Archive | December, 2007

links for 2007-12-27

on 27-Dec-2007 in Links

Howto install Firefox 3 Beta 2 in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) — Ubuntu Geek Keep in mind that if you upgrade, many of your extensions will not be compatible. (tags: firefox ubuntu GutsyGibbon)

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Holiday Moz Snippets

on 20-Dec-2007 in Links, Lizard, MozPad, Slovenia

Some random snippets/observatiosn… Nat Torkington over at O’Reilly Radar want Mozilla to reverse its course on XULRunner. I’m confused. He seems to be implying that it should be dropped. shaver has already called him on it in the comments. What has happened to MozPad. The initial enthusiasm and burst of action has evaporated. I hold [...]

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Flickr Uploadr 3.0

Kudos to Flickr

on 16-Dec-2007 in Lizard

The new official Flickr Upload Tool (Uploadr 3.0) is out of beta. And it is built on XULRunner. Nice job to the Flickr/Yahoo! team, especially Richard Crowley. It is well-designed, easy-to-use, and has a few more features that Fotofox does not have such as image rotation and adding descriptions. (Flickr Uploadr 3.0 – click for [...]

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FOSDEM 2008 and Mozilla

on 14-Dec-2007 in Events, Lizard

It is that time of year again … to make preparations for FOSDEM. Mozilla once again has a developer room. More details are here: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Fosdem:2008 If you plan on coming, or not, leave your details here: http://wiki.mozilla.org/Fosdem:2008:Attendees Maybe when you are out skiing this weekend (buckets of snow here in .si tonight), you will get [...]

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links for 2007-12-07

on 7-Dec-2007 in Links

Perl on Rails – Why the BBC Fails at the Internet | I Am Seb Incredible! (tags: BBC perl technology siemens internet programming web) Turn Back. Exit Village. Truck Shortcut Hitting Barrier. – New York Times More evidence on how we have become too reliant on technology. (tags: gps technology nytimes)

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links for 2007-12-06

on 6-Dec-2007 in Links

The future of CSS: An interview with Eric Meyer From Adobe Edge: December 2007. (tags: EricMeyer css web development) TalkCrunch » Blog Archive » Interview With Joe Hewitt, iPhone God Great insights by Joe Hewitt on iPhone development in Safari. (tags: iphone programming software development facebook interview JoeHewitt) Utne Reader Revamped Utne Daily site. Excellent [...]

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Note to Fotofox/Kodak Companion Users

on 1-Dec-2007 in Lizard

If you can’t see your pictures in the thumbnail view, don’t panic! The uploader users canvas to draw preview images in thumbnail view. What has happened is that you are likely using Firefox 2.0.0.10, and were bitten by this bug. As John Resig explains, this bug is ‘Why Firefox 2.0.0.11 Happened So Fast‘. Er, not [...]

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To All Frequent Flyers

on 1-Dec-2007 in Lizard, Travel

As the blurb goes: Comparison shop for the best fares on airline and travel websites. Yapta will track fares for the flights you like and notify you when prices drop. Yapta is a wonderful Web service that ‘does exactly what it says on the box’, and has just added a Firefox Add-on to their offerings. [...]

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links for 2007-12-01

on 1-Dec-2007 in Links

syncmaster 245B Quick Guide Useful quick reference for this monitor (tags: samsung syncmaster 245B) what are people saying about zotero Zotero just keeps getting better and better (tags: firefox zotero)

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