This time it's Google going for the new browser crowd, and they launched it with a comic. Yes, really.

It's called Chrome, and is based on Webkit (the same as Safari and Konqueror, essentially) but with a very, well, minimalist set of chrome wrapped round it. No side bars, status bars, large titlebars or even dedicated toolbars for controls - it's a ( Read more... )

We have a new car. It is shiny.

I think that says it all, really!

Notes for me:

• Radio handbook
• Polishing stuff they promised
• SHINY!

Oh, and Fanboy3 is a dangerous place.

So, it's Firefox 3 release day. Well, Firefox 3 release evening, if you're running on BST, rather than PST. The Mozilla foundation appears to be claiming something over a million downloads so far (the something could be anything from 50ish to 499,000,000, depending on which counter you believe), which has to be a positive thing - breaking the ( Read more... )

I've been listening to extracts from the Broadway cast recording of Wicked, and comparing it to the West End version we saw, and...

The London cast we saw seem to be much better at the songs. Yes, it was originally Broadway, and it's based on an American classic story retold by an American author, and adapted to the stage by an American composer, ( Read more... )

Haven't actually done a post since getting to London and checking in, so probably ought to.

Basically, was in London to do the MySQL for Developers course, which was good, and has already saved time on some common queries on work sites. That wasn't the interesting bit though. The interesting bit was the shows!

We managed to catch 3 shows over the ( Read more... )

This is basically for my benefit, so I can keep track of what I've read this year (or since Christmas, at least), in roughly chronological order. If you would like further details on any of these, please visit my online book listing thing at http://www.librarything.com/catalog/ ( Read more... )

WTF?!?!?!?!?!?!

I mean, he's a good singer, and it's not a bad song, but the other one was a Eurovision entry!

I got a book! A free book! An actual paper book, not one of the ones you have to read on screen and which don't really work well in the bath ( Read more... )

No internet due to old ISP being overeager to disconnect us. New ISP is doing their best to get us back online, but they can't do that much - they've sent new kit, prioritized the connection and so on, and all that for something they didn't have anything to do with going wrong. I'm really impressed with the new ISP so far, and we're not even ( Read more... )