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Entries for Tuesday, January 31, 2006

January 31, 2006

Internet Explorer 7: Beta 2 Preview

Microsoft have released a public beta of IE7. The homepage is a staggeringly fucking awful flash animation, promising “Everything you need, nothing you don’t, and a few things you have yet to imagine”, before displaying a list of Firefox’s features.

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Blogzilla: DRM-a-go-go

‘DRM-protected files exclusively released through iTunes … appear in unprotected form on P2P networks 180 seconds later’. Well, that makes screwing your honest customers worthwhile.

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Why Reboot?

Small Windows app that tells you what an installer is planning on doing after the seemingly-compulsory reboot.

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Stephen Colbert | The A.V. Club

Interesting interview with Stephen Colbert. It takes a second to realise that this is Colbert the actor talking, not Colbert the character, and it’s a fascinating insight into the “philosophy” that colours his satire.

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TorPark

Tor + Firefox that you can run on a USB keychain to enable anonymized web browsing anywhere. Fantastic stuff.

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This is an archive of groovmother.com, the old blog run by Rod Begbie — A Scottish geek who lives in San Francisco, CA.

I'm the co-founder of Sōsh, your handy-dandy guide for things to do in San Francisco this weekend.