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OmniWeb 5 beta 2

Curiosity gets the better of me and I downloaded beta 2 of OmniWeb 5 last night. (Camino nightly is busted since 2/19 kind of help my curiosity too!)

Beta 2 is definitely a big improvement over beta 1, as it no longer crashes easily though it still crashes on some situation. There are still a large number of known issues and bugs but right now beta 2 is good enough for me to try using it as my default browser over Safari. The tabs implementation is very interesting and the ads-blocking is really good. The two features that I really like are the Site Preferences (you can set individual settings for each sites) and RSS feed detection.

If and when OmniWeb uses the latest WebKit from Apple (it is still on v85, i.e. Safari 1.1) I will definitely tempted to pay for this browser.

Update: Spoke way too soon. OmniWeb has been crashing throughout the day. Must have crashed at least 5 times today already. Back to Safari…

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Surround me…

After over 3 years without a surround sound home theatre system, I’ve finally purchased one last week and it was setup last night. Instead of the separate systems that I had in Britain before I moved to U.S., this time I opted for a all-in-one systems, the Panasonic SC-HT900. It is pretty stylish in metallic silver and the slim, tall speakers are non-intrusive (a big complain from Leah for my last ‘proper’ systems). The DVD video output is more than great with its components video signal. The sounds are good for its price and although the subwoofer doesn’t rock the whole apartment, it’s subtlety is more pleasant to the ears. All in all, a pretty good purchase.

Next on the gadget list, Sony Ericsson Z600 cell phone.

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Great Moblogging Features on TypePad

SixApart announced some very nifty moblogging features for MovableType and TypePad today at DEMO 2004.

They are all very cool, especially armed with a camera mobile phone or smartphone like P900, but where are the file management tools for regular TypePad users who don’t do moblogging?

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Can you see me now?

Finally I have a pair of new eye glasses! Leah is complaining that she didn’t get the Oakley metal display case that I got 😀

And I thought my -4.25 diopters eye sights are bad. That’s until Scott let us all know he used to have -9.25 diopters!

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Touchy Typy

Sometimes people I work with comment on the speed of my typing (40+ wpm). I’ve learnt touch typing many years ago and I always tell people that I learnt it through the need of completing essays. In reality, I’ve learnt and perfected my typing skills during my time in college, not writing essays but chatting on IRC!

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