, we've got something to help you out: OneGate's Job Search page. Here's what you can find:
- Dec 19, 2008
- Exciting New Changes for OneGate: Individual Service Pages
We’re constantly trying to improve OneGate, by listening to your suggestions, adding helpful new services and tools, and reaching out to the community. We’re happy to announce a new change: detailed service pages. We already had individual webpages for each service you find on OneGate’s pages, but we’ve enhanced them with additional information and made them more accessible. Here are some of the changes we’ve made:
- Dec 18, 2008
- UC Davis to Scare Birds from Arboretum to Save Trees
UC Davis officials are implementing new tactics to scare off the egrets and herons that settle in the trees in the spring: flashing lights and bird distress calls.
- Dec 17, 2008
- Holiday Season 2008: Saving Money and Lightening the Mood
We may be officially in a recession, but the holidays can still be upbeat. Lighten up your Christmas morning with gotcha gift boxes from The Onion Store!
- Dec 16, 2008
- Twitter Explained in 2:25
Have you joined Twitter yet? Or maybe you’ve heard of it and don’t really know what it’s all about? We found a great short video from Common Craft via Ragazzainteractive explaining what Twitter is and why you would want to join up.
- Dec 11, 2008
- Internet Accessability: IE Accelerators, OpenSearch and OneGate
The internet is a-changing... Internet Explorer 8 (still in beta) has a new feature: the accelerator. Accelerators are intended to make your internet experience faster and more immediate. Choose the accelerators you want (from the sites that offer them), install them, and then you can access other websites without leaving the website you’re already on. Ed Bott from ZDNet has a simple definition: "Accelerators are basically widgets that work on a web page selection or the contents of the Clipboard."
- Dec 10, 2008
- Christmas in LA: Lights, Shopping and Activities
The holiday songs play everywhere you go, the bows are up on the street lamps, and cars are passing you by with Christmas trees tied to their tops, soon to be decorated with ornaments and tinsel. Los Angeles may not get a lot of snow, but the holiday spirit is alive and well in Southern California. If you want to get into the holiday spirit too, we’ve found some Christmas activities and displays around LA that will encourage your holiday cheer.
- Dec 4, 2008
- Christmas in Davis: Trees, Lights, Songs and Shopping
Davis during the holidays gets a little extra cozy as community members find ways to spend time together and celebrate goodwill and cheer. If you’re looking for Christmas events and decorations in Davis, we’ve listed some of the places around town to get your Christmas fix, including where to view fabulous holiday displays and where to cut down your Christmas tree.
- Dec 3, 2008
- Christmas in LA: Finding the Perfect Tree
Christmas is my favorite holiday. I love hearing Christmas music everywhere I go, I love the minty coffee drinks, I love the feel-good movies and the sense of camaraderie in public. When I was a kid, we cut down our Christmas tree every year; my brother and I would fight over who got to carry the handsaw (my dad inevitably took it away from us), we always yelled "Timber!" when my dad cut down the perfect tree, and my brothers and I would fall asleep on the way home, exhausted and sticky from tree sap and the free candy canes we got at the exit.
- Nov 26, 2008
- Thanksgiving How-To’s: Tips for Cooking and Keeping Calm
It’s Thanksgiving. You’ve got twenty people coming over for turkey, football, thankfulness and pie, but you’re still trying to figure out how to cook everything without eating at midnight. Here are a couple last minute how-to’s to help you pull it off without a hitch.
