On this page the following entries were made in the “August, 2011” time-frame.
Archive for “August, 2011”
Firefox: Java Console extensions
I finally got rid of the raft of old Java extensions in Firefox 6. You know how they install a new one but leave the old ones there cluttering up your hard drive? There is no Remove button in Firefox and they don’t appear in Windows Add/Remove programs, well this is how I did it. [...]
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Long lost libraries
From Friends of Scarborough Library newsletter. Edna Oxley Scarborough LONG LOST LIBRARIES (A warning from the future) What was a library Dad? Did you ever see one? What were they made for and why have they gone? They were places made for learning son. for the likes of you and me, Long before the radio, [...]
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Burn,baby…burn
So, London’s burning and with a demoralised police force, discredited by the Murdoch phone hacking debacle, the yoof ‘express’ themselves. What form does this expression take? Flying mob rule (remember those “flying pickets” of the 70′s) but in this case there are no ideologies, no coherent demands and no political cause. The intent is to [...]
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