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- Written: June 20th, 2008
- Filed in: Tech Stuff
- By: MarkB
Skype 4 Beta Out
This morning I found (I cant remember where) a note to try out the new Skype 4 BETA for Windows and I'm glad I did. The new interface is somewhat chunkier than before - The single pane is now a full screen application that offers a bunch of new features and options: I think I'm preferring this new interface. It's definitely inspired me to organize a decent ...
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- Written: June 18th, 2008
- Filed in: Generalisms, Watching the World
- By: MarkB
Shocking Daily Sun Article
"Taking from whites is not a crime in SA" Click on the image above to read the copy. Essentials: Faraday Nkoane, the leader of a youth group told his followers to stop stealing from blacks because they will bewitch you etc. Rather, go steal from white people, because their ancestors took stuff from our ancestors, so now its payback time. Taking from whites is not a crime because you repossess what belongs to ...
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- Written: June 12th, 2008
- Filed in: Web Stuff
- By: MarkB
Firefox 3 To Be Released On June 17th
After receiving upwards of 1 000 000 pledges, Firefox 3 is set to be available for download on June 17th. There's still a number of questions though about the reliability of the product itself. Firefox 2 had known issues with RAM usage, and FF3 doesn't seem to have resolved any of these. Unfortunately, one issue that still exists in Firefox is memory leaks. According to the release notes, ...
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- Written: June 12th, 2008
- Filed in: Tech Stuff, Web Design & Development, Web Stuff
- By: MarkB
SourceForge.net 2008 Community Choice Awards
Anyone who's spend more than a day surfing the net and checking for software/webware applications, is bound to have stumbled upon SourceForge. To say that they're an online storage place for source code revisions, would be a great understatement. Anyways, they're having their 2008 Community Choice Awards. The good news about their award program this year is that they've opened doors to any open source projects hosted anywhere, ...
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- Written: June 11th, 2008
- Filed in: Generalisms
- By: MarkB
What you think of my new site? :)
Well, its been a while in coming, but finally the new Yellow Llama website is done. I'm really loving it... you? This site also marks a new chapter in my coding practices with a new foray into jQuery. After watching a quick video tutorial on the basic potential of jQuery, I was blown away with its ease of use and the ability to animate, class and work with elements. It's so easy, its a shame I never noticed this ...