Insulating that attic

What browser am I using today? Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari - something else??

 In general I tend to turn towards Firefox as my 'default' browser.  Why Firefox?  I guess it's the one I would have the 'most' allegiance to.  I have it installed on all of my work PC's along with my Mac at home.  I migrated to it a few years ago when I found that IE was just too much of a resource hog and who didn't love multiple tabs when they first started appearing?  But it doesn't do everything I need it to do for work - and it's not the fault of Firefox.  

At work we have lots of security 'features' in place (just like most places) and in some cases the security causes havoc with Firefox.  In the beginning I used to find workarounds for most of these issues but eventually I just gave up.  I would spend more time researching and implementing a workaround than actually doing what I was trying to do on the site.  I know that Firefox even has plug in's which emulate IE but I eventually got worn down and used IE when necessary.

But then I would go home to my Mac and fire up Firefox but there sits Safari.  What kind of Mac enthuasist would I be if I didn't support the tools that came with it?  :)   So while I don't use Safari every day I do use it periodically - it's just sitting there looking up at me with it's Compass asking to be used.  And truth be told I have found some of the last few versions to be pretty speedy so there you go.  But speed.. Speed is my biggest complaint with Firefox.

In the beginning Firefox was lightning fast - and buggy.  But we all took that in stride. So over the years Firefox has had some major overhauls and upgrades.  Many of the enhancements are great - but they come with a cost.  Speed. Or the lack of it in some cases.  I have a pretty quick connection at both work and at home and nothing is more frustrating than waiting for the status bar to fill up (or watching the Earth spin in IE).  So what to do - well I guess we deal with it - and sometime I go to a another browser.  Hoping that the experience on the site I was on is better using a different browser.  But eventually my allegiance gets the best of me and back to Firefox I go.

And where is Chrome in this whole debate (or Opera or something else)?  Well I just haven't gone there yet.  Of course I have downloaded them all - and Chrome has some pretty slick stuff going on.  But nothing I have seen so far has enchanted me enough to add a fourth (or fifth) browser to my arsenal.  Don't you think 3 is already enough?

Ultimatley there there are millions (ok maybe not millions but there sure are alot) of blog posting explaining the benefits and features of all the browsers. With many of them make compelling rationales as to why I should use one over the other.  But in the end - I use them all because I can - and that's OK with me !!

What do you use and why?  I'd like to know !

   

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Why did Nestle Waters leave McCloud ?

As an employee at Nestle Waters North America I have been reading many of the posting which describe the reasons and rationale as to why we decided not to continue pursuing the building of a water bottling facility in the McCloud area of California.   There have even been some people on the internet that have posted theories and speculation that somewhat surprise me. 

What I have seen is that whether you are happy or disappointed that we decided to drop our proposal seems to be based on your perspective on a project that started way back in 2003. And honestly the comments all over the place are mixed.

So in an effort to promote the truth I wanted to provide to you a link to an open letter to the McCloud Community Services District and the McCloud Community written by the CEO of Nestle Waters North America - Kim Jeffery. 

See the full article here

I feel after reading the letter he writes we've made a good decision for all those involved for all the right reasons.

Agree/Disagree?  As always I love to hear your comments.

#SnowLeopard Release - Apple store on 5th Avenue

                   

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Recording of Boomer Esiason commercial quoting autoblog.com on WFAN @TheRealAutoBlog

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Hi Guys - Here is the Audio from the commercial..

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#Mets Wagner Blocking Deal to the #Red Sox

According to reports Bill Wagner is blocking the deal between the Mets and the Red Sox for numerous reasons.  I could see some of the reasons why he is doing this (stay healthy, less competitive environment, etc) but come on.  Wagner doesn't want to be in NY anymore and most of the Mets fans I know don't want to see him here either.   Wagner was a great catch when we first got him but like most Mets relievers in their history (and relievers in general) he gave us all fits when he came into the game.   He always had to make a close game even closer.  Giving up the long ball to make a 3-1 game 3-2 , loading the bases with walks and then coming back to strike out the side to end the game

After this block the Mets should just pull Wagner back and pick up his option for 2010 - though 8 million is a ton of money for a setup guy.  Think of a healthy Billy Wagner in the 8th setting up for K-Rod in the 9th.  Now that would be a potent 1-2 knockout punch to end the game.  And if it didn't work out he would be unhappy and we could trade him!!

Read more about the potential trade as well as more details at Metsblog.com  http://bit.ly/12X4O9

Uncle Louie G's Italian Ices

Went down to Queens today and spent some time with the family at my brothers house.   Of course after having a great meal the kids wanted to walk down the block and grab some Italian ices !!!

       

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The team

   

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Good morning #Dallas. Off to meet a few peo

Images of the Mid Air Collision over the Hudson River in NYC

Some really interesting images have surfaced today of the collision between a small plane and a helicopter over the Hudson River on  the internet today from Fox News..

Article:  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,538723,00.html

More Pictures:
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/U.S./2009/08/08/midair-collision-hudson-river?

           

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