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Written by Tom Beharrell
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Sunday, 22 July 2007 |
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One of the most frequent ways of navigating the web is to search for something on Google, and navigate through the first few links to find the best match to what you're looking for. Frequently this means launching the first link, hitting back, trying the next link, etc. Because pages frequenly have redirects, even the step back to Google can take longer than necessary. I searched for a long time for a way to get a Google search engine running within Firefox's sidebar (on Ubuntu Linux). This used to be built into IE and Mozilla back a few years ago, but seems to be missing from Firefox. There isn't even an extension to get this working. I have finally found a solution. I noticed that bookmarks can be set to open in the side bar. This is a great first step, however Google doesn't present itself very nicely in the sidebar, it's way too bloated with all the advertising and requires lots of horizontal scrolling. Then I remembered the Google Mobile version. This is designed for a small screen, however the downside of this is it converts the pages you link to also into Mobile versions for a small screen. I found the perfect version though, at www.google.co.uk/pda - it presents links cleanly in the sidebar and opens them in their original versions in the main page. So to summarise, create a bookmark (say on your Bookmark Toolbar) to http://www.google.co.uk/pda and hit the checkbox to open it in the sidebar. Then, you can do a Google Search from the sidebar, see all the results and open them one by one into the main window. Perfect! |
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Written by Tom Beharrell
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Tuesday, 27 February 2007 |
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Global warming is a dramatically urgent and serious problem. We don't need to wait for governments to solve this problem: each one of us can bring an important help adopting a more responsible lifestyle: starting from little, everyday things. It's the only reasonable way to save our planet, before it is too late. Here is a list of 50 simple things that everyone can do in order to fight against and reduce the Global Warming phenomenon: some of them are at no cost, some other require a little investment but can help you save a lot of money, in the middle-long term! |
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Written by Tom Beharrell
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Friday, 01 September 2006 |
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In a little-noted article printed in early August in the Armed Forces Journal, a monthly magazine for officers and leaders in the United States military community, retired Major Ralph Peters sets out the latest ideas in current US strategic thinking. And they are extremely disturbing. |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 01 September 2006 )
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Written by Tom Beharrell
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Monday, 13 March 2006 |
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It really annoys me that the UK government is trying to expand the airline industry as much as they can, hiding the fact that UK Taxpayers are effectively subsidising airlines to the tune of £300 per person every year [1]. The UK airline industry receives an effective subsidy of £9.2 billion a year [2] because airlines pay no tax on fuel used, virtually no VAT and benefit from duty free. Other taxes such as income tax therefore have to be higher to subsidise the aviation industry. [1] www.foe.co.uk Average calculated thus:- £9.2billion effective subsidy divided by number of UK tax payers, 29million
[2] Aviation Environment Federation report : 'The Hidden Cost of Flying',
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Written by Tom Beharrell
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Wednesday, 28 September 2005 |
I'm not trying to ditch Windows just because I think Linux is better. Windows XP is fast, powerful, has stacks of software available for it, and support is available everywhere. Its interface is polished; the way menus work and keyboard commands are assigned is consistent. Practically all hardware is supported no matter how obscure. Why shouldn't it be successful? It enjoys over 80% of the desktop computer user population's efforts.
I want to become completely free from Microsoft because of corporate dominance and money orientation in our society. The state of where we are at right now is as sick as anything Hitler has ever dreamed. We ruthlessly kill as many people and are doing our best to the plant and animal kingdoms too. The average consumer doesn't even
realize how they are entirely corporate pawns, and we're getting closer further down the American line all the time. They eat poison food, live in a carcenogenic world and spend their lives surrounded by asphalt, steel and slick advertising.
A society based on Open Source principles in all areas is what I want. So I started with sacrificing some of the polish, making sure I buy components that are supported in Linux (though few aren't these days). It's not that much of a sacrifice. What is there now is impressive. It's got everything the multi-billion dollar Windows world has. It's just a little bit less refined, but it's all there. And there are plenty of benefits, from freedom, to security, practical immunity from computer viruses and it's all free of charge. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 September 2005 )
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