Let Me Google That For You
One day at work my coworker answered a call from a faculty member. The faculty member asked him, “How can I open .bz2 files in Windows?” When my coworker repeated the question to me, I simply replied, “Did he try googling it?” Sure enough, the first couple of hits had references to software the faculty member could download.
As a system administrator, I use Google a lot. Whenever I hit a wall configuring a server or receive some cryptic error message, Google is my one-stop-shop for finding forum threads and help documentation. Of course, this is because I typically follow the Tech Support Cheat Sheet. As for those who are “Google inept”, here’s a little webapp to help guide them.
LetMeGoogleThatForYou.com (or lmgtfy.com for short) asks for a query and then generates a how-to video. Now you have another way to say, “RTFM,” to all of your lazy friends.
Checkout this example I did for my friend Sir Robin of Camelot.