In the weeks since techies let me have Firefox at work there've been enough 'Ohs' and 'Ahhs!" for me to urge you to convince "them" -- bosses -- to make it your own default browser, particularly if you're in a Factory newsroom or any other.
I forget what crushing phrase BJ used for Internet Explorer, the bane of far too many a workplace computer, but it was crueller than "dinosaur". He finds it "obvious they should give Firefox to everyone", now he's also seen how I've set up the integrated Sage newsfeed reader for fast headline checking, plus InfoRSS scrolling a few more key feeds across the bottom.
It is obvious, won't even cost them anything and I thought bosses liked it when you can work faster and better.
All the excuses I've heard for not handing it out so far have been either unconvincing or easily surmounted. End of plug.
I made another one because there's an article called 'Web Apps Comendium' at Kuro5hin by "kpaul" posted over the weekend, mentioned here for Lee, who might find it useful for some online work we've talked about when she's not discovering "what fun it is to ride through the deserted streets of Paris at night. It's a great way to get some exercise, and an added bonus is not even having to worry about making the last metro" ('Odessa Street)'.
Deserted streets, sure, but a couple of years back, happy to be reunited with my own bike in Paris, I risked the Place de la Concorde in the rush hour. I can't be stupid enough to do that again even if wanted because a few days later, I lent the bike to a friend for a week. He succeeded in getting it stolen inside four days.
"I only left it there for a couple of minutes," he said.
Maybe. In Paris, that's quite long enough.
So enjoy it, Lee, but do watch out.
New bikes don't come as cheap as decent web technology and Lee's piece about Rizzo the pain in the bum makes clear she's wiser with funds than I am when I go near a virtual store.
Lee and me were talking about giving added news value to websites without emptying pockets or without the need for a newsreader, but for people more broadly interested in feed tech, another link worth having when you're making a cyberspace of your own has broadened in scope and quality since I bunged it in the blogroll: Lockergnome's RSS & Atom Tips. Happy hunting.
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