McAfee have a whole bunch of products slated for release in the second half of 2005. If you’re interested in Beta Testing software such as Virus Scan 10.0 Beta, Personal Firewall 7.0 Bets, Spamkiller 7.0 Beta, or Anti-Spyware Beta 2.0 then why not sign up to get your hands on these pre-release goodies.
Note: The download page is still under construction so there may be some bugs.
[Currently caressing my eardrums: Patience - Guns N' Roses - G N' R Lies (05:56)]
It’s been a while since we had a “tit-bit” around here, so here’s one for ya. This is a pic of Abi Titmuss showing just a wee bit more than she expected,
This is just two funny for words. I go away for two weeks, Netscape release a new browser (Netscape 8) and not only does it require a security patch within a day, but now it appears also manages to break IE’s XML Renderer.
This means that if you browse to an XML file such as an RSS feed then all you’ll get is a blank page.
Currently the only fix is to uninstall Netscape 8 and then edit the registry.
1. Uninstall Netscape 8
2. START->RUN
1. Type: regedit
2. Hit ENTER
3. Navigate to the following:
4. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Plugins\Extension
5. Highlight and right-click the node titled “XML” and select delete.
6. Restart Internet Explorer
I know many cynics out there will think this is a ploy by MS to make sure people won’t migrate to the other browser, however, I really don’t think this is true.
This is just a plain and simple “failure” on behalf of Netscape to ensure that their product doesn’t break anything on the systems it’s installed on. Bad quality control. (See what the Netscape Tech Forums have to say)
Anyway, instead of worrying about that, aren’t you asking yourself why you’re still not using Firefox?
[Currently caressing my eardrums: Round Here - Counting Crows - August and Everything After (05:32)]
I’ve returned from my trip to Ireland for my sisiters “first communion” and I’m absolutely shattered. I must say that I had an awesome time while I was home, and got to meet up with a lot of friends who I haven’t seen in over two years.
Things certainly have changed in Ireland since the introduction of the “no smoking” laws, but I must admit, that it’s for the better. It was nice to go out and have a few drinks with the lads and not come home smelling like an ashtray!
I’m not going to get into the specifics of the trip here, but instead I’m just going to say “thanks” to all the friends, family and geeks who made this trip unforgettable.
PS. Brian.. I’m sorry I didn’t contact you on Sunday! I’ll email you later..
Ireland is calling, and I’m bloody well answering. I’m heading back home tomorrow for the first time in two years, and will be in my hometown of Cobh, Co. Cork, until the 23rd. Then I’m heading to Dublin, and will be back in Denmark on the 24th.
If anybody would like to hook up for a geek meet, or just for a few drinks and some pool, then send me an email and we’ll arrange something. The only day I won’t be available is Saturday the 21st, as I’ll be attending my little sisters first communion, and the ensuing afters!! 
The Podcasting Specification Working Group has posted an open letter to the podcasting community on its new blog.
Now, let me say first off that I support (almost) anything which promotes podcasting. But…
On the Podcasting Innovations news group I posted this reply to their open letter:
I agree with Garrick. The majority of aggregators now support enclosures in RSS and the”feed:” 1 click addition, so “One Click Subscription” of podcasts is already here.
However, you also stated that you wish to standardize the Meta data describing podcasts? In what way? The RSS feed already included date and time of publish. Feed name, Post name (presumably the same as the show name), the enclosure, and a description of the contents. What more is there?
After all, the description will vary in length from show to show, depending on the subject. As will the number of links to external resources mentioned in the show. Surely services, which would have searchable indexes of podcasts would focus on the Feed name, Show name, and then also have the description searchable. All that’s really left is to get all podcasts “catchers” to have the ability to display the description of the show to you before you commence download.
Forgive me for sounding negative. I’m not. I just don’t see where you’re going with this…
Much of what you’ve stated in the open letter already exists, and while I support anything that supports podcasting, I fail to see what issues you will actually be addressing here.
With all the new podcasting related sites popping up over the last few weeks, I fear that it may become a case of “too many cooks spoil the broth”.
After all, while podcasting can have commercial application, isn’t it still mostly in the realm of the amateur user, a bit like the “ham radio” of the computer world? Isn’t the fun in podcasting doing things your own way?
UPDATE: Everyone should pop along to the Podcasting Innovations newsgroup to keep track of this discussion. It got going around message number 171.
It looks like there was something up with my BlogLet settings which meant that the emails weren’t being sent out. I’ve fixed that now, so hopefully everybody should start recieving their emails again.
Bruno, left a comment saying that everybody should check out Feedmarker. It’s yet another online aggreagtor thingy. Go check it out. I’m going to go play with it now and see what it’s like…
I love Firefox. Really! When ever I visit a friends who hasn’t got it installed I give them a good verbal bashing until they download it and banish Internet Exploder to the nether realms of their OS.
But… (there’s always a but isn’t there?)
The installer on Firefox 1.04 still doesn’t run smoothly. If you download and do a fresh installation it does, it runs like a dream, but if you download and just install over the top of a previous release you may have bugs. It’s supposed to be installed into a “clean” folder, which requires that you uninstall (via the control panel) and previous version.
I know this isn’t a big complaint, but it’s the kind of bug that makes upgrading and maintaining a “secure browser” just that little bit beyond the average “not so security conscious” user.
I must point out that I downloaded the Firefox 1.04 exe from the Mozilla site because the “software update” didn’t say that there was a new version available, and I just couldn’t live without the latest shiny version.
It’s amazing how far behind the news you can fall when you’re away from the internet for two weeks or so.
For those of you wondering where I’ve been, let me say that I’ve been very busy working on a new project which will soon be launched over at www.4700info.dk. I can’t give you to many details at the moment, but needless to say if you live in Denmark, in the 4700 or surrounding postcodes, then you’re going to love this.
Today should be a day of upgrades for most of us as WordPress has just hit version 1.5.1, which incorporates both security patches, bug fixes, plugin API enhancements and speed improvements. Skip along and download it now.
Speaking of new things, why not drop along and check out FeedTagger, a brand new “News aggregation service”, which is still in beta.
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