Firefox 3, Zune, and Bonus Random Ramblings!

^ random picture to make this post a bit more interesting.

Hey all! Its been a while, I know. But I have been blogging, just not actually posting it... Right now I have 3 posts that are started, just not finished. Heh... Yeah. You start to appreciate the work of a blogger after you have a blog. Alright, well 'nuff complaining...

Firefox 3! Hopefully you have this program open right now while you are viewing this text...(After all, 82.76% of visitors to this blog use Firefox.) I didn't really want to blog about it right after it was released because there wasn't much that I could personally say about it. After using it for a couple weeks, I can honestly say its quite a bit faster, especially starting up. It also seems more stable. There isn't too many new "features" per se, but some of my favorites are the new bookmarking system and the way that Firefox "camouflages" itself depending on what operating system you're using. Also, if you were wondering, my firefox hack works with this version. Overall, I'd say, it was a very sucessful release. Firefox 2 lacked a bit, but it seems that Firefox 3 has fixed most (if not all) of my problems with it. Although there wasn't a large abundance of new features, I'll take stablity over new features anyday.

I got a Zune 80 GB! Yes, I do love it, but I'm not going to talk about it here, because I have another post in the works for that. One feature I will talk about is "The Social." I did not buy the Zune for it, but I was surprised how cool it is. I'm referring to the online part of the social. There is also the whole sharing music with other Zunes thing, but there isn't enough people that have a Zune to make it actually useful. Anyway, the Zune software and the device itself records what you listen to and then will post those records on your online Zune profile. It shows what albums you listened to, your most played songs, and even awards for how many times you listened to a certain group or album. People can drag your so-called Zune card, and listen to your five top songs on their Zune. I think its quite a cool concept to find new music and find out what your friends are listening to. The only problem is that all of your friends don't have a Zune... Mah Zune Profile

Hmm... The post is longer than I thought. Just a couple more random ramblings... Recently had my 2nd Bawls Cherry. A bit more Cherry-ish than I remember, but still freaking amazing. I have been listening to the Flobots CD: "Fight With Tools" after hearing "Handlebars." I can't say its something I'd normally listen to, but its quite good. It has a bunch of different genres mixed in along with a powerful message. If you haven't seen the Handlebars music video yet, it is definitely worth checking out. The underlying message seems to have a different meaning to everyone I have talked to and made me really want to watch V for Vendetta (so then I did.). Let me know what you think in the comments...

And... that's it. Be sure to check out all the links I snuck in my post...

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