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My favourite firefox plugin

Peter Skarpetis — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 09:42:56 +0000

By far, my favourite firefox must be NoScript . It allows me to determine which chunks of javascript, java and other media runs when I visit a website. Not only does it stop ads and other annoying pop ups, it also is very secure as no javascript runs on newly visited sites until you say so. Other noteworthy plugins are Firebug and AdBlock Plus.

SMH spelling blunder

Peter Skarpetis — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:45:33 +0000

On the smh website today, the lead story used the word “to” instead of “too”. Does anybody know how to spell anymore without a spelling checker ?

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Canine Souths fan

Peter Skarpetis — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:07:47 +0000

I saw this unhappy dog wearing a South’s jersey today while getting some lunch. I guess he was unhappy because of South’s abysmal performance.

Hasselblad’s 39 megapixel H3DII-39MS DSLR brings the multi-shot

Peter Skarpetis — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:12:14 +0000

Now that is a camera

Hasselblad’s 39 megapixel H3DII-39MS DSLR brings the multi-shot:
Filed under: Digital Cameras

It can’t be easy to improve upon a $37,000, 39 megapixel DSLR, but high-end camera manufacturer Hasselblad claims to have done just that with its H3DII-39MS, which adds a multi-shot feature (and $7,000) to the recently-announced H3DII-39 (pictured). Targeted at architectural and still-life photographers, the 39MS essentially takes its sibling’s body and tacks on Hasselblad’s CF-39MS digital back, promising unprecedented performance and image quality when firing off multiple shots in sequence. Look for this new model in stores (specialty retailers, not Best Buy) starting in January of next year.

 
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Switched from Firefox to Opera

Peter Skarpetis — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 00:50:41 +0000

I have finally had enough with the all the memory leaks of Firefox and have switched to Opera.

I have been a long timer Firefox user, since the really early days, but lately the memory bloat has just increased beyond what is comfortable. My browser is sometimes running for weeks at a time and it is not unnatural to see Firefox reach the 800MB mark even though I might only have 2 tabs open. The consequence of this is that the rest of my programs, xemacs mail iChat and Serendipity Blackmagic become unresponsive for a few seconds as I switch over to them. The worst part of the experience though is that Firefox will sometimes lock up all the tabs while it is trying to connect to some ad site or doing garbage collection.

I switched to Opera a week ago, and after a small transition period I am no really happy with it, It is always responsive, does not use much memory and has this most awesome feature called Speed dial.

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Aussie Scientists Cut, Grind and Polish Perfect Kilogram

Peter Skarpetis — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:59:32 +0000

Aussie Scientists Cut, Grind and Polish Perfect Kilogram:
It’s a question of keeping up standards. That famous slab in Paris has lost 50 micrograms, so Australian scientists are creating a perfect sphere out of Silicon 28. They even know how many atoms it’ll contain.

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Australia gets do not call register

Peter Skarpetis — Thu, 03 May 2007 22:13:34 +0000

In an effort to reduce calls from tele-marketers, the Australian government has finally setup a donotcall register similar to the one already run by the US government . Simply go to www.donotcall.gov.au and register your phone number.

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Portugal Opens 11-MW Solar Power Plant

Peter Skarpetis — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 22:21:06 +0000

I wish Australia was doing something like this.

Portugal steps up its efforts to increase the usage of renewable energy

Portugal is doing its part to invest in renewable energy with the dedication of a new 11-megawatt (MW) solar plant. The plant, which is located in Serpa, is one of the largest solar arrays in the world and can supply enough electricity for 8,000 households.

The solar plant was built by Catavento, a Portuguese renewable energy company and California based PowerLight Corporation, a GE Energy Financial Services subsidiary. It occupies roughly 150 acres in Portugal’s Alentejo region and contains over 52,000 photovoltaic modules manufactured by Sanyo, Sharp, SunPower and Suntech. Read more

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politicians in Australia will do anything for votes

Peter Skarpetis — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:40:48 +0000

The Australian Labour party thinks it can win the election by building its on broadband network. Read the full story on whirlpool.net.au.

If that was not enough, Telstra has been sending out pamphlets to al its customers complaining about how the government will not let them build a broadband network. Get with the times, we’ve all had ADSL2 in Australia for ages, everyone that is apart from Telstra.

Chasing ghosts, a documentary about the 1980’s arcade scene

Peter Skarpetis — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 21:21:15 +0000

Just heard there is a new film coming which is all about gaming arcades in the late 70s and 80s. It is called Chasing Ghosts. You can find the Sundance film festival entry here and a web page from the guy who did some of the computer animated scenes here .

I spent most of the late 70s and early 80s in arcades so I am really looking forward to this film.

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