Archive for the ‘Misc’ Category

Where Does Google Chrome Store User History, Profile & Bookmarks?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

I have been using and enjoying Google Chrome for the past couple of days. So as I am setting up my new computer, I am installing Chrome there as well. While doing this, I would like to bring over my saved browsing history and bookmarks so that I don't have ...

Google Chrome – Likes and Dislikes

Sunday, September 7th, 2008

I just downloaded Google Chrome and am going to try using it for some of my day-to-day web browsing over the next few days. Here are my initial reactions: Likes Fast. Very fast, and small memory footprint. Each tab is a different process. This will make it very easy to any single tab ...

Four Tips for Handling Distractions when Working from Home

Friday, August 15th, 2008

Working from home has lots of benefits: no commute, you don’t have to dress for the office, play your music loud, etc. However, in order to keep up (and improve on) your productivity while working at home, it is essential to come up with and enact a strategy for dealing ...

Using SyntaxHighlighter to Format Code in WordPress

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

Based on a question in the StackOverflow beta site, I did some quick research into what are the best ways to perform syntax highlighting on code that is posted on blogs. Among the methods that were suggested (by myself or others): Hack together your own display logic to format it as ...

Nice New Features in Firefox Beta 3

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

At any one time during the day, I will have somewhere between 5 and 15 tabs open in my browser. Beyond a desire to stay near the cutting edge of browser technology, I also am constantly on the lookout for the best browser performance. That has led me from IE6 ...

Your Browser is Too Modern

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

What is it with websites in Israel and browsers whose names do not start with the words "Internet Explorer"? Though there is lots of web connectivity and presence, it seems that all of the web developers here were just never told that using Javascript that only works on IE is ...