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Omar Shahine 85 days ago
For one reason or another I have managed to end up in a situation where I use 3 browsers on a regular basis. It really comes down to the following: Internet Explorer 8 – this is what I use to browse all intranet sites, since AUTH just works. Also sites like Sharepoint really work best in IE not to mention all the Line of Business apps that require IE. I would love to use IE more, but due to stability issues with browser toolbars, and the Firefox extensions I have come to rely on, I use this less than 100% of the time. Firefox 3.5 – I use this browser a fair amount, mainly because of the following addons: Lastpass, Better Amazon, Grease Monkey. Other than that, I could care less about this browser. I don’t find it’s any more stable than IE, and it’s performance not noticeably better. I also find that it has a habit of updating itself about as often as I use it. I would prefer ...Omar Shahine 90 days ago
I did a Google search for “ Facebook birthday notifications ” and clicked the first link, which was this: http://blog.facebook.jp/blog.php?post=38780477130 You know what happens when you click that link? Your Facebook UI is now all in Japanese. Usability FAIL. Now how do I fix that since I can’t read Japanese? Do another Google search for “ Facebook change language ” and got this page: http://www.facebook.com/editaccount.php?language and I found this in there: How is this useful? Note: if you do a Bing search for “Facebook birthday notifications” you get an English page. Yay Bing. The posts on this weblog are provided ...Omar Shahine 90 days ago
Interesting that Facebook is now sending out HTML emails. For the past few years they have sent plain text emails only. This made the Birthday reminder emails they send out look particularly bad. However, this morning I was greeted with this: I wonder if this is a sign of things to come. The posts on this weblog are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights. The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in any way.Omar Shahine 93 days ago
When we moved to Seattle one of the purchases we needed to make was a new TV. I happen to love buying new TVs because it’s not something I do often, and the technology changes that occur in that time span are staggering. The first TV I purchased was a 27 inch tube Sony. I then got a 34 inch 16:9 Toshiba CRT that was about 200 lbs but the first HD set I owned. It was stunning watching “progressive scan” DVDs. The next TV was a Samsung Plasma and since then I’ve decided all my future TVs would be Samsung. This was for 2 reasons. 1) Their service is amazing and 2) they make great, well priced, quality products that are pc/media center friendly. Since my TV is mostly driven by a Media Center TV, things like DVI/HDMI support are important. So on moving to Seattle I decided on getting a Samsung LED TV. These TVs are 1.2 inches thick. I can’t describe how cool this is. They also look awesome and come in giant sizes (55 inches) an ...Omar Shahine 100 days ago
