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Chromed Bird – An Amazing Twitterfox Alternative For Google Chro. It is for those two reasons that I tried out the Firefox extension that was then called “Twitterfox”. It is now called “Echofon” and there has been an article written introducing it. I love it because I get a little memo, while in Firefox, letting me know there is a new tweet so I can check it out, allowing me to easily keep up with the conversation. A while back I began to also use Google’s browser, known as Google Chrome. I’ve loved my experience so far with it. It’s sleek, fast, and easy to use. I would like to share 3 reasons why I think the Twitterfox alternative, Chromed Bird, is worth checking out. 1. Some people may view notifications which Chromed Bird offers as distracting. I think an extension such as Chromed Bird is worth checking out if you like being kept abreast with notifications. 2. Chromed Bird saves you from having to go to Twitter’s home page or your chosen Twitter client to review the messages meant specifically for you sent via @ replies or direct messages. 3.

Google. When I was growing up, my dad had the best job I could possibly imagine: he was an arcade game and pinball technician. For me, that meant summer trips through Poland’s coastal cities with their seasonal arcade parlors; peeking inside cabinets to learn programming and engineering secrets; and—of course—free games! One of my favorites was PAC-MAN, whose popularity transcended the geopolitical barriers of that time. During the heyday of space shooters, Tōru Iwatani’s creation stood out as one of the first video games aimed at a broader audience, with a cute story of pizza-shaped character gobbling dots in a maze, colorful (literally!) Characters, friendly design, very little violence and everlasting fun.

Today, on PAC-MAN’s 30th birthday, you can rediscover some of your 8-bit memories—or meet PAC-MAN for the first time—through our first-ever playable Google doodle. PAC-MAN™ & ©1980 NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. PAC-MAN seems like a natural fit for the Google homepage. 5 Cool About:Config Hacks To Make Firefox Browsing Smoother. Part of the reason behind Firefox’s success is the fact that there is an awesome team of individuals behind it, who work around the clock to make it live up to the stringent quality standards, which are a hallmark of Mozilla. However, there is a second, almost equally important reason as to why each version of Firefox is a runaway success.

There’s virtually no limit to the amount of customization you can apply to Firefox. Most of these come in the form of extensions (small add-ons, which add to the functionality). However, today we are going to talk about another, more covert way of customizing Firefox. Here’s a list of the best, most useful Firefox about:config hacks. Make Firefox Free Up RAM When Minimized: Unless you have a RAM behemoth for a rig, you will know that RAM is a precious commodity. The problem arises in the way Firefox handles RAM.

In the “Filter” search, type: config.trim_on_minimize Right click on the setting and click “toggle” so that the Value turns to “true“. TBUZZ - An Arc90 Project - Tweet and track the buzz on any Web p. 11 Craziest Ways To Browse Flickr Photos. Give people an API and they start inventing crazy stuff all of a sudden. Case in point: Flickr. There are so many ways to browse through Flickr photos that it's hard to keep track; since there aren't many that are actually useful, we've chosen another route and brought you 11 very, very weird ones. We're told by commenters that the transition of users from Yahoo Photos to Flickr is in full swing this week, so this universe of fun Flickr tools may be novel to many newbie Flickr members.

Browse by drawing Like to draw? Retrievr Browse through RSS Paste an RSS feed and enjoy a completely unrelated stream of images from Flickr. FlickrFling Browse by spelling You won't find that many images this way; actually, you'll only find images that represent letters in the alphabet. Spell with Flickr Browse by lyrics Here's one for music lovers. Depictr Browse through weird swirl A bit hard to describe, this one.

Tagnautica Browse by color ColorPickr Browse by Sudoku FlickrSudoku Browse through combat Flickr Combat.