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Firebug and Firefox 3 beta 5

Having troubles with Firebug 1.1.0b12 (currently the latest official beta release) and Firefox 3 beta 5? I know you are (it tends to hang, the console doesn’t work properly, etc.). Solution is to grab the lastest 1.2 beta release from http://getfirebug.com/releases/firebug/1.2/ (current version I have installed and verified working is firebug-1.2.0a21X.xpi).

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The Memory Project – Life in London captured digitally

“The Memory Project, which is reminiscent of a Victorian cyclorama, is recording a 360-degree panorama each minute over three days.” Not that spectacular, but this here makes it all wow: “Members of the public can control the circular, time-slip viewing gallery, which will display about 47,000 photos. ” and this via a thermal camera inside …

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The case of the 500 mile email

How’s this for a crazy story: I was working in a job running the campus email system some years ago when I got a call from the chairman of the statistics department. “We’re having a problem sending email out of the department.” “What’s the problem?” I asked. “We can’t send mail more than 500 miles,” …

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