Axodys

Opera 5 for the Mac is looking very promising. Definitely the fastest browser I’ve used to date on the Macintosh platform. Now if they can just get a few font size issues ironed out…

Well, it looks to me like the Mac version of Mozilla 0.8 is pretty decent. That’s very good news. I should try taking a break from Internet Explorer for a while. Hmm…. didn’t seem to refresh Blogger after I originally submitted this post. I’m going to have to try again and see what happens.

Seems to have been a temporary glitch. Everything works normally now.

Still snowing like crazy this morning. And cold at 20° with a 13mph wind (can you say windchill of 0°). It’s definitely a really good day to stay inside and do cool things with computers. That, or have a hot bowl of soup at lunch time (which I’m planning to do).

Apparently Mozilla 0.8 came out yesterday. I had downloaded release 0.7 and tried it, but still haven’t started using Mozilla significantly yet. In theory at least, I’d prefer to use it instead of a Microsoft product, but up to this point Mozilla just hasn’t quite been there for me.

Macworld reviews Blogger. Strangely the review mentions paying $10 a year for the service. I wasn’t aware that Evan had made any official announcements yet on the pricing scheme for the service.

Sure, online rpg’s like Diablo II and Everquest are a lot of fun, but playing them to the point of losing your loved ones is just sad.

Yet another thing about Mac’s that I love not having to think about: Soundcards! Spent the morning getting an old SoundBlaster ISA card working under NT 4. In fairness it didn’t end up being all that hard once I tracked the proper info down, but it wasn’t as trivial as it should have been.

Sweet graphical goodness! I have to admit that www.desktopimage.com is a pretty nifty flash based site. [via bump]

Ugh. Headache.

Blogger seems to be blazing right along this morning. Cool.

Salon has an interesting article on the Hacker Ethic.

Speaking of Linux 2.41 and journaling file systems, in some ways I’m amazed that it’s taken this long. I mean BeOS has had that working for what three years? It seems like a very useful feature for a server oriented OS.

Mary and I decided to get each other matching watches for Valentines Day so I’ve been doing a little research on the latest and greatest digital watches. I’m much happier with Timex’s web page and price range, but Casio wins when it comes to sheer gadgetry (camera, gps, or mp3s anyone?). At this point the Timex Expedition (with digital compass) looks to be the front runner in our search for the perfect watch matching functionality, personality, and price.

I missed pb’s essay on his experiences at Pyra when he firsted posted it so I’m making note of it now.

I know it’s small solace to the entrepid bunch that constructed Pyra and Blogger, but there’s no question that they’ve made a significant impact on a lot of people’s lives by constructing an excellent web app and simultaneously letting us in on the process. I’ve learned a lot while following their story over the past year plus and I really appreciate what they were able to accomplish together.