3 Little Monkeys

Cooliris

I just noticed that the cooliris 3D Wall I embedded in my last post does not work very well in Internet Explorer. If you happened to view the post in IE (version 7 or 8), you probably noticed that the pictures are fuzzy and the "Start Slideshow" button doesn't work. I don't know how well it works in Safari on a Mac. Grace won't let me buy a Mac. She expects me to limp along with the 5 PCs we already have.

Well, the easy fix for this is... use Firefox. Try it out. The pictures are sharp and the slide show works great. Don't have Firefox installed? What are you waiting for? Yeah, I understand if you're like most ordinary people, and figure why not just use the browser that came installed? I have no answer to that, having just acknowledged that you may be an ordinary person, not a geek like me. If you are a geek, you probably were not using IE.

But anyway, if you do use Firefox, I highly recommend that you install the Cooliris plugin. Not because you need it to view this blog; you don't. Simply because it's free and it's about the coolest thing I've seen on the web in at least 3 days. It's great for searching for media on the web, but even better, if you have thousands of pictures on your home computer it's the fastest and flashiest way to browse and present your photos. They also have a plugin for IE and Safari.

Summer in New England

We drove to Maine and spent most of the week of the 4th at camp. Then on to Grace's parents in Duxbury. Grace and the kids are still there, living a life of leisure! I had to fly back and get back to work.