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October 27, 2006

Firefox 2

Filed under: Computers, Tech & Science — Daryl @ 12:03 pm

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 you are writing something like this blog on a web form you can check all the spelling in the form before you submit. Just right click in the form, and make sure that “Spell check this field” is checked.

A few other minor changes, but I feel right at home with it; it looks and feels just about the same.

October 21, 2006

San Francisco

Filed under: Family Updates — Daryl @ 7:08 pm

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.

October 16, 2006

65″ LCD TV

Filed under: Computers, Tech & Science,Family Updates — Daryl @ 10:13 pm

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. I think I like it a lot, but I have a month to make sure.

It’s sure big.

October 5, 2006

Video Test

Filed under: Computers, Tech & Science,Family Updates — Daryl @ 5:35 pm

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 interested in using it?



October 2, 2006

Pictures of Peru

Filed under: Family Updates — Daryl @ 6:46 pm

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

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