Find yourself the perfect font over at Neatfonts! They’ve got a great collection of free fonts to choose from with some Web 2.0 style!
Perfect for developers to find thier perfect font.
Everybody has already watched the first one right? Seemed to happen again to this poor guy.
Looks like Mickey D’s are going to start showing off some bling bling with a redesign in their restaurants that may include lounge areas equipped with sofas, armchairs, large flat screen televisions and Wi-Fi Hotspots!
Who would of thought that McDonald’s restaurants would be such a cool place to hangout? The renovation is part of McDonald’s “Forever Young” campaign that will eventually effect all 13,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S.A. Cool stuff!
The restaurants are also being equipped with tall counters and stool seating, and a family section with large tables and leather booths.
Google put together a nice collection of scary stories available as a free download (or read it online) just in time for Halloween!
What would Halloween be without a little trick-or-treating? This year, make exploring some of these classic spooky tales part of your treat. Discover who famously uttered “nevermore,” why Van Helsing was forced to behead the “bloofer lady” and how Ichabod Crane met his untimely end in a tranquil glen called Sleepy Hollow.
Looks like Ubuntu just released their 6.10 release (Edgy Eft) today.
If you’re like me and already running Ubuntu 6.06 LTS, then upgrading is the way to go.
If you want to upgrade from 6.06 LTS to 6.10, run the following command (either via ALT-F2 or a terminal):
gksu “update-manager -c”
The “-c” switch instructs Update Manager to look for upgrades at all. By default the 6.06 LTS release will not offer that automatically because of its long support cycle and high stability.
If you have a working network connection, it should then inform you about a new release and offer to upgrade your system.
Or you have other options as well here.
Some of the new features in the release include:
I’ve run the upgrade as mentioned above, and the results:
Upgrade was semi-successful, the only thing I had a problem with was re-establishing my wireless connection which always seems trivial for some reason. Otherwise it was rather painless. The whole thing took about 2-3 hours to download and install the upgrade.
World’s best browser just got a bit better. Firefox 2.0 has just been released recently with some really nice improvements. I’ve immediately noticed the speed improvement on the startup. I really like the close tab option on the tab itself now.
Here’s what they show:
Visual Refresh: Firefox 2’s theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering
the familiarity of the browsing experience.Built-in phishing protection:
Phishing Protection
warns users when they encounter suspected Web forgeries, and offers to
return the user to their home page. Phishing Protection is turned on by
default, and works by checking sites against either a local or online
list of known phishing sites. This list is automatically downloaded and
regularly updated when the Phishing Protection feature is enabled.Enhanced search capabilities:
Search term suggestions will now appear as users type in the integrated
search box when using the Google, Yahoo! or Answers.com search engines.
A new search engine manager makes it easier to add, remove and re-order
search engines, and users will be alerted when Firefox encounters a
website that offers new search engines that the user may wish to
install.Improved tabbed browsing: By default, Firefox will open links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab will now have
a close tab
button. Power users who open more tabs than can fit in a single window
will see arrows on the left and right side of the tab strip that let
them scroll back and forth between their tabs. The History menu will
keep a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly
re-open an accidentally closed tab.Resuming your browsing session:
The Session Restore feature restores windows, tabs, text typed in
forms, and in-progress downloads from the last user session. It will be
activated automatically when installing an application update or
extension, and users will be asked if they want to resume their
previous session after a system crash.Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds: Users can decide how to handle Web feeds (like
this one), either subscribing to them via a Web service or in a
standalone RSS reader, or adding them as Live Bookmarks.
My Yahoo!, Bloglines and Google Reader come pre-loaded as Web service
options, but users can add any Web service that handles RSS feeds.Inline spell checking: A new built-in spell checker enables users to quickly check the spelling of text entered into Web forms
(like this one) without having to use a separate application.Live Titles: When a website offers a microsummary
(a regularly updated summary of the most important information on a Web
page), users can create a bookmark with a “Live Title”. Compact enough
to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, they provide more
useful information about pages than static page titles, and are
regularly updated with the latest information. There are several websites that can be
bookmarked with Live Titles, and even more add-ons to generate
Live Titles for other popular websites.Improved Add-ons manager: The new Add-ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes, combining
them both in a single tool.JavaScript 1.7: JavaScript 1.7 is a language update introducing
several new features
such as generators, iterators, array comprehensions, let expressions,
and destructuring assignments. It also includes all the features of
JavaScript 1.6.Extended search plugin format: The Firefox search
engine format now supports search engine plugins written in Sherlock and OpenSearch formats and allows search engines to provide
search term suggestions.Updates to the extension system: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier
localization of extensions.Client-side session and persistent storage:
New support for storing structured data on the client side, to enable
better handling of online transactions and improved performance when
dealing with large amounts of data, such as documents and mailboxes.
This is based on the WHATWG specification
for client-side session and persistent storage.SVG text: Support for the svg:textpath specification enables SVG text to follow a curve or shape.
New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the
new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues.
There’s nothing like a nice relaxing fishing trip in the middle of the night with hundreds of fish just jumping into your lap.
A wonderfully talented dog and a great story put together in this video. Worth the watch.
A heart-warming segment from Texas Country Reporter, with Bob Phillips.
Actually read this yesterday. AVG has released their 7.5 version of some really good Anti-Virus software. If you’re a window’s (Linux too!) user in need of a good program, I would suggest picking this up.
AVG does a great job baby-sitting the system and also scans emails!
GRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and full compatibility with the latest Windows Vista version will be available very soon. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007.
Short Review from where I sit:
I use it, works exactly how I want it to. In a WinXP environment, it stays in the task bar and works in the background using little resources barely noticeable.
You can set its schedule as to when you want it to scan your machine (if at all) and what times are best to update (daily for free).
I’ve seen it in action with catching email viruses and when browsing with a pop-up warning of virus detection when on questionable sites. Works with email clients like Outlook, outlook express and a few others I believe.
In my opinion it does exactly what you want it to do, stays out of your way and gets the job done. I’ve used it for a number of years without a problem.
Found this report by Olbermann while browsing today, thought it was worth posting.
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