Opera Hates This Page

Want to see a site that blows up a recent Opera Beta? Click this link:

http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/security/investigator/archives/case-of-the-robotic-reflex-part-i-20895

I’m running Opera 9.50 beta (build 9613) on Vista. Something on that page clobbers me every time! Pretty wild.

Actually, upon further review, any page on that site causes the same issue. How fun! I wonder if one of the (mildly obnoxious)

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Who Needs GPS?

My Windows Mobile phone doesn’t have built-in GPS (actually, some argue it does, but just disabled). Based on the new version of Google Maps for Mobile that was announced today I may not be missing it nearly as much. You see, it now features “My Location.”

The “My Location” bit is how the mobile version of

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More on the EQ II Trial

A long holiday weekend followed by two vacation days find me still experimenting with EverQuest II. In fact, I’m starting to feel a bit hooked. Some random thoughts and impressions follow.

I’m pleasantly surprised at how much fun I’m having dinking around with harvesting and Trade Skills. I’m only a level 12 trade-skiller, but I can

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Zoho Writer Gets "True" Offline Mode

Three months ago, the Zoho folks announced an offline mode for Zoho Writer. While nifty and all, it was essentially read-only and not quite as useful as I might’ve hoped. You could sync your Zoho docs offline for access, but not change anything. (Zoho Show would benefit greatly from this!)

They raised the bar

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Defensio Counts Differently Than I Do

I’ve been experimenting with the latest Anti-Spam WordPress plugin: Defensio. In general, it seems to work pretty well, but I have noticed some oddities.

Honestly, it really does work well. At first it didn’t seem to be learning very quickly — even marked one of my own comments as spam! Ouch, that hurt a

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