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Entries from October 2006

Firefox 2

October 27th, 2006 · 9 Comments

As my brother Don noted in his blog, there is a new major release to the Firefox web browser; version 2.0. I’ve been running it for a couple of days now and it seems fine. Most of my extensions (including my beloved AdBlock) work fine with it. It has a new spell check, so when […]

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Tags: Computers, Tech & Science

San Francisco

October 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on San Francisco

Gisele and I are in San Francisco this week — got here on Wednesday, and go back home tomorrow (Sunday). Staying with Gisele’s sister, Angela in the Richmond district. Besides eating lots of interesting food and visiting bookstores, nothing exciting going on.

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65″ LCD TV

October 16th, 2006 · 11 Comments

I just bought another TV. If you remember, I bought the 60″ Sony SXRD rear projection LCOS last spring. After having it in my house for 3 weeks, I took it back. Since then I’ve been waiting for something better to come available in my price range. Today I brought home a 65″ LCD TV. […]

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Tags: Computers, Tech & Science · Family Updates

Video Test

October 5th, 2006 · 11 Comments

I’m testing putting a video clip into my blog. I know there is text in the middle of the picture — it’s a trial version and I don’t know if I want to buy it yet. What do you think? This was on our famous Peruvian bike ride. If I buy it, would others be […]

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Tags: Computers, Tech & Science · Family Updates

Pictures of Peru

October 2nd, 2006 · 4 Comments

I’ve put some pictures of our trip to Peru online, at www.daryllafferty.com/gallery.

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Tags: Family Updates