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“In talking to folk at work about Chrome I am discovering quite how many people have actually had serious problems with FF. Esp. FF3.”

Wednesday at 10:11 pm - Link

I think the real test for browsers is how well they work on a low-spec machine. The last Firefox was unusable on my work PC. - Ben Austwick

How is Chrome coping on your old machine? - mattpovey

It's OK actually. I suspect the text inputting problems I'm having may have something to do with the machine's power though. - Ben Austwick

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“Just got home from the airport having forgotten my passport for the first and hopefully last time in my life. Am now $400 poorer.”

1 hour ago - Link

Ouch. I did that once when going on a coach trip to Belgium, the financial penalty was considerably smaller. - Ben Austwick

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“Suffering merciless piss-taking by GF. Accusations of spent-thriftiness are probably fairly accurate. Still, NZ spared my presence for 24 hr”

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“4Chan does Chrome comics. http://tinyurl.com/6232e3”

7 hours ago - Link

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“@Warlach If it makes you feel any better - I just told my boss and the whole of our team meeting that they were boring me. Whoops.”

8 hours ago - Link

“BA 777 controlled crash land confirmed as ice formed in fuel. Could have happened to anyone - likely to mean new rules: http://is.gd/2eq2”

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“@Doilum Not seen that but had trouble with mouse wheels (don't do the middle click - roll thing properly).”

Wednesday at 5:23 am - Link

“@Warlach Coca Cola would be ideal. Actually - Accenture: Developing novel methods of universe destruction for over thirty years.”

Wednesday at 5:23 am - Link

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“@Doilum LOL. thought crossed my mind also. I am insufficiiently cool to be allowed near a Mac. It does run well in VMWare tho :(.”

Wednesday at 3:08 am - Link

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“Want.... Chrome.... to.... play.... with.”

Tuesday at 12:06 am - Link

I'm looking forward to seeing it... but it is only a browser. How good can it be? - Ben Austwick

Oh I agree. It's the gadget lust. - mattpovey

I'm getting a little bit irritated with a couple of minor bugs in Firefox though. The new Opera is meant to be better. - Ben Austwick

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“Just noticed a mis-placed apostrophe in my tweet about pigeons. GF will disown me if she spots it. Also loving Chrome's resizable input box”

Tuesday at 11:24 pm - Link

“@loiclemeur As I age (mature?) I am finding that even a glass or two of booze reduces my effectiveness the next day significantly. Not h ...”

Tuesday at 10:31 pm - Link

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United in full food-fight retreat

Tuesday at 11:13 pm - Link

Excellent news as United bails on its plans to deprive economy long-haul passengers of food. - mattpovey

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Web2.0 in the enterprise.

Tuesday at 9:29 pm - Link

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“Hmm. Discovering that Firefox plugins are a major source of browser lock-in. Chrome isn't going to have it easy.”

Tuesday at 9:27 pm - Link

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“first signs of Spring. Pigeon's humping in the street and honey bees carrying scads of pollen landing on and staining you shirt.”

Tuesday at 7:38 pm - Link

posted two messages on Twitter

“Accidentally open new link in new window. Drag back into main window. JOY!”

Tuesday at 6:24 pm - Link

“Chrome = yummy (it downloaded eventually). Didn't import Firefox passwords although it seemed to indicate it would. Hmm.”

Tuesday at 6:23 pm - Link

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Explaining maths

Tuesday at 6:20 pm - Link

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“Looks like Chrome download is stuffed. Sigh. Gadget lust meets time zones in car crash.”

Tuesday at 5:19 pm - Link

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My *LA Times* Op Ed on Photo ID Checks at Airport

Monday at 11:23 pm - Link

Schneier has another powerful go at the TSA. - mattpovey

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Change Contact's File As format

Monday at 11:51 pm - Link

Script for Outlook to change all contacts 'file as' attribute. - mattpovey

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“@ssharwood I await a Marvelised version of Microsoft's justification of IE8's standards-based approach with baited breath. Spidey meets W3.”

Monday at 10:43 pm - Link

“The Chrome comic is brilliant. I wasn't interested but got drawn in by the comic and ended up reading through - now intrigued and impressed.”

Monday at 10:18 pm - Link

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Professional Content Management Systems: Handling Digital Media Assets

Monday at 9:35 pm - Link

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Expanding a Digital Content Management System: for the Growing Digital Media Enterprise (NAB Executive Technology Briefings)

Monday at 5:59 pm - Link

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Cheney Waits Until Last Minute Again To Buy Sept. 11 Gifts | The Onion - America's Finest News Source

Monday at 5:59 pm - Link

Classic Onion: "Each Sept. 11 morning since 2001, Cheney has come to work donning a fireman costume and handed out small, thoughtful gifts to all White House staffers." - mattpovey

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“@ssharwood Politicians? Busy? You jest surely? Actually - good on 'em. Paying attention to constituent concerns is the least they can do.”

Monday at 6:07 am - Link

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I beg your pardon?

Monday at 12:31 am - Link

Poor old Peaches Geldorf. - mattpovey

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“You know. Rather than typing up the interview notes you should be typing up.”

Sunday at 7:09 pm - Link

“Beta Band. I had forgotten all about them. Somtimes it's fun to have a dig through the nether regions of your MP3 collection.”

Sunday at 7:07 pm - Link

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“@Doilum Oooh. That does sound nice. Certainly a lot better than cockroach hunting which I have been doing for the lat 20 minutes. Ugh.”

Sunday at 3:36 am - Link

Listening to gospel singing drifting over from the church now as well - Ben Austwick

Heh. Living the Brixton life. Meanwhile... BASTARD COCKROACHES. POISON POISON POISON. - mattpovey

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“Hoping New Orleans gets away with it this time.”

August 31 at 1:49 am - Link

posted a message on Twitter

“Amazing weather down in Port Phillip Bay. Layers of cloud and angry water spitting spray at my glasses.”

August 31 at 12:33 am - Link

posted two messages on Twitter

“Seems to me that Palin would be spectacularly bad for Women. She's the archetypal anti-feminist spoiler.”

August 30 at 4:12 pm - Link

“@Storagezilla autogk does the job very well tho it's not the simplest thing in the world to use. Hope you've got a lot of patience :)”

August 30 at 4:08 pm - Link

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“Off wine 'tasting' (boozing).”

August 29 at 10:51 pm - Link