Archive for December, 2004

DigitalGlobe | QuickBird Images of Tsunami Sites: “QuickBird Images of Tsunami Sites”



This is a frame by frame of the tsunami that struck Sri Lanka.

For a list of Aid groups accepting donations, Please go to:

Aid groups accepting donations for victims

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Google Press Center: Zeitgeist: “2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist

Search patterns, trends, and surprises

Based on billions of searches conducted by Google users around the world, the 2004 Year-End Zeitgeist offers a unique perspective on the year’s major events and trends. We hope you enjoy this aggregate look at what people wanted to know more about this year. “

How To Speed Up Firefox

Here’s something for broadband people that will really speed Firefox up:

1.Type ‘about:config’ into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.

2. Alter the entries as follows:

Set ‘network.http.pipelining’ to ‘true’

Set ‘network.http.proxy.pipelining’ to ‘true’

Set ‘network.http.pipelining.maxrequests’ to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it ‘nglayout.initialpaint.delay’ and set its value to ’0′. This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages MUCH faster now!”