Microsoft launches IE6 Countdown
05.03.2011 — Category: IT — Permalink — 0 Comments
Microsoft is monitoring the worlds usage of Internet Explorer 6 by launching a website, IE6 Countdown. Their aim is to try and get the global usage under 1% so more websites can drop Internet Explorer 6 support which will save web developers a lot of work trying to support a web browser that is 10 years old.
At this point in time 12% of the world is using IE6 which is down 9% from last year. China has the highest users of IE6 coming in at 34.5% where Norway and Finland come it at just 0.7%. Australia is only at 3.2% while the US comes in just under at 2.9%.
If you have a website and would like to join the cause you can add a banner to your website asking the user to upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer.
Tags: Internet Explorer, Microsoft
10 things couples do to screw up their marriage
23.02.2011 — Category: Life — Permalink — 1 Comment
I’ve been reading up on relationships and how to deal with them, marriages and break ups. I’ve been trying to work out what it is that I need to do to change the way I am thinking and acting. I happen to come across this article about 10 things that couples do to screw up their marriage and I am not going to lie, I am guilty of some of them as I’m sure 99% of the population is too.
That loving feeling
A loving relationship requires attention and nurturing to make it last. Couples often don’t realise how they are hurting their marriage until significant damage is done. As the Righteous Brothers sang, “You’ve lost that lovin’ feeling…Now it’s gone…gone…gone.”
Here are the most common things that people do to lose that loving feeling.
Tags: advice, marriage, relationship
Exposé switching on Microsoft Windows
12.02.2011 — Category: IT — Permalink — 1 Comment
One of the things I like about OS X is the exposé styled window switching and I found that was lacking on Windows. I do like how Microsoft have made the alt+tab nicer in Windows 7, but I wanted more. I wanted that OS X style, which can be achieved with a nice utility called Switcher.
I have Switcher set to alt+tab and gives the feel of exposé. I have also installed another small utility called SmallWindows which can set a “hotspot” for your mouse which will activate the exposé style switching too. I have mine set to the top-right corner.
What happens to your body if you stop smoking right now?
16.01.2011 — Category: Life — Permalink — 0 Comments
So Chell and I have drastically cut back on smoking and are going to quit shortly, partly due to health reasons, partly due to finances (who needs to waste money on smoking, right?). I found this quick facts on what happens to your body if you stop smoking right now and some of them are quite amazing.
- In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
- In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
- In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
- In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
- In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
- In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
- In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
- In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
- In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
- In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
So as you can see there is some immediate things to look forward to when quitting smoking, not just the long term. So what are you waiting for? You can quit now.
A sad short story
09.01.2011 — Category: Life — Permalink — 0 Comments
I saw this floating around Facebook in regards to child abuse awhile ago. It’s something that touched a nerve and thought I would share. Any form of child abuse is wrong, and those guilty should be punished for it.
I have changed the wording to Australian English instead of American English to suit. 
A child says to his Mum “Mummy I coloured your sheets with lipstick”, with anger she starts to hit her child until he was unconscious. Then she regrets what she had done, and crying says to her child, “please open your eyes”, but it was to late. His tiny heart stopped beating. When she walked in to her bedroom, the sheet said “I LOVE YOU MUMMY”.
You can also check out the Prevent Child Abuse website for more information on how you can stop child abuse.
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