I am a true believer in Firefox ever since I adopted it as my main browser less than a year ago – I gave up using Netscape around version 6 since it was just getting too clunky and unwieldy. Here is a list of some great recommendations for Firefox. The main extensions that I must absolutely have are Web Developer, SpellBound (a spell checker) and GMail Manager.
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After returning from the recent Machine Learning Summer School in Australia, my itching to become a Mac user has gotten even stronger*. For a start, there were many Mac Powerbook users at the Summer School (presenters and attendees alike). And, let’s face it, the Powerbooks are cool… 😉
Finally the top two reasons that had me pretty convinced:
- Mac Powerbooks/iBooks work straight out of the box (desktop software as well as server-oriented stuff) without needing much additional software or reading complicated manuals.
- I can continue to use many of my favourite Unix softwares under OS X.
*With the caveat that if the price is right of course.
While in Canberra recently, perhaps it was more a sense of “home-coming” (well, it was my home for about 4 years after all??), I did not end up buying any ‘speciality’ souvenirs there before returning to Singapore. Actually, I have never really been fond of buying souvenirs even on my previous trips – mostly postcards in fact, and perhaps a booklet here or here!?
However, on this trip I did come away with an almost overflowing bag! Why? I bought the following books:
On the trip back from Australia, the unthinkable happened.
My bag was lost in transit! As it turned out, it seems that my bag was not even loaded onto the flight from Sydney to Singapore! While I am sure this is not an unusual incident as far as international travelling is concerned, this is definitely a first for me. Oh well, at least I still had my house keys in the carry-on luggage… 🙁
Looking for some inspirations to build that new website of yours? Well, here are some excellent ideas and examples which I am sure to study very carefully.
- welie.com, with lots of samples.
- Designing Interfaces, the companion website to Designing Interfaces: Patterns for Effective Interaction Design – an intermediate-level book about interface and interaction design, structured as a pattern language from O’Reilly.
- WebPatterns