Opera 9.5 released earlier this week. I’ve been an Opera user for, umm, a really long time now. It’s the bestest, fastest, coolest web browser on the planet. It’s more secure that Internet Explorer. It’s more complete than Firefox. It’s faster than Safari. I’ve been running betas, dev builds, and the release candidate for aContinue reading “On the Newest Opera”
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On Goofing Off With a New Toy
Since I was out with a nasty and virulent cough today, I spent the day huddled in bed, watching The Tudors. And napping. Because you know what? Naps are good things. I also discovered that AOL gave Netscape a brief reprieve. It was to have passed into the great beyond at the end of January. Continue reading “On Goofing Off With a New Toy”
On Atheism, Agendas, Analogies, and Browsers
Sometimes web surfing can be a dangerous thing. You’re looking at something safe, something normal, and then you’re in some dank back alley in the dirty part of town, where you have to keep your head down because you don’t want to attract attention. Last night was like that. I found myself reading an evangelicalContinue reading “On Atheism, Agendas, Analogies, and Browsers”
On the Month-End Round-Up
Things I’ve discovered. I have a lot of readers in Indiana. This surprises me, as I’ve only ever driven through Indiana, yet I have more regular readers in Indiana than I do in, say, Utah. Other popular tourist destinations for allyngibson.net are Florida, Connecticut, North Carolina, and Norway. Also, China and Saudi Arabia. No, thisContinue reading “On the Month-End Round-Up”
On Safari
Apple’s web browser for the Macintosh is Safari. About a month ago Apple announced that they would be making a verison of Safari available for the Windows platform, and compulsive tinkerer that I am I immediately downloaded the beta. Which, much to my surprise, worked not at all. I had no menu bar. I hadContinue reading “On Safari”
On Opera Widgets
The latest version of Opera, the 9.x version, added a new feature: widgets. Basically, they’re little mini-apps that can run under Opera. Some will bring you newsfeed. Some will tell the weather. Some play chess. Not good chess, but what does one expect for a program with a small footprint like the chess widget? OnContinue reading “On Opera Widgets”
On Teaching Faust
An elementary school teacher with a background in music in Bennett, Colorado, decided to expose her students to opera. She got a video, entitled “Who’s Afraid of Opera,” and showed it to her classes of first, second, and third graders. The video contained scenes from Charles Gounod’s nineteenth-century opera “Faust.” Parents in this town outsideContinue reading “On Teaching Faust”
On Internet Explorer
May I just say, I really hate Internet Explorer? As in, I really hate it? I’ve been playing around with style sheets. Some of you may have noticed. The website will look radically different at any given moment depending on what I’m fiddling with. It didn’t even occur to me to take a look atContinue reading “On Internet Explorer”