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Get some bling for your Firefox

by Jackie Plage on December 18, 2007

in software

Firefox Personas is a Firefox addon that gives you a nice themed look for your browser. Why use Personas when I can just install a theme? For one, all this does is give you some nice background images, as opposed to a complete overhaul with new buttons etc. It’s also a lot [...]

Google do it again – Google reader

by Jackie on September 29, 2006

in Around the web, software

I know they’re a big evil corporation and everything, but I do love Google.
For the last couple of days I’ve been toying with different feed readers (my staple diet is usually either Blogbridge or Feedlounge). Some time ago I’d toyed with FeedDemon – when I bought that a free business grade subscription to Newsgator [...]

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Firewall recommendations?

by Jackie on April 24, 2006

in software

Can anyone recommend a firewall for windows? I’ve been using Sygate for aaaages, but as that’s now been taken over by a certain evil corporation I need to find a new one. Please don’t suggest Norton, McAfee or Zonealarm though, else I’m likely to swear at you. :)

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Scuttle and coincidences

by Jackie on February 25, 2006

in software

I am slowly chipping away at the work that needs doing on Thought Pixels. I haven’t been much in the mood to write content or fiddle with updates/design/code recently, but the latter at least is slowly coming together.
Last night I was looking at my old install of Scuttle over on thekatshiskers.com domain, and decided [...]

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Feedlounge

by Jackie on January 21, 2006

in software

After a few days of using Feedlounge, my brief thoughts are thus.
The interface is very slick, the nicest of all the online feedreaders that I’ve seen so far.
Navigating around the feeds is very easy – always a good thing. The different view formats help a lot.
I love the ability to flag posts that I [...]

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