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GPL Linux Software Windows

Firefox Sync: Take Your Browser Everywhere

Mozilla has just rebranded their Weave add-on as Firefox Sync, and I've been using it for the past few weeks. This is exactly what I've been waiting for: the ability to continue my Firefox session from one place to another without losing context.

The Browser Sync Problem

How many times have you left your computer at work running or hibernated because you had dozens of important tabs open and couldn't bear to lose them? Or needed to access a password you'd saved at home while you were traveling? Or wished you could see your work browsing history when you got home?

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Graphics Open Source Software

GIMP: The Ultimate Free Graphics Tool

I'm not a graphics design professional, but I'm also not new to image editing. I've used various tools over the years, and I keep coming back to GIMP. Recently, while creating a poster for an office event, I discovered just how powerful this free tool really is.

The Discovery

I needed to create some eye-catching text for a poster and decided to explore GIMP's Script-Fu features. For those unfamiliar, Script-Fu is GIMP's built-in automation system—essentially pre-programmed effects and operations that would take many manual steps to create.

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Review Software Technology

Curl – A gentle slope system

Note: This post is about the Curl programming language, not the curl command-line HTTP tool. They're completely different things that happen to share a name.

I recently learned about the Curl language, an MIT-DARPA project that's taking an interesting approach to web development. It's a multi-paradigm hybrid functional language that is reflective, homo-iconic, and object-oriented. It supports closures, macros, and declarative layouts.