I have had several positive comments about last weeks Run Command article. The REALLY interesting stuff comes when you combine the Run Command with some of Google’s less known capabilities mentioned in this article.
For example I do a lot of conversions. I am constantly having to chance inches to meters. Miles to kilometers etc.. Well using Google Calculator and the Run Command I can simply put into the Run Command this:
and I have an instant answer from Google! Need a pizza? Hit Alt->F2 and type this:
(replace 73111 with your zip code) and you have the phone number of a local pizza place. Make sure to read the Google article… you can do reverse phone number lookups, find a taxi, get a map, and much more… all using the KDE Run Command.