Google's page that will fetch a mobile/screen reader compatible version of any URL you enter.

I was also going to comment on the irony of a Google reputation survey, the same morning that Google Docs has been down for about 1 hour! People are twittering about it at the rate of about 2 tweets per minute:

http://summize.com/search?q=google+docs+down

But now back up after being down for 1 hour.

Google docs is down! This really sucks. I was happily editing in offline mode (using Gears), but didn't notice that the service was down until I tried to create a NEW document (which you can only do online!).

I turned off online access, and POOF, I can't see anything but the service unavailable page. AND, there is no way to GO BACK to editing offline again.

I just hope when it comes back, that I haven't lost my offline updates to docs I was working on.

Foxmarks is getting 100,000 weekly downloads, and claim 2M downloads on the day of the FF3 launch.

Google Talk API's

Thread local variables in python:

import threading

mydata = threading.local()
mydata.x = 1

...not sure if this works in AppEngine yet.

...seems to work fine (in limited test).

Google has another product that displays demographics of web sites - specifically tailored for media buyers (advertisers).

Quoted: While Google Trends for Websites, announced last week, is designed for all users, Google Ad Planner is designed with media planners in mind. Using Google Ad Planner, you can quickly create media plans and export to a .csv file, which can be opened in most spreadsheet applications.

Google now offering CPA ad programs via Google Affiliate Network.

Quoted: As part of the integration of
DoubleClick, the DoubleClick Performics Affiliate Network will now
operate as the Google Affiliate Network for advertisers targeting
users located in the United States. Similar to the AdSense
Referrals program, the Google Affiliate Network enables publishers
to apply for advertiser programs and get paid based on
advertiser-defined actions instead of clicks or impressions.

Quoted: Google Checkout for Non-Profits is a fast, convenient donation process that helps you attract more donors and increase online giving to your organization – and you can use it to process donations by charging credit or debit cards for free until 2009.