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Cache View for Firefox!

firemaker103 — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 00:07:04 +0000

“Displays Google’s Cache, Coral’s Cache, Wayback Machine’s Cache, Dot Cache, Tech Guru’s Cache, and Cachebin’s cache of the current tab open via right-click or Tools menu. This was made so that if the site is down in any way, especially the Digg effect and Slashdot effect, you can hopefully view it.”

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Wine 1.0 will be finished in around 4 years.

firemaker103 — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:08:20 +0000

A quick glance at winehq.com shows that a new version of WINE comes out about every 17 days. There are 82 versions left until 1.0. 82 * 17 equals 1,394 days. 1,394 days according to Google calculator is 3.81664552 years. WINE version 1.0 will most likely come out in 2010.

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Web Dev Firefox

firemaker103 — Sun, 07 May 2006 20:37:30 +0000

Firefox is a great browser with many web developer extensions. I’ve decided to make a version of Firefox that combines the best of the best to make sure you have the greatest web development browser. With Portable Firefox’s launcher, you can use this along side your regular Firefox! This program is not for everyday browsing.

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Code Fetch

firemaker103 — Sun, 07 May 2006 01:53:09 +0000

A neat little website that searches programming books on a language of your choice for keywords.

Cache View for Firefox

firemaker103 — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 02:28:45 +0000

I got bored of manually viewing the cache of a website that was down due to the digg/slashdot effect. So I made my own extension for firefox that allows you to view google’s cache, web archive’s cache, and coral cache of the page.

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Handy freeware programs to put on a USB stick

firemaker103 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:14:44 +0000

A list of free programs that do not require an installation and can be used directly from your USB stick or any other removable drive

Nintendo Revolution Info From Nintendo Power

firemaker103 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:14:41 +0000

The latest issue of Nintendo Power had the dirt on the new Revolution Console, check it out.

New Gameplay Video for NEW SUPER MARIO BROS. DS.

firemaker103 — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 00:13:34 +0000

The official Nintendo site is going to post new gameplay videos every week until the release date.

Firefox Ad

firemaker103 — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 20:41:09 +0000

This is currently my favorite firefox ad. Get Firefox!

New virus can infect Windows/Linux at the same time!

firemaker103 — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 15:48:29 +0000

Kaspersky Labs has reported a new proof-of-concept virus that can infect both Windows and Linux systems. It’s called Virus.Linux.Bi.a/Virus.Win32.Bi.a and affects ELF binaries and .exe’s from windows.