Firefox 3 is out...

Firefox 3 is out. it's got lots of new features.

Goodbye formatted text clipboarding woes

Whenever you ask Windows to copy a selection of text, say from a web-page, if at all possible it keeps all the formatting details as well - whether it's in bold, underlined, in a variety of different sizes of font etc. Well, I don't know about you, but 99% of the time, I -really- don't want all of that. Perhaps I'm pasting into an email - then I'd usually prefer the text to be consistent throughout. For years, I've fired up Notepad, pasted it into that and then recopied it. It was a bit of a pain but it did get rid of all that formatting.

Then, today I started to think - couldn't I write a little application that sits in the system tray and lets me switch betweeen "throw away the formatting" and "keep it" modes of operation? Then, I thought - maybe somebody's already written it - I mean it's a fairly obvious idea, right? Well they have. And it looks pretty good. And now I've told you about it. Click the link and improve your clipboardy happiness.

Fresh.

BBC is going to make its entire archive available online.

Which is cool.

Opera 9.5 is out...

Opera 9.5 is now out, and ready for download. It's got built in almost instant web search in the address bar, that searches while you type, it lets you sync with your mobile phone (assuming it's got mobile opera), and has a new rendering engine... there's more features but you can read them for yourself here, and a new "cool" look... I use it for about 98% of my browsing, and the new version seems to have fixed the blogger bug! Hoorah!

1 gig SD Card, £0 + £3 p&p (brand new)

I dunno, maybe you could store pictures of a horse or pony on it.

Talking fish etc.

Man goes mental in office cubicle...

Security video here (liveleak.com) and cellphone video with audio here (youtube). found at gizmodo (who found it at neatorama). some more info on boingboing...

V for Vendetta, but in real life, in Russia

Gizmodo: "It's been digitally erased from the entire broadcast, a result of his being placed on a "stop list" of critics of the Russian government and Prime Minister Putin. Using digital manipulation to literally erase any critic of the administration is a pretty great way to stifle any kind of dissent, and it's pretty easy when you're in control of the national networks."