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Snippets » October 2006

• Firefox 2.0 released → People who have RC3 need not update or reinstall #
• Finland loves … latin?! → Tenere me ama indeed #
• it wasn’t me, guvnor → we all look the same to you, so that has to be my evil twin #
• Paris syndrome → no, this has nothing to do with the Hilton. Really. #
• US bans vegemite → when vegemite is outlawed, only outlaws will eat vegemite on toast #
• it’s cats, the webpage! → via 4zumanga #
• Kazakhs invite “Borat” to visit their homeland and see their fermented horse urine drinking culture for himself → don’t go, Borat! They’re going to shoot you like a dog #
• the architecture of security → building security as compared to internet security. By Schneier #
• Iceland prepares to have a whale of a time → lots of blubber about the ban on whaling by the three main whale hunting nations #
• Large collection of Charles Darwin’s written work → Creationists need not apply, kthx #
• what goes up must come down → Dow Jones hits 12k mark. I see bubbles #
• trolls beware - web rage is upon us → You want a piece of this? huh? Do ya? #
• Evolution - good for dawang → No, I didn’t mean Darwin. #
• condemned prisoner gets pregnant while in solitary confinement → hail mary! or not. #
• the muck that slows you down → “70% of an application developer’s time is spent on non-differentiating components”. Sadly, this article also pimps Rails at the end. #
• Deep fried … Coca Cola → because deep frying adds flavour to anything #
• last christmas, I gave you my heart?! and you didn’t stay away → Wham reunites. No, really. Stop laughing. #
• Russia is dying → netcraft confirms it #
• GooTube - it’s official → “Paying $1.65 billion for a company that loses over $2 million a month is just a more sensible manifestation of the bubble-acquisition archetype” - Valleywag #
• browser support for various features → covers only IE 6, 7, Firefox 1.5 and Opera 9. No Konqui *scowl* #
• simple is beautiful → so is average #
• letter from iraq → SNAFU, in a letter form #
• top 10 geek business myths → where am I and why am I in this handbasket? #
• JavaScript leak monitor → Wordpress, Dojo and Scriptaculous offences highlighted #

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