Mpmcfarlane

Member since: Mar 6th, 2010

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GNOME 3 released, ushers in an interesting amalgam of iOS and OS X (Download Squad)

Apr 7th 2011 6:48PM This is why I love my rolling release Arch. Loving GNOME3.

ChromeLite: experience the ASCII Web of yesteryear (Download Squad)

Apr 4th 2011 5:06PM I don't think it is any faster, and I know it is not nearly as fast as elinks, which is my browser of choice. I only use chrome when I need to use Java.

Classic Shell now makes Internet Explorer 9 look like IE8 (Download Squad)

Apr 4th 2011 5:01PM I love this, I've used it for about a year now. I have my Windows 7 look exactly like Windows 2K does out of the box. I switched all the logos, the wallpaper, the icons, everything about the OS is exactly like 2000.

Download every Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model photo from 1996 to 2011 (Download Squad)

Mar 14th 2011 5:57PM Giggidy.

From Windows 1 to Windows 7, and everything in between, in just 10 minutes (video) (Download Squad)

Mar 3rd 2011 5:47PM I'm still trying to force myself into believing that XP, Vista, and 7 didn't come out. I have an 2010 computer with Windows 2000 installed.

'Apple just f***** over online music subs for the iPhone' -- Last.fm co-founder on Apple's 30% cut (Download Squad)

Feb 17th 2011 5:42PM Apple's products are the best in the industry: easy to use, elegant, beautiful, etc. The only thing holding them back is their policies: 30% cut, no jail-breaking, rejecting every app they can, etc.

Ask DLS: What's your primary Web browser? (Download Squad)

Feb 16th 2011 4:46PM I actually use elinks. It's nongraphical: no pictures, no GUI. All black and green. And I bet you it could load faster than any of the browsers listed in the survey.

Z-Type is a fun way to learn to touch type (Download Squad)

Feb 12th 2011 5:51PM @Erez Zukerman I've known qwerty for 6, Dvorak for 2, and Colemak for 1 1/2. I prefer Dvorak for it's grouping of vowels, and the position of period, comma, and quotation marks.

I also use a TypeMatrix keyboard so cut, copy, paste buttons are right near where the xcv keys would be. It also has straightly aligned keys which I haven't decided if that helps typing, but it's great for occasionally playing Half-Life, or Portal.

Z-Type is a fun way to learn to touch type (Download Squad)

Feb 12th 2011 4:37PM Erez, you should have anchored that Wikipedia article at Dvorak so you could see the Dvorak and Colemak layout. I can touch type QWERTY, Colemak, and Dvorak. I think that Dvorak is definetly the superior.

Internet Archive Wayback Machine introduces new beta version with calendar view (Download Squad)

Jan 23rd 2011 11:41AM I used this to look at the old Download squad. Before switched engulfed it and what-not. I miss it. By the way the beta website has the coolest error page I've ever seen.