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Remember the Milk and Gmail equals crazy delicious!

Remember the Milk, one of the best online task managers out there, has just released a Firefox extension that integrates its task management seamlessly into your Gmail account. One look at Remember the Milk sitting hand in hand with your Gmail and you'll be saying, "this is how integration is done; seamless as cell towers passing off your phone call." Oh, and you'll have a rich, Holmesian accent as well. We can dream, can't we?

Simply download and install the extension, and then restart Firefox. When you load up Gmail, you'll see a new section running down the right hand side of the page (you'll be reminded to login to the Remember the Milk site if you haven't done so already). Once you're logged in, you'll see all of your tasks laid out next to your email messages.
But that's just the beginning.

You can easily customize which tasks you see in your task window by filtering them based on tag, location, or advanced search criteria. You can also create new tasks at any time by typing in the box provided. Make it as detailed or simple as possible; you can include tags, due dates, etc...

And integration with the email next door? Take a gander:

If an email needs to be followed up or responded to, you can star that message, and have Remember the Milk automatically create a reply or follow up task. (Those settings can be edited and customized directly in the Gmail settings, under Tasks). You can also create a task from an email by selecting Create task from the More Actions drop down.

The Remember the Milk Firefox extension also connects to Google Calendar. You know when the little hairs on the back of your neck stand up, and it gets really cold? That's not dead people; that's the moment where Remember the Milk sees that you're adding a task related to an event in your calendar, and automatically sets the appropriate due date. Creepy.

But enough talk! Download the extension, signup for a Remember the Milk account if you haven't already, and get to tasking.

[Via Daily Apps]

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Forumwarz - a potentially offensive time waster

I pwn UAfter spending the better part of an hour on Forumwarz I still can't decide if it's just sick or if it's kind of fun. It's a bit like a car wreck on the highway. I know I shouldn't be looking but I can't quite turn away.

It's sick, it's twisted, it's the internet on it's worst level and darn it, it's kind of fun. At least for a little while.

Forumwarz is a parody role-playing game that takes place on the internet - or at least the Forumwarz version of it. Your goal is to complete missions that are given to you through a mock up of GoogleTalk called Sentrillion.

Your first "friend" is ShallowEsophagus who begins giving you missions to pwn various forums by being a troll. Depending on the character type you are assigned at start up, you have tools like drooling on the keyboard or bashing your head on the keyboard that you can use to destroy forum threads and eventually, pwn a forum.

Future missions involve buying illegal software from the Russians, pwning more difficult forums and other internet oddness.

Completing missions gives you cash, called Flezz in game, and items that you can pawn or use in other missions. The game is NOT for those easily offended. It's crass, coarse and there are frequent f-bombs in the fake chat sessions.

This is also a game for a more mature audience as it requires you to shop at the Drugs R Fun store to get various concoctions to improve your playing, engage in certain cyber activities to get more Flezz and just generally use a more adult perspective.

If you can get past that, here are the more enjoyable and time-wasting aspects.

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