http://martinsc.net There is no place like 127.0.0.1 Thu, 29 May 2008 10:34:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Some of Windows 7's features revealed! Multi-Touch in Windows 7 http://martinsc.net/windows-7-features-2.html Are you bored with the default 404 page on your host? Check out Political Humor 404 Error Page Generator by allvoices.com http://martinsc.net/create-a-funny-political-404-page.html An artist uses a GPS device and sends it around the world (with DHL) and uses the GPS as his pen... a very interesting concept... BIGGEST DRAWING IN THE WORLD http://martinsc.net/biggest-drawing-in-the-world.html Google opened their hosting to all users, not only to Google apps users as it was previously...Read the entry on google's official blog...Google Sites now open to everyone http://martinsc.net/google-the-webhost.html Ok, Firefox 3 RC1 is out and is better than the betas! I just love it.It's faster, looks better and is just great. Get it here, or if you want to install it on your portable apps Drive - it's ready here ;-) http://martinsc.net/firefox-3-rc1.html Official Google Blog: Introduction to Google Search Quality http://martinsc.net/google-shares-some-information-on-search-quality.html Just read this on Blogoscoped.com. The Internet FAQ from 2085 http://martinsc.net/then-internet-faq-from-2085.html Firefox 3 RC 1 is out ;-)Head over to Mozilla.org and download it!Firefox 3 Release Candidate now available for download http://martinsc.net/firefox-3-release-candidate-is-out.html Another great release of the famous Fedora distro.Release notesDownloadInstallation Guide http://martinsc.net/fedora-9-released.html A very nice and interesting post on the Official Gmail blog about what and how the staff there tries (and succeeds) to make Gmail faster and faster.A very interesting read for us Gmail fansOfficial Gmail Blog: A need for speed: the path to a faster loading sequence http://martinsc.net/gmail-is-getting-even-faster.html I don't know if this is final , but the Tab feature in Windows explorer looks pretty nice ;-) There are a few more videos of Windows 7 at http://windows7news.com/windows-7-videos/ http://martinsc.net/windows-7-features.html http://martinsc.net/modern-grannies.html I just landed on beedigital.net's blog and saw a list of 5 awesome 3D flash galleries.I thought they are worth sharing with you...5 Free 3D Flash Galleries http://martinsc.net/5-free-3d-flash-galleries.html Another great LifeHacker post. This post has some very nice tips and tools to blog better. Make sure you check out the comments - lots of valuable information there...Lifehacker Top 10: Top 10 Tools to Get Blogging Done http://martinsc.net/top-10-tools-to-better-blogging.html Yay! I just upgraded martinsc.net to wordpress 2.5 and it works great ;-) the upgrade was painless and easy, just like all earlier wordpress upgrades. So far I love it! http://martinsc.net/wordpress-25-is-out.html Is the battle between Google and Microsoft raising to a new level? Scobleizer posted about some "insider" info that sounds like Google is working either on a offline Gmail client or even a server platform that might let organizations replace Microsoft's Exchange server. That does sounds like war ... http://martinsc.net/google-vs-microsoft.html I just found this great article through digg. It gives you a list of 101 tips to make your website(s) better and more user friendly. Some of the are obvious (turn off sound, fix broken links, etc) some are are less obvious and might help some of you... ... http://martinsc.net/101-five-minute-fixes-to-incrementally-improve-your-web-site.html http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Confirms-Windows-7-for-2010-No-Word-on-Windows-7-M2-80768.shtml http://martinsc.net/windows-7-confirmed-to-launch-in-2010.html It looks like the guys at Microsoft have been busy and added some cool features to IE8. Take a look at IE8's new Favorite bar, which has some pretty nifty and cool stuff like "WebSlices" A WebSlice is a piece of a webpage (a “slice”) ... http://martinsc.net/ie8-and-its-new-favorites-bar.html .htaccess Editor is a great, easy and cool site that helps you creating your .htaccess file with ease. Give it a try... http://www.htaccesseditor.com/en.shtml   http://martinsc.net/htaccess-editor.html