Firefox 3 was released on June 17. There were some glitches on that day to download , but it seems to be ok now. I have installed it on my PC and Mac. It worked great so far. Among many other enhancements/new features, I noticed the performance instantly. Check here for find out new features.
Firefox 3
June 19, 2008
Kung Fu Panda
June 16, 2008
I went out to watch Kung Fu Panda with my kids. I usually buy DVD especially for kid’s movies since my kids watch them until they are tired of it. In addition to that, price of movie tickets are expensive now days where as DVD prices are dropping. Anyway, we really enjoyed the movie except some side effects. They went wild by kicking and jumping. I kind a like what the Kung Fu master said.
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is mystery. Today is a gift. That is why we call it present.
Yes, today is the day that God has given to us freely as a gift. Isn’t it great?
2008 Apple Design Awards
June 15, 2008
During the WWDC08 Apple announce 2008 Apple Design Awards. Some of the softwares are new to me. I believe it is worthwhile to try them out.
Steve Jobs
June 13, 2008
While I and my wife were watching Steve’s Keynote from WWDC 2008, we were amazed on 3G iPhone features and SDK. My wife questioned why Steve was so thin. Maybe cancel? Looks like it is not just me and my wife, check this article.
Mail.app Plugin to make three vertical panes
May 30, 2008
Letterbox is a plugin for Apple’s Mail.app that takes advantage of your widescreen monitor. It rearranges the interface into three vertical columns. You can download from here. Once the plugin is installed, go to View -> Preview Pane and select right.
Firefox 3 is Comming!
May 21, 2008
Almost there, Firefox 3 release candidate 1 is ready to download. Some say that some of the add-ons are not supported in this release candidate. Due to this compatibility issue, I’m waiting for the final version to come. According to some articles, Firefox 3 is much lighter and faster. Here is excerpt:
Mozilla VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer claims that Firefox 3 is 9.3x faster than Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 and 2.7x faster than Firefox 2 in terms of JavaScript performance. In terms of Gmail message load time, he claims Firefox 3 is 6.8x faster than IE7 and 3.8x faster than Firefox 2. And he says Firefox 3 beats Apple’s Safari, which is also faster than Firefox 2.
Hope that memory leaking issue gets resolved in this release. Here are some articles about Firefox3:
Sainshand, Mongolia
May 19, 2008
I’m planning to visit Mongolia this summer with my wife. Since the last visit was summer of 1994, it’s been 14 years. I’m so excited to see how things are changed over a decade. City of Sainshand is first time for me. Based on the picture above, it looks very challenging place to live for westernized people like me. But I’m thrilled and excited to go there.
Sainshand (Сайншанд) is the capital of Dornogovi Province (Eastern Gobi desert). Dornogovi is in the driest part of Mongolia, 109,000 sq km with population of 25,210 (2000 census), 19,548 (2006). Most are nomads who live there part of the year and on the desert the rest. From Ulaanbataar (Улаанбаатар), the capital of Mongolia, it takes about 12 hours by train.
Check for more pictures on flickr widget.
Traveling with a laptop?
May 19, 2008
I’m planning to visit Sainshand, Mongolia this summer. While I was research on electricity in Mongolia, I found very good website “World Electric Guide“. This site has details about different voltages, electric plug, and etc. The site will be a good resource page for those frequently travel oversea.
Quicksilver Interface Plugin Silverflow
May 17, 2008
Quicksilver is one of the must have application for Mac users. It is one of the most used applications for me. Silverflow is Quicksilver interface plugin. It is much better than bezel interface. You can download it from here.
Resetting Mac Book/Mac Book Pro’s SMC
May 16, 2008
System management control (SMC) is responsible for power management of the computer. It controls backlighting, hard disk spin down, sleep and wake, some charging aspects, trackpad control, and some input/output as it relates to the computer sleeping. If you are having not turning on, not waking from sleep, not charging the battery, or not recognizing the AC Adapter issues, it may worthwhile to reset SMC. I brought my Mac Book Pro to Apple store because of display wake up issue. Only thing they had done is SMC reset. If you are using Mac Book, Mac Book Pro follow the following steps to reset below:
- If the computer is on, turn it off.
- Disconnect the AC Adapter and remove the computer’s battery.
- Press and hold down the power button for 5 seconds and then release the button.
- Reconnect the battery and AC Adapter.
- Press the Power button to restart the computer.
For more details, check here.
