Monthly Archive for: ‘March, 2005’
Firefox: Open in new tab
Jez just emailed:
Now that I´ve made the switch to Firefox (on Linux, too!), I´m *really* starting to get annoyed by all the websites which open links in new browser windows, rather than new tabs.
My reply:
To enable it – browse to “about:config” and scroll down to browser.tabs.showSingleWindowModePrefs – this is false by default, double click to set it to true.
Now, if you go to Tools -> Options -> Advanced, under the “Tabbed Browsing” section, there will be a checkbox entitled “Force links that open new windows to open in: “, and you can either select for them to open in the same tab or a new tab. Hurrah!
Hope this relieves you of your annoyances. Maybe I should blog it…
Ian
MS Word grammar check ‘could do better’
Overlooks many common errors, according to a Professor at the University of Washington.
Seattle Times article: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/217802_grammar28.asp
Slashdot coverage: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/03/28/1923231&tid=185&tid=201&tid=133
Bill Gates’ Think Week
There’s an absolutely fascinating article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal about Bill Gates’ biannual solo retreats to the countryside to read MS research papers.
What a great idea; I’m sure even we mere mortals could benefit from a quiet week(end) away occasionally with no distractions and a pile of decent reading material. Must try it after The Wedding – too much left to organise before then!
Transparent laptop screens (..or are they?)
Here’s something neat to try over the long four-day weekend: making your notebook screen appear “transparent” by setting the desktop wallpaper to a photograph of the wall (or whatever) behind. There are some impressive photos of the results at this Flickr gallery. (via BoingBoing)
MS UK .Net Developer Event
Via Mike Pelton’s blog I just heard about a free “developer to developer” event taking place on Saturday 14th May at Microsoft’s Reading campus. Looks interesting, and a change from the usual MSDN roadshow format, so I’ve registered to attend. Also, this is taking place on one of the few Saturdays in 2005 when I’m *not* attending a wedding or stag do 
http://blogs.msdn.com/mikepelton/archive/2005/03/22/400288.aspx
https://msevents-eu.microsoft.com/cui/EventDetail.aspx?culture=en-GB&eventid=118757999
Duct Tape Wallet
Step-by-step guide from 3M detailing how to make a wallet from a roll of Duct tape:
http://www.3m.com/intl/CA/english/centres/home_leisure/duct_tape/dt_wallet.html
Half of me thinks this is incredibly sad, the other half is desperate to get out a roll of tape and give it a go.
Food, Glorious Food
We have finalised the menu for our wedding breakfast – full details are online here.
Please let us know if you would like the veggie option (baked goats cheese parcel), as we are aware that many non-veggies won’t fancy the salmon.
Wedding Breakfast Menu
Grilled asparagus with pecorino shavings and lemon zest dressing
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Baked fillet of salmon with watercress mousseline. Grain mustard dauphinoise, fine beans and champagne butter sauce.
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Baked goats cheese parcel with sweet and sour leeks and beetroot dressing
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Brandy snap basket with white chocolate mousse and raspberry compote
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Freshly brewed coffee and chocolates
IE7 plans emerge…
Mostly security enhancements, according to Microsoft Watch.
“New” features include tabbed browsing and support for transparent PNGs. No comment yet on whether full support will be given for CSS2 – *sigh*.
Curiously, there’s also talk that IE7 will feature an integrated news aggregator, which can only help to fuel the popularity of the RSS medium – there are very many PC users out there who use email and browse the web daily, but have never seen the need to install a separate news reader. Having such a tool pre-installed on their new PCs will put the technology in their face and make it easier to give RSS/Atom feeds a try.
http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1776290,00.asp
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